The University of British Columbia is consistently ranking among the 40 best globally, and now places among the top 20 public universities in the world.

Place	Year	Ranking
#22	2011	Times Higher Education (UK)
#37	2011	ARWU (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
#30	2010	Times Higher Education (UK)
#36	2010	ARWU (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
#36	2009	ARWU (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
#40	2009	Times Higher Education (UK)
#35	2008	ARWU (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
#34	2008	Times Higher Education (UK)
#36	2007	ARWU (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
#33	2007	Times Higher Education (UK)
#36	2006	ARWU (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
#50	2006	Times Higher Education (UK)
#37	2005	ARWU (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
#38	2005	Times Higher Education (UK)
#36	2004	ARWU (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
#46	2004	Times Higher Education (UK)
#35	2003	ARWU (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

International Rankings - The World's Top 50 Universities

International rankings are a relatively new phenomenon, beginning with the 2003 Shanghai Jiao Tong University Institute of Higher Education rankings.

Indicators used in the surveys include numbers of Nobel laureates; number of highly cited researchers; number of articles published in Nature and Science; number of articles cited in the Science Citation Index; and academic performance per faculty.

For more information:

• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings
• Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)

UBC also ranked 38th place in the 2010 Webometrics Ranking of World's Universities.