rankings<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe\u00a0ranking\u00a0highlights how effectively universities turn research into real-world results. It looks at things like patents, industry partnerships,\u00a0commercialization\u00a0and economic influence.<\/p>\n
In this category, Florida State University places\u00a0ahead of other Florida institutions and among the top universities nationally and worldwide.<\/p>\n
In the innovation and economic impact category,\u00a0FSU ranked:<\/p>\n
No. 18 among U.S. public universities.<\/p>\n
No. 35 among all U.S. universities, public and private.<\/p>\n
No. 60 globally out of 500 institutions assessed.<\/p>\n
TIME\u2019s innovation and economic impact pillar measures how universities translate knowledge into practical outcomes.\u00a0The ranking considers the strength and global reach of a university\u2019s patents, the influence of its research and innovation activity, the extent to which graduates move into leadership roles at major companies,\u00a0and a university\u2019s role in expanding access to education through online and open programs.\u00a0Together, these measures reflect how universities contribute to economic growth and technological progress.<\/p>\n
In\u00a0TIME\u2019s\u00a0overall global rankings, FSU ranked:<\/p>\n
No. 195 among all universities, public and private,\u00a0globally.<\/p>\n
No. 40 among U.S. public universities.<\/p>\n
No. 156 among public universities worldwide.<\/p>\n
The TIME rankings were developed in partnership with Statista.\u00a0Nearly 2,000\u00a0universities worldwide were evaluated, with the top 500 selected for inclusion.<\/p>\n
The rankings are based on three weighted pillars:<\/p>\n
Academic capacity and performance (60%),\u00a0which includes faculty excellence, research output,\u00a0citations\u00a0and academic strength.<\/p>\n
Innovation and economic impact (30%),\u00a0which focuses on technology transfer, patents, commercialization, industry\u00a0collaboration\u00a0and economic contribution.<\/p>\n
Global engagement (10%),\u00a0which measures international collaboration,\u00a0mobility\u00a0and global visibility.<\/p>\n
The full\u00a0rankings and\u00a0methodology\u00a0are available at\u00a0TIME<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Florida State University is ranked the No. 1 university in Florida for innovation and economic\u00a0impact in\u00a0TIME\u2019S inaugural World\u2019s\u00a0Top…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":157143,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29,12632,3113],"class_list":["post-157142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-innovation","tag-rankings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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