
UW Medicine, and UW overall, score highly in NTU rankings
National Taiwan University releases Performance Ranking for Scientific Papers for World Universities; UW ranks second in microbiology, fourth in immunology.
Academic research output from UW Medicine, and the University of Washington overall, scored highly in several fields and subject areas in the recently released NTU Ranking. The ranking looks at published academic research from the perspectives of productivity, impact and excellence. In addition to a university general performance ranking, institutions are also specifically ranked in six fields and 24 subject areas. National Taiwan University conducted the analysis.
The UW ranked 7th in the World University Rankings.
UW rankings in the top 12 in areas related to clinical and basic biomedical science research were:
Field:
Medicine: 8th
Subjects:
Microbiology: 2nd
Immunology: 4th
Clinical Medicine: 7th
Biology & Biochemistry: 11th
Molecular Biology & Genetics: 11th
Pharmacology & Toxicology 11th
For more information, visit the NTU Ranking website and read the UW news release.
Media contact: Leila Gray, 206.685.0381, leilag@uw.edu
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