As U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 global universities rankings get released, UC Berkeley emerged for the eighth year in a row as the world’s best public university and the fourth-best university overall.
The latest edition of the global rankings assessed more than 1,700 universities around the world from more than 90 countries on academic research performance and global and regional reputation.
Key Takeaways:
- According to the U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 global universities rankings, UC Berkeley is the top public university in the world.
- This is the eighth year in a row that UC Berkeley has achieved such a milestone.
- UC Berkeley garnered a global score of 89.4 this year on a scale of zero to 100.
The latest university rankings drew an increase in the number of educational institutions evaluated from nearly 1,500 last year.
UC Berkeley was assessed across 13 different metrics, including its research reputation, faculty publications, and international collaboration.
This year, the university’s global score is 89.4 on a scale of zero to 100, while it placed fifth for its global research standing and third for its regional research reputation.
Meanwhile, across 34 subject ratings, UC Berkeley placed in the top 10, including its various subjects, such as chemistry, space science, economics and business, physics, mathematics, optics, engineering, biotechnology, and applied microbiology.
As they did last year, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Stanford University secured the top three spots in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 global universities rankings among private and public universities globally.
Completing the top 10 are the University of Oxford (UK), Columbia University, the University of Washington, University of Cambridge (UK), and the California Institute of Technology, tied with Johns Hopkins University.
UC Berkeley is also the top public university globally in the Times Higher Education’s 2022 World University Rankings, a strong manifestation of its reputation in the higher education sector.
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