THE (Times Higher Education) has been providing trusted performance data on universities for students and their families, academics, university leaders, governments and industry, since 2004. We create university rankings to assess university performance on the global stage and to provide a resource for readers to understand the different missions and successes of higher education institutions.
Our rankings cover the three main areas of university activity: research, impact and teaching.
Global rankings
The THE World University Rankings provide the definitive list of theworld’s best universities, with an emphasis on the research mission. It is the only global university league table to judge research-intensive universities acrossall of their core missions: teaching (the learning environment); research environment (volume, income and reputation);research quality (the outputs of research); industry (knowledge transfer) and international outlook (staff, students and research). It uses 18 carefully calibrated performance indicators to provide the most comprehensive and balanced comparisons. The overall list is accompanied by 11 subject-specific rankings.
We also draw on the rich database behind the World University Rankings to publish a series of regional and thematic rankings, offering deeper insights into a wider range of universities against a wider range of missions. These include: Arab University Rankings, Asia University Rankings, Latin America University Rankings, World Reputation Rankings and Young University Rankings.
Impact rankings
The THE Impact Rankings, founded in 2019, are the only global league tables that assess universities against the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We publish an overall ranking, as well as 17 tables showing universities’ progress towards delivering each of the SDGs.
Teaching rankings
Our teaching rankings were developed to offer a different assessment of excellence in higher education, and to enable us to rank institutions that are often not research-focused enough to be eligible for the World University Rankings. We launched our first teaching ranking in 2016. These rankings are geographically focused because the data associated with teaching, and the issues related to it, tend to be much more local than global in nature. We publish one teaching ranking: theJapan University Rankings. These rankings put student engagement and student success at their heart.
Other rankings
Our Sub-Saharan Africa University Rankings combine aspects of our impact, research and teaching rankings to explore how universities in Africa can deliver on the challenges of the UN SDGs and Agenda 2063.
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Global university rankings
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 include 1,906 universities across 108 countries and regions.
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The Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings 2023 are based on the world’s largest invitation-only opinion survey of senior, published academics.
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The Times Higher Education Young University Rankings list the world’s best universities that are 50 years old or younger.
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Universities in the Arab region make giant leaps in their reputation, owing to increasing prestige regionally
By Tiya Thomas-Alexander
13 February
Geopolitical tensions and freedom of speech issues are testing universities the world over. To successfully manage their reputations, they must avoid getting distracted by all the noise, says Mark Sudbury
By Mark Sudbury
13 February
The Technical University of Munich is moving beyond outreach and creating a two-way dialogue with society, says Jeanne Rubner
By Jeanne Rubner
8 February
UK and US universities struggle to keep pace with top Asian performers as research fundingshares decline
By Ellie Bothwell
27 September
North America has also revived whileOceania’s international outlook hasdipped. Patrick Jack picks out key rankings trends
By Patrick Jack
27 September
Asia saw the largest rise of all continents in research quality, teaching score, and overall performance in the latestWorld University Rankings
By Patrick Jack
27 September
Impact rankings
The Times Higher Education Impact Rankings are the only global performance tables that assess universities against the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Three Australian and four Canadian institutions among top10 of THE ranking exploring progress of universities worldwide towards achieving SDGs
By Patrick Jack
1 June
As Australia and Canada lead the overall table, THE data show universities worldwide grappling with the affordable housing crisis and demands to divest away from fossil fuels
By Patrick Jack
1 June
Our rankings demonstrate that universities worldwide, not just the elite, are addressing urgent challenges
By John Gill
1 June
Universities in middle-income economies lead the globe when it comes to commitment to sustainability, THE’s Impact Rankings data suggest
By Rosa Ellis
1 June
Having embraced Sustainable Development Goals, higher education has to accelerate their wider use and impact, says Rachel Kyte
By Rachel Kyte
1 June
Sciencemay be the best tool humanity has to improve our social conditions – but we must steer it in the right direction, writes Carolina Torrealba
By Carolina Torrealba
30 May
The University of Oxford is assembling a global coalition to improve the sector’s impact on biodiversity
By Emily Stott
26 May
Newcastle has made environmental justice a core value, aligned all its work with UN goals and built partnerships to drive sustainability and innovation, says vice-chancellor Chris Day
Regional rankings
The Times Higher Education Arab University Rankings 2023 reveal the strength of higher education across the Arab region.
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The Times Higher Education Latin America University Rankings lists the top universities in the Latin America and Caribbean region.
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The Times Higher Education Sub-Saharan Africa University Rankings have been developed specifically to assessthe impact of universities in addressing some of the toughest challenges faced
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The Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2023 use the same 13 performance indicators as the THE World University Rankings, but they are recalibrated to reflect the attr
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Saudi Arabia’s KAUST leads table for the first time, driven by its research performance
By Tiya Thomas-Alexander
15 November
Institutions in the UAE stand out for their high levels of cooperation with both global and regional institutions
By Tiya Thomas-Alexander
15 November
In the Arab world, some countries face multiple crises while others enjoy stability and wealth. Our rankings reflect that diversity, highlighting the Gulf states’ advance and the struggles elsewhere
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15 November
Even as many universities struggle to keep the lights on, others reap the rewards of strong investment and tumult elsewhere, writes PolaLem
By Pola Lem
15 November
South Asian institutions move up in latest league table, with Pakistan leading the way
By Tiya Thomas-Alexander
22 June
Citations are growing at a faster pace in Asia than the rest of the world, according toTHErankings data
By Tiya Thomas-Alexander
22 June
Chile is poised to lead on internationalisation, thanks to national funding boost
By Tiya Thomas-Alexander
4 July
The University of the Witwatersrand in South Africaleads first everTHE ranking forthe region
By Patrick Jack
26 June
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Teaching rankings
TheTimes Higher EducationJapan University Rankings 2023 are designed to answer the questions that matter most to students and their families when making one of the most important decisions of their lives – who to trust with their educat
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The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher EducationCollege Rankings, based on 15 performance indicators, is designed to answer the questions that matter most to students and their families: How likely am I to graduate, pay o
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Data suggests an improvement in recognition for public municipal universities in teaching-focused league table
By Rosa Ellis
23 March
Harvard leads student-focused ranking for fifth consecutive year
By Ellie Bothwell
21 September
THEsurvey finds strong support for Covid-19 vaccine passports among international students, who are keen to study in-person
By Ellie Bothwell
21 September
Ranking of US universities and colleges puts student success and learning at its heart
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