Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs & Provost

The University of Minnesota is a leading public research University with a wide range of academic strengths. We are making new investments, focusing on areas of depth and promise, and redesigning a number of our academic units. Our goal is to be one of the top three public research universities in the world within a decade.

The Top American Research Universities, 2006 Annual Report

Below are the 2006 rankings of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus among all public research universities and within its comparison group (based on Arizona State University’s Top American Research Universities report).

 ² Rank among U of M comparative group of 10 public research universities (Ohio State University-Columbus, Pennsylvania State University-University Park, University of California-Berkeley, University of California-Los Angeles, University of Florida, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, University of Texas-Austin, University of Washington-Seattle, University of Wisconsin-Madison).

Milken Institute Technology Transfer and Commercialization Index 2000-2004

The University of Minnesota ranked 6th in the world in technology transfer and commercialization. 

See: http://www.milkeninstitute.org/pdf/m2m2006_uni_tech.pdf

Newsweek: The Top 100 Global Universities (2006)

The University of Minnesota-Twin Cities ranked 26th in the world and 9th among U.S. public research universities out of 100 universities worldwide.

See: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14321230/

Half of the score of the Newsweek rankings is based on equal parts of three measures: 1) the number of highly-cited researchers in various academic fields; 2) the number of articles published in Nature and Science; and 3) the number of articles listed in the ISI Social Sciences and Arts & Humanities indices. Another 40 percent of the score comes from equal parts of four measures 1)the percentage of international faculty; 2) the percentage of international students, 3) citations per faculty member (using ISI data); and 4) the ratio of faculty to students. The final 10 percent of the score is based on library holdings (number of volumes).

Academic Ranking of World Universities - 2006 (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

The University of Minnesota--Twin Cities ranked 32nd in the world and 9th among U.S. public research universities out of 500 universities worldwide.

See: http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/rank/2006/ARWU2006_Top100.htm

The Shanghai Jiao Tong University rankings are based on the following:

1. Alumni of an institution winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals (10% of score);
2. Staff of an institution winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals Award (20%)
3. Highly cited researchers in 21 broad subject categories (20%)
4. Articles published in Nature and Science (20%)
5. Articles in Science Citation Index-expanded, Social Science Citation Index (20%)
6. Academic performance with respect to the size of an institution (10%)

ISI-Thomson Scientific Essential Science Indicators

ISI-Thomson Scientific publishes “Essential Science Indicators” tracking science, mathematics, engineering and social science citation counts for individuals and for universities and other research institutions worldwide. The University of Minnesota ranks 21st (for all 22 fields) overall in the world and ranks 9th among U.S. public research universities.

Based on total number of papers published the University of Minnesota ranks 18th and 8th among U.S. public research universities.

Of the 22 fields the University ranks in the top 25 in the world (based on the total number of citations) in just under half (11) of the fields. These are:

The Scientist Magazine: Patent Powerhouses

The Scientist Magazine publishes “Patent Powerhouses." Based on this ranking the University of Minnesota ranks 4th among U.S. research universities.

Table Source: The Scientist Magazine