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Boston University
1 Silber Way, Boston, MA 02215 United States |
#70 in Best Global Universities (tie)
University Data
Total number of students
27,243
Number of international students
8,417
Total number of academic staff
2,512
Number of international staff
331
Number of undergraduate degrees awarded
4,532
Number of master's degrees awarded
5,148
Number of doctoral degrees awarded
1,170
Number of research only staff
629
Number of new undergraduate students
3,981
Number of new master's students
3,502
Number of new doctoral students
1,137
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Rankings
Boston University is ranked #70 in Best Global Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
Global Universities Rankings
Subject Rankings
- #69in Arts and Humanities (tie)
- #76in Biology and Biochemistry (tie)
- #27in Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems
- #60in Cell Biology
- #440in Chemistry (tie)
- #57in Clinical Medicine (tie)
- #137in Computer Science (tie)
- #23in Economics and Business
- #357in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (tie)
- #43in Endocrinology and Metabolism (tie)
- #382in Engineering (tie)
- #214in Environment/Ecology (tie)
- #103in Geosciences
- #83in Immunology (tie)
- #41in Infectious Diseases
- #390in Materials Science (tie)
- #341in Mathematics
- #91in Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (tie)
- #100in Molecular Biology and Genetics (tie)
- #45in Neuroscience and Behavior
- #241in Oncology
- #143in Optics
- #160in Pharmacology and Toxicology
- #82in Physics (tie)
- #45in Psychiatry/Psychology
- #27in Public, Environmental and Occupational Health (tie)
- #130in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging
- #38in Social Sciences and Public Health (tie)
- #213in Space Science
- #92in Surgery
2022-2023 Indicator Rankings
Thirteen indicators were used to calculate this institution's overall Best Global Universities rank. Here is a breakdown of how this institution ranked relative to other schools for each indicator.
Global score
73.1
Global research reputation
#83
Regional research reputation
#48
Publications
#128
Books
#77
Conferences
#330
Normalized citation impact
#132
Total citations
#98
Number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#94
Percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#85
International collaboration - relative to country
#446
International collaboration
#941
Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#88
Percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#140
Arts and Humanities overall score
65.0
Arts and Humanities global research reputation
#104
Arts and Humanities regional research reputation
#36
Arts and Humanities publications
#59
Arts and Humanities books
#50
Arts and Humanities normalized citation impact
#113
Arts and Humanities total citations
#64
Arts and Humanities number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#47
Arts and Humanities percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#72
Arts and Humanities international collaboration - relative to country
#64
Arts and Humanities international collaboration
#254
Biology and Biochemistry overall score
57.2
Biology and Biochemistry global research reputation
#77
Biology and Biochemistry regional research reputation
#41
Biology and Biochemistry publications
#127
Biology and Biochemistry normalized citation impact
#99
Biology and Biochemistry total citations
#97
Biology and Biochemistry number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#84
Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#88
Biology and Biochemistry international collaboration - relative to country
#143
Biology and Biochemistry international collaboration
#327
Biology and Biochemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#58
Biology and Biochemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#42
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems overall score
72.6
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems publications
#87
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems conferences
#173
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems normalized citation impact
#17
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems total citations
#48
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#46
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#9
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems international collaboration - relative to country
#20
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems international collaboration
#150
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#37
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#16
Cell Biology overall score
54.3
Cell Biology publications
#128
Cell Biology conferences
#27
Cell Biology normalized citation impact
#33
Cell Biology total citations
#79
Cell Biology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#79
Cell Biology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#33
Cell Biology international collaboration - relative to country
#130
Cell Biology international collaboration
#173
Cell Biology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#57
Cell Biology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#34
Chemistry overall score
46.6
Chemistry global research reputation
#564
Chemistry regional research reputation
#82
Chemistry publications
#745
Chemistry normalized citation impact
#302
Chemistry total citations
#618
Chemistry number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#586
Chemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#377
Chemistry international collaboration - relative to country
#494
Chemistry international collaboration
#549
Chemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#338
Chemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#143
Clinical Medicine overall score
73.4
Clinical Medicine global research reputation
#39
Clinical Medicine regional research reputation
#37
Clinical Medicine publications
#101
Clinical Medicine normalized citation impact
#294
Clinical Medicine total citations
#96
Clinical Medicine number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#84
Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#134
Clinical Medicine international collaboration - relative to country
#113
Clinical Medicine international collaboration
#549
Clinical Medicine number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#81
Clinical Medicine percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#214
Computer Science overall score
57.4
Computer Science global research reputation
#208
Computer Science regional research reputation
#47
Computer Science publications
#276
Computer Science conferences
#229
Computer Science normalized citation impact
#41
Computer Science total citations
#151
Computer Science number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#153
Computer Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#55
Computer Science international collaboration - relative to country
#448
Computer Science international collaboration
#420
Computer Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#170
Computer Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#181
Economics and Business overall score
69.2
Economics and Business global research reputation
#52
Economics and Business regional research reputation
#32
Economics and Business publications
#104
Economics and Business normalized citation impact
#10
Economics and Business total citations
#37
Economics and Business number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#34
Economics and Business percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#16
Economics and Business international collaboration - relative to country
#24
Economics and Business international collaboration
#185
Economics and Business number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#16
Economics and Business percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#7
Electrical and Electronic Engineering overall score
40.4
Electrical and Electronic Engineering publications
#494
Electrical and Electronic Engineering conferences
#280
Electrical and Electronic Engineering normalized citation impact
#250
Electrical and Electronic Engineering total citations
#414
Electrical and Electronic Engineering number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#416
Electrical and Electronic Engineering percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#282
Electrical and Electronic Engineering international collaboration - relative to country
#278
Electrical and Electronic Engineering international collaboration
#217
Electrical and Electronic Engineering number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#300
Electrical and Electronic Engineering percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#199
Endocrinology and Metabolism overall score
66.2
Endocrinology and Metabolism publications
#98
Endocrinology and Metabolism conferences
#27
Endocrinology and Metabolism normalized citation impact
#46
Endocrinology and Metabolism total citations
#65
Endocrinology and Metabolism number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#50
Endocrinology and Metabolism percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#11
Endocrinology and Metabolism international collaboration - relative to country
#95
Endocrinology and Metabolism international collaboration
#148
Endocrinology and Metabolism number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#45
Endocrinology and Metabolism percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#24
Engineering overall score
49.0
Engineering global research reputation
#124
Engineering regional research reputation
#42
Engineering publications
#689
Engineering conferences
#370
Engineering normalized citation impact
#289
Engineering total citations
#605
Engineering number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#611
Engineering percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#375
Engineering international collaboration - relative to country
#559
Engineering international collaboration
#465
Engineering number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#763
Engineering percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#735
Environment/Ecology overall score
57.1
Environment/Ecology global research reputation
#309
Environment/Ecology regional research reputation
#85
Environment/Ecology publications
#240
Environment/Ecology normalized citation impact
#58
Environment/Ecology total citations
#163
Environment/Ecology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#154
Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#65
Environment/Ecology international collaboration - relative to country
#318
Environment/Ecology international collaboration
#415
Environment/Ecology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#149
Environment/Ecology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#116
Geosciences overall score
58.8
Geosciences global research reputation
#75
Geosciences regional research reputation
#36
Geosciences publications
#280
Geosciences normalized citation impact
#37
Geosciences total citations
#186
Geosciences number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#163
Geosciences percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#48
Geosciences international collaboration - relative to country
#132
Geosciences international collaboration
#272
Geosciences number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#127
Geosciences percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#44
Immunology overall score
47.9
Immunology global research reputation
#69
Immunology regional research reputation
#46
Immunology publications
#91
Immunology normalized citation impact
#67
Immunology total citations
#83
Immunology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#106
Immunology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#161
Immunology international collaboration - relative to country
#34
Immunology international collaboration
#135
Immunology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#110
Immunology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#141
Infectious Diseases overall score
64.5
Infectious Diseases publications
#59
Infectious Diseases conferences
#1
Infectious Diseases normalized citation impact
#53
Infectious Diseases total citations
#50
Infectious Diseases number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#60
Infectious Diseases percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#109
Infectious Diseases international collaboration - relative to country
#16
Infectious Diseases international collaboration
#85
Infectious Diseases number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#50
Infectious Diseases percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#74
Materials Science overall score
36.8
Materials Science global research reputation
#187
Materials Science regional research reputation
#39
Materials Science publications
#743
Materials Science normalized citation impact
#286
Materials Science total citations
#605
Materials Science number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#554
Materials Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#333
Materials Science international collaboration - relative to country
#651
Materials Science international collaboration
#408
Materials Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#422
Materials Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#277
Mathematics overall score
33.9
Mathematics global research reputation
#135
Mathematics regional research reputation
#58
Mathematics publications
#439
Mathematics normalized citation impact
#182
Mathematics total citations
#365
Mathematics number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#381
Mathematics percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#309
Mathematics international collaboration - relative to country
#281
Mathematics international collaboration
#289
Mathematics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#322
Mathematics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#311
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences overall score
55.5
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences regional research reputation
#1
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences publications
#136
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences conferences
#49
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences normalized citation impact
#26
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences total citations
#102
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#115
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#71
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences international collaboration - relative to country
#24
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences international collaboration
#78
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#85
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#44
Molecular Biology and Genetics overall score
50.6
Molecular Biology and Genetics global research reputation
#125
Molecular Biology and Genetics regional research reputation
#56
Molecular Biology and Genetics publications
#111
Molecular Biology and Genetics normalized citation impact
#74
Molecular Biology and Genetics total citations
#85
Molecular Biology and Genetics number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#70
Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#42
Molecular Biology and Genetics international collaboration - relative to country
#84
Molecular Biology and Genetics international collaboration
#230
Molecular Biology and Genetics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#61
Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#64
Neuroscience and Behavior overall score
62.8
Neuroscience and Behavior global research reputation
#42
Neuroscience and Behavior regional research reputation
#24
Neuroscience and Behavior publications
#61
Neuroscience and Behavior normalized citation impact
#97
Neuroscience and Behavior total citations
#55
Neuroscience and Behavior number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#45
Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#40
Neuroscience and Behavior international collaboration - relative to country
#190
Neuroscience and Behavior international collaboration
#316
Neuroscience and Behavior number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#53
Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#92
Oncology overall score
37.3
Oncology publications
#223
Oncology conferences
#132
Oncology normalized citation impact
#272
Oncology total citations
#252
Oncology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#210
Oncology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#185
Oncology international collaboration - relative to country
#145
Oncology international collaboration
#233
Oncology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#255
Oncology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#286
Optics overall score
48.0
Optics publications
#134
Optics conferences
#136
Optics normalized citation impact
#90
Optics total citations
#136
Optics number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#101
Optics percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#66
Optics international collaboration - relative to country
#254
Optics international collaboration
#166
Optics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#143
Optics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#142
Pharmacology and Toxicology overall score
48.8
Pharmacology and Toxicology global research reputation
#72
Pharmacology and Toxicology regional research reputation
#39
Pharmacology and Toxicology publications
#411
Pharmacology and Toxicology normalized citation impact
#32
Pharmacology and Toxicology total citations
#277
Pharmacology and Toxicology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#253
Pharmacology and Toxicology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#39
Pharmacology and Toxicology international collaboration - relative to country
#160
Pharmacology and Toxicology international collaboration
#202
Pharmacology and Toxicology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#184
Pharmacology and Toxicology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#66
Physics overall score
71.7
Physics global research reputation
#88
Physics regional research reputation
#38
Physics publications
#101
Physics normalized citation impact
#232
Physics total citations
#103
Physics number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#61
Physics percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#161
Physics international collaboration - relative to country
#141
Physics international collaboration
#273
Physics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#114
Physics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#281
Psychiatry/Psychology overall score
66.0
Psychiatry/Psychology global research reputation
#76
Psychiatry/Psychology regional research reputation
#56
Psychiatry/Psychology publications
#38
Psychiatry/Psychology normalized citation impact
#56
Psychiatry/Psychology total citations
#32
Psychiatry/Psychology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#33
Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#72
Psychiatry/Psychology international collaboration - relative to country
#339
Psychiatry/Psychology international collaboration
#401
Psychiatry/Psychology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#33
Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#102
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health overall score
70.7
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health publications
#20
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health conferences
#124
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health normalized citation impact
#148
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health total citations
#22
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#19
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#46
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health international collaboration - relative to country
#66
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health international collaboration
#238
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#31
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#204
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging overall score
47.3
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging publications
#133
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging conferences
#156
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging normalized citation impact
#142
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging total citations
#132
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#125
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#130
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging international collaboration - relative to country
#20
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging international collaboration
#123
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#120
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#118
Social Sciences and Public Health overall score
70.7
Social Sciences and Public Health global research reputation
#58
Social Sciences and Public Health regional research reputation
#36
Social Sciences and Public Health publications
#40
Social Sciences and Public Health normalized citation impact
#120
Social Sciences and Public Health total citations
#36
Social Sciences and Public Health number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#32
Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#98
Social Sciences and Public Health international collaboration - relative to country
#249
Social Sciences and Public Health international collaboration
#566
Social Sciences and Public Health number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#24
Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#107
Space Science overall score
24.9
Space Science global research reputation
#115
Space Science regional research reputation
#41
Space Science publications
#108
Space Science normalized citation impact
#221
Space Science total citations
#184
Space Science number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#192
Space Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#222
Space Science international collaboration - relative to country
#213
Space Science international collaboration
#229
Space Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#186
Space Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#209
Surgery overall score
55.1
Surgery publications
#130
Surgery conferences
#124
Surgery normalized citation impact
#56
Surgery total citations
#97
Surgery number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#121
Surgery percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#152
Surgery international collaboration - relative to country
#153
Surgery international collaboration
#213
Surgery number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#42
Surgery percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#17