World rankings put UW in top 20

The Economist, which puts the UW at No. 20, relied on 2004 data from the Jiao Tong University in Shanghai. Updated data from the Shanghai university ranks the UW even higher — at No. 17.

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The UW counts six Nobel Prize winners among its faculty and receives the most federal research money of any public university in the country.

The Seattle Times: Local News: World rankings put UW in top 20