(Oct. 31, 2018) – UTSA has moved up the ranks on a list of the top universities in the world. U.S. News & World Report has named UTSA’s academic and research programs No. 77 among U.S. public academic institutions and No. 421 overall in its 2019 Best Global Universities rankings, up 27 spots from one year ago.
Additionally, UTSA’s clinical medicine program was ranked No. 211, its chemistry program was ranked No. 224 and its engineering program was ranked No. 353.
U.S. News & World Report assessed the top 1,250 institutions across 75 countries and calculated the rankings based on 13 indicators measuring academic and research performance as well as global and regional reputation. They included:
- regional and global research reputation
- publications
- books
- conferences
- normalized citation impact
- total citations
- number and percentage of publications among the top 10 percent most cited
- international collaboration
- percentage of total publications with international collaboration
- number and percentage of highly cited papers among the top 1 percent most cited
UTSA scored especially strong in normalized citation impact (No. 113), the regional research reputation category (No. 154) and in international collaboration (No. 141).
Fourteen Texas academic institutions were recognized in the Best Global Universities Ranking. They include:
36: UT-Austin
107 (tie): Rice University
125 (tie): Texas A&M, College Station
260 (tie): UT-Dallas
388 (tie): Baylor University
388 (tie): University of Houston
421 (tie): UTSA
446 (tie): UT-Arlington
471 (tie): Texas Tech University
480 (tie): Southern Methodist University
611: University of North Texas
826 (tie): UT-Rio Grande Valley
880 (tie): UTEP
1249 (tie): Texas State University
UTSA is a public urban serving university specializing in health, cybersecurity, energy, sustainability, and human and social development. UTSA advances knowledge through research and discovery, teaching and learning, community engagement and public service.
