Pitt was 50th in the 2024-25 U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities rankings.

This is the 10th annual global rankings by U.S. News. The overall ranking encompasses 2,250 institutions, up from 2,000 in the last ranking, spread across 104 countries, up from 95.

The highest weighted criteria — 12.5 percent each — were global research reputation, regional research reputation and number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited.

Pitt ranks just ahead of Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and just behind KU Leuven in Belgium. It is 24th among U.S. schools.

The top rated universities in the list were all from the U.S. — Harvard, MIT and Stanford.

Times Higher Education Impact Ranking

Pitt also earned its first-ever Times Higher Education University Impact Ranking. Awardees are selected based on performance on 17 of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The methodology integrates scores across multiple SDGs to reflect overall performance and impact.

Overall, Pitt ranked in the 401-600 category out of 1,963 institutions. Nationally, Pitt ranked 24th out of 46 universities considered. Pitt’s best performing categories were the SDGs focusing on gender equality, reduced inequalities, climate action and partnerships for the goals.