根据《美国新闻与世界报道》最新给出的2018年最佳大学排行榜，共有74个国家的1250所大学上榜。美国221所，中国136所，日本76所，英国73所，德国58所。燕大的世界排名是1190、中国排名是115。
排名专注于学校的学术研究和声誉，而不是单独的本科或研究生课程，目的是帮助留学申请人准确比较世界各地的机构。这个机构，这些来自美国和其他60多个国家的机构已经根据13个衡量其学术研究表现及其全球和地区声誉的指标进行排名。权重如下
Global research reputation 全球研究声誉 12.5%
Regional research reputation 区域研究声誉 12.5%
Publications 出版物 10%
Books 图书 2.5%
Conferences 会议 2.5%
Normalized citation impact 归一化引文影响 10%
Total citations 总引用次数 7.5%
Number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited 12.5%
Percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited 10%
International collaboration 5%
Percentage of total publications with international collaboration 5%
Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited in their respective field 5%
Percentage of total publications that are among the top 1 percent most highly cited papers 5%
排名专注于学校的学术研究和声誉，而不是单独的本科或研究生课程，目的是帮助留学申请人准确比较世界各地的机构。这个机构，这些来自美国和其他60多个国家的机构已经根据13个衡量其学术研究表现及其全球和地区声誉的指标进行排名。权重如下
Global research reputation 全球研究声誉 12.5%
Regional research reputation 区域研究声誉 12.5%
Publications 出版物 10%
Books 图书 2.5%
Conferences 会议 2.5%
Normalized citation impact 归一化引文影响 10%
Total citations 总引用次数 7.5%
Number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited 12.5%
Percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited 10%
International collaboration 5%
Percentage of total publications with international collaboration 5%
Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited in their respective field 5%
Percentage of total publications that are among the top 1 percent most highly cited papers 5%
