Published: Aug. 14, 2019
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CU Boulder ranks No. 38 overall among global universities, according to the newly released2019Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), maintaining the same spot it heldin 2018. Among U.S. universities in the publication, CU Boulder ranks No. 25, up from No. 26 in 2018.

Published annually by ShanghaiRankingConsultancysince 2003,ARWU uses six objective indicators to rank 1,000world universities, including the number of alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals, the number of highly cited researchers Իthe number of articles published in high-impact scientific journals, such asٳܰԻScience.

Earlier this year, CU Boulder's earth science and atmospheric science disciplinesranked No. 1 globally for the second straight year inShanghaiRanking's companion report, the. The university also scored highly in a dozen other academic categories in those rankings, highlighting the breadth of impactful CU Boulder research.

Thecomplete rankings and detailed ARWUmethodologiescan be found on .