About Webometric

An independent ranking initiative measuring the world's higher education institutions.

Our Mission

Webometric was founded with a single purpose: to provide transparent, reproducible, and comprehensive rankings of higher education institutions worldwide.

We believe that access to reliable academic data should be free and open to everyone — students, researchers, policymakers, and the public.

31,000+ Institutions Indexed
217 Countries
18 Years of Data
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Global Coverage

Mapping excellence across every region of the world

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Data-Driven

Every score is reproducible from public data

Our Methodology

We use four carefully weighted indicators to calculate each institution's score:

  • 40% Web Presence Volume & Richness
  • 35% Research Impact Citation Excellence
  • 15% External Inlinks Network Centrality
  • 10% Transparency Open Access

Our Principles

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Open

All data is publicly available and reproducible.

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Fair

Equal weighting across all regions and institution types.

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Transparent

Methodology fully disclosed and versioned.

Explore the rankings

Discover where institutions stand in the global academic landscape.