Times Higher Education (THE) has released the World University Rankings 2025, which provides rankings of 2000 institutions from 120 countries. Readers who want to know all the latest updates about the World University Rankings 2025 should read the post till the end to get an idea about the best universities.
The ranking released by Times Higher Education (THE) includes 2000 institutions from 120 countries, but in this blog post, we will know about the top 100 universities. In this blog post, you will get details about the top 100 universities, which will help you a lot in choosing the best university.
The World University Rankings 2025 released by THE ranks the University of Oxford located in the United States and has secured the first rank with an overall score of 98.5. The second rank is also held by a university from the United States, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Oxford retains the top spot for the ninth consecutive year, thanks to industry involvement and significant improvements in teaching.
World University Rankings 2025 (Top 100 Universities List)
We will see the list of the top 100 universities of World University Rankings 2025. Students who want to know about the top 100 universities should look at the table given below.
Many factors were taken into consideration while making this ranking. While making this ranking, attention was paid to Teaching Quality, Research Environment, Research Quality, Industry, and International Outlook. Students can also check the score of each college in the table given below.
| Rank | Name Country/Region | Overall | Teaching | Research Environment | Research Quality | Industry | International Outlook |
| 1 | University of Oxford United Kingdom | 98.5 | 96.8 | 100.0 | 98.8 | 99.6 | 97.3 |
| 2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States | 98.1 | 99.2 | 96.0 | 99.7 | 100.0 | 93.8 |
| 3 | Harvard University United States | 97.7 | 97.3 | 99.9 | 99.3 | 85.7 | 90.1 |
| 4 | Princeton University United States | 97.5 | 98.3 | 98.0 | 98.9 | 96.9 | 87.4 |
| 5 | University of Cambridge United Kingdom | 97.4 | 95.9 | 99.9 | 97.6 | 88.4 | 97.1 |
| 6 | Stanford University United States | 97.2 | 97.5 | 97.3 | 99.6 | 100.0 | 85.1 |
| 7 | California Institute of Technology United States | 96.3 | 95.2 | 97.5 | 97.3 | 100.0 | 89.7 |
| 8 | University of California, Berkeley United States | 94.5 | 87.2 | 98.9 | 99.0 | 99.5 | 86.4 |
| 9 | Imperial College London United Kingdom | 94.4 | 89.3 | 94.9 | 98.5 | 90.8 | 98.3 |
| 10 | Yale University United States | 94.1 | 93.7 | 95.0 | 97.8 | 86.5 | 82.3 |
| 11 | ETH Zurich Switzerland | 93.0 | 87.3 | 97.2 | 95.1 | 84.0 | 95.3 |
| 12 | Tsinghua University China | 92.5 | 95.4 | 98.4 | 93.5 | 100.0 | 49.8 |
| 13 | Peking University China | 92.0 | 94.9 | 97.7 | 88.2 | 99.9 | 70.1 |
| 14(=) | The University of Chicago United States | 90.9 | 88.4 | 90.0 | 97.4 | 86.2 | 81.1 |
| 14(=) | University of Pennsylvania United States | 90.9 | 87.1 | 90.7 | 96.9 | 98.3 | 79.3 |
| 16 | Johns Hopkins University United States | 90.7 | 83.7 | 91.3 | 97.3 | 100.0 | 83.6 |
| 17 | National University of Singapore Singapore | 89.9 | 78.4 | 93.6 | 95.7 | 100.0 | 91.9 |
| 18 (=) | Columbia University United States | 89.8 | 86.4 | 88.8 | 96.9 | 75.9 | 85.4 |
| 18 (=) | University of California, Los Angeles United States | 89.8 | 84.9 | 92.1 | 96.6 | 89.0 | 73.4 |
| 20 | Cornell University United States | 89.2 | 83.2 | 91.1 | 96.8 | 69.5 | 85.5 |
| 21 | University of Toronto Canada | 88.3 | 76.2 | 93.5 | 93.4 | 94.9 | 91.8 |
| 22(=) | UCL United Kingdom | 87.7 | 77.6 | 86.2 | 98.4 | 74.9 | 97.7 |
| 22(=) | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States | 87.7 | 84.3 | 88.8 | 95.4 | 82.5 | 68.2 |
| 24 | Carnegie Mellon University United States | 85.7 | 73.1 | 85.1 | 99.0 | 85.4 | 84.2 |
| 25 | University of Washington United States | 83.8 | 74.6 | 81.3 | 98.0 | 84.7 | 72.1 |
| Rank | Name Country/Region | Overall | Teaching | Research Environment | Research Quality | Industry | International Outlook |
| 26 | Technical University of Munich Germany | 83.5 | 70.4 | 86.0 | 91.7 | 100.0 | 83.1 |
| 27 | Duke University United States | 83.4 | 77.7 | 75.6 | 96.2 | 100.0 | 75.5 |
| 28 | The University of Tokyo Japan | 83.3 | 94.1 | 94.2 | 68.3 | 100.0 | 50.4 |
| 29 | University of Edinburgh United Kingdom | 82.5 | 72.2 | 77.1 | 95.7 | 72.2 | 96.6 |
| 30 | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Singapore | 81.8 | 65.8 | 79.3 | 94.5 | 99.9 | 94.1 |
| 31 | Northwestern University United States | 81.4 | 71.8 | 75.8 | 97.8 | 92.3 | 69.4 |
| 32 | École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Switzerland | 80.4 | 73.6 | 72.4 | 88.5 | 100.0 | 95.3 |
| 33 | New York University United States | 80.3 | 72.0 | 76.8 | 94.3 | 71.7 | 75.3 |
| 34 | University of California, San Diego United States | 79.9 | 64.9 | 75.8 | 97.4 | 100.0 | 73.9 |
| 35 | University of Hong Kong Hong Kong | 79.6 | 65.0 | 70.5 | 96.1 | 96.3 | 97.4 |
| 36 (=) | Fudan University China | 78.8 | 78.2 | 76.2 | 85.4 | 99.4 | 53.8 |
| 36 (=) | King’s College London United Kingdom | 78.8 | 60.1 | 74.3 | 97.2 | 76.2 | 97.2 |
| 38 | LMU Munich Germany | 78.7 | 65.2 | 76.5 | 91.7 | 100.0 | 76.4 |
| 39 | University of Melbourne Australia | 78.4 | 64.2 | 75.3 | 89.1 | 99.3 | 92.3 |
| 40 | Georgia Institute of Technology United States | 78.3 | 60.0 | 77.7 | 92.9 | 99.2 | 83.4 |
| 41 | University of British Columbia Canada | 77.8 | 62.3 | 76.7 | 89.7 | 79.8 | 94.3 |
| 42 | Paris Sciences et Lettres – PSL Research University Paris France | 77.7 | 74.4 | 72.8 | 82.0 | 99.4 | 80.4 |
| 43 | KU Leuven Belgium | 77.0 | 59.5 | 74.9 | 92.4 | 100.0 | 80.6 |
| 44 | The Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong | 76.8 | 60.8 | 64.3 | 97.8 | 94.2 | 94.6 |
| 45 | McGill University Canada | 76.7 | 66.2 | 70.9 | 88.6 | 78.0 | 91.6 |
| 46 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States | 76.5 | 66.4 | 81.0 | 84.1 | 86.7 | 63.2 |
| 47 (=) | Universität Heidelberg Germany | 76.2 | 65.6 | 63.4 | 95.2 | 99.3 | 78.5 |
| 47 (=) | Zhejiang University China | 76.2 | 70.6 | 76.6 | 81.8 | 100.0 | 61.3 |
| 49 | Karolinska Institute Sweden | 76.1 | 59.9 | 67.1 | 96.1 | 95.9 | 83.8 |
| 50 (=) | London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom | 75.9 | 60.0 | 72.0 | 94.7 | 45.1 | 94.2 |
| Rank | Name Country/Region | Overall | Teaching | Research Environment | Research Quality | Industry | International Outlook |
| 50 (=) | University of Texas at Austin United States | 75.9 | 66.1 | 76.3 | 91.3 | 82.6 | 47.2 |
| 52 | Shanghai Jiao Tong University China | 75.8 | 72.4 | 79.3 | 77.5 | 100.0 | 56.4 |
| 53 (=) | University of Manchester United Kingdom | 75.5 | 60.3 | 67.7 | 93.4 | 73.3 | 95.5 |
| 53 (=) | University of Science and Technology of China China | 75.5 | 72.3 | 68.1 | 90.0 | 98.8 | 46.1 |
| 55 | Kyoto University Japan | 75.2 | 86.3 | 85.1 | 58.7 | 100.0 | 45.8 |
| 56 (=) | Delft University of Technology Netherlands | 74.8 | 63.2 | 76.1 | 76.8 | 100.0 | 93.6 |
| 56 (=) | University of Wisconsin-Madison United States | 74.8 | 69.7 | 70.2 | 86.3 | 81.4 | 63.5 |
| 58 (=) | Brown University United States | 73.8 | 71.8 | 60.9 | 89.4 | 68.6 | 71.6 |
| 58 (=) | Monash University Australia | 73.8 | 52.2 | 65.6 | 95.0 | 99.7 | 92.0 |
| 58 (=) | University of Amsterdam Netherlads | 73.8 | 54.5 | 63.8 | 97.1 | 77.2 | 93.4 |
| 61 | The University of Sydney Australia | 73.7 | 53.2 | 67.7 | 92.1 | 99.5 | 90.5 |
| 62 (=) | Seoul National University South Korea | 73.5 | 73.7 | 74.3 | 76.2 | 100.0 | 44.9 |
| 62 (=) | University of California, Davis United States | 73.5 | 63.8 | 67.8 | 86.1 | 89.4 | 75.4 |
| 64 | Université Paris-Saclay France | 73.4 | 68.4 | 66.9 | 81.5 | 91.0 | 77.5 |
| 65 | Nanjing University China | 73.0 | 66.8 | 65.0 | 86.3 | 99.1 | 61.5 |
| 66 | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong | 72.9 | 54.1 | 60.9 | 93.0 | 100.0 | 98.1 |
| 67 (=) | University of California, Santa Barbara United States | 72.7 | 49.6 | 65.5 | 96.7 | 96.8 | 81.9 |
| 67 (=) | Wageningen University & Research Netherlads | 72.7 | 56.7 | 59.3 | 92.9 | 99.0 | 92.8 |
| 69 | Washington University in St Louis United States | 72.2 | 59.8 | 56.9 | 97.5 | 78.4 | 74.8 |
| 70 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States | 71.6 | 63.3 | 62.3 | 93.3 | 75.7 | 50.9 |
| 71 | Institut Polytechnique de Paris France | 71.3 | 69.2 | 60.8 | 73.4 | 98.3 | 97.0 |
| 72 | University of Southern California United States | 71.0 | 58.3 | 60.4 | 92.8 | 75.0 | 73.2 |
| 73 (=) | Australian National University Australia | 70.7 | 53.6 | 65.1 | 85.0 | 86.1 | 94.0 |
| 73 (=) | Leiden University Netherlands | 70.7 | 46.8 | 62.8 | 93.8 | 98.7 | 87.7 |
| 75 | Boston University United States | 70.6 | 60.5 | 56.2 | 93.2 | 71.2 | 75.3 |
| Rank | Name Country/Region | Overall | Teaching | Research Environment | Research Quality | Industry | International Outlook |
| 76 | Sorbonne University France | 70.4 | 64.6 | 61.1 | 82.4 | 71.5 | 80.8 |
| 77 | The University of Queensland Australia | 70.3 | 50.8 | 61.9 | 87.8 | 99.7 | 93.6 |
| 78 | City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong | 70.0 | 53.1 | 51.8 | 92.9 | 100.0 | 99.1 |
| 78 | University of Bristol United Kingdom | 70.0 | 49.8 | 56.9 | 96.8 | 71.1 | 92.6 |
| 79 | Purdue University West Lafayette United States | 69.9 | 63.0 | 68.9 | 73.8 | 86.2 | 77.2 |
| =80 | University of Groningen Netherlads | 69.8 | 46.4 | 57.5 | 94.8 | 99.9 | 93.5 |
| 82 | Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) South Korea | 69.5 | 65.2 | 66.7 | 78.3 | 100.0 | 45.7 |
| 83 | UNSW Sydney Australia | 69.1 | 47.6 | 57.4 | 91.7 | 98.2 | 93.9 |
| 84 (=) | Humboldt University of Berlin Germany | 68.0 | 53.3 | 63.5 | 84.9 | 65.5 | 76.8 |
| 84 (=) | The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong | 68.0 | 46.1 | 53.5 | 92.8 | 93.6 | 97.7 |
| 84 (=) | University of Massachusetts United States | 68.0 | 58.6 | 52.1 | 87.9 | 87.4 | 76.0 |
| 87 (=) | University of Glasgow United Kingdom | 67.8 | 47.5 | 51.4 | 96.0 | 72.0 | 96.0 |
| 87 (=) | University of Minnesota United States | 67.8 | 58.4 | 59.6 | 86.0 | 99.9 | 46.2 |
| 89 | University of Bonn Germany | 67.6 | 51.8 | 57.4 | 89.2 | 86.2 | 72.4 |
| 90 (=) | University of California, Irvine United States | 67.3 | 48.3 | 53.2 | 92.9 | 97.6 | 78.1 |
| 90 (=) | Vanderbilt University United States | 67.3 | 53.3 | 49.0 | 95.9 | 95.0 | 63.5 |
| 92 | RWTH Aachen University Germany | 67.2 | 53.9 | 64.2 | 78.0 | 100.0 | 70.3 |
| 93 (=) | Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin Germany | 67.1 | 47.3 | 49.0 | 97.8 | 100.0 | 74.6 |
| 93 (=) | University of Birmingham United Kingdom | 67.1 | 46.7 | 50.5 | 95.1 | 75.3 | 95.1 |
| 95 (=) | KTH Royal Institute of Technology Sweden | 66.9 | 52.3 | 58.3 | 81.5 | 97.3 | 82.9 |
| 95 (=) | Lund University Sweden | 66.9 | 48.4 | 58.4 | 86.0 | 99.8 | 79.3 |
| 97 | University of Copenhagen Denmark | 66.6 | 49.1 | 51.8 | 92.0 | 90.4 | 79.3 |
| 98 (=) | Emory University United States | 66.3 | 53.9 | 46.2 | 95.3 | 83.6 | 67.4 |
| 98 (=) | University of Sheffield United Kingdom | 66.3 | 48.7 | 49.1 | 90.1 | 94.0 | 91.8 |
| 100 | Penn State (Main campus) United States | 66.2 | 54.5 | 62.3 | 83.0 | 70.9 | 57.6 |
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