URAP is a non-profit organization which was established at the Informatics Institute of Middle East Technical University in 2009.

URAP team members are METU researchers who voluntarily participate in URAP Research Lab as public service. The main objective of URAP is to develop a ranking system for the world universities based on academic performance indicators that reflect the quality and the quantity of their scholarly publications. In line with this objective URAP has been annually releasing the World Ranking of Higher Education Institutions since 2010, and Field Rankings since 2011. The most recent rankings include 3000 HEIs around the World as well as 61 different specialized subject areas.

Rankings Methodology

Official URAP webpage