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Automation & Control 2020
Ranks universities globally for research output and academic impact in automation and control.
ARWU relies entirely on objective, verifiable academic indicators (Nobel Prizes, Nature/Science papers, Highly Cited Researchers) and uses no reputation surveys.
How does Automation & Control evaluate universities?
Automation & Control, published by Academic Ranking of World Universities, evaluates universities worldwide using key indicators such as AWARD, CNCI, IC, Q1, TOP, each assigned a distinct weight according to a publicly documented methodology. Data sources combine academic peer reviews, employer surveys, bibliometric databases such as Scopus and Web of Science, and institutional self-reported statistics, all independently verified by the publisher's research team. The 2020 edition assessed 200 universities from 15 countries and regions, covering teaching quality, research output, internationalization, and graduate employability across undergraduate, master's, and doctoral programs. Academic Ranking of World Universities recollects raw data annually and cross-checks results to ensure the rankings reflect each institution's most current performance in faculty strength, scholarly productivity, global reach, and student outcomes, providing a reliable reference for prospective students, parents, and education researchers.
Which are the top universities in Automation & Control 2020?
The top universities in Automation & Control 2020 are: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, ETH Zurich, University of Toronto, University of California, Berkeley. This edition, published by Academic Ranking of World Universities, evaluated 200 universities from 15 countries and regions using indicators such as AWARD, CNCI, IC, Q1, TOP. Rankings reflect weighted performance across multiple dimensions; students should consider methodology differences and their own academic priorities when interpreting results.
How does Automation & Control differ from other ranking systems?
ARWU (Academic Ranking of World Universities), created by Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2003 as the world's first international university ranking, is based entirely on objective, verifiable academic indicators and uses no reputation surveys: alumni winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals (10%), faculty winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals (20%), highly cited researchers across subject fields (20%), papers published in Nature and Science (20%), papers indexed in SCIE and SSCI (20%), and per-capita academic performance (10%). In contrast, QS and THE both incorporate reputation questionnaires as core weights, while US News combines reputation surveys with bibliometric data. ARWU's transparent methodology and reproducibility make it authoritative for evaluating research strength and academic prestige.
Total 200 universities
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University
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Country
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| 1 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT)
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🇺🇸 United States | 351.4 | 92.6 | 80.2 | 68.3 | 65.0 | 100.0 |
| 2 |
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
(UIUC)
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🇺🇸 United States | 322.7 | 100.0 | 62.1 | 64.6 | 54.2 | 93.6 |
| 3 |
ETH Zurich
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🇨🇭 Switzerland | 302.5 | 65.5 | 86.0 | 78.2 | 55.8 | 79.6 |
| 4 |
University of Toronto
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🇨🇦 Canada | 292.8 | 84.5 | 91.8 | 74.7 | 43.6 | 57.9 |
| 5 |
University of California, Berkeley
(UCB)
|
🇺🇸 United States | 285.5 | 75.6 | 73.0 | 66.2 | 53.6 | 70.0 |
| 6 |
Harbin Institute of Technology
(HIT)
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🇨🇳 China | 282.6 | 0.0 | 82.0 | 59.3 | 100.0 | 88.8 |
| 7 |
Imperial College London
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 281.9 | 65.5 | 70.8 | 86.2 | 51.6 | 76.8 |
| 8 |
Stanford University
(SU)
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🇺🇸 United States | 279.8 | 84.5 | 81.4 | 54.9 | 42.9 | 60.0 |
| 9 |
Nanyang Technological University
(NTU)
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🇸🇬 Singapore | 279.6 | 0.0 | 82.5 | 86.5 | 84.2 | 95.6 |
| 10 |
Harvard University
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🇺🇸 United States | 279.1 | 65.5 | 100.0 | 71.3 | 42.6 | 56.8 |
| 11 |
California Institute of Technology
(CIT)
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🇺🇸 United States | 277.6 | 100.0 | 84.8 | 61.9 | 31.2 | 49.2 |
| 12 |
University of Michigan
(UM)
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🇺🇸 United States | 269.9 | 53.5 | 65.5 | 63.3 | 58.7 | 79.6 |
| 13 |
University of Newcastle Australia
(UoN)
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🇦🇺 Australia | 268.1 | 65.5 | 61.6 | 90.5 | 49.9 | 73.1 |
| 14 |
City University of Hong Kong
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🇭🇰 Hong Kong | 258.8 | 0.0 | 92.0 | 58.3 | 71.3 | 83.8 |
| 15 |
University of California, Santa Barbara
(UCSB)
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🇺🇸 United States | 251.3 | 53.5 | 73.2 | 75.1 | 39.1 | 70.5 |
| 16 |
University of Groningen
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🇳🇱 Netherlands | 247.2 | 53.5 | 65.3 | 79.5 | 39.8 | 72.7 |
| 17 |
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
(KTH)
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🇸🇪 Sweden | 244.6 | 0.0 | 72.6 | 83.5 | 56.9 | 98.4 |
| 18 |
Australian National University
(ANU)
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🇦🇺 Australia | 243.3 | 53.5 | 62.2 | 88.7 | 39.5 | 70.5 |
| 19 |
Zhejiang University
(ZJU)
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🇨🇳 China | 240.7 | 0.0 | 74.7 | 61.5 | 81.9 | 71.8 |
| 20 |
Beihang University
(BUAA)
|
🇨🇳 China | 235.9 | 0.0 | 77.1 | 50.9 | 82.2 | 66.4 |
| 21 |
Southeast University
(SEU)
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🇨🇳 China | 235.4 | 0.0 | 88.0 | 62.4 | 72.9 | 62.1 |
| 22 |
University of Cambridge
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 227.3 | 65.5 | 63.1 | 81.3 | 32.6 | 49.8 |
| 23 |
University of Hong Kong
(HKU)
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🇭🇰 Hong Kong | 224.9 | 0.0 | 85.4 | 61.1 | 53.8 | 73.5 |
| 24 |
The University of Adelaide
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🇦🇺 Australia | 223.4 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 96.1 | 47.9 | 56.3 |
| 25 |
University of California San Diego
(UCSD)
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🇺🇸 United States | 222.6 | 0.0 | 72.8 | 77.0 | 48.0 | 86.3 |
| 26 |
Tsinghua University
(THU)
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🇨🇳 China | 221.5 | 0.0 | 72.8 | 59.3 | 72.8 | 64.0 |
| 27 |
National University of Singapore
(NUS)
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🇸🇬 Singapore | 219.4 | 0.0 | 80.1 | 81.2 | 65.2 | 57.9 |
| 28 |
Sapienza University of Rome
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🇮🇹 Italy | 216.6 | 75.6 | 63.7 | 67.6 | 26.0 | 37.8 |
| 29 |
Paris-Saclay University
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🇫🇷 France | 215.3 | 0.0 | 56.0 | 77.6 | 53.6 | 90.2 |
| 30 |
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
(SJTU)
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🇨🇳 China | 214.9 | 0.0 | 70.7 | 53.0 | 67.1 | 66.4 |
| 31 |
Northeastern University
(NEU)
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🇨🇳 China | 214.7 | 0.0 | 69.3 | 48.1 | 74.7 | 61.0 |
| 32 |
Victoria University
(VU)
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🇦🇺 Australia | 210.6 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 99.6 | 43.4 | 47.3 |
| 33 |
Carnegie Mellon University
(CMU)
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🇺🇸 United States | 209.3 | 0.0 | 76.1 | 69.4 | 47.1 | 72.2 |
| 34 |
University of Manchester
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 206.0 | 37.8 | 71.7 | 80.7 | 36.5 | 43.9 |
| 35 |
Beijing Institute of Technology
(BIT)
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🇨🇳 China | 205.8 | 0.0 | 70.6 | 54.8 | 62.6 | 61.6 |
| 36 |
Eindhoven University of Technology
(TU/e)
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🇳🇱 Netherlands | 205.5 | 0.0 | 61.7 | 77.6 | 51.9 | 76.4 |
| 37 |
King Abdulaziz University
(KAU)
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🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | 203.4 | 0.0 | 96.4 | 100.0 | 52.6 | 34.4 |
| 38 |
University of Padua
(UNIPD)
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🇮🇹 Italy | 202.0 | 0.0 | 70.1 | 71.4 | 45.0 | 72.7 |
| 39 |
Nanjing University of Science and Technology
(NUST)
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🇨🇳 China | 199.6 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 52.1 | 57.9 | 56.3 |
| 40 |
Brunel University of London
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 199.4 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 96.4 | 37.7 | 42.4 |
| 41 |
Georgia Institute of Technology
(GT)
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🇺🇸 United States | 199.3 | 0.0 | 62.9 | 63.8 | 53.6 | 70.0 |
| 42 |
New York University
(NYU)
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🇺🇸 United States | 199.0 | 37.8 | 75.7 | 71.6 | 29.5 | 41.7 |
| 43 |
Chinese University of Hong Kong
(CUHK)
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🇭🇰 Hong Kong | 197.6 | 0.0 | 76.3 | 63.3 | 44.1 | 64.5 |
| 44 |
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
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🇮🇱 Israel | 197.2 | 53.5 | 50.8 | 67.5 | 32.1 | 47.3 |
| 45 |
Delft University of Technology
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🇳🇱 Netherlands | 196.3 | 0.0 | 61.2 | 78.6 | 53.5 | 65.9 |
| 46 |
University of Science and Technology of China
(USTC)
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🇨🇳 China | 196.1 | 0.0 | 83.1 | 62.7 | 46.4 | 54.0 |
| 47 |
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
(HKUST)
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🇭🇰 Hong Kong | 194.3 | 0.0 | 82.7 | 60.8 | 38.9 | 60.5 |
| 48 |
University of Macau
(UM)
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🇲🇴 Macau | 193.6 | 0.0 | 97.5 | 62.8 | 46.6 | 37.0 |
| 49 |
Université de Lorraine
(UL)
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🇫🇷 France | 192.7 | 0.0 | 61.4 | 78.2 | 42.9 | 72.7 |
| 50 |
Bohai University
(BU)
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🇨🇳 China | 191.8 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 55.2 | 43.8 | 37.0 |