For the seventh year already the Best Global Universities ranking, which comes from the United States of America, has compared the level of scientific activity of universities, based on 13 indicators analysing reputation, excellence, intensity and cooperation in research activities.For the year 2020, the activities of nearly 1800 universities from around the world were analysed and the ranking of the top 1500 was published last week. In this strong competition, Charles University has held on to its 210th position from 2019.