CU Boulder ranks No. 38 overall among global universities, according to the newly released , improving five spots from 2017. Among U.S. universities, CU Boulder is ranked No. 26.
Published annually by ShanghaiRanking听Consultancy听since 2003,听ARWU uses six objective indicators to rank 1,500听world universities, including the number of alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals, the number of highly cited researchers and听the number of articles published in high-impact scientific journals, such as听Nature and Science.
Earlier this year, CU Boulder's earth science and atmospheric science disciplines ranked No. 1 globally in听ShanghaiRanking's companion report, the听2018 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS). The university also scored highly in a dozen other academic categories in those rankings, highlighting the breadth of impactful CU Boulder research.听
The can be found on the ShangaiRanking website.
