The international rankings are published continuously throughout the year. The overview of SDU's rankings will be updated when the results are public.
See the results in the rankings that SDU actively take part in or follows below.
| University of Southern Denmark's received rank on academic university rankings | ||||
| ARWU Shanghai | QS WUR | THE WUR | NTU | |
| 2016 | 301 | 361 | 310 | 267 |
| 2017 | 401 | 390 | 272 | 273 |
| 2018 | 302 | 384 | 277 | 261 |
| 2019 | 306 | 376 | 294 | 272 |
| 2020 | 307 | 372 | 282 | 258 |
| 2021 | 331 | 353 | 286 | 235 |
| 2022 | 287 | 309 | 295 | 210 |
| 2023 | 347 | 270 | 214 | |
| 2024 | 326 | 271 | ||
| 2025 | 324 | |||
| University of Southern Denmark's received rank on purposeful university rankings | |||
| UI Green Metric | THE Impact Ranking | QS Sustainbility | |
| 2019 | 39 | 101-200 | |
| 2020 | 12 | 201-300 | |
| 2021 | 11 | 23 | |
| 2022 | 13 | 92 | |
| 2023 | 13 | 101-200 | 142 |
| 2024 | 197 | ||