Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)

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Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) is an annual publication for ranking of global universities drafted by ShanghaiRanking Consultancy, which is an independent organisation engaged in research on higher education intelligence and consultation.

The first Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) was published on June 2003 by the Center for World-Class Universities (CWCU), and Graduate School of Education (formerly the Institute of Higher Education) of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. However, since 2009, the ARWU rankings have been published and copyrighted by ShanghaiRanking Consultancy.

What is Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)?

This annual publication of world university rankings is based on five objective indicators:

The number of alumni and staff who accomplish Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals,
The number of well-voiced researchers selected by Clarivate Analytics,
The number of articles issued in journals of Nature and Science,
The number of articles tabulated in Science Citation Index i.e., Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index,
Per capita performance of the institution

Countries	No. of universities in top 200
United States	66
United Kingdom	21
Australia	8
Canada	9
Ireland	1

Based on each indicator, the highest-scoring education institution is assigned with a score of 100, whereas other education institutions are calculated as a percentage of the highest score. While ARWU publishes the top 500 global universities every year based on objective indicators and third-party data it published a list of best 1000 global universities in 2019.

Top 20 Universities in ARWU 2019

Institution	Country	Rank 2019	Rank 2018
Harvard University	United States	1	1
Stanford University	United States	2	2
University of Cambridge	United Kingdom	3	3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	United States	4	4
University of California, Berkeley	United States	5	5
Princeton University	United States	6	6
University of Oxford	United Kingdom	7	7
Columbia University	United States	8	8
California Institute of Technology	United States	9	9
University of Chicago	United States	10	10
University of California, Los Angeles	United States	11	11
Yale University	United states	11	12
Cornell University	United States	13	12
University of Washington	United States	14	14
University College London	United Kingdom	15	17
Johns Hopkins University	United States	16	18
University of Pennsylvania	United States	17	16
University of California, San Diego	United States	18	15
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich	Switzerland	19	19
University of California, San Francisco	United States	20	21

It is said that one primary reason for the significant influence of the ARWU rankings is that it uses a methodology which is scientifically sound, stable and transparent.

Source: www.shanghairanking.com

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Updated on June 21, 2020