One of the world’s most comprehensive rankings of academic quality has classified Wayne State University as 67th in the United States and 225th worldwide.

The University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP) 2015-16 World University Rankings, compiled by Middle East Technical University, gathered data on 2,500 higher education institutions with the highest number of publications. The universities were then ranked by academic performance.

The overall score of each school is based upon six performance indicators derived from statistical analysis of publications. The indicators include article, citation, total document, article impact total, citation impact total and international collaboration.

Wayne State is listed in the ranking’s A+ category, the second highest; A++ is the highest category. In all, 37 U.S. universities are classified as A+, including Purdue University, Brown University and the University of Virginia. A+ universities outside of the United States include Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Stockholm University and University of Western Australia.  

Worldwide, the top-ranked universities are Harvard University, the University of Toronto and the University of Oxford.

The URAP system launched in 2009.