U.S. News & World Report Announces 2018 Best Global Universities Rankings

– Expanded rankings evaluate 1,250 universities across 74 countries –

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24, 2017 /CNW/ -- U.S. News & World Report, the global authority in education rankings for more than 30 years, today released the 2018 Best Global Universities rankings. The overall rankings evaluate 1,250 universities – up from 1,000 last year – across 74 countries and are the largest and most comprehensive assessment of research universities worldwide.

The U.S. leads the rankings again this year, with 221 universities making the overall list. The top four spots are held by U.S. schools, with Harvard University at No. 1. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology comes in at No. 2, followed by Stanford University at No. 3 and the University of California—Berkeley at No. 4. The United Kingdom'sUniversity of Oxford rounds out the top 5.

Behind the U.S., the following countries have the most ranked institutions out of the 1,250 schools on the overall list:

• China: 136
• Japan: 76
• U.K.: 73
• Germany: 58

Canada has 33 universities on this year's overall list, tying with both Australia and Canada. The University of Toronto is No. 1 in the country. The top 5 universities in Canada are:

In addition to the overall list, the new edition of Best Global Universities includes rankings by country, region and subject. New this year are four country-specific rankings, including for Argentina and Mexico, bringing the total up to 42. Across the 22 subject-specific rankings, U.S. schools again claim the most No. 1 spots.

Universities in Canada had the strongest showing in the following subjects:

• Engineering: 29 ranked universities
• Social sciences and public health: 21 ranked universities
• Plant and animal science: 20 ranked universities
• Clinical medicine: 18 ranked universities
• Physics: 17 ranked universities

For the 2018 edition, U.S. News made a slight change to the methodology to further emphasize international collaboration at universities by rewarding schools that author articles with researchers from different countries.

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 methodology based on academic research performance and reputation in that specific area.

"For more than 30 years, U.S. News has been committed to making higher education data more accessible to prospective students choosing a U.S. university," said Anita Narayan, managing editor of Education at U.S. News. "The Best Global Universities rankings similarly allow consumers to accurately evaluate and compare international schools to find the right fit for them, based on available data."

2018 U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities

Overall Best Global Universities – Top 10 
1. Harvard University (U.S.)
2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (U.S.)
3. Stanford University (U.S.)
4. University of California—Berkeley (U.S.)
5. University of Oxford (U.K.)
6. California Institute of Technology (U.S.)
7. University of Cambridge (U.K.)
8. Columbia University (U.S.)
9. Princeton University (U.S.)
10. Johns Hopkins University (U.S.) (tie)
10. University of Washington (U.S.) (tie)
10. Yale University (U.S.) (tie)

The Best Global Universities rankings serve the broader U.S. News mission to provide trusted information and rankings to help all students navigate their higher education options – including with the Best Colleges, Best Graduate Schools and Best Online Programs rankings. For Chinese students in particular, U.S. News offers resource centers published in Chinese to help guide prospective undergraduate and graduate students interested in studying abroad. In addition, U.S. News is continuing to collaborate with U.S. News Global Education, a subsidiary company of Shorelight Education, to help international students and their families connect with universities.

For more information on the Best Global Universities, visit Facebook and Twitter using #BestGlobal.

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