June 27, 2024
UW ranks in the top 10 on a US News & World Report list of best global universities
The 糖心原创 tied for No. 7 on the U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 Best Global Universities rankings, released on Tuesday. The UW maintained its No. 2 ranking among U.S. public institutions.Pamela Dore/糖心原创
The 糖心原创 tied for No. 7 on the聽U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 Best Global Universities rankings, on Tuesday. The UW maintained its No. 2 ranking among U.S. public institutions.
The UW also placed in the top 10 in nine subject areas ranked by U.S. News, including many health and life sciences.
Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University topped the list in that order. The University of Oxford is No. 4, and the University of California, Berkeley, came in at No. 5. The UW shared the No. 7 spot with University College London.
鈥淚mpact is at the heart of everything we collectively accomplish, and I am honored to see the UW once again recognized as ranking highly among the world鈥檚 best research universities,鈥� said UW President Ana Mari Cauce. 鈥淚鈥檓 exceptionally proud of the global research contributions made by our community of UW faculty and scholars across many disciplines.鈥�
The U.S. News ranking 鈥斅� based on data and metrics provided by Clarivate 鈥� weighs factors that measure a university鈥檚 global and regional research reputation and academic research performance. For the overall rankings, this includes bibliometric indicators such as publications, citations and international collaboration.
The overall Best Global Universities ranking encompasses the top 2,250 institutions spread across 104 countries, according to U.S. News. American universities make up eight of the top 10 spots.
Here are all the top 10 UW rankings in U.S. News鈥� subject rankings:
Marine and freshwater biology 鈥� No. 5
Molecular biology and genetics 鈥� No. 6
Clinical medicine 鈥� No. 6
Public, environmental and occupational health 鈥� No. 6
Microbiology 鈥� No. 7
Biology and biochemistry 鈥� No. 9
Geosciences 鈥� No. 9
Infectious diseases 鈥� No. 9
Social sciences and public health 鈥� No. 9
