FWUR

About FWUR

Different ranking agencies often disagree about the same university. QS says one thing, Times Higher Education another, ARWU something else. So which one is right?

FWUR brings six major university rankings into one app — QS, Times Higher Education (THE), ARWU/ShanghaiRanking, CWUR, RUR, and SCImago — and shows you exactly where they agree and where they disagree. No more cherry-picking the source that flatters your school of choice.

▍ FWUR Top
A unified ranking that combines all six agencies, weighted by coverage and consistency. Browse the global top schools, filter by country.

▍ Disagreement-first detail page
Tap any of 4,900+ institutions to see its latest rank in all six agencies, side-by-side. The schools where rankings diverge most are highlighted. Source URL cited for every single data point — you can verify any number against the publishing agency.

▍ Search
Find any institution in seconds. Type three letters and matches appear, ranked by relevance across agencies.

▍ Save schools
Sign in to bookmark institutions you're researching, add a private note, and revisit them anytime. Your saved list stays in sync with the fwur.org web app.

▍ Eight languages
English, Korean (한국어), Spanish (Español), Portuguese (Português), Arabic (العربية), Hindi (हिन्दी), Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia), and Chinese (中文).

WHY FWUR

University rankings have become marketing tools as much as evaluation tools. Each agency uses different methodology, different data sources, different weights. Comparing them honestly is hard work — work that usually only researchers and admissions consultants do.

FWUR does that work for you. We pull from the published rankings of QS, THE, ARWU, CWUR, RUR, and SCImago, harmonize the data across agencies and years, and surface the disagreements you'd otherwise miss.

WHO IS FWUR FOR

• High school students choosing universities to apply to
• Graduate students comparing institutions across countries
• Parents helping their children make admissions decisions
• Researchers evaluating institutional reputation
• Anyone curious about how university rankings really work

DATA SOURCES

• QS World University Rankings
• Times Higher Education World University Rankings (THE)
• Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU / ShanghaiRanking)
• Center for World University Rankings (CWUR)
• Round University Ranking (RUR)
• SCImago Institutions Rankings (SCImago)

All sources cited directly with link-back to the publishing agency. Coverage spans roughly 4,900 indexed institutions and twenty years of historical cycles.

PRIVACY

We collect only what's needed to sign you in (email) and remember your saved schools. No location data, no ad tracking, no third-party analytics SDK. All data sent over HTTPS. See https://fwur.org/en/privacy for full details.

FREE

FWUR is free with no in-app purchases and no ads in the current version.

Built on the same data and the same disagreement-first philosophy as the FWUR web app at https://fwur.org.