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Universitas Sumatera Utara

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SU, Indonesia
1501+ in World University Rankings 2025
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About Universitas Sumatera Utara

Basic information and contact details for Universitas Sumatera Utara

institution

Universitas Sumatera Utara (USU) was founded in 1952. The main campus is in the city of Medan and the second campus in the Kwala Bekala, Deli Serdang Regency, North Sumatra Province, Indonesia.

Universitas Sumatera Utara offers more than 100 different study programs, at both undergraduate and postgraduate level, across 16 (sixteen) faculties and one postgraduate school.

The faculties relating to health field are faculty of medicine, dentistry, public health, nursing, psychology, and pharmacy. Faculties for science includes faculty of engineering, mathematics and natural sciences, agriculture, computer science and information technology, and forestry. Social science faculties are faculty of law, cultural sciences, social and political sciences, and economics and business. A newly established faculty is the Faculty of Vocational Education.

USU manages a teaching hospital located in the main campus to support medical-related education. It’ is the biggest teaching hospital in Indonesia and offers students the chance of pursuing specialist education in areas such as tropical medicine, radiology, pharmacology, psychiatry, dermatology, neurology, and others. In addition, USU also has an oral and dental teaching hospital.

The campus is equipped with student dormitories, mosques and praying room, sport yards, an auditorium, and student hall.

Students can involve in many sports activities on campus, such as soccer, handball, swimming, table tennis, basketball, and athletics. There are lots of sports facilities on campus like swimming pool, sports center, gymnasium, athletic tracks, outdoor sport pitches, and a large stadium.

Universitas Sumatera Utara has established plenty of academic collaborations with universities around the world, carrying out various mutual exchange activities such as academic exchanges for faculty and student, joint research, community service project, and other opportunity for capacity building.

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Rankings

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World University Rankings 2025
102030
Teaching 16.9
Research Environment 11
Research Quality 27.7
Industry 20.4
International Outlook 36.8
15.51616.51720232024202515.416.516.9

Breakdown via year: Teaching

Ranking positions 2023 to 2025
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Impact Rankings

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Impact Ranking positions 2021 to 2024
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2024
601-800th
2023
801-1000th
2022
1001+
2021
801-1000th
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Key Student Statistics

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Student gender ratio
56 F : 44 M (1)
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International student percentage
2% (1)
student per staff
Students per staff
19.2 (1)
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Student total
39487 (1)

Based on data collected for the (1) World University Rankings 2025

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Subjects Taught at Universitas Sumatera Utara

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Computer Science1001+

  • Computer Science

Clinical and Health1001+

  • Medicine and Dentistry
  • Other Health

Business and Economics801+

  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Business and Management
  • Accounting and Finance

Life Sciences1001+

  • Agriculture and Forestry
  • Biological Sciences

Physical Sciences1001+

  • Chemistry
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Mathematics and Statistics

Engineering1251+

  • General Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Social Sciences801–1000th

  • Sociology
  • Politics and International Studies
  • Communication and Media Studies