Nursing 2020

Academic Ranking of World Universities · Published: 2020-06-29 · Methodology · Source: Academic Ranking of World Universities official website · Editorial Standards

Ranks universities globally for research strength and academic impact in nursing.

ARWU relies entirely on objective, verifiable academic indicators (Nobel Prizes, Nature/Science papers, Highly Cited Researchers) and uses no reputation surveys.

How does Nursing evaluate universities?

Nursing, 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 300 universities from 12 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 Nursing 2020?

The top universities in Nursing 2020 are: University of Pennsylvania, Griffith University, Karolinska Institutet, The University of Queensland, King's College London. This edition, published by Academic Ranking of World Universities, evaluated 300 universities from 12 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 Nursing 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.

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🇦🇺 Australia

🇧🇪 Belgium

🇧🇷 Brazil

🇨🇦 Canada

🇨🇳 China

🇨🇾 Cyprus

🇩🇰 Denmark

🇫🇮 Finland

🇩🇪 Germany

🇬🇷 Greece

🇭🇰 Hong Kong

🇮🇸 Iceland

🇮🇷 Iran

🇮🇪 Ireland

🇮🇱 Israel

🇮🇹 Italy

🇯🇵 Japan

🇯🇴 Jordan

🇱🇧 Lebanon

🇳🇱 Netherlands

🇳🇿 New Zealand

🇳🇴 Norway

🇵🇹 Portugal

🇸🇬 Singapore

🇰🇷 South Korea

🇪🇸 Spain

🇸🇪 Sweden

🇨🇭 Switzerland

🇹🇼 Taiwan

🇹🇭 Thailand

🇹🇷 Turkey

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

🇺🇸 United States

Total 300 universities

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	University	Country
1	University of Pennsylvania	🇺🇸 United States	303.9	100.0	78.3	45.9	96.4	100.0
2	Griffith University	🇦🇺 Australia	274.4	0.0	83.3	66.0	100.0	77.9
3	Karolinska Institutet (KI)	🇸🇪 Sweden	270.1	0.0	81.3	69.6	99.3	75.6
4	The University of Queensland (UQ)	🇦🇺 Australia	265.1	0.0	80.8	62.4	96.2	75.6
5	King's College London (KCL)	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	263.9	27.0	88.4	71.6	73.5	82.4
6	Johns Hopkins University (JHU)	🇺🇸 United States	260.4	100.0	73.6	54.6	85.2	70.7
7	Ghent University	🇧🇪 Belgium	257.7	27.0	81.7	81.8	78.7	75.6
8	University of California, San Francisco	🇺🇸 United States	257.0	52.2	77.5	62.9	85.7	70.7
9	University of Technology Sydney (UTS)	🇦🇺 Australia	252.6	27.0	78.4	69.3	95.2	59.8
10	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC)	🇺🇸 United States	248.2	46.7	76.4	50.0	81.8	70.7
11	University of Southampton	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	248.0	0.0	99.1	87.7	55.8	75.6
12	The University of Sydney (USYD)	🇦🇺 Australia	242.5	0.0	75.9	58.2	92.3	62.7
13	Maastricht University (UM)	🇳🇱 Netherlands	238.8	0.0	84.7	87.7	58.7	77.9
14	University of Manchester	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	237.0	0.0	83.2	62.7	70.5	70.7
15	University of Wisconsin–Madison (UW)	🇺🇸 United States	235.9	44.7	77.5	48.7	61.8	77.9
16	Radboud University Nijmegen	🇳🇱 Netherlands	235.4	0.0	83.9	83.2	61.8	73.2
17	Queensland University of Technology (QUT)	🇦🇺 Australia	235.2	46.7	77.9	66.9	71.9	62.7
18	Australian Catholic University (ACU)	🇦🇺 Australia	232.6	27.0	78.3	66.3	75.9	59.8
19	Monash University	🇦🇺 Australia	232.3	0.0	77.1	61.4	89.4	53.5
20	KU Leuven (KUL)	🇧🇪 Belgium	231.7	0.0	93.8	91.6	62.9	56.7
21	University of Toronto	🇨🇦 Canada	229.6	27.0	70.5	70.1	83.0	56.7
22	New York University (NYU)	🇺🇸 United States	227.7	53.9	74.4	49.4	67.2	65.5
23	University of Washington (UW)	🇺🇸 United States	226.3	68.8	72.5	54.3	72.5	56.7
24	Yale University	🇺🇸 United States	225.1	46.7	74.7	52.4	70.9	59.8
25	Chang Gung University (CGU)	🇹🇼 Taiwan	220.6	27.0	75.5	47.9	59.5	70.7
26	Emory University	🇺🇸 United States	219.3	60.3	72.7	45.8	71.9	53.5
26	University of Michigan (UM)	🇺🇸 United States	219.3	0.0	70.3	53.6	81.6	56.7
28	Uppsala University	🇸🇪 Sweden	218.0	0.0	82.4	71.2	75.0	46.3
29	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU)	🇳🇱 Netherlands	217.2	0.0	76.0	72.8	64.0	62.7
30	University of Alberta	🇨🇦 Canada	214.2	38.1	72.2	66.8	67.5	53.5
31	National University of Singapore (NUS)	🇸🇬 Singapore	213.5	38.1	80.4	87.7	70.2	37.8
32	University of Turku	🇫🇮 Finland	213.4	0.0	83.2	76.8	61.4	53.5
33	National Taiwan University (NTU)	🇹🇼 Taiwan	212.8	27.0	71.7	57.6	58.7	65.5
34	Duke University	🇺🇸 United States	212.1	46.7	67.1	45.4	76.6	50.0
35	Columbia University (CU)	🇺🇸 United States	212.0	38.1	76.5	50.1	64.3	53.5
36	University College London (UCL)	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	211.9	0.0	87.4	72.2	56.7	53.5
36	University of Rome Tor Vergata	🇮🇹 Italy	211.9	0.0	94.5	83.5	47.2	53.5
38	University of Leeds	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	211.3	0.0	80.9	67.8	54.1	62.7
39	Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)	🇺🇸 United States	211.2	0.0	76.3	47.2	65.8	59.8
40	Deakin University	🇦🇺 Australia	210.3	38.1	77.5	60.2	70.9	42.3
41	Taipei Medical University (TMU)	🇹🇼 Taiwan	209.7	38.1	71.9	54.4	56.7	62.7
42	The University of Melbourne	🇦🇺 Australia	209.0	0.0	78.9	64.0	75.0	42.3
43	Ohio State University, Columbus	🇺🇸 United States	207.5	66.1	75.5	31.7	70.2	42.3
44	Lund University	🇸🇪 Sweden	206.9	0.0	78.2	59.6	63.2	53.5
45	Curtin University	🇦🇺 Australia	206.4	0.0	78.1	61.3	73.8	42.3
46	University of Nottingham	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	205.4	0.0	79.8	65.4	59.1	53.5
47	University of Oslo (UiO)	🇳🇴 Norway	203.1	0.0	79.6	73.9	62.5	46.3
48	Harvard University	🇺🇸 United States	201.8	0.0	70.7	42.7	76.2	46.3
49	Linköping University (LiU)	🇸🇪 Sweden	201.2	0.0	80.0	70.8	69.2	37.8
50	University of British Columbia (UBC)	🇨🇦 Canada	200.9	27.0	79.2	72.8	64.0	37.8