The 2016 Shanghai Ranking, officially known as the "Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)" that annually presents the top 500 universities worldwide, places ULisboa, to which ISEG belongs, in the 160th position worldwide, 53rd in the European Union and 62nd in the EUROPE region.
In the Iberian Peninsula it is 1st ahead of the University of Barcelona, occupying the 2nd position in the Iberian-Latin American chart, now closer to the University of São Paulo.
