As the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa welcomes approximately 19,000 students for the fall 2023 semester, UH’s flagship campus recently earned global recognition by one of the most recognized higher education rankings systems.
UH Mānoa ranked in the No. 83–99 tier in the U.S. and in the No. 301–400 tier worldwide, according to the 2023 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) by the Shanghai Ranking Consultancy, released in August.
Shanghai Ranking Consultancy considers more than 2,500 of the world’s best universities for its rankings and the top 1,000 are published. That’s out of more than 25,000 colleges and universities worldwide, including about 4,000 colleges and universities in the U.S.
UH Mānoa’s ranking is among the top 2% in the world and consistent with the university’s showing among other prestigious higher education rankings entities.
ARWU utilizes the following criteria:
- (20%): Staff of an institution winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals
- (20%): Highly cited researchers
- (20%): Papers published in Nature and Science
- (20%): Papers indexed in Science Citation index-expanded and Social Science Citation index
- (10%): Alumni of an institution winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals
- (10%): Per capita academic performance of an institution
“Our incoming and returning students can take pride in the fact that one of the best universities in the world is located right here in Hawaiʻi,” UH Mānoa Provost Michael Bruno said. “This latest ranking affirms our institution’s commitment to providing a high quality, affordable education for the people of Hawaiʻi while also performing groundbreaking research that is relevant to our home and the world.”
Other rankings
UH Mānoa also received these notable rankings:
- 2023 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings by Subject: more than 25 UH Mānoa subject areas were ranked, July 10, 2023.
- 2024 QS World University Rankings: UH Mānoa placed No. 66 in the U.S. and No. 386 in the world, June 27, 2023.
- Global 2000 list by the Center for World University Rankings: UH Mānoa came in at No. 137 in the U.S. and No. 505 in the world, May 15, 2023.
For more information on rankings, see the Mānoa Institutional Research Office website.
