The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ climbed to the No. 10 spot on the , tied with Johns Hopkins University and Yale University. The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ is now second among American public institutions — an improvement from last year’s No. 3 slot.
“I am proud to see the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ recognized broadly for the impact of the work of our faculty and staff working side by side with our talented students,â€� Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ President Ana Mari Cauce said.
The Best Global Universities methodology – which is based on Web of Science data and metrics provided by Clarivate Analytics InCites – weighs factors that measure a university’s global and regional research reputation and academic research performance. For the overall rankings, this includes bibliometric indicators such as publications, citations and international collaboration. Each subject ranking has its own, similar methodology (see more on Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµâ€™s subject rankings below).
The new U.S. News global ranking comes on the heels of several other recent rankings for the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ. Reuters named the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ among the top 10 in the world. The placed the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ at No. 25, fourth among U.S. public institutions, and the 2016 Academic Ranking of World Universities from the Center for World-Class Universities of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, which was and ranked the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ No. 13, and third among U.S. public institutions.
The following Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ areas of study ranked in the top 25 of the U.S. News & World Report Global University Rankings by subject:
- Biology and biochemistry (No. 14)
- Clinical medicine (No. 7)
- Geosciences (No. 5)
- Immunology (No. 10)
- Materials science (No. 25)
- Microbiology (No. 3)
- Molecular biology and genetics (No. 7)
- Neuroscience and behavior (No. 20)
- Pharmacology and toxicology (No. 5)
- Social sciences and public health (No. 8)