UC Santa Barbara has another impressive global credit to add to its galaxy of honors. The latest Leiden Ranking, which ranks the top 500 major universities in the world on their impact in the field of the sciences, has placed UC Santa Barbara in second place. UCSB is second to MIT, and ranks above such prestigious universities as Stanford (No. 3), Princeton (No. 4), Harvard (No. 5) and Rice (No. 6).
The figures come out of the Centre for Science and Technology Studies at Leiden University in the Netherlands. UC Berkeley was No. 7 on the list, and Caltech took the No. 8 spot. UC San Francisco ranked No. 9, and Yale University was No. 10. Other UC campuses that made the list include UC Santa Cruz (No. 11), UC San Diego (No. 15), and UCLA (No. 25).
"We are very proud of UC Santa Barbara's No. 2 ranking in Leiden University's four-year study of the top 500 universities in the world," UCSB Chancellor Henry T. Yang said in an Office of Public Affairs and Communications news release. "Such recognition is a resounding affirmation of our faculty's unwavering commitment to excellence. The high citation rate of our colleagues' publications in prestigious journals reflects the far-reaching impact of the research being conducted on our campus."
For more information on this prestigious honor, read the Office of Public Affairs and Communications news release. For the complete 2013 Leiden Ranking, visit http://www.leidenranking.com/ranking.