For the seventh consecutive year, the University of Cyprus is the only Cypriot university included in the Shanghai Ranking, specifically within the 701-800 range of the world's top universities, while it ranks 3rd among Greek-speaking universities.

As stated in a university announcement, the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), commonly known as the Shanghai Ranking, has presented the top universities in the world each year since 2003, based on a transparent methodology and objective third-party data. It is recognized as the precursor to global university rankings and the most reliable model.

This year, more than 2,500 institutions were evaluated, and the list features the top 1,000 universities worldwide. The model was developed by Shanghai Jiaotong University and uses six indicators to evaluate universities:

The six indicators are the number of alumni and staff who have won Nobel Prizes or Fields Medals, the number of researchers selected by Clarivate as Highly Cited Researchers, the number of articles published in top scientific journals, the number of articles published in the Science Citation Index and Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index, as well as the performance relative to the size of the institution.

The detailed list of the top 1,000 universities is published on the website: https://www.shanghairanking.com/news/arwu/2024