1, Harvard University. 20 19-20 years, in the world university ranking published by the World University Ranking Center (CWUR), Harvard University ranked 1. 20 17- 18 Forbes ranked "100 America's most valuable university" and Harvard ranked fifth.

2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Is a world-renowned private research university, famous for its top engineering and computer science, and among the best in academic ranking of world universities. After World War II, the school rose rapidly to meet the needs of national defense science and technology research in the United States, and made important contributions to the scientific and technological development of computers, radars and inertial navigation systems.

3. Stanford University. Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, and San Francisco North Bay have become academic centers in the western United States, responsible for the operation and management of SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Hoover Institute and other institutions.

Extended data

The ranking was originally founded by Shanghai Jiaotong University to evaluate the status of China's top universities in the world. Since 2009, this ranking has been maintained by Shanghai Soft Science Education Consulting Company.

ARWU ranks 1800 colleges and universities every year, before publication 1000. The following are six objective indicators used in the ranking, and the weight of each indicator:

1. Number of alumni who won Nobel Prize and Fields Prize-10%

2. Number of teachers who have won Nobel Prize and Fields Prize -20%

3.2 1 Number of highly cited researchers in the discipline-20%.

4. Number of papers published in Nature and Science -20%

5. The number of papers included in SCI extended edition and SSCI is -20%

6. The average academic performance of each university is-10%