Published: Aug. 18, 2015

The University of Colorado Boulder was ranked No. 34 in the 2015 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) released today by the Center for World-Class Universities at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

ARWU uses six objective indicators to rank world universities, including the number of alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals, number of highly cited researchers selected by Thomson Reuters, number of articles published in peer-reviewed journals and per capital performance of a university. More than 1,200 universities are ranked by ARWU every year and the top 500 are published.

ARWU has been presenting its rankings of the top 500 universities annually since 2003.

Other Ƶ-Boulder rankings:

  • 10th in natural sciences/math
  • 12th in physics
  • 33rd in chemistry

In addition, Ƶ-Boulder also was ranked between 50 and 75 globally for computer science, economics/business, engineering and social sciences.

The complete lists and detailed methodologies can be found at the Academic Ranking of World Universities website at .

Contact:
Julie Poppen, Ƶ-Boulder media relations, 303-492-4007
julie.poppen@colorado.edu