Shanghai, People's Republic of China -- August 15, 2024. The 2024 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) is released today by ShanghaiRanking Consultancy. Since 2003, ARWU has been presenting the world's top universities annually based on transparent methodology and objective third-party data. It has been recognized as the precursor of global university rankings and the most trustworthy one. This year, more than 2,500 institutions were scrutinized, and the best 1,000 universities in the world are published.

Harvard University tops the ranking list for the 22nd year, followed by Stanford and MIT. Other Top 10 universities are Cambridge (4th), Berkeley (5th), Oxford (6th), Princeton (7th), Caltech (8th), Columbia (8th), and Chicago (10th).

In Continental Europe, Paris-Saclay University (12th) rises three positions and remains the best, followed by ETH Zurich (21st). Among Asian universities, Tsinghua University (22nd) maintains its position and once again secures its status as the best in Asia. The University of Melbourne (37th) tops of other universities in Oceania for fourteen consecutive years since 2011.

Six universities advance to the Top 100 in ARWU 2024, including the Ohio State University – Columbus from United States (82nd), King Saud University (90th) from Saudi Arabia, the University of Helsinki (99th) from Finland, and three Chinese universities: Wuhan University (89th), Xi'an Jiaotong University (95th) and Sichuan University (98th). There are 5 new entrants appearing on the Top 500 list, and 32 universities entering the Top 1000 for the first time.

Germany has three universities ranked in the Top 50 for the first time, namely the University of Munich (43rd), Technical University of Munich (47th), and Heidelberg University (50th). Along with the University of Bonn (61st), Germany now has four universities in the ARWU Top 100, and 51 universities in the Top 1000.

French universities show enhanced competitiveness in the latest league table, with 25 universities ranked in the Top 1000 and 18 of them in the Top 500. Among these, Paris-Saclay University (12th), PSL University (33th), Sorbonne University (41th), and Université Paris Cité (60th) each achieve a higher ranking within the Top 100.

Chinese Mainland universities continue their strong presence on the ARWU list, with 203 universities ranked in the Top 1000, outnumbering the United States's 183 universities. However, United States maintains a significant lead at the Top 100 level, holding 38 of Top 100 seats, a figure that greatly exceeds those of Mainland China (13) and the United Kingdom (8).

The complete list and detailed methodologies can be found at ShanghaiRanking's website http://www.shanghairanking.com/.

Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU): Starting from 2003, ARWU has been presenting the world's top universities annually based on a set of objective indicators and third-party data. ARWU has been recognized as the precursor of global university rankings and the most trustworthy league table. ARWU uses six objective indicators to rank world universities, including the number of alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals, the number of articles published in journals of Nature and Science, number of Highly Cited Researchers selected by Clarivate, number of articles indexed in Science Citation Index – Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index from the Web of Science, and per capita performance of a university. More than 2500 universities are ranked by ARWU and the best 1000 universities are published.

ShanghaiRanking Consultancy: ShanghaiRanking 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.