The UW School of Public Health ranks No. 5 in the world on the Global Rankings of Academic Subjects lists for 2023.
This widely used ranking was conducted by researchers at the ShanghaiRanking Consultancy, a fully independent organization dedicating to research on higher education intelligence and consultation.
More than 5,000 universities were ranked in 54 subjects across natural sciences, engineering, life sciences, medical sciences and social sciences.
The School, founded in 1970, has a long history of excellence. Faculty, students and staff team up on data-driven research projects while seeking solutions to some of the world's most pressing population health problems, from global environmental change to local health disparities. The School is a major contributor to improving the health of populations in Washington state, the Pacific Northwest and in more than 130 countries across the globe.
The School of Public Health has maintained its top-10 ranking for more than a decade, coming in this year tied for No. 10 in the U.S. News & World Report rankings for 2025. The school also had three programs in the top 10: biostatistics, environmental health sciences and epidemiology.
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