UW Ascends to Highest Level of Research Universities
UW recognized as a world-class hub for research, innovation, entrepreneurship, and
public scholarship.
UW is one of 187 institutions nationwide designated as an R1 university by the American
Council on Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.This
puts UW in the top tier of U.S. research universities, as just 4.8 percent of the
nation’s nearly 4,000 accredited, degree-granting institutions have reached this “very
high research activity” category.
The university now stands at $166 million annually in research expenditures, an increase
of 78 percent since 2021, ranking UW 42nd among the 318 public universities without
a medical school.
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