{"id":338597,"date":"2026-06-16T17:08:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T17:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/338597\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T17:08:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T17:08:07","slug":"university-of-texas-at-austin-named-among-best-global-universities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/338597\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Texas at Austin Named Among Best Global Universities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Texas at Austin ranks among the world\u2019s best universities and in the top 10 in the United States in new global subject rankings in the sciences, according to U.S. News &amp; World Report\u2019s latest\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/best-global-universities\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Best Global Universities<\/a>\u00a0rankings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More than 2,250 schools around the world were included in the latest rankings, which are based on 13 different indicators of schools\u2019 research impact, reputation and collaborations.<\/p>\n<p>UT Austin ranked 12th in the world in space science, an area of research that encompasses both astronomy and astrophysics. This was one of several science subjects where the University also ranked in the top 10 nationally:<\/p>\n<p>Physical Chemistry \u2013 6th in the U.S.<br \/>\nNanoscience and Nanotechnology \u2013 6th in the U.S.<br \/>\nCondensed Matter Physics \u2013 7th in the U.S.<br \/>\nSpace Science \u2013 8th in the U.S.\u00a0<br \/>\nChemistry \u2013 8th in the U.S.\u00a0<br \/>\nMaterials Science \u2013 9th in the U.S.<br \/>\nPolymer Science \u2013 10th in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Among all public and private U.S. universities, UT Austin ranked No. 24 (8th highest among public universities in the United States). The University further earned top-50 global rankings in several general subject areas, including physics (35th worldwide, 17th in the U.S.), mathematics (44th worldwide, 17th in the U.S.), social sciences and public health (37th worldwide, 16th in the U.S.) and geosciences (33rd worldwide and 16th in the U.S.).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is the second time this month that the University placed among the top institutions worldwide in a global ranking of academic excellence.\u00a0The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cwur.org\/2026.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Center for World University Rankings for 2026<\/a> assessed institutions\u2019 research impact and faculty distinctions, alongside the educational and employment successes of alumni. In June, UT Austin was the only university in Texas that emerged in the CWUR rankings within the top .02% of institutions worldwide.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The University of Texas at Austin ranks among the world\u2019s best universities and in the top 10 in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":338598,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-338597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/338598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}