For the academic year of 2024/2025, the University of Oxford was ranked as the best university in the world, with an overall score of 98.5 according the Times Higher Education. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University followed behind. A high number of the leading universities in the world are located in the United States, with the ETH Zürich in Switzerland the highest ranked neither in the United Kingdom nor the U.S.
World university rankings for 2024/25, according to Times Higher Education
Characteristic
Times Higher Education Score
University of Oxford (United Kingdom)
98.5
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (United States)
98.1
Harvard University (United States)
97.7
Princeton University (United States)
97.5
University of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
97.4
Stanford University (United States)
97.2
California Institute of Technology (United States)
96.3
University of California, Berkeley (United States)
94.5
Imperial College London (United Kingdom)
94.4
Yale University (United States)
94.1
ETH Zurich (Switzerland)
93
Tsinghua University (China)
92.5
Peking University (China)
92
University of Chicago (United States)
90.9
University of Pennsylvania (United States)
90.9
Johns Hopkins University (United States)
90.7
National University of Singapore
89.9
Columbia University (United States)
89.8
University of California, Los Angeles (United States)
89.8
Cornell University (United States)
89.2
University of Toronto (Canada)
88.3
UCL (United Kingdom)
87.7
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor (United States)
To calculate the rankings the following criteria were considered: Teaching (30%) - the learning environment. Research (30%) volume, income and reputation. Citations (30%) - research influence. Industry income (2.5%) - innovation. International Outlook (7.5%) staff, students and research.
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