The "Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)", which was first published in 2003 and updated annually, has gained international reputation. Consultation reports on strategies for building world-class universities and science policies, which are provided to Chinese governments on a regular basis, have attracted national attention.
Top 25 World Universities
2 University of California, Berkeley
4 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
6 California Institute of Technology
13 University of California, Los Angeles
14 University of California, San Diego
17 University of Wisconsin - Madison
18 The Johns Hopkins University
18 University of California, San Francisco
22 University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
23 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
25 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign