2024U.S. News Best Global Universities Rankings

The U.S. News Best Global Universities Rankings is an annual global university ranking published by U.S. News & World Report. Established in 1983, the ranking initially focused on U.S. universities and their departments and has since gained wide international recognition for evaluating universities worldwide.
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NO.InstitutionRanking YearTotal ScoreGlobal RankingGlobal Academic Reputation RankingRegional Academic Reputation RankingPublications RankingBooks RankingConferences RankingNormalized Citation Impact RankingTotal Citations RankingTop 10% Publications Count RankingTop 10% Publications Percentage RankingInternational Collaboration (Country-level) RankingInternational Collaboration RankingTop 1% Highly Cited Papers Count RankingTop 1% Highly Cited Papers Percentage RankingLocation
1Harvard University20251001111368291117161788122United States
2Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)202596.92245338615191648456291United States
3Stanford University202594.533215142124649277933218United States
4University of Oxford202588.245128154575648561257679United Kingdom
5University of California Berkeley202587.2563661324744239341477613570United States
6University of Cambridge202586.9641320279551113455542541370United Kingdom
7University of Washington Seattle202586.5725122348523810155147510491045United States
8University College London202586.5724356453523362525245468United Kingdom
9Columbia University202586.49138319116781719422559161556United States
10Yale University202586109742173375423233837110051849United States
11University of California Los Angeles202585.511762815669418207737510091786United States
12Imperial College London202585.31217322915736601618413031331238United Kingdom
13Johns Hopkins University202585.21318131131778581111534498611116United States
14University of Pennsylvania202584.7141610193414982151455112312341486United States
15University of California San Francisco202584.51529205528512943229302361811032028United States
16Tsinghua University202584.416203911712941481096914198121China (Mainland)
17University of Toronto202584.31723225647156452487085095153Canada
18Princeton University202583.918892055014336127117151367379849United States
19Cornell University202583.719211539231101072726693249762160United States
20University of Michigan202583.7191251419281611312119828116116206United States
21University of California San Diego202583.6213725467159752829602729292254United States
22National University of Singapore202583.52219123841331253124568741362370Singapore
23California Institute of Technology202583.4231016234418884115314222634338720United States
24Northwestern University202581.8243121687622959394239110612293465United States
25University of Chicago202581.5251411132432586382824052410677063United States
26Duke University202581263319505419610938378766911242888United States
27University of Melbourne202580.92743122111632732125284115357227270Australia
28Nanyang Technological University202580.9273822946917144785736613824748Singapore
29University of Sydney202580.62953324101132542227294107054526240Australia
30Washington University (WUSTL)202580.23055299621147740605835123412704332United States
31Peking University202579.731274109111508201736275144924371China (Mainland)
32New York University202579.5323023841613691626488607109966168United States
33University of Amsterdam202579.4338520492124865323377118539136153Netherlands
34ETH Zurich202579.433152862351918677617399612571180Switzerland
35Monash University202579.3357553228133193263534989748240306Australia
36University of New South Wales Sydney202579.236884434465270414322375741744237Australia
37King's College London202579.23665103675271694045687383383264United Kingdom
38University of Edinburgh202578.23854527811839053601156843074997United Kingdom
39University of British Columbia2025783940303556130271364030249738837263Canada
40Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai202577.840217831673931585219296202849395613United States
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