The University of Manchester has been ranked at number 52, out of more than 2500 institutions in the latest Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) which ranks the world's leading higher education institutions.
The annual rankings see The University of Manchester retain its top ten status as the 6th best institution in the UK and 8th in Europe, according to the ARWU. However, the University has slipped from 41 to 52.
This year, more than 2500 institutions were scrutinised, and the best 1000 universities in the world are published. Overall, The United Kingdom has 63 Top 1000 universities, and 38 of them are listed in the Top 500, 8 are listed in the Top 100.
President and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Duncan Ivison, said: "These annual global rankings give a consistent picture of The University of Manchester's commitment to creating substantial and meaningful positive global impact. The ranking also provides us with targets to consistently build on and work together to improve our performance across all areas of the institution and retain our position as a world-leading institution."
Starting from 2003, ARWU has been presenting the world's top universities annually based on a set of objective indicators and third-party data.
Universities are ranked by several academic or research performance indicators, including alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals, Highly Cited Researchers, papers published in Nature and Science, papers indexed in major citation indices, and the per capita academic performance of an institution.
This latest ARWU ranking follows on from The University of Manchester named as the world's 34th best University according to the newest QS World University Rankings, published in June this year.
Manchester was also named top in both the UK and Europe, and second in the world for meaningful contributions towards the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) in the 2024 Times Higher Education (THE) University Impact Rankings.
In the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF) an impressive 93% of our research activity was rated 'world-leading' (4*) or 'internationally excellent' (3*), confirming Manchester as one of the UK's top research institutions.
The complete list and detailed methodologies can be found at ShanghaiRanking's website http://www.shanghairanking.com/.
