Academic Ranking of World Universities

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Academic Ranking of World Universities
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CategoriesHigher education
FrequencyAnnual
PublisherShanghai Ranking Consultancy (2009–present)
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2003–2008)
CountryChina
LanguageTen languages including English & Chinese
Websitewww.shanghairanking.com

The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), also known as the Shanghai Ranking, is one of the annual publications of world university rankings. The league table was originally compiled and issued by Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2003, making it the first global university ranking with multifarious indicators.[1][2]

Since 2009, ARWU has been published and copyrighted annually by Shanghai Ranking Consultancy, an organization focusing on higher education that is not legally subordinated to any universities or government agencies.[3] In 2011, a board of international advisory consisting of scholars and policy researchers was established to provide suggestions.[4][5] The publication currently includes global league tables for institutions as a whole and for a selection of individual subjects, alongside independent regional Greater China Ranking and Macedonian HEIs Ranking.

ARWU is regarded as one of the three most influential and widely observed university rankings, alongside QS World University Rankings and Times Higher Education World University Rankings.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12] It has received positive feedback for its objectivity and methodology,[10][11][12] but draws wide criticism as it fails to adjust for the size of the institution, and thus larger institutions tend to rank above smaller ones.[9][13][14]

Global rankings[]

Overall[]

Methodology[]

ARWU methodology[15]
Criterion Indicator Code Weighting Source
Quality of education Alumni as Nobel laureates & Fields Medalists Alumni 10% Official websites of Nobel Laureates & Fields Medalists[Note 1]
Quality of faculty Staff as Nobel Laureates & Fields Medalists Award 20% Official websites of Nobel Laureates & Fields Medalists[Note 1]
Highly cited researchers in 21 broad subject categories HiCi 20% Thomson Reuters' survey of highly cited researchers[Note 1]
Research output Papers published in Nature and Science[* 1] N&S 20% Citation index
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% -
  1. ^ Not applicable to institutions specialized in humanities and social sciences whose N&S scores are relocated to other indicators.

Reception[]

A survey on higher education published by The Economist in 2005 commented ARWU as "the most widely used annual ranking of the world's research universities."[16] In 2010, The Chronicle of Higher Education called ARWU "the best-known and most influential global ranking of universities".[17] EU Research Headlines reported the ARWU's work on 31 December 2003: "The universities were carefully evaluated using several indicators of research performance."[18] University of Oxford Chancellor Chris Patten has said "the methodology looks fairly solid ... it looks like a pretty good stab at a fair comparison."[19] Philip G. Altbach named ARWU's 'consistency, clarity of purpose, and transparency' as significant strengths.[20] While ARWU has originated in China, the ranking have been praised for being unbiased towards Asian institutions, especially Chinese institutions.[21]

Criticism[]

The ranking has been criticised for "relying too much on award factors" thus undermining the importance of quality of instruction and humanities.[9][22][23][24] A 2007 paper published in the journal Scientometrics found that the results from the Shanghai rankings could not be reproduced from raw data using the method described by Liu and Cheng.[25] A 2013 paper in the same journal finally showed how the Shanghai ranking results could be reproduced.[26] In a report from April 2009, J-C. Billaut, D. Bouyssou and Ph. Vincke analyse how the ARWU works, using their insights as specialists of Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM). Their main conclusions are that the criteria used are not relevant; that the aggregation methodology has a number of major problems; and that insufficient attention has been paid to fundamental choices of criteria.[27] The ARWU researchers themselves, N.C. Liu and Y. Cheng, think that the quality of universities cannot be precisely measured by mere numbers and any ranking must be controversial. They suggest that university and college rankings should be used with caution and their methodologies must be understood clearly before reporting or using the results. ARWU has been criticised by the European Commission as well as some EU member states for "favour[ing] Anglo-Saxon higher education institutions". For instance, ARWU is repeatedly criticised in France, where it triggers an annual controversy, focusing on its ill-adapted character to the French academic system[28][29] and the unreasonable weight given to research often performed decades ago.[30] It is also criticised in France for its use as a motivation for merging universities into larger ones.[31] Indeed, a further criticism has been that the metrics used are not independent of university size, e.g. number of publications or award winners will mechanically add as universities are grouped, independently of research (or teaching) quality; thus a merger between two equally-ranked institutions will significantly increase the merged institutions’ score and give it a higher ranking, without any change in quality.[14]

Results[]

Academic Ranking of World Universities, 2003–2018, Top ten
Academic Ranking of World Universities (500) – Top 50[32][Note 2]
Institution 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004
United States Harvard University 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
United States Stanford University 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 2
United Kingdom University of Cambridge 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 2 2 3
United States Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4 4 4 4 4 5 3 3 4 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
United States University of California, Berkeley 5 5 5 5 5 3 4 4 3 4 4 2 3 3 3 4 4 4
United States Princeton University 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 7
United Kingdom University of Oxford 7 9 7 7 7 7 10 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 8
United States Columbia University 8 7 8 8 8 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 9
United States California Institute of Technology 9 8 9 9 9 8 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
United States University of Chicago 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 9 10
United States Yale University 11 11 11 12 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11
United States Cornell University 12 12 13 12 14 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
France Paris-Saclay University 13 14 37 42 41 46 41 42 39 37 40 45 43 49 52 64 61 48
United States University of California, Los Angeles 14 13 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 14 14 16
United States University of Pennsylvania 15 19 17 16 17 18 17 16 15 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 15
United States Johns Hopkins University 16 15 16 18 18 16 16 17 17 17 18 18 19 20 19 20 19 22
United Kingdom University College London 17 16 15 17 16 17 18 20 21 21 20 21 21 22 25 26 26 25
United States University of California, San Diego 18 18 18 15 15 14 14 14 14 15 15 14 14 14 14 13 13 13
United States University of Washington 19 16 14 14 13 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 17 17 20
United States University of California, San Francisco 20 21 20 21 21 21 18 18 18 18 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 17
Switzerland Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich 21 20 19 19 19 19 20 19 20 23 23 23 23 24 27 27 27 27
Canada University of Toronto 22 23 24 23 23 27 25 24 28 27 26 27 27 24 23 24 24 24
United States Washington University in St. Louis 23 23 22 20 20 23 32 32 32 31 31 30 29 29 28 28 28 28
Japan University of Tokyo 24 26 25 22 24 20 21 21 21 20 21 20 20 19 20 19 20 14
United Kingdom Imperial College London 25 25 23 24 27 22 23 22 24 24 24 26 26 27 23 23 23 23
United States University of Michigan 26 22 20 27 24 23 22 22 23 22 22 22 22 21 21 21 21 19
United States New York University 27 27 30 32 29 29 27 27 27 27 29 31 32 31 30 29 29 32
China Tsinghua University 28 29 43 45 48 58 101-150 101-150 151-200 151-200 151-200 151-200 201-302 201-302 151-202 151-200 153-202 202-301
United States University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 29 30 33 30 33 35 39 36 43 41 42 41 39 38 58 59 55 56
Denmark University of Copenhagen 30 33 26 29 30 30 35 39 42 44 43 40 43 45 46 56 57 59
United States University of Wisconsin–Madison 31 32 27 28 28 28 24 24 19 19 19 17 17 17 7 16 12 8
United States Duke University 32 27 28 26 26 25 31 31 31 36 35 35 31 32 32 31 32 31
Australia University of Melbourne 33 35 41 38 39 40 44 44 54 57 60 62 75 73 79 78 82 82
United States Northwestern University 34 30 29 25 22 26 27 28 30 30 30 29 30 30 29 33 31 30
France Sorbonne University 35 39 44 36 / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
United Kingdom University of Manchester 35 36 33 34 38 35 41 38 41 40 38 44 41 40 48 50 53 78
Japan Kyoto University 37 34 32 35 35 32 26 26 26 26 27 24 24 23 22 22 22 21
France PSL University 38 36 / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
United Kingdom University of Edinburgh 38 42 31 32 32 41 47 45 51 51 53 54 53 55 53 52 47 47
United States University of Minnesota 40 40 41 37 34 33 30 30 29 29 28 28 28 28 33 32 32 33
United States University of Texas at Austin 41 41 45 40 51 44 37 39 36 35 35 38 38 39 38 39 36 40
Sweden Karolinska Institute 42 45 38 44 44 44 48 47 44 42 44 42 50 51 53 48 45 46
United States Rockefeller University 42 43 35 30 36 37 33 33 34 32 33 34 32 32 30 30 30 29
Canada University of British Columbia 42 38 35 43 31 34 40 37 40 39 37 36 36 35 36 36 37 36
China Peking University 45 49 53 57 71 71 101-150 101-150 151-200 151-200 201-300 151-200 201-302 201-302 203-304 201-300 203-300 202-301
United States University of Colorado Boulder 46 44 38 38 43 38 34 34 33 33 32 32 34 34 34 34 35 34
United Kingdom King's College London 47 47 51 56 46 50 55 59 67 68 68 63 65 81 83 83 80 77
United States University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas 48 48 49 48 48 43 44 45 46 48 51 49 48 41 39 38 38 36
Germany Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich 48 51 52 53 57 51 52 49 61 60 54 52 55 55 53 51 51 51
Netherlands Utrecht University 50 52 49 51 47 65 56 57 52 53 48 50 52 47 42 40 41 39

Alternative[]

As it may take much time for rising universities to produce Nobel laureates and Fields Medalists with numbers comparable to those of older institutions, the Institute created alternative rankings excluding such award factors so as to provide another way of comparisons of academic performance. The weighting of all the other factors remains unchanged, thus the grand total of 70%.

Subject[]

There are two categories in ARWU's disciplinary rankings: broad subject fields and specific subjects. The methodology is similar to that adopted in the overall table, including award factors, paper citation, and the number of highly cited scholars.[35]

  • Natural sciences
    • Atmospheric science
    • Chemistry
    • Earth sciences
    • Ecology
    • Geography
    • Mathematics
    • Oceanography
    • Physics
  • Engineering
    • Aerospace engineering
    • Automation and control
    • Biomedical engineering
    • Biotechnology
    • Chemical engineering
    • Civil engineering
    • Computer science and engineering
    • Electrical and electronic engineering
    • Energy science and Engineering
    • Environmental science and engineering
    • Food science and technology
    • Instruments science and technology
    • Marine/ocean engineering
    • Materials science and engineering
    • Mechanical engineering
    • Metallurgical engineering
    • Mining and mineral engineering
    • Nanoscience and nanotechnology
    • Remote sensing
    • Telecommunication engineering
    • Transportation science and technology
    • Water resources
  • Life sciences
    • Agricultural sciences
    • Biological sciences
    • Human biological sciences
    • Veterinary sciences
  • Medical sciences
    • Clinical medicine
    • Dentistry and oral sciences
    • Medical technology
    • Nursing
    • Pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences
    • Public health
  • Social sciences
    • Business administration
    • Communication
    • Economics
    • Education
    • Finance
    • Hospitality and tourism management
    • Law
    • Library and information science
    • Management
    • Political sciences
    • Psychology
    • Public administration
    • Sociology
    • Statistics

Regional rankings[]

Considering the development of specific areas, two independent regional league tables with different methodologies were launched - Ranking of Top Universities in Greater China and Best Chinese Universities Ranking.

Mainland China[]

Results[]

Mainland China Rankings (582) – Top 10[Note 2]
Institution 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021[36]
China Tsinghua University 1 1 1 1 1
China Peking University 2 2 2 2 2
China Zhejiang University 3 3 3 3 3
China Shanghai Jiao Tong University 4 4 4 4 4
China Nanjing University 7 7 7 5 5
China Fudan University 5 5 5 6 6
China University of Science and Technology of China 6 6 6 7 7
China Huazhong University of Science and Technology 8 8 7 8 8
China Wuhan University 13 12 12 9 9
China Xi'an Jiaotong University 16 14 14 11 10

Greater China[]

Methodology[]

Methodology of Greater China Rankings[37][Note 2]
Criterion Indicator Weight
Education Percentage of graduate students 5%
Percentage of non-local students 5%
Ratio of academic staff to students 5%
Doctoral degrees awarded 10%
Alumni as Nobel Laureates & Fields Medalists 10%
Research Annual research income 5%
Nature & Science Papers 10%
SCIE & SSCI papers 10%
International patents 10%
Faculty Percentage of academic staff with a doctoral degree 5%
Staff as Nobel Laureates and Fields Medalists 10%
Highly cited researchers 10%
Resources Annual budget 5%

Results[]

Greater China Rankings (100) – Top 10[Note 2]
Institution 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019[38] 2020[39]
China Tsinghua University 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
China Peking University 7 7 5 5 4 2 2 2 2 2
Hong Kong The Chinese University of Hong Kong 6 5 6 7 5 5 4 4 3 3
China Zhejiang University 10 9 9 10 9 9 5 5 4 4
China University of Science and Technology of China 9 11 10 8 8 4 7 6 6 5
China Shanghai Jiao Tong University 15 12 12 12 12 10 8 7 7 6
China Fudan University 16 10 11 11 10 12 9 10 8 7
Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong 3 6 4 6 6 5 6 8 5 8
Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong 18 17 15 13 13 8 14 13 12 9
Taiwan National Tsing Hua University 4 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 9 10

Notes[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Official datum sources adopted by ARWU: Nobel Laureate Web, Fields Medalist Web, Thomson Reuters' survey of highly cited researchers & Thomson Reuters' Web of Science.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Order shown in accordance with the latest result.

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