软科世界大学学术排名 (ShanghaiRanking’s Academic Ranking of World Universities，简称ARWU) 于2003年由上海交通大学世界一流大学研究中心首次发布，是世界范围内首个综合性的全球大学排名。2009年开始，ARWU改由软科发布并保留所有权利。软科世界大学学术排名以评价方法的客观、透明和稳定著称，全部采用国际可比的客观指标和第三方数据，包括获诺贝尔奖和菲尔兹奖的校友和教师数、高被引科学家数、在Nature和Science上发表的论文数、被科学引文索引 (SCIE) 和社会科学引文索引 (SSCI) 收录的论文数、师均学术表现等。软科世界大学学术排名是全球最具影响力和权威性的大学排名之一，在世界各地被广泛报导和大量引用，许多国家的政府和大学以ARWU为标准，制定战略目标和发展规划，采取各种举措来提升大学的国际竞争力。
每个世界大学排名都有各自的侧重点，软科推崇的世界一流大学要有诺贝尔奖，体现出对人类文明、科学知识增进做出里程碑式的贡献。世界一流大学还要有国际影响力的科学家，要有重大原创性的研究成果，这是ARWU所传达的价值导向。当然世界一流大学的内涵还不止这些，只是有些价值暂时还没有好的手段去测量，因此也要客观地看待ARWU排名的结果，而不是把它当做一把“万能钥匙”。
2020年软科(ARWU)世界大学学术排名(2019年08月21日更新)
| Rank | National Rank | Alumni | Award | HiCi | N&S | PUB | PCP | Total Score | Free |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 哈佛大学Harvard University | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 79.3 | 免费评估 |
| 2 | 斯坦福大学Stanford University | 74.2 | 43.8 | 86.6 | 71.1 | 79.5 | 77.1 | 53.8 | 免费评估 |
| 3 | 剑桥大学University of Cambridge | 70.6 | 79.5 | 98.2 | 50.0 | 57.1 | 72.0 | 57.5 | 免费评估 |
| 4 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | 69.6 | 71.4 | 85.1 | 51.4 | 69.8 | 63.7 | 69.7 | 免费评估 |
| 5 | University of California, Berkeley | 65.8 | 64.9 | 76.7 | 53.3 | 68.5 | 63.4 | 56.0 | 免费评估 |
| 6 | 普林斯顿大学Princeton University | 61.1 | 59.0 | 97.9 | 41.4 | 49.9 | 44.7 | 71.8 | 免费评估 |
| 7 | 哥伦比亚大学Columbia University | 58.6 | 59.5 | 65.8 | 48.0 | 54.8 | 72.3 | 32.9 | 免费评估 |
| 8 | 加州理工大学California Institute of Technology | 57.7 | 50.7 | 69.1 | 36.4 | 57.9 | 43.9 | 100.0 | 免费评估 |
| 9 | 牛津大学University of Oxford | 57.2 | 48.9 | 54.3 | 46.4 | 53.9 | 78.9 | 43.7 | 免费评估 |
| 10 | 芝加哥大学University of Chicago | 54.6 | 58.7 | 88.2 | 35.7 | 41.3 | 51.6 | 43.0 | 免费评估 |
| 11 | 耶鲁大学Yale University | 53.5 | 47.0 | 52.8 | 50.0 | 51.7 | 65.6 | 37.3 | 免费评估 |
| 12 | 康奈尔大学Cornell University | 50.4 | 42.4 | 48.1 | 45.9 | 50.8 | 59.8 | 42.0 | 免费评估 |
| 13 | University of California, Los Angeles | 50.3 | 27.7 | 45.5 | 50.5 | 47.8 | 72.9 | 31.2 | 免费评估 |
| 14 | Paris-Saclay University | 49.6 | 28.4 | 74.6 | 42.6 | 29.8 | 66.0 | 31.8 | 免费评估 |
| 15 | 约翰霍普金斯大学Johns Hopkins University | 48.3 | 38.4 | 36.5 | 47.0 | 43.8 | 75.4 | 29.1 | 免费评估 |
| 16 | 伦敦大学学院University College London | 46.6 | 26.0 | 35.0 | 44.3 | 39.3 | 81.1 | 31.3 | 免费评估 |
| 16 | 华盛顿大学University of Washington | 46.6 | 23.7 | 36.7 | 40.8 | 49.6 | 75.5 | 27.6 | 免费评估 |
| 18 | University of California, San Diego | 46.3 | 18.8 | 34.3 | 51.4 | 48.0 | 66.9 | 33.0 | 免费评估 |
| 19 | 宾夕法尼亚大学University of Pennsylvania | 46.2 | 33.5 | 32.7 | 43.2 | 42.7 | 71.6 | 38.2 | 免费评估 |
| 20 | ETH Zurich | 46.1 | 27.7 | 44.8 | 31.3 | 53.5 | 57.9 | 48.5 | 免费评估 |
| 21 | University of California, San Francisco | 42.8 | 0 | 38.6 | 42.0 | 49.7 | 64.2 | 30.5 | 免费评估 |
| 22 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 41.0 | 32.6 | 10.2 | 40.2 | 40.1 | 81.7 | 24.2 | 免费评估 |
| 23 | 多伦多大学University of Toronto | 40.9 | 17.2 | 16.6 | 36.4 | 38.3 | 85.3 | 30.0 | 免费评估 |
| 23 | 华盛顿大学圣路易斯分校Washington University in St. Louis | 40.9 | 21.7 | 24.1 | 51.9 | 39.6 | 54.9 | 37.6 | 免费评估 |
| 25 | 帝国理工学院Imperial College London | 40.3 | 13.3 | 34.6 | 36.4 | 35.1 | 66.6 | 35.7 | 免费评估 |
| 26 | 东京大学The University of Tokyo | 40.1 | 36.4 | 24.5 | 24.3 | 43.5 | 71.6 | 28.9 | 免费评估 |
| 27 | 杜克大学Duke University | 39.2 | 20.3 | 18.6 | 51.0 | 34.8 | 65.5 | 24.3 | 免费评估 |
| 27 | 纽约大学New York University | 39.2 | 27.7 | 36.9 | 32.8 | 35.7 | 62.1 | 21.4 | 免费评估 |
| 29 | 清华大学Tsinghua University | 38.1 | 9.4 | 0 | 45.4 | 42.9 | 80.2 | 26.4 | 免费评估 |
| 30 | 西北大学Northwestern University | 37.6 | 13.3 | 27.0 | 39.0 | 33.3 | 63.1 | 29.7 | 免费评估 |
| 30 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 37.6 | 7.7 | 22.9 | 44.3 | 29.6 | 65.2 | 36.4 | 免费评估 |
| 32 | University of Wisconsin - Madison | 37.4 | 29.2 | 33.6 | 30.5 | 28.2 | 64.7 | 23.2 | 免费评估 |
| 33 | 哥本哈根大学University of Copenhagen | 36.9 | 19.6 | 18.2 | 29.7 | 37.3 | 68.7 | 34.2 | 免费评估 |
| 34 | 京都大学Kyoto University | 36.3 | 35.2 | 41.3 | 21.0 | 27.3 | 58.8 | 23.8 | 免费评估 |
| 35 | 墨尔本大学The University of Melbourne | 36.0 | 15.4 | 12.9 | 40.8 | 20.6 | 77.3 | 33.7 | 免费评估 |
| 36 | PSL University | 35.5 | 52.7 | 48.0 | 15.7 | 21.3 | 50.9 | 23.3 | 免费评估 |
| 36 | 曼彻斯特大学The University of Manchester | 35.5 | 15.4 | 31.5 | 30.5 | 29.1 | 61.2 | 27.7 | 免费评估 |
| 38 | 英属哥伦比亚大学University of British Columbia | 35.4 | 14.4 | 18.2 | 40.2 | 27.2 | 68.4 | 24.7 | 免费评估 |
| 39 | Sorbonne University | 35.3 | 34.5 | 26.5 | 23.2 | 28.8 | 64.0 | 26.1 | 免费评估 |
| 40 | University of Minnesota, Twin Cities | 35.0 | 27.2 | 15.8 | 36.4 | 26.8 | 67.6 | 22.9 | 免费评估 |
| 41 | The University of Texas at Austin | 34.9 | 24.3 | 22.9 | 32.1 | 30.2 | 59.6 | 27.9 | 免费评估 |
| 42 | 爱丁堡大学The University of Edinburgh | 34.7 | 26.6 | 24.1 | 32.8 | 28.8 | 58.3 | 25.6 | 免费评估 |
| 43 | Rockefeller University | 34.4 | 16.3 | 60.1 | 27.1 | 40.3 | 17.1 | 31.5 | 免费评估 |
| 44 | 科罗拉多大学波德分校University of Colorado at Boulder | 34.2 | 12.1 | 32.9 | 26.2 | 37.3 | 48.6 | 32.9 | 免费评估 |
| 45 | Karolinska Institute | 33.9 | 23.7 | 25.7 | 23.2 | 24.1 | 56.5 | 49.1 | 免费评估 |
| 45 | 伊利诺伊大学香槟分校University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 33.9 | 26.6 | 35.0 | 15.7 | 31.3 | 57.2 | 26.7 | 免费评估 |
| 47 | 伦敦国王学院King's College London | 33.6 | 20.3 | 20.3 | 39.6 | 19.6 | 61.0 | 27.8 | 免费评估 |
| 48 | The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas | 33.0 | 18.0 | 33.3 | 29.7 | 38.9 | 37.0 | 27.4 | 免费评估 |
| 49 | 北京大学Peking University | 32.4 | 10.9 | 0 | 29.7 | 33.4 | 78.1 | 24.4 | 免费评估 |
| 49 | University of California, Santa Barbara | 32.4 | 14.4 | 37.8 | 26.2 | 29.5 | 39.9 | 36.0 | 免费评估 |
| 51 | University of Munich | 32.3 | 26.0 | 18.5 | 26.2 | 30.8 | 55.3 | 28.9 | 免费评估 |
| 52 | 乌德勒支大学Utrecht University | 31.6 | 21.7 | 19.3 | 32.1 | 23.4 | 54.8 | 28.8 | 免费评估 |
| 53 | University of Maryland, College Park | 31.5 | 18.0 | 19.3 | 21.0 | 35.4 | 55.2 | 28.8 | 免费评估 |
| 54 | Technical University of Munich | 31.4 | 35.6 | 20.8 | 19.8 | 26.9 | 54.2 | 28.2 | 免费评估 |
| 54 | The University of Queensland | 31.4 | 12.1 | 0 | 37.7 | 24.5 | 68.4 | 34.6 | 免费评估 |
| 56 | 苏黎世大学University of Zurich | 31.3 | 0 | 23.2 | 28.0 | 31.1 | 52.6 | 36.4 | 免费评估 |
| 57 | Heidelberg University | 30.9 | 18.8 | 24.5 | 22.1 | 28.1 | 53.4 | 27.6 | 免费评估 |
| 58 | Zhejiang University | 30.7 | 0 | 0 | 33.6 | 21.4 | 84.2 | 22.1 | 免费评估 |
| 59 | University of Geneva | 30.6 | 35.2 | 32.5 | 15.7 | 26.4 | 40.7 | 34.4 | 免费评估 |
| 60 | 奥斯陆大学University of Oslo | 30.3 | 26.0 | 31.5 | 15.7 | 17.1 | 56.9 | 28.7 | 免费评估 |
| 61 | 南加州大学University of Southern California | 30.1 | 0 | 30.6 | 28.0 | 21.2 | 55.9 | 23.7 | 免费评估 |
| 62 | 范德堡大学Vanderbilt University | 30.0 | 14.4 | 28.0 | 21.0 | 20.2 | 54.3 | 32.4 | 免费评估 |
| 63 | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | 29.6 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 18.9 | 85.5 | 25.3 | 免费评估 |
| 64 | 布里斯托大学University of Bristol | 29.3 | 5.4 | 15.8 | 32.1 | 28.8 | 49.8 | 28.4 | 免费评估 |
| 65 | University of Paris | 29.1 | 14.6 | 12.9 | 28.0 | 26.5 | 57.0 | 21.9 | 免费评估 |
| 66 | Ghent University | 28.9 | 0 | 12.9 | 33.6 | 17.5 | 60.6 | 34.1 | 免费评估 |
| 67 | The Australian National University | 28.8 | 13.3 | 18.6 | 25.2 | 25.9 | 48.4 | 32.1 | 免费评估 |
| 67 | The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center | 28.8 | 0 | 14.4 | 38.3 | 20.2 | 41.1 | 53.7 | 免费评估 |
| 69 | Aarhus University | 28.7 | 10.9 | 21.3 | 21.0 | 21.6 | 57.4 | 27.1 | 免费评估 |
| 69 | 斯德哥尔摩大学Stockholm University | 28.7 | 21.7 | 26.5 | 22.1 | 21.9 | 45.1 | 27.7 | 免费评估 |
| 69 | University of California, Irvine | 28.7 | 0 | 28.3 | 26.2 | 24.2 | 49.4 | 25.1 | 免费评估 |
| 69 | 格罗宁根大学University of Groningen | 28.7 | 13.3 | 24.6 | 21.0 | 17.4 | 54.9 | 31.7 | 免费评估 |
| 73 | University of Science and Technology of China | 28.6 | 0 | 0 | 34.3 | 24.1 | 67.2 | 28.8 | 免费评估 |
| 74 | The University of New South Wales | 28.5 | 0 | 0 | 38.3 | 18.9 | 66.8 | 31.1 | 免费评估 |
| 74 | 赫尔辛基大学University of Helsinki | 28.5 | 16.3 | 20.3 | 23.2 | 18.2 | 56.4 | 26.7 | 免费评估 |
| 74 | University of Sydney | 28.5 | 13.3 | 0 | 28.9 | 17.3 | 72.1 | 29.2 | 免费评估 |
| 77 | Uppsala University | 28.4 | 15.4 | 26.5 | 14.0 | 23.3 | 53.4 | 28.2 | 免费评估 |
| 78 | 麦吉尔大学McGill University | 28.3 | 31.2 | 0 | 22.1 | 25.0 | 62.8 | 26.0 | 免费评估 |
| 79 | Purdue University - West Lafayette | 28.0 | 12.1 | 22.3 | 17.1 | 24.6 | 55.1 | 24.3 | 免费评估 |
| 80 | Erasmus University Rotterdam | 27.7 | 0 | 14.4 | 34.3 | 13.6 | 53.8 | 39.7 | 免费评估 |
| 80 | 莱顿大学Leiden University | 27.7 | 15.4 | 9.1 | 28.0 | 21.3 | 54.0 | 31.3 | 免费评估 |
| 80 | National University of Singapore | 27.7 | 0 | 0 | 35.7 | 21.9 | 63.2 | 29.9 | 免费评估 |
| 83 | Nagoya University | 27.2 | 28.2 | 24.5 | 15.7 | 20.3 | 46.2 | 25.0 | 免费评估 |
| 83 | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne | 27.2 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 33.2 | 42.6 | 44.8 | 免费评估 |
| 85 | 莫纳什大学Monash University | 27.1 | 0 | 0 | 26.2 | 23.4 | 68.1 | 30.0 | 免费评估 |
| 85 | The University of Western Australia | 27.1 | 20.3 | 13.6 | 25.2 | 15.6 | 51.1 | 33.9 | 免费评估 |
| 87 | University of Bonn | 27.0 | 23.0 | 34.5 | 19.8 | 16.5 | 38.3 | 23.6 | 免费评估 |
| 88 | University of Basel | 26.9 | 22.4 | 15.8 | 15.7 | 30.5 | 39.8 | 37.2 | 免费评估 |
| 88 | 佛罗里达大学University of Florida | 26.9 | 16.3 | 0 | 27.1 | 18.1 | 66.2 | 24.2 | 免费评估 |
| 90 | 波士顿大学Boston University | 26.7 | 10.9 | 11.1 | 27.1 | 21.4 | 54.1 | 22.9 | 免费评估 |
| 91 | Nanyang Technological University | 26.3 | 0 | 0 | 37.7 | 20.9 | 56.1 | 27.9 | 免费评估 |
| 91 | University of California, Davis | 26.3 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 27.4 | 61.8 | 23.3 | 免费评估 |
| 93 | Moscow State University | 26.2 | 39.5 | 31.9 | 0 | 10.3 | 52.8 | 27.0 | 免费评估 |
| 93 | Weizmann Institute of Science | 26.2 | 17.2 | 15.8 | 28.9 | 36.5 | 27.5 | 22.7 | 免费评估 |
| 95 | 卡内基梅隆大学Carnegie Mellon University | 26.1 | 30.2 | 30.5 | 17.1 | 16.0 | 34.7 | 28.4 | 免费评估 |
| 96 | 匹兹堡大学University of Pittsburgh | 26.0 | 17.2 | 0 | 28.0 | 19.1 | 62.6 | 18.1 | 免费评估 |
| 97 | KU Leuven | 25.9 | 0 | 0 | 27.1 | 24.2 | 60.9 | 29.6 | 免费评估 |
| 98 | McMaster University | 25.8 | 18.8 | 18.2 | 26.2 | 9.7 | 46.9 | 32.0 | 免费评估 |
| 99 | Université Grenoble Alpes | 25.7 | 12.1 | 14.4 | 23.2 | 22.6 | 48.9 | 21.1 | 免费评估 |
| 100 | Fudan University | 25.5 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 22.4 | 70.6 | 22.0 | 免费评估 |
