Oxford University has once again topped the Times Higher Education World University Rankings in the largest and most inclusive year to date with a record 2,092 universities having been ranked from 115 countries. Oxford has been world number one since 2017 - the longest time any university has held the position in the 21 annual editions of the rankings – nine consecutive years. Harvard University and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) are the only other universities to have topped the rankings. Oxford was followed in the THE World Rankings 2025 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, placed second and third respectively. View the full THE World University Rankings 2025 here.

Source: The Times October 09, 2024 14:07 UTC