by Brian Darmody
The Chronicle of Higher Education reported release of the 2013 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) and it has good news for Maryland. The ARWU in the past decade has presented the Top 500 universities in the world ranked on quality of scientific papers and other methodologies to evaluate institutions of higher education.
Harvard was ranked #1, but Johns Hopkins University was ranked number 17 in the world (#15 in US) and University of Maryland College Park was ranked number 38 in the world (#29 in US).
Having two highly ranked research universities in the relatively small state of Maryland, adjacent to our Nation's Capital, is testament to the long term vision of our elected and university leaders in supporting research and higher education.
Many countries are working on strategies to have their universities enter the top 100 list. Maryland is fortunate to already be there, and we need to continue to build robust federal/university/corporate partnerships to continue and grow our state's higher education research ecosystem.
ARWU Rankings: http://www.shanghairanking.com/Academic-Ranking-of-World-Universities-2013-Press-Release.html