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Northwestern University Ranking july 2026 – Webometrics Global Position

Explore Northwestern University’s july 2026 Webometrics ranking across global visibility, research excellence, openness, and academic performance. See how it compares worldwide.

The Global Rank

# 23

out of 32,000+ universities worldwide

Country Position

# 18

in United States of America

Regional Position

# 20

in North America

Impact Rank

# 34

High influence research output

Openness Rank

# 46

Leading in open access & transparency

Excellence Rank

# 58

Top performance in academic excellence

Northwestern University Historical Ranking

Review Northwestern University's Webometrics ranking performance across recent editions. The historical overview below highlights changes in global visibility, research impact, openness, and academic excellence over time.

Year Edition World Rank Continent Rank Country Rank Impact Rank Openness Rank Excellence Rank
2026 july 23 20 18 34 46 58
2026 jan 20 16 15 36 19 50
2025 july 24 19 18 36 19 50
2025 jan 24 19 18 35 18 49
2024 jan 24 19 19 35 18 51
2023 jan 22 17 17 28 19 47
2022 jan 22 19 18 31 19 37
2021 jan 22 19 18 29 17 31
2020 jan 26 22 21 33 16 32
2019 jan 25 22 21 35 17 32
2018 jan 39 33 31 53 44 28
2017 jan 36 32 30 49 37 28
2016 jan 39 33 31 53 44 28
2015 jan 44 38 36 65 239 27

Universities Ranked Close to Northwestern University in Webometrics 2026 july Edition Rankings

World Rank University Country
13 University of California Los Angeles UCLA
14 University of Toronto
15 University of California Berkeley
16 University of California San Diego
17 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
18 University of British Columbia
19 University of Wisconsin Madison
20 University of Florida
21 Duke University
22 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
World Rank University Country
24 Pennsylvania State University
25 New York University
26 University of Chicago
27 Imperial College London
28 University of Edinburgh
29 Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule ETH Zürich / Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
30 Ohio State University
31 University of Melbourne
32 Peking University / 北京大学
33 University of California San Francisco