MIT Is U.S. No. 1 In Times Higher Ed’s 2025 World University Ranking by: Times Higher Education on October 08, 2024 | 4,359 Views October 8, 2024 Copy Link Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email Share on LinkedIn Share on WhatsApp Share on Reddit TOP 100 UNIVERSITIES IN THE’S WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS 2025 Higher education institution Country Rank 2025 Rank 2024 University of Oxford United Kingdom 1 1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States 2 3 Harvard University United States 3 4 Princeton University United States 4 6 University of Cambridge United Kingdom 5 5 Stanford University United States 6 2 California Institute of Technology United States 7 7 University of California, Berkeley United States 8 9 Imperial College London United Kingdom 9 8 Yale University United States 10 10 ETH Zurich Switzerland 11 11 Tsinghua University China 12 12 Peking University China 13 14 The University of Chicago United States =14 13 University of Pennsylvania United States =14 16 Johns Hopkins University United States 16 15 National University of Singapore Singapore 17 19 Columbia University United States =18 17 University of California, Los Angeles United States =18 18 Cornell University United States 20 20 University of Toronto Canada 21 21 UCL United Kingdom =22 22 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States =22 23 Carnegie Mellon University United States 24 24 University of Washington United States 25 25 Technical University of Munich Germany 26 =30 Duke University United States 27 26 The University of Tokyo Japan 28 29 University of Edinburgh United Kingdom 29 =30 Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Singapore 30 32 Northwestern University United States 31 28 École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Switzerland 32 33 New York University United States 33 27 University of California, San Diego United States 34 34 University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 35 35 Fudan University China =36 44 King’s College London United Kingdom =36 =38 LMU Munich Germany 38 =38 University of Melbourne Australia 39 37 Georgia Institute of Technology United States 40 36 University of British Columbia Canada 41 41 Paris Sciences et Lettres – PSL Research University Paris France 42 40 KU Leuven Belgium 43 45 The Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 44 53 McGill University Canada 45 49 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States 46 42 Universität Heidelberg Germany =47 47 Zhejiang University China =47 =55 Karolinska Institute Sweden 49 50 London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom =50 46 University of Texas at Austin United States =50 52 Shanghai Jiao Tong University China 52 43 University of Manchester United Kingdom =53 51 University of Science and Technology of China China =53 57 Kyoto University Japan 55 =55 Delft University of Technology Netherlands =56 48 University of Wisconsin-Madison United States =56 63 Brown University United States =58 =64 Monash University Australia =58 54 University of Amsterdam Netherlands =58 61 The University of Sydney Australia 61 60 Seoul National University South Korea =62 62 University of California, Davis United States =62 59 Université Paris-Saclay France 64 58 Nanjing University China 65 73 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong 66 =64 University of California, Santa Barbara United States =67 69 Wageningen University & Research Netherlands =67 =64 Washington University in St Louis United States 69 68 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States 70 72 Institut Polytechnique de Paris France 71 71 University of Southern California United States 72 74 Australian National University Australia =73 67 Leiden University Netherlands =73 77 Boston University United States 75 78 Sorbonne University France 76 75 The University of Queensland Australia 77 70 University of Bristol United Kingdom 78 81 Purdue University West Lafayette United States 79 86 City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong =80 82 University of Groningen Netherlands =80 79 Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) South Korea 82 83 UNSW Sydney Australia 83 84 Humboldt University of Berlin Germany =84 =87 The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong =84 =87 University of Massachusetts United States =84 =123 University of Glasgow United Kingdom =87 =87 University of Minnesota United States =87 85 University of Bonn Germany 89 91 University of California, Irvine United States =90 =92 Vanderbilt University United States =90 =92 RWTH Aachen University Germany 92 90 Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin Germany =93 94 University of Birmingham United Kingdom =93 101 KTH Royal Institute of Technology Sweden =95 =97 Lund University Sweden =95 =106 University of Copenhagen Denmark 97 =103 Emory University United States =98 =106 University of Sheffield United Kingdom =98 105 Penn State (Main campus) United States =100 122 University of Tübingen Germany =100 =95 Source: Times Higher Education World University Rankings; = joint U.S. UNIVERSITIES FROM 51-1,000 IN THE’S WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS 2025 University Rank 2025 Rank 2024 University of Wisconsin-Madison =56 63 Brown University =58 =64 University of California, Davis =62 59 University of California, Santa Barbara =67 69 Washington University in St Louis 69 68 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 70 72 University of Southern California 72 74 Boston University 75 78 Purdue University West Lafayette 79 86 University of Massachusetts =84 =123 University of Minnesota =87 85 University of California, Irvine =90 =92 Vanderbilt University =90 =92 Emory University =98 =106 Penn State (Main campus) =100 122 Rice University =112 =119 University of Maryland, College Park =112 114 Ohio State University (Main campus) =116 =99 Michigan State University 122 =116 University of Rochester 127 133 University of Florida =130 132 University of Arizona =136 =155 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh campus =141 =145 Texas A&M University =143 118 University of Colorado Boulder =143 =138 Case Western Reserve University 159 =164 University of Virginia (Main campus) =163 166 Dartmouth College =168 =161 Tufts University 179 =191 Indiana University =189 198 University of California, Santa Cruz =196 201–250 University of Notre Dame =196 =199 Arizona State University (Tempe) 201–250 182 Georgetown University 201–250 =187 George Washington University 201–250 201–250 Northeastern University, US 201–250 201–250 University of Illinois Chicago 201–250 201–250 University of Miami 201–250 201–250 University of Utah 201–250 201–250 Boston College 251–300 251–300 North Carolina State University 251–300 251–300 Stony Brook University 251–300 251–300 University at Buffalo 251–300 301–350 University of California, Riverside 251–300 251–300 University of Hawai’i at Mānoa 251–300 201–250 University of Iowa 251–300 201–250 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 251–300 251–300 Florida State University 301–350 251–300 Oregon Health and Science University 301–350 301–350 Rutgers University – New Brunswick 301–350 201–250 The University of Tennessee-Knoxville 301–350 301–350 University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus 301–350 351–400 University of Connecticut 301–350 351–400 Drexel University 351–400 301–350 Illinois Institute of Technology 351–400 351–400 Temple University 351–400 351–400 University of Delaware 351–400 401–500 University of Georgia 351–400 351–400 University of Kansas 351–400 351–400 University of South Florida 351–400 251–300 Brandeis University 401–500 251–300 Colorado School of Mines 401–500 NR Colorado State University, Fort Collins 401–500 401–500 Florida International University 401–500 401–500 George Mason University 401–500 401–500 Iowa State University 401–500 351–400 Missouri University of Science and Technology 401–500 401–500 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 401–500 401–500 Saint Louis University 401–500 401–500 Stevens Institute of Technology 401–500 401–500 Syracuse University 401–500 401–500 Tulane University 401–500 401–500 University of California, Merced 401–500 401–500 University of Central Florida 401–500 401–500 University of Houston 401–500 501–600 University of Kentucky 401–500 401–500 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 401–500 401–500 University of Oregon 401–500 401–500 University of South Carolina-Columbia 401–500 401–500 University of Texas at Dallas 401–500 351–400 Virginia Commonwealth University 401–500 401–500 Wake Forest University 401–500 401–500 Washington State University 401–500 301–350 Georgia State University 501–600 401–500 Mizzou – University of Missouri 501–600 401–500 New Jersey Institute of Technology 501–600 401–500 Rush University 501–600 501–600 SUNY University at Albany 501–600 NR The University of Tulsa 501–600 501–600 University of Arkansas 501–600 601–800 University of Nebraska Medical Center 501–600 501–600 Wayne State University 501–600 501–600 American University 601–800 601–800 Auburn University 601–800 501–600 Baylor University 601–800 601–800 Clark University 601–800 601–800 Florida Atlantic University 601–800 801–1000 Kansas State University 601–800 601–800 Lehigh University 601–800 601–800 Louisiana State University 601–800 601–800 Mississippi State University 601–800 601–800 Ohio University (Main campus) 601–800 601–800 Oklahoma State University 601–800 601–800 Rochester Institute of Technology 601–800 801–1000 SUNY Binghamton University 601–800 601–800 Texas Tech University 601–800 601–800 The Catholic University of America 601–800 601–800 The University of Texas at San Antonio 601–800 501–600 University of Alaska Fairbanks 601–800 501–600 University of Denver 601–800 501–600 University of Maryland, Baltimore County 601–800 601–800 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 601–800 601–800 University of North Carolina at Charlotte 601–800 601–800 University of Texas at Arlington 601–800 601–800 University of Toledo 601–800 601–800 University of Wyoming 601–800 601–800 William & Mary 601–800 601–800 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 601–800 601–800 Florida Institute of Technology 801–1000 801–1000 New Mexico State University (Main campus) 801–1000 801–1000 Northern Illinois University 801–1000 601–800 Old Dominion University 801–1000 601–800 Portland State University 801–1000 801–1000 Southern Illinois University Carbondale 801–1000 NR The University of Alabama 801–1000 601–800 University of Memphis 801–1000 801–1000 University of Rhode Island 801–1000 601–800 University of Texas at El Paso 801–1000 801–1000 Source: Times Higher Education World University Rankings; =joint DON’T MISS AT MIT SLOAN, HIGHER MBA APP VOLUME HELPS IN MANY WAYS — BUT DIVERSITY LAGS and PITCHBOOK’S 2024 TOP UNIVERSITIES RANKED BY STARTUP FOUNDERS Previous PagePage 2 of 2 1 2