November 4, 1861, saw the opening of the Territorial University, now ranked #16 in the world's top universities, according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities, which is now better known as what?
University of Washington American Research Universities", published by The Center for Measuring University Performance of Arizona State University, ranked the University of Washington 11th among the top 50 American universities. In 2011, UW was ranked 8th globally among 2,000 universities in "University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP)" published by Middle East Technical University. "Top 200 Colleges and Universities in the World", published by 4 international colleges and universities, ranked UW at 8th globally in 2012. In 2017, the "Leiden Ranking", which focuses on science and the impact of scientific publications among the world's 500 major universities, ranked UW 12th globally and 5th in
Academic Ranking of World Universities Academic Ranking of World Universities Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), also known as Shanghai Ranking, is one of the annual publications of world university rankings. The league table was originally compiled and issued by Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2003, making it the first global university ranking with multifarious indicators. Since 2009, ARWU has been published and copyrighted annually by Shanghai Ranking Consultancy, an independent organization focusing on higher education. In 2011, a board of international advisory consisting of scholars and policy researchers was established to provide suggestions. The publication currently includes global league tables for institutions and a