Eight University of California campuses were included in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings for 2011-12. All ranked UC campuses were among the top 200 in the rankings, which include 400 universities worldwide.

UC Berkeley was ranked 10th, followed by UCLA, 13th; UC San Diego, 33rd; UC Santa Barbara, 35th; UC Davis, 38th; UC Irvine, 86th; UC Santa Cruz, 110th; and UC Riverside, 143rd.

Rankings were determined by evaluating schools in these categories:

• Teaching — the learning environment (worth 30 percent of the overall ranking score)
• Research — volume, income and reputation (worth 30 percent)
• Citations — research influence (worth 30 percent)
• Industry income — innovation (worth 2.5 percent)
• International outlook — staff, students and research (worth 7.5 percent)