這個中東排名方法和原上海交大（現叫軟科）的排名方法差不多，用客觀學術數據如獎勵和引用，但覆蓋麵更廣，考慮學術成就範圍更廣。但目前在幾個全球大學排名中影響最小。國內單位招留學生大多以QS為準。
不僅在美國，排名影響大學經濟利益。其他國家也開始排名直接和錢掛鉤了。英國T50簽證，上海落戶政策，香港出台大陸T9可入住，日本也開始碩士以上引入計劃，世界都在搶人才。
提示，這排名主要是整體學術實力，不隻是本科
CWUR uses seven objective and robust indicators grouped into four areas to rank the world’s universities:
1) Education: based on the academic success of a university’s alumni, and measured by the number of a university's alumni who have won prestigious academic distinctions relative to the university's size (25%)
2) Employability: based on the professional success of a university’s alumni, and measured by the number of a university's alumni who have held top positions at major companies relative to the university's size (25%)
3) Faculty: measured by the number of faculty members who have won prestigious academic distinctions (10%)
4) Research:
i) Research Output: measured by the total number of research papers (10%)
ii) High-Quality Publications: measured by the number of research papers appearing in top-tier journals (10%)
iii) Influence: measured by the number of research papers appearing in highly-influential journals (10%)
iv) Citations: measured by the number of highly-cited research papers (10%)
