University of Washington in Seattle named the 7th best university in the world in new location

Husky students and alumni have an extra reason to rejoice this week, as the University of Washington in Seattle was just ranked 7th in US News and World Report’s Best global university rankings for 2022.

UW was 8th in last year’s rankings, with the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) narrowly beating it. Now the Huskies have come ahead of Caltech, which also fell in its ranking from last year. In terms of public institutions in the United States, UW held on to its place as number two.

Excellence in topics related to the COVID-19 pandemic propelled the university to this year’s rankings. Among the 1,750 institutions examined in the report, the university was ranked in 5th place for infectious diseases; 6. for clinical medicine, microbiology and geoscience; and 7. for Immunology, Molecular Biology and Genetics and Social Sciences and Public Health. It was also ranked 10th for oncology.

In a breakdown of measurements, the report found that UW ranked 25th in the world for its research reputation and 12th regionally. It was also placed in a 7th place for the number of highly cited articles that are among the 1% most cited. The university ranked several prestigious Ivy League schools, including Yale University and Princeton University, in the overall rankings.

“It is gratifying to see UW’s impact on people and communities around the world being recognized,” said UW President Ana Mari Cauce in a news release Tuesday. “I am so proud of the extraordinary talent and efforts of our faculty, students and staff who have risen to meet the challenges of these difficult and promising times.”

Keep reading to see what other colleges did to the top 10 global universities.

A couple throws a frisbee for a dog on campus at Johns Hopkins University on March 28, 2020 in Baltimore, Maryland.

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9. Johns Hopkins University (Draw)

Score: 85.5

Registered: 16,552

Acceptance percentage: 11.2%

California Institute of Technology campus in Pasadena.

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9. California Institute of Technology (Draw)

Score: 85.5

Enrolled: 2,233

Acceptance percentage: 6.4%

This bridge over the River Cam between St John’s College’s Third Court and New Court in Cambridge.

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8. University of Cambridge

Score: 86.1

Enrolled: 21,656

Acceptance percentage: 21%

Cherry trees in front of a building at the University of Washington

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7. University of Washington – Seattle

Score: 86.5

Enrolled: 47,606

Acceptance percentage: 51.8%

Square and lawns overlooking the southeast from near Low Memorial Hall, Columbia University.

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6. Columbia University

Score: 86.7

Registered: 22,801

Acceptance percentage: 5.4%

All Souls College, Oxford.

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5. University of Oxford

Score: 87.1

Registration: 23,975

Acceptance percentage: 17.5%

UC Berkeley Campanile bell tower and Bay Bridge at dusk.

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4. University of California-Berkeley

Score: 89.4

Registration: 40,306

Acceptance percentage: 16.3%

A general picture of the Hoover Tower through the arches of the Main Quadrangle on campus at Stanford University before a college football game against the Oregon Ducks on October 2, 2021, played at Stanford Stadium in Palo Alto, California.

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3. Stanford University

Score: 95.6

Registration: 16,319

Acceptance percentage: 4.3%

Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus along the Charles River.

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2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Score: 97.5

Registration: 11,459

Acceptance percentage: 6.7%

Harvard University campus in Boston.

1. Harvard University

Score: 100.00

Enrolled: 21,575

Acceptance percentage: 4.6%