UW-Madison again makes top 50 in World University Rankings
The University of Wisconsin–Madison has been ranked 43rd worldwide for the second year in a row by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. For the third year in a row, the university ranked 23rd within the United States, out of 172 institutions.
Times Higher Ed ranked 1,258 institutions worldwide. It judges research-intensive universities in five categories: teaching (the learning environment), research (volume, income and reputation), citations (research influence), international outlook (staff, students and research) and industry income (knowledge transfer).
Categories are given scores with a maximum of 100 points. Teaching, research and citations each consist of 30 percent of the overall score, international outlook at 7.5 percent, and industry income at 2.5 percent.
UW–Madison scored particularly well in citations, receiving a score of 89.9, a score of 71 in research and 70.3 in teaching.
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