CWUR Rankings 2018-2019

The Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) is a consulting firm based in the United Arab Emirates and started publishing the CWUR ranking in 2012. This ranking is the only academic ranking that evaluates the quality of teaching, the employability of graduates, research results and the relevance of scientific work without using surveys and data provided by universities.

When the ranking was first published in 2012, the aim was to evaluate the 100 best universities in theworld. Already in 2014, the ranking was extended to the top 1000 best universities worldwide.

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US Rank	World Rank	University	Quality of Education	Alumni Employment	Quality of Faculty	Research Output	Quality Publications	Influence	Citations	Score
1	1	Harvard University	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	100
2	2	Stanford University	10	3	2	10	4	3	2	96.7
3	3	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	3	11	3	30	15	2	6	95.1
4	6	University of California, Berkeley	7	52	5	18	12	4	8	92.5
5	7	Princeton University	4	15	4	146	99	28	27	91.9
6	8	Columbia University	16	13	8	20	14	10	10	91.4
7	9	California Institute of Technology	1	200	7	127	81	13	31	91.0
8	10	University of Chicago	13	22	9	39	22	18	10	90.6
9	11	Yale University	11	34	12	37	19	11	31	90.3
10	13	University of Pennsylvania	31	9	30	16	11	17	13	89.7

US Rank	World Rank	University	Quality of Education	Alumni Employment	Quality of Faculty	Research Output	Quality Publications	Influence	Citations	Score
11	14	Cornell University	14	28	19	31	24	15	40	89.4
12	15	University of California, Los Angeles	58	63	11	13	10	14	5	89.1
13	16	Johns Hopkins University	24	159	17	8	6	12	3	88.9
14	18	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	47	38	68	3	3	20	10	88.4
15	19	University of Washington, Seattle	75	220	26	11	9	9	9	88.2
16	20	University of California, San Diego	37	> 1000	16	28	16	5	16	88.0
17	22	University of California, San Francisco	-	> 1000	13	45	23	8	17	87.7
18	23	Northwestern University	129	18	44	52	28	36	34	87.5
19	24	Duke University	98	46	47	36	20	21	14	87.3
20	25	New York University	64	40	18	70	50	29	35	87.2

US Rank	World Rank	University	Quality of Education	Alumni Employment	Quality of Faculty	Research Output	Quality Publications	Influence	Citations	Score
21	27	University of Wisconsin–Madison	65	79	32	32	26	30	15	86.9
22	31	University of Texas, Austin	108	62	29	73	58	58	24	86.3
23	32	University of Illinois, Urbana–Champaign	40	150	27	65	55	61	50	86.2
24	33	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	205	120	72	50	30	33	21	86.1
25	35	University of Minnesota Twin Cities	131	302	76	24	21	35	28	85.9
26	36	Washington University, St. Louis	206	161	64	81	46	22	22	85.8
27	40	Ohio State University	165	254	70	33	31	50	35	85.3
28	41	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	212	101	35	74	67	62	59	85.2
29	42	University of California, Davis	82	579	75	42	35	39	31	85.1
30	43	Pennsylvania State University	374	168	60	43	40	41	51	85.0

US Rank	World Rank	University	Quality of Education	Alumni Employment	Quality of Faculty	Research Output	Quality Publications	Influence	Citations	Score
31	47	University of Maryland, College Park	103	480	55	92	72	45	42	84.7
32	50	University of Colorado Boulder	134	170	41	145	111	40	59	84.4
33	51	University of Southern California	215	111	40	121	88	74	66	84.4
34	52	University of Arizona	166	164	53	111	96	43	48	84.3
35	56	Boston University	572	112	106	113	75	52	26	84.0
36	58	Brown University	95	50	50	186	125	85	80	83.8
37	59	University of California, Irvine	264	> 1000	42	133	97	64	57	83.8
38	62	University of Florida	472	485	113	40	44	90	43	83.6
39	63	Purdue University, West Lafayette	96	83	58	94	93	106	129	83.5
40	64	Vanderbilt University	148	91	140	95	63	57	45	83.4

US Rank	World Rank	University	Quality of Education	Alumni Employment	Quality of Faculty	Research Output	Quality Publications	Influence	Citations	Score
41	66	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	33	> 1000	39	244	151	34	187	83.3
42	70	University of California, Santa Barbara	149	596	25	229	146	80	63	83.0
43	73	University of Pittsburgh	187	233	-	34	25	47	18	82.9
44	76	Rockefeller University	15	> 1000	14	786	434	32	275	82.7
45	78	Texas A&M University, College Station	625	183	57	85	95	133	101	82.6
46	79	University of Virginia	271	31	168	151	116	95	85	82.5
47	80	Emory University	-	197	164	101	66	55	63	82.5
48	83	University of Utah	169	187	80	125	105	68	93	82.3
49	89	University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center	-	> 1000	91	158	104	70	66	82.0
50	91	Carnegie Mellon University	34	145	21	318	228	221	129	81.9

US Rank	World Rank	University	Quality of Education	Alumni Employment	Quality of Faculty	Research Output	Quality Publications	Influence	Citations	Score
51	94	Baylor College of Medicine	51	-	> 1000	141	161	118	38	53
52	105	University of Rochester	52	73	74	139	220	148	139	66
53	111	University of California, Santa Cruz	53	343	> 1000	45	412	275	60	93
54	114	Arizona State University	54	-	796	111	155	139	113	114
55	122	Dartmouth College	55	48	17	232	372	258	185	240
56	128	Stony Brook University	56	373	> 1000	62	270	197	115	187
57	129	Rice University	57	67	93	77	407	283	163	108
58	133	University of Colorado Denver \| Anschutz Medical Campus	58	-	> 1000	94	234	167	134	139
59	134	University of Iowa	59	292	373	212	148	120	108	151
60	139	Georgia Institute of Technology	60	282	151	157	144	117	171	222

US Rank	World Rank	University	Quality of Education	Alumni Employment	Quality of Faculty	Research Output	Quality Publications	Influence	Citations	Score
61	142	Case Western Reserve University	61	60	259	280	183	140	109	76
62	143	Indiana University Bloomington	62	237	78	133	267	193	161	163
63	144	Michigan State University	63	209	281	-	110	106	145	65
64	151	Oregon Health & Science University	64	-	> 1000	172	295	208	111	108
65	153	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	65	-	> 1000	-	202	145	59	101
66	154	Tufts University	66	100	64	229	272	212	178	151
67	160	University of Notre Dame	67	397	30	103	379	274	286	327
68	167	North Carolina State University	68	121	416	153	170	168	235	200
69	177	Iowa State University	69	563	245	134	203	195	214	222
70	180	University of Georgia	70	204	337	216	193	190	165	275

US Rank	World Rank	University	Quality of Education	Alumni Employment	Quality of Faculty	Research Output	Quality Publications	Influence	Citations	Score
71	182	University of Massachusetts Medical School	71	-	> 1000	91	505	326	92	200
72	184	University of Massachusetts Amherst	72	297	253	198	289	226	212	121
73	190	University of Missouri–Columbia	73	490	190	115	265	244	261	222
74	191	University of Alabama at Birmingham	74	-	> 1000	-	198	152	126	139
75	193	University of Connecticut	75	573	417	141	210	191	211	254
76	194	University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	76	-	> 1000	194	298	238	143	187
77	195	Yeshiva University	77	336	> 1000	266	305	222	97	151
78	197	University of Miami	78	-	286	-	204	174	137	129
79	204	University of Cincinnati	79	290	195	-	222	178	167	151
80	210	University of Maryland, Baltimore	80	-	> 1000	-	253	192	150	101

US Rank	World Rank	University	Quality of Education	Alumni Employment	Quality of Faculty	Research Output	Quality Publications	Influence	Citations	Score
81	217	University of Illinois at Chicago	81	431	> 1000	-	169	149	205	151
82	219	Louisiana State University	82	548	345	-	190	201	198	108
83	224	University of Kansas	83	324	270	-	243	218	180	121
84	235	Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis	84	-	943	-	250	204	177	222
85	239	Wake Forest University	85	445	73	-	366	285	231	167
86	244	Colorado State University	86	307	> 1000	254	282	256	216	304
87	245	University of California, Riverside	87	477	> 1000	-	328	240	149	200
88	246	Virginia Commonwealth University	88	-	> 1000	189	330	278	251	304
89	248	Florida State University	89	475	645	-	275	235	232	139
90	250	Brandeis University	90	20	251	66	948	636	217	405

US Rank	World Rank	University	Quality of Education	Alumni Employment	Quality of Faculty	Research Output	Quality Publications	Influence	Citations	Score
91	251	Oregon State University	91	328	519	-	294	267	173	187
92	253	Wayne State University	92	-	263	-	266	234	267	163
93	254	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	93	585	288	-	231	224	233	240
94	257	University of New Mexico	94	-	> 1000	-	304	251	174	200
95	259	University of Kentucky	95	611	535	-	227	216	275	200
96	262	University of South Florida	96	-	724	-	256	248	256	174
97	273	University at Buffalo	97	233	747	-	263	221	292	222
98	275	Virginia Tech	98	544	322	-	206	211	259	363
99	277	Washington State University	99	-	748	174	321	312	289	460
100	282	University of South Carolina - Columbia	100	-	503	257	334	288	436	174

As part of the evaluation, seven objective and stable parameters are collected and weighted for the CWUR ranking:

1) Quality of teaching => Weighting = 15%.

To measure teaching quality, the number of alumni who have received significant international awards is surveyed. This figure must, of course, be set in relative relation to the size of the university in question.

2) Alumni’s employability => Weighting =15%.

The number of alumni who have occupied the position of CEO ́s internationally successful company after their studies is used to evaluate this key figure. This indicator is also set in relation to the size of the respective institution.

3) Quality ofthe university => Weighting = 15%.

The number of faculty employees who have won important international awards or prizes provides information about the quality of the university.

4) Research output => Weighting = 15%.

The ratio “research output” takesinto account the total number of research projects.

5) Value of publications => Weighting = 15%.

To assess the quality of publications, the number of research papers published in high-ranking journals is measured.

6) Influence of scientific work => Weighting = 15%.

The influence of a university’s publications depends on the scope and importance of the scientific journal in which the work is published.

7) Citations => Weighting = 10%.

If scientific publications are frequently quoted or serve as astarting point for research based on them, they have a high scientific relevance and recognition.

The methodology* employed in the ranking is explained in the following preprint:

A quantitative approach to world university rankings [PDF File, 6 pages]

*The methodology has been enhanced for the 2018/19 edition of the rankings, with research now accounting for 70% of the total score.

More information about the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) can be found on its website:
www.cwur.org