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Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 2017

The 2017 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) by Shanghai Ranking Consultancy

Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 2017

This statistic shows the 2017 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) as concluded by the Shanghai Ranking Consultancy group. In 2017, Harvard was ranked as the top University with a score of 100. The University of Cambridge was the highest rated English University on the 3rd position with a score of 70.9.

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	Shanghai Ranking Score
Harvard University	100
Stanford University	76.5
University of Cambridge	70.9
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	70.4
University of California, Berkeley	69.1
Princeton University	61.1
University of Oxford	60.1
Columbia University	58.8
California Institute of Technology	57.3
University of Chicago	53.9
Yale University	52.8
University of California, Los Angeles	52.5
University of Washington	50.3
Cornell University	49.6
University of California, San Diego	49.5
University College London	47.1
University of Pennsylvania	46
Johns Hopkins University	45.7
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich	44.1
Washington University in St. Louis	43.3
University of California, San Francisco	42.4
Northwestern University	41.9
University of Toronto	41.6
The University of Tokyo	41.5
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	41.5
Duke University	41
Imperial College London	40.9
University of Wisconsin - Madison	39.7
New York University	38.6
University of Copenhagen	38.5
University of British Columbia	37.7
The University of Edinburgh	37
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	36.9
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	36.8
Kyoto University	36.7
Rockefeller University	36.6
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	36.2
The University of Manchester	36.1
The University of Melbourne	35.9
Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris 6	35.5
University of Paris-Sud (Paris 11)	35
Heidelberg University	34.8
University of Colorado at Boulder	34.7
Karolinska Institute	33.3
University of California, Santa Barbara	33.2
King's College London	33.1
Utrecht University	33
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas	32.8
Tsinghua University	32.8
Technical University Munich	32.7

	Shanghai Ranking Score
Harvard University	100
Stanford University	76.5
University of Cambridge	70.9
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	70.4
University of California, Berkeley	69.1
Princeton University	61.1
University of Oxford	60.1
Columbia University	58.8
California Institute of Technology	57.3
University of Chicago	53.9
Yale University	52.8
University of California, Los Angeles	52.5
University of Washington	50.3
Cornell University	49.6
University of California, San Diego	49.5
University College London	47.1
University of Pennsylvania	46
Johns Hopkins University	45.7
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich	44.1
Washington University in St. Louis	43.3
University of California, San Francisco	42.4
Northwestern University	41.9
University of Toronto	41.6
The University of Tokyo	41.5
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	41.5
Duke University	41
Imperial College London	40.9
University of Wisconsin - Madison	39.7
New York University	38.6
University of Copenhagen	38.5
University of British Columbia	37.7
The University of Edinburgh	37
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	36.9
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	36.8
Kyoto University	36.7
Rockefeller University	36.6
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	36.2
The University of Manchester	36.1
The University of Melbourne	35.9
Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris 6	35.5
University of Paris-Sud (Paris 11)	35
Heidelberg University	34.8
University of Colorado at Boulder	34.7
Karolinska Institute	33.3
University of California, Santa Barbara	33.2
King's College London	33.1
Utrecht University	33
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas	32.8
Tsinghua University	32.8
Technical University Munich	32.7

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Release date: August 2017

Region: Worldwide
Survey time period: 2017
Supplementary notes: Several indicators are used to rank the universities. Number of alumni and academic staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fiels Medals, highly cited researchers, papers published in Nature and Science, papers indexed in major indices and the per capita academic performance of the institution.
The highest scoring institution is assigned a score of 100 and other institutions are calculated as a percentage of the top score.
Detailed information about the methodology can be accessed http://www.shanghairanking.com/ARWU-Methodology-2017.html

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