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14 Oct Teaching, research lead UW to rise in worldwide rankings

Posted at 11:08h in Clinical Research, UW–Madison, Education, Wisconsin by

By Mike Klein, UW–Madison

Strong performance in the categories of teaching and research environment helped the University of Wisconsin–Madison rise to 56th in the 2025 Times Higher Education World University Rankings released last week.

This marks a two-year surge for UW in the rankings, thanks also to the university’s patents and growing research expenditures.

“UW–Madison fosters a research environment that supports innovation and drives discovery,” says Dorota Grejner-Brzezinska, UW–Madison vice chancellor for research. “As an institution, we also prioritize leveraging our research advances to help benefit society, as reflected by the high number of inventions patented by our researchers each year.”

The World University Rankings focus on three areas — research, impact and teaching — using five pillars supported by 18 performance indicators. Read more …