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Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2025

Released October 9, 2024 Wikipedia+15Times Higher Education (THE)+15The Times of India+15Times Higher Education (THE)

1. University of Oxford (UK)

2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA

3. Harvard University, USA

4. Princeton University, USA

5. University of Cambridge (UK)

6. Stanford University, USA

7. California Institute of Technology (Caltech), USA

8. University of California, Berkeley, USA

9. Imperial College London (UK)

10. Yale University, USA

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🏆 QS World University Rankings 2025

MIT holds the top spot for the 13th year in a row Times Higher Education (THE)+3India Today+3Wikipedia+3Wikipedia+7Times Higher Education (THE)+7Times Higher Education (THE)+7The Times of India+9adda247+9India Today+9The Times of India

1. MIT (USA)

2. Imperial College London (UK)

3. University of Oxford (UK)

4. Harvard University (USA)

5. University of Cambridge (UK)

6. Stanford University (USA)

7. ETH Zürich (Switzerland)

8. National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore

9. University College London (UCL), UK

10. Caltech (USA)

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🌐 U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities 2024–25

Based on academic research metrics and global reputation across 2,250 institutions Times Higher Education (THE)QSJagranjosh.com+5adda247+5Wikipedia+5QS+3QS+3Wikipedia+3News.com.au+4Wikipedia+4The Economic Times+4

1. Harvard University (USA)

2. MIT (USA)

3. Stanford University (USA)

4. University of Oxford (UK)

5. University of California, Berkeley (USA)

6. University of Cambridge (UK)

7. University College London (UK) (tie)

8. University of Washington–Seattle (USA) (tie)

9. Columbia University (USA)

10. Yale University (USA)

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📊 Comparison Table

Rank	THE 2025	QS 2025	U.S. News 2024–25
1	Oxford	MIT	Harvard
2	MIT	Imperial College London	MIT
3	Harvard	Oxford	Stanford
4	Princeton	Harvard	Oxford
5	Cambridge	Cambridge	UC Berkeley
6	Stanford	Stanford	Cambridge
7	Caltech	ETH Zürich	UCL / University of Washington
8	UC Berkeley	NUS	Columbia
9	Imperial College London	UCL	Yale
10	Yale	Caltech	Yale

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🔍 Notes & Highlights

• Oxford retains its THE number 1 spot for the ninth consecutive year The Times of India+15Times Higher Education (THE)+15India Today+15News.com.au+1Wikipedia+1Navbharat Times+6Wikipedia+6The Times of India+6WikipediaWikipedia+1News.com.au+1.

• MIT remains #1 in QS for the 13th straight year and is top-ranked for research-impact metrics QSQS China.

• US News gives significant weight to research output and reputation; here, Harvard leads, followed by MIT and Stanford The Economic Times.

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✅ Summary

These elite institutions consistently lead across global rankings due to their research excellence, academic reputation, and international influence. Choosing between them often depends on your field—math or tech (MIT, Caltech), humanities or sciences (Oxford, Cambridge), or broad graduate strengths (Harvard, Stanford, Princeton).

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