University ranking is to publish research reports and academic papers in English according to various scientific research and teaching standards, quantitatively evaluate relevant universities from data, reports, achievements, reputation and other aspects, and then make weighted university rankings.

Many educational institutions in the world rank domestic and foreign universities, business schools or MBA students, which has produced a series of social and commercial influences. Among them, the rankings of China University include soft science edition, Wu Shulian edition, Alumni Association edition, China University Ranking (CNUR) edition and Wuhan University China Science and Education Evaluation Online Edition.

World university rankings include Times Higher Education World University Ranking, QS World University Ranking, American News World University Ranking, China Soft Science Academic Ranking, other world universities/institutions Natural Index Ranking, American Basic Science Indicators Database (ESI) Ranking, and Russian Moscow International University Ranking.

Spain World University Network ranking, Spain SCImago World University ranking, Saudi CWUR World University ranking, etc. , as well as benchmarking and ranking of CWTS Leiden University in the Netherlands.

The design scheme and evaluation means of new world university rankings such as European Union Multidimensional Global University Ranking (U-Multirank) and OECD Higher Education Learning Achievement Evaluation (AHELO). Ranking has a far-reaching impact on the improvement of scientific research and teaching level, image enhancement and marketing with international partners.