World university ranking refers to the ranking of universities in various countries and regions in the world by the selection institutions according to various data. For example, the Times Higher Education World University Ranking in Britain is evaluated by 13, such as the citation frequency of papers and the number of students corresponding to each teacher.

The mainstream academic institutions in the world include Times Higher Education World University Ranking, QS World University Ranking, American News World University Ranking, British Nature Index Ranking, China Soft Science academic ranking of world universities and other academic rankings.

Other influential universities include Moscow International University, CWUR World University in Saudi Arabia, Scimago World University in the United States, CSIC World University in Spain and CWTS World University in the Netherlands.

In addition, the online ranking of world universities and research institutions by China Science and Education Assessment of Wuhan University and the ranking of world universities by Taiwan Province University (NTU) in China also have some influence.