World University Rankings

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World University Rankings

The World University Rankings published by Times Higher Education is an annual ranking of higher education institutions. Every year, this list shows you which universities achieved high scores in the global rankings, helping students just like you decide where they ought to study if they want to attend one of the top universities in the world.

Best Universities According to World University Rankings

If the rank is within a range, we will show the highest place only.

Universities Location 2027 2026 2025
University of Oxford Oxford, United Kingdom 1 1 1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Cambridge, United States 2 2 2
Princeton University Princeton, United States 3 3 4
Stanford University Stanford, United States 3 5 6
Stanford University - Summer Sessions Stanford, United States 3 5 6
University of Cambridge Cambridge, United Kingdom 5 3 5
Harvard University Cambridge, United States 6 5 3
Harvard Business School Online Boston, United States 6 5 3
Harvard Medical School Online Boston, United States 6 5 3
California Institute of Technology - Caltech Pasadena, United States 7 7 7
Imperial London, United Kingdom 8 8 9
Yale University New Haven, United States 9 10 10
University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, United States 9 9 8
Tsinghua University Beijing, China 11 12 12
ETH Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich, Switzerland 12 11 11
Peking University Beijing, China 13 13 13
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, United States 14 14 14
National University of Singapore Singapore, Singapore 15 17 17
University of Chicago Chicago, United States 16 15 14
UCL London, United Kingdom 17 22 22
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, United States 17 16 16
Columbia University New York City, United States 19 20 18
Teachers College at Columbia University Manhattan, United States 19 20 18
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Los Angeles, United States 20 18 18

How World University Rankings are Made?

The full ranking is available on Times Higher Education Rankings .

World University Rankings created by Times Higher Education takes into account the reputation of research done by universities and how often papers produced by universities were quoted around the world. Times Higher Education also measures the international outlook of universities, the number of students compared to the university staff, and how universities are perceived globally.

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