We know the results of the 24th edition of the Academic Ranking of World Universities, a list of the world's one thousand best universities produced annually by the organisation ShanghaiRanking Consultancy. This year's edition, same as the previous one, included seven Polish universities, with the highest scores awarded to the University of Warsaw, Jagiellonian University and AGH University of Krakow.

The Academic Ranking of World Universities, also known as the Shanghai Ranking, has been published since 2003. Each year, the Shanghai Ranking Consultancy rates universities around the world on the basis of several indicators. These include the number of alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals, number of highly cited researchers and publications, number of articles published in Nature and Science journals, as well as the per capita performance of a university. Specific positions are announced only for top one hundred universities – the lower ranked institutions are placed in groups of 50 or 100. Over 2.5 thousand universities are evaluated each year, the top 1000 of which are published on the ranking list.

Places on the podium have been occupied for years by Harvard University, Stanford University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. these, the top ten universities classified in the Shanghai Ranking are as follows: University of Cambridge, University of California Berkeley, Princeton University, University of Oxford, Columbia University, University of Chicago and California Institute of Technology.

In the latest edition, the highest scores among Polish universities were awarded to the University of Warsaw (401-500), the Jagiellonian University (501-600) and the AGH University of Krakow (701-800). The remaining four are: Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Warsaw University of Technology and Wroclaw University of Science and Technology (ranked 901–1000).

For full results, please visit shanghairanking.com.