World University Ranking 2022-2023, Released by CWUR

World University Ranking 2022-2023, Released by CWUR.

The 2022-2023 global top 2000 universities list by the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) has been released. The center ranked 19,788 institutions across the globe and the top 2000 made the Global 2000 list.

World University Ranking 2022-2023: Top 100 universities globally

Havard maintained the top ranking, followed by MIT and Stanford at number 2 and 3 respectively.

Cambridge took number 4, while Oxford placed 5th. In the top ten, 8 of the universities were from the United States of America and 2 from the United Kingdom.

Below is a list of top 100 universities globally.

World Rank	Institution	Location	National Rank	Score
1	Harvard University Education: A+; Employability: A+; Faculty: A+; Research: A+	USA	1	100
2	Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyEducation: A+; Employability: A+; Faculty: A+; Research: A+	USA	2	96.7
3	Stanford UniversityEducation: A+; Employability: A+; Faculty: A+; Research: A+	USA	3	95.1
4	University of CambridgeEducation: A+; Employability: A; Faculty: A+; Research: A+	United Kingdom	1	94.1
5	University of OxfordEducation: A+; Employability: A; Faculty: A+; Research: A+	United Kingdom	2	93.3
6	Princeton UniversityEducation: A+; Employability: A; Faculty: A+; Research: A	USA	4	92.6
7	University of ChicagoEducation: A+; Employability: A; Faculty: A; Research: A	USA	5	92.0
8	Columbia UniversityEducation: A+; Employability: A; Faculty: A+; Research: A	USA	6	91.5
9	University of PennsylvaniaEducation: A; Employability: A+; Faculty: A; Research: A+	USA	7	91.1
10	California Institute of TechnologyEducation: A+; Employability: A; Faculty: A+; Research: A	USA	8	90.7
11	Yale UniversityEducation: A+; Employability: A; Faculty: A+; Research: A	USA	9	90.4
12	University of California, BerkeleyEducation: A+; Employability: A; Faculty: A+; Research: A	USA	10	90.1
13	University of Tokyo	Japan	1	89.8
14	Cornell University	USA	11	89.5
15	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	USA	12	89.2
16	Johns Hopkins University	USA	13	89.0
17	Northwestern University	USA	14	88.8
18	University of California, Los Angeles	USA	15	88.6
19	PSL University	France	1	88.4
20	Duke University	USA	16	88.2
21	University College London	United Kingdom	3	88.0
22	University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign	USA	17	87.8
23	New York University	USA	18	87.6
24	University of Toronto	Canada	1	87.5
25	University of Washington	USA	19	87.3
26	Kyoto University	Japan	2	87.2
27	University of Wisconsin–Madison	USA	20	87.0
28	McGill University	Canada	2	86.9
29	ETH Zurich	Switzerland	1	86.8
30	Imperial College London	United Kingdom	4	86.6
31	Seoul National University	South Korea	1	86.5
32	Paris-Saclay University	France	2	86.4
33	University of Texas at Austin	USA	21	86.3
34	University of California, San Diego	USA	22	86.1
35	University of California, San Francisco	USA	23	86.0
36	University of Copenhagen	Denmark	1	85.9
37	Karolinska Institute	Sweden	1	85.8
38	Sorbonne University	France	3	85.7
39	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	USA	24	85.6
40	King’s College London	United Kingdom	5	85.5
41	Dartmouth College	USA	25	85.4
42	Paris City University	France	4	85.3
43	Institut Polytechnique de Paris	France	5	85.2
44	Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich	Germany	1	85.1
45	University of Edinburgh	United Kingdom	6	85.0
46	Washington University in St. Louis	USA	26	85.0
47	Tsinghua University	China	1	84.9
48	University of Minnesota – Twin Cities	USA	27	84.8
49	University of British Columbia	Canada	3	84.7
50	University of Southern California	USA	28	84.6
51	Peking University	China	2	84.5
52	Vanderbilt University	USA	29	84.5
53	Pennsylvania State University	USA	30	84.4
54	University of California, Davis	USA	31	84.3
55	Rockefeller University	USA	32	84.2
56	Free University of Berlin	Germany	2	84.2
57	Rutgers University	USA	33	84.1
58	University of Melbourne	Australia	1	84.0
59	Ohio State University	USA	34	84.0
60	University of Manchester	United Kingdom	7	83.9
61	Humboldt University of Berlin	Germany	3	83.8
62	Texas A&M University, College Station	USA	35	83.8
63	University of Chinese Academy of Sciences	China	3	83.7
64	University of Zurich	Switzerland	2	83.6
65	Purdue University	USA	36	83.6
66	Brown University	USA	37	83.5
67	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Israel	1	83.4
68	Georgia Institute of Technology	USA	38	83.4
69	University of Colorado Boulder	USA	39	83.3
70	Heidelberg University	Germany	4	83.3
71	University of Virginia	USA	40	83.2
72	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	USA	41	83.1
73	Utrecht University	Netherlands	1	83.1
74	Weizmann Institute of Science	Israel	2	83.0
75	University of Pittsburgh	USA	42	83.0
76	University of Maryland, College Park	USA	43	82.9
77	University of Alberta	Canada	4	82.9
78	University of Oslo	Norway	1	82.8
79	Technical University of Munich	Germany	5	82.8
80	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	China	4	82.7
81	University of California, Irvine	USA	44	82.6
82	University of Birmingham	United Kingdom	8	82.6
83	University of Amsterdam	Netherlands	2	82.5
84	University of Florida	USA	45	82.5
85	National University of Singapore	Singapore	1	82.4
86	Carnegie Mellon University	USA	46	82.4
87	Leiden University	Netherlands	3	82.3
88	Uppsala University	Sweden	2	82.3
89	University of Göttingen	Germany	6	82.2
90	University of California, Santa Barbara	USA	47	82.2
91	University of Rochester	USA	48	82.2
92	Osaka University	Japan	3	82.1
93	University of Arizona	USA	49	82.1
94	University of Bristol	United Kingdom	9	82.0
95	Erasmus University Rotterdam	Netherlands	4	82.0
96	National Taiwan University	Taiwan	1	81.9
97	Zhejiang University	China	5	81.9
98	University of Sydney	Australia	2	81.8
99	Boston University	USA	50	81.8
100	Keio University	Japan	4	81.8

World University Ranking 2022-2023: Top 100 universities in China

China’s top university, Tsinghua, ranked 47 on the global list, while the national second, Peking University, ranked 51. The national’s top third, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, was placed 63 in the global ranking. 

Below is a top 100 university rankings in China.

World Rank	Institution	Location	National Rank	Score
47	Tsinghua University	China	1	84.9
51	Peking University	China	2	84.5
63	University of Chinese Academy of Sciences	China	3	83.7
80	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	China	4	82.7
97	Zhejiang University	China	5	81.9
102	Fudan University	China	6	81.7
128	University of Science and Technology of China	China	7	80.7
130	Sun Yat-sen University	China	8	80.6
137	Huazhong University of Science and Technology	China	9	80.4
154	Nanjing University	China	10	79.9
163	University of Hong Kong	China	11	79.6
177	Chinese University of Hong Kong	China	12	79.2
180	Xi’an Jiaotong University	China	13	79.1
183	Wuhan University	China	14	79.1
194	Tianjin University	China	15	78.8
195	Harbin Institute of Technology	China	16	78.8
197	Xiamen University	China	17	78.7
206	Shandong University	China	18	78.5
208	Sichuan University	China	19	78.5
216	Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	China	20	78.3
219	Tongji University	China	21	78.2
220	South China University of Technology	China	22	78.2
223	Jilin University	China	23	78.2
226	Central South University	China	24	78.1
228	Nankai University	China	25	78.0
244	Southeast University	China	26	77.7
248	Hong Kong Polytechnic University	China	27	77.6
250	Soochow University, China	China	28	77.6
259	City University of Hong Kong	China	29	77.4
269	Beihang University	China	30	77.3
279	China Europe International Business School	China	31	77.1
282	Dalian University of Technology	China	32	77.0
311	Beijing Normal University	China	33	76.5
313	Beijing Institute of Technology	China	34	76.5
317	Hunan University	China	35	76.5
319	University of Electronic Science and Technology of China	China	36	76.4
330	Zhengzhou University	China	37	76.3
332	Chongqing University	China	38	76.2
335	China Agricultural University	China	39	76.2
342	Lanzhou University	China	40	76.1
358	Shenzhen University	China	41	75.8
367	Northwestern Polytechnical University	China	42	75.7
369	East China Normal University	China	43	75.7
370	Peking Union Medical College	China	44	75.7
380	Capital Medical University	China	45	75.5
388	East China University of Science and Technology	China	46	75.4
389	University of Science and Technology Beijing	China	47	75.4
422	Nanjing Agricultural University	China	48	75.0
430	Shanghai University	China	49	74.9
438	Nanjing Medical University	China	50	74.8
439	Beijing University of Chemical Technology	China	51	74.8
440	Nanjing University of Science and Technology	China	52	74.8
447	Northwest A&F University	China	53	74.7
449	Huazhong Agricultural University	China	54	74.7
460	Jinan University	China	55	74.6
463	Wuhan University of Technology	China	56	74.5
471	Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics	China	57	74.4
480	Xidian University	China	58	74.3
485	Northeastern University, China	China	59	74.3
487	Southern University of Science and Technology	China	60	74.3
498	Fuzhou University	China	61	74.1
508	Jiangsu University	China	62	74.0
520	Southwest University	China	63	73.9
533	Nanjing Tech University	China	64	73.8
544	Southern Medical University	China	65	73.7
546	Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology	China	66	73.7
549	Jiangnan University	China	67	73.6
557	Beijing Jiaotong University	China	68	73.6
565	Ocean University of China	China	69	73.5
569	China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)	China	70	73.4
573	Central China Normal University	China	71	73.4
577	North China Electric Power University	China	72	73.4
588	Nanjing Normal University	China	73	73.3
594	Hefei University of Technology	China	74	73.2
597	University of Macau	China	75	73.2
601	Renmin University of China	China	76	73.1
603	Zhejiang University of Technology	China	77	73.1
604	Donghua University	China	78	73.1
609	Qingdao University	China	79	73.1
611	Nanchang University	China	80	73.0
617	Yangzhou University	China	81	73.0
623	Guangdong University of Technology	China	82	72.9
627	Second Military Medical University	China	83	72.9
631	Southwest Jiaotong University	China	84	72.9
633	Tianjin Medical University	China	85	72.9
651	South China Normal University	China	86	72.7
654	China University of Mining and Technology (Xuzhou)	China	87	72.7
655	National University of Defense Technology	China	88	72.7
658	China University of Geosciences, Beijing	China	89	72.6
666	Beijing University of Technology	China	90	72.6
669	South China Agricultural University	China	91	72.5
674	Hong Kong Baptist University	China	92	72.5
678	Guangzhou Medical University	China	93	72.5
684	Hohai University	China	94	72.4
686	Northeast Normal University	China	95	72.4
691	Northwest University, Xi’an	China	96	72.4
702	Shaanxi Normal University	China	97	72.3
712	Army Medical University	China	98	72.2
715	Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications	China	99	72.2
721	Central Party School of the Communist Party of China	China	100	72.1

World University Ranking 2022-2023: What is CWUR?

The Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) has been publishing the  only academic ranking of global universities that assesses the quality of education, alumni employment, quality of faculty, and research performance without relying on surveys and university data submissions. 

It started out as a project in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia with the aim of rating the top 100 world universities. It was quickly reported worldwide by universities and the media and many requests were received to expand it. 

In 2019, the ranking expanded to list the top 2000 out of nearly twenty thousand universities worldwide, making it the largest academic ranking of global universities.

Since 2016, the Center for World University Rankings is headquartered in the United Arab Emirates.

Source: CWUR

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