in its "world’s best small universities" category. Acceptance to Brandeis was characterized as "most selective".
Its doctoral program in neuroscience and neurobiology was ranked tied for No. 2 among national universities by the National Research Council in 2010. The Brandeis International Business School was ranked No. 1 by Financial Times from 2010 through 2013 for its Master of Arts in International Economics and Finance Program.
In 2025, the university had a ranking of 231 of 257 top colleges in a free speech ranking conducted by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression and College Pulse, after ranking at 148 in 2024 and at 125 in 2022/2023.
The university received an A on the "Campus Antisemitism Report Card" from the Anti-Defamation League in 2024 and 2025.
=== Publications ===
==== Newspaper and yearbook ====
Archon, the yearbook (1950 to 2023)
The Barrister News Ltd was a politically neutral broadside weekly newspaper with nationally syndicated features, published 1985–1991.
The Blowfish, …
