"World Knowledge Competitiveness"
• Ranked 9th for "World Knowledge Competitiveness." World Knowledge Competitiveness Index 2005, Robert Huggins Associates
"Most Unwired Cities"
• Ranked 67th in Intel's "Most Unwired Cities" survey that ranks the Top 100 U.S. cities and regions with the greatest wireless Internet accessibility. Intel, 2005
University of Rochester ranked 17th for total R&D expenditures
• University of Rochester reported $375 million in R&D expenditures, making it 17th on National Science Foundation's list of the top 20 private universities and colleges for FY 2008.