The University of Delaware ranks as one of the World's Top Universities, according to a new analysis by TIME Magazine.

For the first time, TIME Magazine ranked the top 500 academically most influential higher education institutions worldwide through extensive secondary data research, benchmarked on a global scale considering regional factors.

"UD is proud to be recognized by TIME for our dedication to scholarship that inquires with impact and our commitment to global education with outcomes," President Laura Carlson said.

For the ranking, Statista, a global data and business intelligence platform, evaluated universities across three pillars:

• Academic capacity and performance - How well a university is equipped to produce world-class scholarship
• Innovation and economic impact - How universities translate knowledge into real-world value
• Global engagement - A university's international footprint to reflect both on-campus internationality and worldwide attention

The global ranking aims to increase transparency and accountability for institutions, and translate thousands of diverse factors into clear, comparable benefits that minimize choice overload for prospective students and families, according to TIME Magazine.

This latest ranking joins two other recent evaluations that recognized UD for its academic excellence. U.S. News & World Report ranked six UD online graduate degree programs among the best in the nation in its 2026 U.S. News Best Online Programs, released Jan. 27. Both UD's online master's in education and online MBA ranked among the top 10% of their respective programs, at No. 25 and 26, respectively. Also, the Poets&Quants 2026 Online MBA rankings placed UD's online MBA program at No. 32, up nine spots from last year.

The TIME Magazine ranking is scheduled to be published in its print edition on Feb. 20.