CWUR ranks U of A among top 0.5% of world universities

The University of Arizona was ranked No. 102 overall in the 2025 edition of the Center for World University Rankings, released June 2. The U of A also placed No. 49 among U.S. institutions and No. 26 among public colleges and universities. 

The ranking placed the U of A among the top 0.5% of more than 21,400 colleges and universities worldwide. 
CWUR uses the following categories to rank the world's universities. The percentages indicate the weight given to each indicator:

• Quality of education, measured by the number of alumni who have won major academic distinctions relative to the university's size (25% of the overall ranking)
• Employability, measured by the number of alumni who have held top executive positions at the world's largest companies relative to the university's size (25%)
• Quality of faculty, measured by the number of faculty members who have won major academic distinctions (10%)

The Center also ranks based on research performance:
•    Research output, measured by the total number of research articles (10%)
•    High-quality publications, measured by the number of research articles appearing in top-tier journals (10%)
•    Influence, measured by the number of research articles appearing in influential journals (10%).
•    Citations, measured by the number of highly cited research articles (10%).

The number of faculty members who have been awarded major academic distinctions contributed to the university's showing, with the U of A placing No. 75 overall in this category. The U of A earned an overall score of 81.9 out of a possible 100, as well as a global ranking of No. 117 in the research performance category.

CWUR places equal emphasis on student-related and faculty-related indicators, with no reliance on surveys and university data submissions. According to CWUR, this year's ranking incorporated more than 74 million outcome-based data points.