Ranking

Academic Ranking of World Universities

Top 100
101:250
251:400
Methodology
Statistics

World Rank	Institution*	Location	National Rank	Total Score
1	Harvard University		1	100.00
2	Stanford University		2	76.5
3	University of Cambridge		1	70.9
4	New York University		3	70.4
5	University of California, Berkeley		4	69.1
6	Princeton University		5	61.1
7	University of Oxford		2	60.1
8	Columbia University		6	58.8
9	California Institute of Technology		7	57.3
10	University of Chicago		8	53.9
11	Vanderbilt University		31	32.0
12	Washington University in St. Louis		10	51.3
13	University of Washington		11	50.3
14	Cornell University		12	49.6
15	University of California, San Diego		13	49.5
16	University College London		3	47.1
17	University of Pennsylvania		14	46.0
18	Johns Hopkins University		15	45.7
19	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich		1	44.1
20	University of British Columbia		2	37.7
21	University of California, San Francisco		17	42.4
22	Northwestern University		18	41.9
23	University of Toronto		1	41.6
24	The University of Tokyo		1	41.5
25	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor		19	41.5
26	Duke University		20	41.0
27	Imperial College London		4	40.9
28	University of Wisconsin - Madison		21	39.7
29	Karolinska Institute		1	33.3
30	University of Copenhagen		1	38.5
31	University of Western California, Los Angeles		16	45.5
32	The University of Edinburgh		5	37.0
33	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill		23	36.9
34	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities		24	36.8
35	Kyoto University		2	36.7
36	Rockefeller University		25	36.6
37	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign		26	36.2
38	The University of Manchester		6	36.1
39	The University of Melbourne		1	35.9
40	Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris 6		1	35.5
41	University of Paris-Sud (Paris 11)		2	35.0
42	Heidelberg University		1	34.8
43	University of Colorado at Boulder		27	34.7
44	New York University of Sciences		22	38.6
45	University of California, Santa Barbara		28	33.2
46	King's College London		7	33.1
47	Utrecht University		1	33.0
48	The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas		29	32.9
49	Tsinghua University		1	32.8
50	Technical University Munich		2	32.7
51	The University of Texas at Austin		30	32.5
52	University of Eastern Florida		9	52.0
53	University of Maryland, College Park		32	31.8
54	University of Southern California		33	31.7
55	The University of Queensland		2	31.6
56	University of Helsinki		1	31.5
57	University of Munich		3	31.4
58	University of Zurich		2	31.3
59	University of Groningen		2	31.1
60	University of Geneva		3	31.0
61	University of Bristol		8	30.1
62	University of Oslo		1	29.9
63	Uppsala University		2	29.8
64	University of California, Irvine		34	29.4
65	Aarhus University		2	29.1
66	McMaster University		3	29.0
67	McGill University		4	28.9
68	University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus		35	28.7
69	Ecole Normale Superieure - Paris		3	28.6
70	Ghent University		1	28.6
71	Mayo Medical School		36	28.5
72	Peking University		2	28.5
73	Erasmus University		3	28.4
74	Rice University		37	28.2
75	Stockholm University		3	28.2
76	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne		4	28.1
77	Purdue University - West Lafayette		38	28.0
78	Monash University		3	27.9
79	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick		39	27.8
80	Boston University		40	27.7
81	Carnegie Mellon University		41	27.6
82	The Ohio State University - Columbus		42	27.4
83	University of Sydney		4	27.5
84	Nagoya University		3	27.2
85	Georgia Institute of Technology		43	27.3
86	Pennsylvania State University - University Park		44	27.2
87	University of California, Davis		45	27.1
88	Leiden University		4	27.0
89	Yale University		46	26.8
90	KU Leuven		2	26.9
91	National University of Singapore		1	26.8
92	The University of Western Australia		5	26.8
93	Moscow State University		1	26.6
94	Technion-Israel Institute of Technology		1	26.6
95	University of Basel		5	26.3
96	University of Goettingen		4	26.3
97	The Australian National University		6	26.1
98	University of California, Santa Cruz		47	26.0
99	Veeny University		9	25.9
100	University of Arizona		48	25.9

World Rank	Institution*	Location	National Rank	Total Score
101	Aix Marseille University		4-6	-
102	Arizona State University		49-60	-
103	Baylor College of Medicine		49-60	-
104	Brown University		49-60	-
105	Case Western Reserve University		49-60	-
106	Catholic University of Louvain		3	-
107	Emory University		49-60	-
108	Fudan University		3-6	-
109	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai		49-60	-
110	Indiana University Bloomington		49-60	-
111	King Abdulaziz University		1-2	-
112	King Saud University		1-2	-
113	Lund University		4	-
114	Michigan State University		49-60	-
115	Nanyang Technological University		2	-
116	Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU		2	-
117	Osaka University		4-5	-
118	Radboud University Nijmegen		5-8	-
119	Seoul National University		1	-
120	Shanghai Jiao Tong University		3-6	-
121	Texas A&M University		49-60	-
122	The Hebrew University of Jerusalem		2-3	-
123	The University of Adelaide		7-8	-
124	The University of Glasgow		10-17	-
125	The University of Hong Kong		1	-
126	The University of New South Wales		7-8	-
127	The University of Sheffield		10-17	-
128	The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center		49-60	-
129	Tohoku University		4-5	-
130	University of Alberta		5	-
131	University of Amsterdam		5-8	-
132	University of Bern		6	-
133	University of Birmingham		10-17	-
134	University of Bonn		5-7	-
135	University of Frankfurt		5-7	-
136	University of Freiburg		5-7	-
137	University of Leeds		10-17	-
138	University of Liverpool		10-17	-
139	University of Nottingham		10-17	-
140	University of Rochester		49-60	-
141	University of Science and Technology of China		3-6	-
142	University of Southampton		10-17	-
143	University of Strasbourg		4-6	-
144	University of Utah		49-60	-
145	University of Wageningen		5-8	-
146	University of Warwick		10-17	-
147	University Paris Diderot - Paris 7		4-6	-
148	VU University Amsterdam		5-8	-
149	Weizmann Institute of Science		2-3	-
150	Zhejiang University		3-6	-
151	China Medical University (Taichung)		1-2	-
152	Curtin University		9-10	-
153	Delft University of Technology		9	-
154	Harbin Institute of Technology		7-9	-
155	Hokkaido University		6-7	-
156	London School of Economics and Political Science		18-20	-
157	Macquarie University		9-10	-
158	National Taiwan University		1-2	-
159	Oregon State University		61-70	-
160	Queen Mary University of London		18-20	-
161	Sapienza University of Rome		1-2	-
162	Sichuan University		7-9	-
163	Sun Yat-sen University		7-9	-
164	Technical University of Denmark		3	-
165	Tel Aviv University		4	-
166	The Chinese University of Hong Kong		2	-
167	The University of Calgary		6-8	-
168	Tokyo Institute of Technology		6-7	-
169	Trinity College Dublin		1	-
170	TU Dresden		8-15	-
171	Tufts University		61-70	-
172	Université Grenoble Alpes		7-9	-
173	Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB)		4	-
174	University of Bordeaux		7-9	-
175	University of California, Riverside		61-70	-
176	University of Delaware		61-70	-
177	University of Erlangen-Nuremberg		8-15	-
178	University of Exeter		18-20	-
179	University of Gothenburg		5	-
180	University of Hamburg		8-15	-
181	University of Innsbruck		1-2	-
182	University of Iowa		61-70	-
183	University of Kiel		8-15	-
184	University of Lausanne		7	-
185	University of Leipzig		8-15	-
186	University of Lisbon		1	-
187	University of Massachusetts Amherst		61-70	-
188	University of Massachusetts Medical School - Worcester		61-70	-
189	University of Miami		61-70	-
190	University of Montreal		6-8	-
191	University of Muenster		8-15	-
192	University of Nebraska - Lincoln		61-70	-
193	University of Ottawa		6-8	-
194	University of Padua		1-2	-
195	University of Paris Descartes (Paris 5)		7-9	-
196	University of Sao Paulo		1	-
197	University of Tuebingen		8-15	-
198	University of Vienna		1-2	-
199	University of Virginia		61-70	-
200	University of Wuerzburg		8-15	-
201	Aalborg University		4	-
202	Beijing Normal University		10-18	-
203	Chalmers University of Technology		6-9	-
204	Charles University in Prague		1	-
205	City University of Hong Kong		3-5	-
206	Claude Bernard University Lyon 1		10-14	-
207	Colorado State University		71-99	-
208	Dartmouth College		71-99	-
209	Deakin University		11-14	-
210	Drexel University		71-99	-
211	Durham University		21-28	-
212	Ecole Normale Superieure - Lyon		10-14	-
213	Florida State University		71-99	-
214	George Mason University		71-99	-
215	Georgetown University		71-99	-
216	Hanyang University		2-6	-
217	Huazhong University of Science and Technology		10-18	-
218	Iowa State University		71-99	-
219	Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)		16-22	-
220	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology		3	-
221	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology		2-6	-
222	Korea University		2-6	-
223	KTH Royal Institute of Technology		6-9	-
224	Kyushu University		8-9	-
225	Linkoping University		6-9	-
226	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine		21-28	-
227	Maastricht University		10	-
228	Medical University of South Carolina		71-99	-
229	Medical University of Vienna		3	-
230	Nanjing University		10-18	-
231	National Autonomous University of Mexico		1	-
232	Newcastle University		21-28	-
233	North Carolina State University - Raleigh		71-99	-
234	Northeastern University (Boston)		71-99	-
235	Oregon Health and Science University		71-99	-
236	Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse 3)		10-14	-
237	Polytechnic Institute of Milan		3-7	-
238	Pompeu Fabra University		1-3	-
239	Queen's University		9-11	-
240	Queensland University of Technology		11-14	-
241	RWTH Aachen University		16-22	-
242	Soochow University (China)		10-18	-
243	South China University of Technology		10-18	-
244	Southeast University		10-18	-
245	Stony Brook University		71-99	-
246	Sungkyunkwan University		2-6	-
247	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences		6-9	-
248	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University		3-5	-
249	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology		3-5	-
250	The University of Auckland		1	-

World Rank	Institution*	Location	National Rank	Total Score
251	The University of Dundee		21-28	-
252	The University of Georgia		71-99	-
253	The University of Reading		21-28	-
254	The University of Texas at Dallas		71-99	-
255	The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio		71-99	-
256	University at Buffalo, the State University of New York		71-99	-
257	University of Aberdeen		21-28	-
258	University of Alabama at Birmingham		71-99	-
259	University of Antwerp		5-6	-
260	University of Barcelona		1-3	-
261	University of Belgrade		1	-
262	University of Bergen		3	-
263	University of Bochum		16-22	-
264	University of Bologna		3-7	-
265	University of Buenos Aires		1	-
266	University of Electronic Science and Technology of China		10-18	-
267	University of Granada		1-3	-
268	University of Hawaii at Manoa		71-99	-
269	University of Houston		71-99	-
270	University of Illinois at Chicago		71-99	-
271	University of Jena		16-22	-
272	University of Kansas		71-99	-
273	University of Koeln		16-22	-
274	University of Lorraine		10-14	-
275	University of Mainz		16-22	-
276	University of Maryland, Baltimore		71-99	-
277	University of Milan		3-7	-
278	University of Missouri - Columbia		71-99	-
279	University of Montpellier		10-14	-
280	University of Notre Dame		71-99	-
281	University of Oregon		71-99	-
282	University of Bern		6	-
283	University of Birmingham		10-17	-
284	University of Bonn		5-7	-
285	University of Frankfurt		5-7	-
286	University of Freiburg		5-7	-
287	University of Leeds		10-17	-
288	University of Liverpool		10-17	-
289	University of Nottingham		10-17	-
290	University of Rochester		49-60	-
291	University of Science and Technology of China		3-6	-
292	University of Southampton		10-17	-
293	University of Strasbourg		4-6	-
294	University of Utah		49-60	-
295	University of Wageningen		5-8	-
296	University of Warwick		10-17	-
297	University Paris Diderot - Paris 7		4-6	-
298	VU University Amsterdam		5-8	-
299	Weizmann Institute of Science		2-3	-
300	Zhejiang University		3-6	-
301	China Medical University (Taichung)		1-2	-
302	Curtin University		9-10	-
303	Delft University of Technology		9	-
304	Harbin Institute of Technology		7-9	-
305	Hokkaido University		6-7	-
306	London School of Economics and Political Science		18-20	-
307	Macquarie University		9-10	-
308	National Taiwan University		1-2	-
309	Oregon State University		61-70	-
310	Queen Mary University of London		18-20	-
311	Sapienza University of Rome		1-2	-
312	Sichuan University		7-9	-
313	Sun Yat-sen University		7-9	-
314	Technical University of Denmark		3	-
315	Tel Aviv University		4	-
316	The Chinese University of Hong Kong		2	-
317	The University of Calgary		6-8	-
318	Tokyo Institute of Technology		6-7	-
319	Trinity College Dublin		1	-
320	TU Dresden		8-15	-
321	Tufts University		61-70	-
322	Université Grenoble Alpes		7-9	-
323	Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB)		4	-
324	University of Bordeaux		7-9	-
325	University of California, Riverside		61-70	-
326	University of Delaware		61-70	-
327	University of Erlangen-Nuremberg		8-15	-
328	University of Exeter		18-20	-
329	University of Gothenburg		5	-
330	University of Hamburg		8-15	-
331	University of Innsbruck		1-2	-
332	University of Iowa		61-70	-
333	University of Kiel		8-15	-
334	University of Lausanne		7	-
335	University of Leipzig		8-15	-
336	University of Lisbon		1	-
337	University of Massachusetts Amherst		61-70	-
338	University of Massachusetts Medical School - Worcester		61-70	-
339	University of Miami		61-70	-
340	University of Montreal		6-8	-
341	University of Muenster		8-15	-
342	University of Nebraska - Lincoln		61-70	-
343	University of Ottawa		6-8	-
344	University of Padua		1-2	-
345	University of Paris Descartes (Paris 5)		7-9	-
346	University of Sao Paulo		1	-
347	University of Tuebingen		8-15	-
348	University of Vienna		1-2	-
349	University of Virginia		61-70	-
350	University of Wuerzburg		8-15	-
351	Aalborg University		4	-
352	Beijing Normal University		10-18	-
353	Chalmers University of Technology		6-9	-
354	Charles University in Prague		1	-
355	City University of Hong Kong		3-5	-
356	Claude Bernard University Lyon 1		10-14	-
357	Colorado State University		71-99	-
358	Dartmouth College		71-99	-
359	Deakin University		11-14	-
360	Drexel University		71-99	-
361	Durham University		21-28	-
362	Ecole Normale Superieure - Lyon		10-14	-
363	Florida State University		71-99	-
364	George Mason University		71-99	-
365	Georgetown University		71-99	-
366	Hanyang University		2-6	-
367	Huazhong University of Science and Technology		10-18	-
368	Iowa State University		71-99	-
369	Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)		16-22	-
370	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology		3	-
371	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology		2-6	-
372	Korea University		2-6	-
373	KTH Royal Institute of Technology		6-9	-
374	Kyushu University		8-9	-
375	Linkoping University		6-9	-
376	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine		21-28	-
377	Maastricht University		10	-
378	Medical University of South Carolina		71-99	-
379	Medical University of Vienna		3	-
380	Nanjing University		10-18	-
381	National Autonomous University of Mexico		1	-
382	Newcastle University		21-28	-
383	North Carolina State University - Raleigh		71-99	-
384	Northeastern University (Boston)		71-99	-
385	Oregon Health and Science University		71-99	-
386	Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse 3)		10-14	-
387	Polytechnic Institute of Milan		3-7	-
388	Pompeu Fabra University		1-3	-
389	Queen's University		9-11	-
390	Queensland University of Technology		11-14	-
391	RWTH Aachen University		16-22	-
392	Soochow University (China)		10-18	-
393	South China University of Technology		10-18	-
394	Southeast University		10-18	-
395	Stony Brook University		71-99	-
396	University of Western Sydney		15-21	-
397	Victoria University of Wellington		2-3	-
398	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University		100-119	-
399	Wayne State University		100-119	-
400	Xiamen University		19-33	-

Selection of Universities

ARWU considers every university that has any Nobel Laureates, Fields Medalists, Highly Cited Researchers, or papers published in Nature or Science. In addition, universities with significant amount of papers indexed by Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCIE) and Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) are also included. In total, more than 1000 universities are actually ranked and the best 500 are published on the web.

Ranking Criteria and Weights

Universities are ranked by several indicators of academic or research performance, including alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals, highly cited researchers, papers published in Nature and Science, papers indexed in major citation indices, and the per capita academic performance of an institution. For each indicator, the highest scoring institution is assigned a score of 100, and other institutions are calculated as a percentage of the top score. The distribution of data for each indicator is examined for any significant distorting effect; standard statistical techniques are used to adjust the indicator if necessary. Scores for each indicator are weighted as shown below to arrive at a final overall score for an institution. The highest scoring institution is assigned a score of 100, and other institutions are calculated as a percentage of the top score. An institution's rank reflects the number of institutions that sit above it.

Indicators and Weights for ARWU

Criteria	Indicator	Code	Weight
Quality of Education	Alumni of an institution winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals	Alumni	10%
Quality of Faculty	Staff of an institution winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals	Award	20%
Quality of Faculty	Highly cited researchers in 21 broad subject categories	HiCi	20%
Research Output	Papers published in Nature and Science*	N&S	20%
Research Output	Papers indexed in Science Citation Index-expanded and Social Science Citation Index	PUB	20%
Per Capita Performance	Per capita academic performance of an institution	PCP	10%
Total			100%
* For institutions specialized in humanities and social sciences such as London School of Economics, N&S is not considered, and the weight of N&S is relocated to other indicators.

Definition of Indicators

Indicator	Definition
Alumni	The total number of the alumni of an institution winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals. Alumni are defined as those who obtain bachelor's, master's or doctoral degrees from the institution. Different weights are set according to the periods of obtaining degrees. The weight is 100% for alumni obtaining degrees in after 1991, 90% for alumni obtaining degrees in 1981-1990, 80% for alumni obtaining degrees in 1971-1980, and so on, and finally 10% for alumni obtaining degrees in 1901-1910. If a person obtains more than one degrees from an institution, the institution is considered once only.
Award	The total number of the staff of an institution winning Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Medicine and Economics and Fields Medal in Mathematics. Staff is defined as those who work at an institution at the time of winning the prize. Different weights are set according to the periods of winning the prizes. The weight is 100% for winners in after 2001, 90% for winners in 1991-2000, 80% for winners in 1981-1990, 70% for winners in 1971-1980, and so on, and finally 10% for winners in 1911-1920. If a winner is affiliated with more than one institution, each institution is assigned the reciprocal of the number of institutions. For Nobel prizes, if a prize is shared by more than one person, weights are set for winners according to their proportion of the prize.
HiCi	The number of highly cited researchers in 21 subject categories. These individuals are the most highly cited within each category. The definition of categories and detailed procedures can be found at the website of Thomson ISI.
N&S	The number of papers published in Nature and Science between 2002 and 2006. To distinguish the order of author affiliation, a weight of 100% is assigned for corresponding author affiliation, 50% for first author affiliation (second author affiliation if the first author affiliation is the same as corresponding author affiliation), 25% for the next author affiliation, and 10% for other author affiliations. Only publications of 'Article' and 'Proceedings Paper' types are considered.
PUB	Total number of papers indexed in Science Citation Index-Expanded and Social Science Citation Index in 2006. Only publications of 'Article' and 'Proceedings Paper' types are considered. When calculating the total number of papers of an institution, a special weight of two was introduced for papers indexed in Social Science Citation Index.
PCP	The weighted scores of the above five indicators divided by the number of full-time equivalent academic staff. If the number of academic staff for institutions of a country cannot be obtained, the weighted scores of the above five indicators is used. For ARWU 2007, the numbers of full-time equivalent academic staff are obtained for institutions in USA, UK, France, Canada, Japan, Italy, China, Australia, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Belgium, South Korea, Czech, Slovenia, New Zealand etc.

Data Sources

Indicator	Data Source
Nobel laureates	https://nobelprize.org/
Fields Medals	https://www.mathunion.org/index.php?id=prizewinners
Highly cited researchers	https://www.isihighlycited.com
Papers published in Nature and Science	https://www.webofknowledge.com
Articles indexed in Science Citation Index-Expanded and Social Science Citation Index	https://www.webofknowledge.com
Others	Number of academic staff. Data is obtained from national agencies such as National Ministry of Education, National Bureau of Statistics, National Association of Universities and Colleges, National Rector's Conference.

Statistics by Region

Region	Top 20	Top 100	Top 200	Top 300	Top 400
Americas	17	58	98	138	164
Europe	2	34	80	123	172
Asia/Pac	1	9	24	42	64
Africa	0	0	0	1	2
Total	20	101	202	304	402

Statistics by Country

	Country	Top 20	Top 100	Top 200	Top 300	Top 400
1	United States	17	54	88	117	140
2	United Kingdom	2	11	23	33	37
3	Japan	1	6	9	12	18
4	Germany	—	6	14	22	36
5	Canada	—	4	7	17	19
6	France	—	4	7	12	18
7	Sweden	—	4	4	9	10
8	Switzerland	—	3	6	7	7
9	Netherlands	—	2	9	9	12
10	Australia	—	2	7	9	11
11	Israel	—	1	4	5	6
12	Denmark	—	1	3	4	4
13	Norway	—	1	1	2	3
14	Finland	—	1	1	1	3
15	Russia	—	1	1	1	2
16	Italy	—	—	5	8	14
17	Belgium	—	—	4	6	7
18	China	—	—	2	11	16
19	Spain	—	—	1	4	6
20	South Korea	—	—	1	3	6
21	Austria	—	—	1	2	4
22	Brazil	—	—	1	2	3
23	Singapore	—	—	1	1	2
24	Argentina	—	—	1	1	1
25	Mexico	—	—	1	1	1
26	New Zealand	—	—	—	1	3
27	South Africa	—	—	—	1	2
28	Ireland	—	—	—	1	2
29	Greece	—	—	—	1	2
30	Czech	—	—	—	1	1
31	Hungary	—	—	—	—	2
32	Poland	—	—	—	—	2
33	India	—	—	—	—	2
34	Chile	—	—	—	—	—
35	Portugal	—	—	—	—	—
36	Egypt	—	—	—	—	—
37	Slovenia	—	—	—	—	—
38	Turkey	—	—	—	—	—
Total	—	20	101	202	304	402

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