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University of Chicago
5801 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637 United States |
#22 in Best Global Universities
Summary
The University of Chicago is a private institution that was founded in 1890. The university is located in Chicago, Illinois, in the Midwest region of the U.S. Around 40 percent of the university's student body studies at the undergraduate level. The university’s academic calendar is based on a quarter system and the language of instruction is English. Roughly 10 percent of undergraduates and 30 percent of graduate students are international. Housing is guaranteed for all four years for undergraduates, and some university housing is available for graduate students as well.
The university is made up of an undergraduate college and multiple graduate divisions and professional schools. Several University of Chicago graduate schools are highly ranked, including the Booth School of Business, the Law School and the Pritzker School of Medicine. The highly regarded University of Chicago Medical Center is a teaching hospital for the university’s medical students. In addition to its main campus in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood, the university has several facilities located overseas, including centers in Paris, Beijing and New Delhi, which facilitate study abroad, student exchange and research. Students in the Booth Executive MBA program can study at campuses in Hong Kong and London.
The university manages two U.S. Department of Energy laboratories: One focuses on energy, the environment and national security-related research, and the other on particle physics. A third affiliated lab is the Marine Biological Laboratory located in Massachusetts. Annually, upward of 300 visiting scientists, summer staff and research associates from many universities around the world – in addition to the year-round employees – are involved with MBL activities.
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Rankings
University of Chicago is ranked #22 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
- #21in Arts and Humanities
- #43in Biology and Biochemistry (tie)
- #170in Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology (tie)
- #148in Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems
- #29in Cell Biology
- #54in Chemistry (tie)
- #44in Clinical Medicine
- #204in Computer Science (tie)
- #136in Condensed Matter Physics
- #5in Economics and Business
- #134in Endocrinology and Metabolism (tie)
- #193in Environment/Ecology (tie)
- #96in Gastroenterology and Hepatology
- #145in Geosciences (tie)
- #42in Immunology
- #118in Materials Science (tie)
- #20in Mathematics
- #54in Microbiology
- #21in Molecular Biology and Genetics
- #209in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (tie)
- #109in Neuroscience and Behavior
- #21in Oncology
- #176in Pharmacology and Toxicology
- #204in Physical Chemistry (tie)
- #7in Physics
- #417in Plant and Animal Science (tie)
- #43in Psychiatry/Psychology
- #172in Public, Environmental and Occupational Health (tie)
- #84in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging
- #74in Social Sciences and Public Health (tie)
- #10in Space Science (tie)
- #76in 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
82.5
Global research reputation
#15
Regional research reputation
#11
Publications
#110
Books
#54
Conferences
#331
Normalized citation impact
#39
Total citations
#63
Number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#61
Percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#24
International collaboration - relative to country
#348
International collaboration
#897
Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#49
Percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#33
Arts and Humanities overall score
75.5
Arts and Humanities global research reputation
#9
Arts and Humanities regional research reputation
#6
Arts and Humanities publications
#25
Arts and Humanities books
#40
Arts and Humanities normalized citation impact
#198
Arts and Humanities total citations
#56
Arts and Humanities number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#75
Arts and Humanities percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#264
Arts and Humanities international collaboration - relative to country
#133
Arts and Humanities international collaboration
#309
Biology and Biochemistry overall score
62.5
Biology and Biochemistry global research reputation
#24
Biology and Biochemistry regional research reputation
#17
Biology and Biochemistry publications
#110
Biology and Biochemistry normalized citation impact
#110
Biology and Biochemistry total citations
#81
Biology and Biochemistry number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#60
Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#45
Biology and Biochemistry international collaboration - relative to country
#138
Biology and Biochemistry international collaboration
#326
Biology and Biochemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#70
Biology and Biochemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#103
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology overall score
33.4
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology publications
#245
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology conferences
#197
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology normalized citation impact
#78
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology total citations
#198
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#139
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#35
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology international collaboration - relative to country
#25
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology international collaboration
#64
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#236
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#240
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems overall score
52.8
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems publications
#121
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems conferences
#67
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems normalized citation impact
#131
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems total citations
#126
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#138
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#179
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems international collaboration - relative to country
#189
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems international collaboration
#215
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#134
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#160
Cell Biology overall score
63.5
Cell Biology publications
#104
Cell Biology conferences
#3
Cell Biology normalized citation impact
#18
Cell Biology total citations
#56
Cell Biology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#54
Cell Biology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#14
Cell Biology international collaboration - relative to country
#95
Cell Biology international collaboration
#164
Cell Biology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#32
Cell Biology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#14
Chemistry overall score
75.1
Chemistry global research reputation
#30
Chemistry regional research reputation
#16
Chemistry publications
#200
Chemistry normalized citation impact
#77
Chemistry total citations
#127
Chemistry number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#119
Chemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#99
Chemistry international collaboration - relative to country
#581
Chemistry international collaboration
#577
Chemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#82
Chemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#83
Clinical Medicine overall score
75.8
Clinical Medicine global research reputation
#24
Clinical Medicine regional research reputation
#17
Clinical Medicine publications
#113
Clinical Medicine normalized citation impact
#198
Clinical Medicine total citations
#97
Clinical Medicine number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#72
Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#27
Clinical Medicine international collaboration - relative to country
#275
Clinical Medicine international collaboration
#653
Clinical Medicine number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#74
Clinical Medicine percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#121
Computer Science overall score
51.5
Computer Science global research reputation
#170
Computer Science regional research reputation
#24
Computer Science publications
#379
Computer Science conferences
#226
Computer Science normalized citation impact
#103
Computer Science total citations
#254
Computer Science number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#212
Computer Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#137
Computer Science international collaboration - relative to country
#566
Computer Science international collaboration
#480
Computer Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#437
Computer Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#533
Condensed Matter Physics overall score
43.7
Condensed Matter Physics publications
#181
Condensed Matter Physics conferences
#122
Condensed Matter Physics normalized citation impact
#103
Condensed Matter Physics total citations
#141
Condensed Matter Physics number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#145
Condensed Matter Physics percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#115
Condensed Matter Physics international collaboration - relative to country
#201
Condensed Matter Physics international collaboration
#132
Condensed Matter Physics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#123
Condensed Matter Physics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#90
Economics and Business overall score
89.5
Economics and Business global research reputation
#4
Economics and Business regional research reputation
#4
Economics and Business publications
#17
Economics and Business normalized citation impact
#5
Economics and Business total citations
#5
Economics and Business number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#5
Economics and Business percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#9
Economics and Business international collaboration - relative to country
#298
Economics and Business international collaboration
#315
Economics and Business number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#2
Economics and Business percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#4
Endocrinology and Metabolism overall score
50.9
Endocrinology and Metabolism publications
#135
Endocrinology and Metabolism conferences
#27
Endocrinology and Metabolism normalized citation impact
#158
Endocrinology and Metabolism total citations
#140
Endocrinology and Metabolism number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#96
Endocrinology and Metabolism percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#53
Endocrinology and Metabolism international collaboration - relative to country
#135
Endocrinology and Metabolism international collaboration
#160
Endocrinology and Metabolism number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#141
Endocrinology and Metabolism percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#164
Environment/Ecology overall score
59.5
Environment/Ecology global research reputation
#35
Environment/Ecology regional research reputation
#16
Environment/Ecology publications
#534
Environment/Ecology normalized citation impact
#198
Environment/Ecology total citations
#442
Environment/Ecology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#371
Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#142
Environment/Ecology international collaboration - relative to country
#75
Environment/Ecology international collaboration
#289
Environment/Ecology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#313
Environment/Ecology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#144
Gastroenterology and Hepatology overall score
50.4
Gastroenterology and Hepatology publications
#102
Gastroenterology and Hepatology conferences
#6
Gastroenterology and Hepatology normalized citation impact
#70
Gastroenterology and Hepatology total citations
#90
Gastroenterology and Hepatology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#101
Gastroenterology and Hepatology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#95
Gastroenterology and Hepatology international collaboration - relative to country
#53
Gastroenterology and Hepatology international collaboration
#110
Gastroenterology and Hepatology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#111
Gastroenterology and Hepatology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#110
Geosciences overall score
52.5
Geosciences global research reputation
#25
Geosciences regional research reputation
#17
Geosciences publications
#259
Geosciences normalized citation impact
#196
Geosciences total citations
#240
Geosciences number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#206
Geosciences percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#153
Geosciences international collaboration - relative to country
#173
Geosciences international collaboration
#284
Geosciences number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#220
Geosciences percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#202
Immunology overall score
57.6
Immunology global research reputation
#32
Immunology regional research reputation
#13
Immunology publications
#139
Immunology normalized citation impact
#14
Immunology total citations
#87
Immunology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#79
Immunology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#9
Immunology international collaboration - relative to country
#196
Immunology international collaboration
#202
Immunology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#68
Immunology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#19
Materials Science overall score
59.6
Materials Science global research reputation
#67
Materials Science regional research reputation
#23
Materials Science publications
#413
Materials Science normalized citation impact
#57
Materials Science total citations
#243
Materials Science number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#219
Materials Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#85
Materials Science international collaboration - relative to country
#466
Materials Science international collaboration
#330
Materials Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#145
Materials Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#61
Mathematics overall score
81.8
Mathematics global research reputation
#9
Mathematics regional research reputation
#6
Mathematics publications
#55
Mathematics normalized citation impact
#59
Mathematics total citations
#27
Mathematics number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#26
Mathematics percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#53
Mathematics international collaboration - relative to country
#421
Mathematics international collaboration
#350
Mathematics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#62
Mathematics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#146
Microbiology overall score
53.0
Microbiology global research reputation
#105
Microbiology regional research reputation
#14
Microbiology publications
#153
Microbiology normalized citation impact
#17
Microbiology total citations
#77
Microbiology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#61
Microbiology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#8
Microbiology international collaboration - relative to country
#177
Microbiology international collaboration
#195
Microbiology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#35
Microbiology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#9
Molecular Biology and Genetics overall score
69.9
Molecular Biology and Genetics global research reputation
#14
Molecular Biology and Genetics regional research reputation
#40
Molecular Biology and Genetics publications
#89
Molecular Biology and Genetics normalized citation impact
#26
Molecular Biology and Genetics total citations
#43
Molecular Biology and Genetics number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#44
Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#17
Molecular Biology and Genetics international collaboration - relative to country
#71
Molecular Biology and Genetics international collaboration
#222
Molecular Biology and Genetics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#22
Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#12
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology overall score
33.1
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology publications
#219
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology conferences
#215
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology normalized citation impact
#161
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology total citations
#197
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#199
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#181
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology international collaboration - relative to country
#308
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology international collaboration
#197
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#205
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#195
Neuroscience and Behavior overall score
49.1
Neuroscience and Behavior global research reputation
#30
Neuroscience and Behavior regional research reputation
#19
Neuroscience and Behavior publications
#144
Neuroscience and Behavior normalized citation impact
#292
Neuroscience and Behavior total citations
#163
Neuroscience and Behavior number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#147
Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#179
Neuroscience and Behavior international collaboration - relative to country
#209
Neuroscience and Behavior international collaboration
#321
Neuroscience and Behavior number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#196
Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#309
Oncology overall score
71.9
Oncology publications
#76
Oncology conferences
#69
Oncology normalized citation impact
#18
Oncology total citations
#32
Oncology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#33
Oncology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#7
Oncology international collaboration - relative to country
#74
Oncology international collaboration
#194
Oncology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#24
Oncology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#14
Pharmacology and Toxicology overall score
46.8
Pharmacology and Toxicology global research reputation
#112
Pharmacology and Toxicology regional research reputation
#23
Pharmacology and Toxicology publications
#437
Pharmacology and Toxicology normalized citation impact
#42
Pharmacology and Toxicology total citations
#311
Pharmacology and Toxicology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#320
Pharmacology and Toxicology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#119
Pharmacology and Toxicology international collaboration - relative to country
#49
Pharmacology and Toxicology international collaboration
#139
Pharmacology and Toxicology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#212
Pharmacology and Toxicology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#85
Physical Chemistry overall score
53.3
Physical Chemistry publications
#152
Physical Chemistry conferences
#274
Physical Chemistry normalized citation impact
#240
Physical Chemistry total citations
#150
Physical Chemistry number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#154
Physical Chemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#254
Physical Chemistry international collaboration - relative to country
#584
Physical Chemistry international collaboration
#411
Physical Chemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#181
Physical Chemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#234
Physics overall score
90.8
Physics global research reputation
#12
Physics regional research reputation
#7
Physics publications
#33
Physics normalized citation impact
#61
Physics total citations
#12
Physics number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#12
Physics percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#79
Physics international collaboration - relative to country
#237
Physics international collaboration
#442
Physics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#12
Physics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#66
Plant and Animal Science overall score
41.3
Plant and Animal Science global research reputation
#359
Plant and Animal Science regional research reputation
#73
Plant and Animal Science publications
#630
Plant and Animal Science normalized citation impact
#123
Plant and Animal Science total citations
#471
Plant and Animal Science number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#385
Plant and Animal Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#85
Plant and Animal Science international collaboration - relative to country
#56
Plant and Animal Science international collaboration
#265
Plant and Animal Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#374
Plant and Animal Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#173
Psychiatry/Psychology overall score
67.2
Psychiatry/Psychology global research reputation
#22
Psychiatry/Psychology regional research reputation
#15
Psychiatry/Psychology publications
#89
Psychiatry/Psychology normalized citation impact
#45
Psychiatry/Psychology total citations
#63
Psychiatry/Psychology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#64
Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#52
Psychiatry/Psychology international collaboration - relative to country
#46
Psychiatry/Psychology international collaboration
#323
Psychiatry/Psychology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#103
Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#210
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health overall score
49.6
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health publications
#112
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health conferences
#56
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health normalized citation impact
#231
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health total citations
#167
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#94
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#124
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health international collaboration - relative to country
#303
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health international collaboration
#319
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#145
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#225
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging overall score
54.9
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging publications
#76
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging conferences
#15
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging normalized citation impact
#93
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging total citations
#78
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#83
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#135
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging international collaboration - relative to country
#142
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging international collaboration
#175
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#69
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#82
Social Sciences and Public Health overall score
65.1
Social Sciences and Public Health global research reputation
#11
Social Sciences and Public Health regional research reputation
#8
Social Sciences and Public Health publications
#68
Social Sciences and Public Health normalized citation impact
#311
Social Sciences and Public Health total citations
#75
Social Sciences and Public Health number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#75
Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#263
Social Sciences and Public Health international collaboration - relative to country
#602
Social Sciences and Public Health international collaboration
#658
Social Sciences and Public Health number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#94
Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#326
Space Science overall score
84.6
Space Science global research reputation
#10
Space Science regional research reputation
#7
Space Science publications
#42
Space Science normalized citation impact
#42
Space Science total citations
#21
Space Science number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#20
Space Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#5
Space Science international collaboration - relative to country
#61
Space Science international collaboration
#206
Space Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#14
Space Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#26
Surgery overall score
57.8
Surgery publications
#89
Surgery conferences
#55
Surgery normalized citation impact
#93
Surgery total citations
#84
Surgery number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#68
Surgery percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#59
Surgery international collaboration - relative to country
#116
Surgery international collaboration
#203
Surgery number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#68
Surgery percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#97