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Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)-2021 Rankings

Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)-2021
ARWU released Best Global Universities for the year 2021
Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)

Shanghai Ranking 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.


The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) was first published in June 2003 by the Center for World-Class Universities (CWCU), Graduate School of Education (formerly the Institute of Higher Education) of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, and updated on an annual basis.


Since 2009 the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) has been published and copyrighted by Shanghai Ranking Consultancy. Shanghai Ranking Consultancy is a fully independent organization on higher education intelligence and not legally subordinated to any universities or government agencies.


Ranking Methodology:

ARWU uses six objective indicators to rank world universities, including the number of alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals, number of highly cited researchers selected by Clarivate Analytics, number of articles published in journals of Nature and Science, number of articles indexed in Science Citation Index - Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index, and per capita performance of a university.


More than 2000 universities are actually ranked by ARWU this year and the best 1000 are published.


ARWU Field: ARWU studies quality of education and ranks in the fields of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Engineering / Technology and Computer Sciences, Life and Agriculture Sciences, Clinical Medicine and Pharmacy, Social Sciences and ranks the universities separately on each field.


Academic Ranking of World Universities for the year 2021:


Top 10 Universities in the World: 2021

Rank#1:: Harvard University
Rank#2:: Stanford University
Rank#3:: University of Cambridge
Rank#4:: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Rank#5:: University of California, Berkeley
Rank#6:: Princeton University

Rank#7:: University of Oxford
Rank#8:: Columbia University
Rank#9:: California Institute of Technology
Rank#10:: University of Chicago


Indian Universities Listed in the Top 1000 World Universities: 2021

Rank#401-500:: Indian Institute of Science

Rank#601-700:: University of Calcutta

Rank#701-800:: Banaras Hindu University

Rank#701-800:: Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Rank#701-800:: Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Rank#701-800:: Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Rank#701-800:: Jawaharlal Nehru University

Rank#701-800:: University of Delhi

Rank#801-900:: All India Institute of Medical Sciences

Rank#801-900:: Vellore Institute of Technology


For more information on ranking procedure, other university rankings and additional details please follow the "ARWU Best Universities-2021" button below.

About Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)

The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) was first published in June 2003 by the Center for World-Class Universities (CWCU), Graduate School of Education (formerly the Institute of Higher Education) of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, and updated on an annual basis. Since 2009 the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) has been published and copyrighted by Shanghai Ranking Consultancy. Shanghai Ranking Consultancy is a fully independent organization on higher education intelligence and not legally subordinated to any universities or government agencies.

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