QS World University Rankings 2025 Unveiled: Oxbridge Overhauled, US Underwhelming, India Improving

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04 Jun, 2024, 20:00 GMT

LONDON, June 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- QS Quacquarelli Symonds released the 21^st edition of the QS World University Rankings, the only ranking system to measure both employability and sustainability performance. For the thirteenth consecutive year, MIT leads the table, though two-thirds of the United States' ranked universities have dropped in the last year. Imperial College London jumps four places to rank 2^nd; the University of Oxford and Harvard University remain 3^rd and 4^th respectively; the University of Cambridge rounds out the top five. Caltech is the only institution to break into the top 10.

2024	2023	QS World University Rankings 2025: Top 20
1	1	MIT	US
2	6	Imperial College London	UK
3	3	University of Oxford	UK
4	4	Harvard University	US
5	2	University of Cambridge	UK
6	5	Stanford University	US
7	7	ETH Zurich	Switzerland
8	8	National University of Singapore	Singapore
9	9	UCL	UK
10	15	Caltech	US
11	12	UPenn
12	10	University of California, Berkeley
13	14	The University of Melbourne	Australia
14	17	Peking University	China (Mainland)
15	26	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore
16	13	Cornell University	US
17	26	The University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong SAR
18	19	The University of Sydney	Australia
19	19	UNSW Sydney	Australia
20	25	Tsinghua University	China (Mainland)

The UK is home to three of the world's top five, but over half of its universities have dropped.
The University of Toronto receives the world's leading score for Sustainability, with UBC (4^th) and Western University (10^th) also among the top ten for this indicator. However, the sector records an indifferent year overall.
Eight of Australia's highest-ranked universities have improved their position this year. Three Australian institutions are among the global top-20.
Among China's five top-100 universities, four have risen. Peking University (14^th) is national #1, rising three spots.
India has shown remarkable progress: 91% of its 46 ranked universities either climb, remain stable, or are new entrants.
Indonesia, Pakistan, and Türkiye record noteworthy improvements.
Latin America has four top-100 universities: Universidad de Buenos Aires, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, and Universidade de São Paulo.
Saudi Arabia's KFUPM (101^st) is the highest-ranked Arab institution. Meanwhile, the University of Cape Town (171^st) is Africa's leader.
The rankings feature 1500 universities across 106 higher education systems.
The US leads with 197 institutions, followed by the UK (90) and Mainland China (71).