The University of Barcelona maintains its position in the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2011 (ARWU) published this August.
Specifically, the University of Barcelona is located between positions 201 and 300 in this ranking published annually since 2003 by the Center for World-Class Universities and the Institute of Higher Education of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China). Moreover, UB is one of the world top 100 universities in the field of clinical medicine and pharmacy by ARWU, which also provides rankings of universities in some specific areas of knowledge.