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ShanghaiRanking’s Academic Ranking of World Universities 2021 Press Release
Sunday, August 15, 2021 From: Shanghai, People's Republic of China
The 2021 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) is released today by ShanghaiRanking Consultancy. Since 2003, ARWU has been presenting the world's top universities annually based on transparent methodology and objective third-party data. It has been recognized as the precursor of global university rankings and the most trustworthy one. This year, more than 2000 institutions were scrutinized, and the best 1000 universities in the world are published.
Harvard University tops the ranking list for the 19th year. Stanford University and the University of Cambridge remain at the No. 2 and No. 3 seats. Other Top 10 universities are MIT (4th), Berkeley (5th), Princeton (6th), Oxford (7th), Columbia (8th), Caltech (9th), and Chicago (10th).
In Continental Europe, Paris-Saclay University (13th) rises one position, remaining at the best position, followed by ETH Zurich (21th). Among Asian universities, The University of Tokyo (24th) keeps its leading position. Tsinghua University (28th) moves up one position, holding on to the second-best place in Asia. The University of Melbourne (33th) tops of other universities in Oceania for eleven consecutive years since 2011.
Two European universities move up into the Top 50. The University of Munich from Germany ranked 48th, up from 51st last year, and Utrecht University from Netherlands rises two places to 50th. Three universities enter into the Top 100 list, including Sun Yat-sen University (89th) from Chinese Mainland, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (90th), and Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (94th) from Israel. Sun Yat-sen University has made the first-ever appearances in the Top 100. There are seven new entrants from Asia and Oceania appearing on the Top 500 list. 38 universities enter into Top 1000 for the first time.
TOP 100 Universities in ARWU 2021
2021 Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
2020 Rank Institution
1
Harvard University
2
Stanford University
3
University of Cambridge
4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
5
University of California, Berkeley
6
Princeton University
9
University of Oxford
7
Columbia University
8
California Institute of Technology
10
University of Chicago
11
Yale University
12
Cornell University
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2021 Rank 13
2020 Rank Institution
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14
13
University of California, Los Angeles
15
19
University of Pennsylvania
16
15
Johns Hopkins University
17
16
University College London
18
18
University of California, San Diego
19
16
University of Washington
20
21
University of California, San Francisco
21
20
ETH Zurich
22
23
University of Toronto
23
23
Washington University in St. Louis
24
26
The University of Tokyo
25
25
Imperial College London
26
22
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
27
27
New York University
28
29
Tsinghua University
29
30
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
30
33
University of Copenhagen
31
32
University of Wisconsin - Madison
32
27
Duke University
33
35
The University of Melbourne
34
30
Northwestern University
35
39
Sorbonne University
35
36
The University of Manchester
37
34
Kyoto University
38
36
PSL University
38
42
The University of Edinburgh
40
40
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
41
41
The University of Texas at Austin
42
45
Karolinska Institute
42
43
Rockefeller University
42
38
University of British Columbia
45
49
Peking University
46
44
University of Colorado at Boulder
47
47
King's College London
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The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
48
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University of Munich
50
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Utrecht University
51
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The University of Queensland
52
54
Technical University of Munich
52
58
Zhejiang University
54
56
University of Zurich
55
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
56
53
University of Maryland, College Park
57
57
Heidelberg University
57
49
University of California, Santa Barbara
59
63
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
60
59
University of Geneva
61
60
University of Oslo
61
61
University of Southern California
63
73
University of Science and Technology of China
64
69
University of Groningen
65
74
The University of New South Wales
65
62
Vanderbilt University
67
78
McGill University
67
67
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
69
74
University of Sydney
70
69
University of California, Irvine
71
69
Aarhus University
71
66
Ghent University
73
65
University of Paris
74
69
Stockholm University
75
80
National University of Singapore
76
67
The Australian National University
77
100
Fudan University
78
64
University of Bristol
78
77
Uppsala University
80
85
Monash University
81
91
Nanyang Technological University
82
74
University of Helsinki
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2021 Rank 83
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Leiden University
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84
83
Nagoya University
84
87
University of Bonn
86
79
Purdue University - West Lafayette
87
97
KU Leuven
87
88
University of Basel
89
101-150 Sun Yat-sen University
90
101-150 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
91
83
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne
92
98
McMaster University
92
93
Weizmann Institute of Science
94
101-150 Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
95
90
Boston University
96
85
The University of Western Australia
97
95
Carnegie Mellon University
97
93
Moscow State University
97
88
University of Florida
100
91
University of California, Davis
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Universities from the United States dominate this year’s Top 1000 list with 40 universities among the Top 100, 129 among the Top 500, and 200 among the Top 1000. The United Kingdom has 65 Top 1000 universities, and 38 of them are listed in the Top 500, 8 are listed in the Top 100.
Germany has four universities ranked in the Top 100, namely the University of Munich (LMU Munich, 48th), Technical University of Munich (TUM, 52th), Heidelberg University (Heidelberg, 57th), and University of Bonn (Bonn, 84th). It is worth mentioning that LMU Munich, TUM, and Heidelberg have been selected as Universities of Excellence under the Excellence Initiative since 2006/2007, and Bonn was selected first time as Universities of Excellence in 2019.
French universities maintain their competitive performance in this year’s league table, 30 of which are ranked in the Top 1000, 17 universities are ranked in the Top 500. Under the Initiatives of Excellence (Initiatives D’Excellence), ParisSaclay (13th), Sorbonne (35th), PSL (38th), and University of Paris (73th) hold four positions in the Top 100.
China has 180 universities ranked in the Top 1000, including 84 Top 500 universities, 7 Top 100 universities. The number of universities from Chinese Mainland continues to grow. Most of the listed universities are supported by the “Double World-Class Project” (World-Class Universities and World-Class Subjects Project).
The complete list and detailed methodologies can be found at ShanghaiRanking’s website www.shanghairanking.com/rankings/arwu/2021.
Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU): Starting from 2003, ARWU has been presenting the world's top universities annually based on a set of objective indicators and third-party data. ARWU has been recognized as the precursor of global university rankings and the most trustworthy league table. ARWU adopts six objective indicators to rank world universities, including the number of alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals, the number of articles published in journals of Nature and Science, and Clarivate data including the number of Highly Cited Researchers™, articles indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded™ and Social Sciences Citation Index™ in the Web
of Science™ and per capita performance. More than 2000 universities are ranked by ARWU every year, and the best
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1000 universities are published.
ShanghaiRanking Consultancy: ShanghaiRanking Consultancy is a fully independent organization dedicating to research on higher education intelligence and consultation. It has been the official publisher of the Academic Ranking of World Universities since 2009.
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ShanghaiRanking’s Academic Ranking of World Universities 2021 Press Release
Sunday, August 15, 2021 From: Shanghai, People's Republic of China
The 2021 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) is released today by ShanghaiRanking Consultancy. Since 2003, ARWU has been presenting the world's top universities annually based on transparent methodology and objective third-party data. It has been recognized as the precursor of global university rankings and the most trustworthy one. This year, more than 2000 institutions were scrutinized, and the best 1000 universities in the world are published.
Harvard University tops the ranking list for the 19th year. Stanford University and the University of Cambridge remain at the No. 2 and No. 3 seats. Other Top 10 universities are MIT (4th), Berkeley (5th), Princeton (6th), Oxford (7th), Columbia (8th), Caltech (9th), and Chicago (10th).
In Continental Europe, Paris-Saclay University (13th) rises one position, remaining at the best position, followed by ETH Zurich (21th). Among Asian universities, The University of Tokyo (24th) keeps its leading position. Tsinghua University (28th) moves up one position, holding on to the second-best place in Asia. The University of Melbourne (33th) tops of other universities in Oceania for eleven consecutive years since 2011.
Two European universities move up into the Top 50. The University of Munich from Germany ranked 48th, up from 51st last year, and Utrecht University from Netherlands rises two places to 50th. Three universities enter into the Top 100 list, including Sun Yat-sen University (89th) from Chinese Mainland, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (90th), and Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (94th) from Israel. Sun Yat-sen University has made the first-ever appearances in the Top 100. There are seven new entrants from Asia and Oceania appearing on the Top 500 list. 38 universities enter into Top 1000 for the first time.
TOP 100 Universities in ARWU 2021
2021 Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
2020 Rank Institution
1
Harvard University
2
Stanford University
3
University of Cambridge
4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
5
University of California, Berkeley
6
Princeton University
9
University of Oxford
7
Columbia University
8
California Institute of Technology
10
University of Chicago
11
Yale University
12
Cornell University
Country/Region United States United States United Kingdom United States United States United States United Kingdom United States United States United States United States United States
2021 Rank 13
2020 Rank Institution
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14
Paris-Saclay University
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14
13
University of California, Los Angeles
15
19
University of Pennsylvania
16
15
Johns Hopkins University
17
16
University College London
18
18
University of California, San Diego
19
16
University of Washington
20
21
University of California, San Francisco
21
20
ETH Zurich
22
23
University of Toronto
23
23
Washington University in St. Louis
24
26
The University of Tokyo
25
25
Imperial College London
26
22
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
27
27
New York University
28
29
Tsinghua University
29
30
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
30
33
University of Copenhagen
31
32
University of Wisconsin - Madison
32
27
Duke University
33
35
The University of Melbourne
34
30
Northwestern University
35
39
Sorbonne University
35
36
The University of Manchester
37
34
Kyoto University
38
36
PSL University
38
42
The University of Edinburgh
40
40
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
41
41
The University of Texas at Austin
42
45
Karolinska Institute
42
43
Rockefeller University
42
38
University of British Columbia
45
49
Peking University
46
44
University of Colorado at Boulder
47
47
King's College London
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The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
48
51
University of Munich
50
52
Utrecht University
51
54
The University of Queensland
52
54
Technical University of Munich
52
58
Zhejiang University
54
56
University of Zurich
55
45
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
56
53
University of Maryland, College Park
57
57
Heidelberg University
57
49
University of California, Santa Barbara
59
63
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
60
59
University of Geneva
61
60
University of Oslo
61
61
University of Southern California
63
73
University of Science and Technology of China
64
69
University of Groningen
65
74
The University of New South Wales
65
62
Vanderbilt University
67
78
McGill University
67
67
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
69
74
University of Sydney
70
69
University of California, Irvine
71
69
Aarhus University
71
66
Ghent University
73
65
University of Paris
74
69
Stockholm University
75
80
National University of Singapore
76
67
The Australian National University
77
100
Fudan University
78
64
University of Bristol
78
77
Uppsala University
80
85
Monash University
81
91
Nanyang Technological University
82
74
University of Helsinki
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China Switzerland United States United States
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Norway United States
China Netherlands
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2021 Rank 83
2020 Rank Institution
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Leiden University
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84
83
Nagoya University
84
87
University of Bonn
86
79
Purdue University - West Lafayette
87
97
KU Leuven
87
88
University of Basel
89
101-150 Sun Yat-sen University
90
101-150 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
91
83
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne
92
98
McMaster University
92
93
Weizmann Institute of Science
94
101-150 Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
95
90
Boston University
96
85
The University of Western Australia
97
95
Carnegie Mellon University
97
93
Moscow State University
97
88
University of Florida
100
91
University of California, Davis
Country/Region中文版 Netherlands Japan Germany United States Belgium Switzerland China Israel Switzerland Canada Israel Israel United States Australia United States Russia United States United States
Universities from the United States dominate this year’s Top 1000 list with 40 universities among the Top 100, 129 among the Top 500, and 200 among the Top 1000. The United Kingdom has 65 Top 1000 universities, and 38 of them are listed in the Top 500, 8 are listed in the Top 100.
Germany has four universities ranked in the Top 100, namely the University of Munich (LMU Munich, 48th), Technical University of Munich (TUM, 52th), Heidelberg University (Heidelberg, 57th), and University of Bonn (Bonn, 84th). It is worth mentioning that LMU Munich, TUM, and Heidelberg have been selected as Universities of Excellence under the Excellence Initiative since 2006/2007, and Bonn was selected first time as Universities of Excellence in 2019.
French universities maintain their competitive performance in this year’s league table, 30 of which are ranked in the Top 1000, 17 universities are ranked in the Top 500. Under the Initiatives of Excellence (Initiatives D’Excellence), ParisSaclay (13th), Sorbonne (35th), PSL (38th), and University of Paris (73th) hold four positions in the Top 100.
China has 180 universities ranked in the Top 1000, including 84 Top 500 universities, 7 Top 100 universities. The number of universities from Chinese Mainland continues to grow. Most of the listed universities are supported by the “Double World-Class Project” (World-Class Universities and World-Class Subjects Project).
The complete list and detailed methodologies can be found at ShanghaiRanking’s website www.shanghairanking.com/rankings/arwu/2021.
Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU): Starting from 2003, ARWU has been presenting the world's top universities annually based on a set of objective indicators and third-party data. ARWU has been recognized as the precursor of global university rankings and the most trustworthy league table. ARWU adopts six objective indicators to rank world universities, including the number of alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals, the number of articles published in journals of Nature and Science, and Clarivate data including the number of Highly Cited Researchers™, articles indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded™ and Social Sciences Citation Index™ in the Web
of Science™ and per capita performance. More than 2000 universities are ranked by ARWU every year, and the best
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1000 universities are published.
ShanghaiRanking Consultancy: ShanghaiRanking Consultancy is a fully independent organization dedicating to research on higher education intelligence and consultation. It has been the official publisher of the Academic Ranking of World Universities since 2009.
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