U of A is positioned within the top 0.5% of global universities, ranking in the top 50 in the US according to CWUR

The Center for World University Rankings has once again acknowledged the University of Arizona as one of the premier research universities in the globe.

The U of A holds the overall rank of No. 102 in the 2025 edition of the Center for World University Rankings, which was published on June 2. Additionally, the U of A secured the No. 49 position among U.S. institutions and No. 26 among public colleges and universities.

This ranking positions the U of A within the top 0.5% out of over 21,400 higher education institutions worldwide.

CWUR employs various categories to assess global universities, with the listed percentages reflecting the significance attributed to each category:

• Quality of education, gauged by the number of alumni who have received significant academic accolades relative to the institution’s size (25% of the overall score)
• Employability, evaluated by the count of alumni in prominent executive roles at the world’s largest firms proportional to the university size (25%)
• Quality of faculty, measured by the tally of faculty members who have achieved major academic honors (10%)
• Research performance:
  • Research output, quantified by the total number of published research articles (10%)
  • High-caliber publications, assessed by the number of articles published in leading journals (10%)
  • Impact, evaluated through the count of articles in influential publications (10%).
  • Citations, reflecting the number of highly cited scholarly works (10%).

The number of faculty members recognized with major academic distinctions significantly contributed to the university’s performance, with the U of A occupying the No. 75 position overall in this domain. The U of A achieved a total score of 81.9 out of 100 and a global rank of No. 117 in research performance.

CWUR emphasizes equal importance on indicators related to students and faculty, without depending on surveys or university data submissions. This year, CWUR’s ranking included over 74 million outcome-driven data points.