CWUR 2025 methodology indicators
ranking. Indicator weights quoted from the CWUR methodology page.
- Approach. The Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) publishes the only academic ranking of global universities that assesses the quality of education, alumni employment, quality of faculty, and research performance without relying on surveys and university data submissions.
- Education. Education: based on the academic success of a university’s alumni, measured relative to the university's size (25%).
- Employability. Employability: based on the professional success of a university’s alumni, measured relative to the university's size (25%).
- Faculty. Faculty: measured by the number of faculty members who have received top academic distinctions (10%).
- Research. Research Output: measured by the total number of research articles (10%). High-Quality Publications: measured by the number of research articles appearing in top-tier journals (10%). Influence: measured by the number of research articles appearing in highly-influential journals (10%). Citations: measured by the number of highly-cited research articles (10%).