UW-Madison has been named the 27th-best university in the world by Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings, which annually recognizes the world’s top learning intuitions.
The rankings, which annually surveys nearly 18,000 institutions in 137counties annually, measures the universities’ reputation for teaching and research to determine the world’s top learning institutions.
In the two years Times Higher Education has issued the rankings, approximately 31,000 senior published scholars from 149 countries have responded to surveys about the institutions’ academic prestige.
Harvard University placed first on the rankings, followed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Cambridge.
University of Michigan, also part of the Big Ten Conference, ranked 12.
