Times Higher Education World University Rankings
THE University Rankings is an annual publication of university rankings by the Times Higher Education magazine.
Started initially in collaboration with QS (Quacquarellu Symond) & got separated in 2009 with their own versions.
Ranking Methodology
The influencers under this ranking include teaching (30%), research (30%), citation (30%), industry connections (2.5%), and international outlook (7.5%).
92 |
1396 |
1820 |
251,000 |
Countries & Regions Ranked |
Universities Covered |
Institutions |
Data Points |
Top 10 universities list in the world as per THE Ranking 2020:
S.No. |
Institution |
Location |
2020 |
2019 |
1 |
University of Oxford |
UK |
1 |
1 |
2 |
California Institute of Technology |
USA |
2 |
5 |
3 |
University of Cambridge |
UK |
3 |
2 |
4 |
Stanford University |
USA |
4 |
3 |
5 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
USA |
5 |
4 |
6 |
Princeton University |
USA |
6 |
7 |
7 |
Harvard University |
USA |
7 |
6 |
8 |
Yale University |
USA |
8 |
8 |
9 |
University of Chicago |
USA |
9 |
10 |
10 |
Imperial College London |
UK |
10 |
9 |
Canada
Canadian universities ranking on the world map:
S.No. |
Institution |
THE Ranking 2020 (within Canada) |
THE Ranking 2020 (Globally) |
THE Ranking 2019 (Globally) |
1 |
University of Toronto |
1 |
18 |
21 |
2 |
University of British Columbia |
2 |
34 |
37 |
3 |
McGill University |
3 |
42 |
44 |
4 |
McMaster University |
4 |
72 |
77 |
5 |
University of Montreal |
5 |
85 |
90 |
6 |
University of Alberta |
6 |
136 |
132 |
7 |
University of Ottawa |
7 |
141 |
176 |
8 |
University of Waterloo |
8 |
201-250 |
201-250 |
9 |
Western University |
8 |
201-250 |
190 |
10 |
University of Calgary |
8 |
201-250 |
199 |
UK
UK universities ranking on the world map:
S.No. |
Institution |
THE Ranking 2020 (within UK) |
THE Ranking 2020 (Globally) |
THE Ranking 2019 (Globally) |
1 |
University of Oxford |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
University of Cambridge |
2 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
Imperial College London |
3 |
10 |
9 |
4 |
UCL |
4 |
15 |
14 |
5 |
London School of Economics and Political Science |
5 |
27 |
26 |
6 |
The University of Edinburgh |
6 |
30 |
29 |
7 |
King’s College London |
7 |
36 |
38 |
8 |
The University of Manchester |
8 |
55 |
57 |
9 |
The University of Warwick |
9 |
77 |
70 |
10 |
University of Bristol |
10 |
87 |
78 |
Australia
Australian universities ranking on the world map:
S.No. |
Institution |
THE Ranking 2020 (within Australia) |
THE Ranking 2020 (Globally) |
THE Ranking 2019 (Globally) |
1 |
University of Melbourne |
1 |
32 |
32 |
2 |
Australian National University |
2 |
50 |
49 |
3 |
University of Sydney |
3 |
60 |
59 |
4 |
University of Queensland |
4 |
66 |
69 |
5 |
University of New South Wales |
5 |
71 |
96 |
6 |
Monash University |
6 |
75 |
84 |
7 |
University of Adelaide |
7 |
120 |
135 |
8 |
University of Western Australia |
8 |
131 |
134 |
9 |
Queensland University of Technology |
9 |
179 |
201-250 |
10 |
University of Canberra |
10 |
193 |
251-300 |
US
American universities ranking on the world map:
S.No. |
Institution |
THE Ranking 2020 (within US) |
THE Ranking 2020 (Globally) |
THE Ranking 2019 (Globally) |
1 |
California Institute of Technology |
1 |
2 |
5 |
2 |
Stanford University |
2 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
3 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
Princeton University |
4 |
6 |
7 |
5 |
Harvard University |
5 |
7 |
6 |
6 |
Yale University |
6 |
8 |
8 |
7 |
University of Chicago |
7 |
9 |
10 |
8 |
University of Pennsylvania |
8 |
11 |
12 |
9 |
Johns Hopkins University |
9 |
12 |
12 |
10 |
University of California, Berkeley |
10 |
13 |
15 |
Ireland
Irish universities ranking on the world map:
S.No. |
Institution |
THE Ranking 2020 (within Ireland) |
THE Ranking 2020 (Globally) |
THE Ranking 2019 (Globally) |
1 |
Trinity College Dublin |
1 |
164 |
117 |
2 |
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland |
2 |
201-250 |
201-250 |
3 |
University College Dublin |
2 |
201-250 |
201-250 |
4 |
National University of Ireland, Galway |
4 |
251-300 |
301-350 |
5 |
University College Cork |
5 |
301-350 |
301-350 |
6 |
Maynooth University |
5 |
301-350 |
351-400 |
7 |
University of Limerick |
7 |
501-600 |
501-600 |
8 |
Dublin City University |
8 |
601-900 |
401-450 |
9 |
Technological University of Dublin |
9 |
801-1000 |
801-1000 |
New Zealand
New Zealand universities ranking on the world map:
S.No. |
Institution |
THE Ranking 2020 (within New Zealand) |
THE Ranking 2020 (Globally) |
THE Ranking 2019 (Globally) |
1 |
The University of Auckland |
1 |
179 |
201-250 |
2 |
University of Otago |
2 |
201-250 |
201-250 |
3 |
Auckland University of Technology |
3 |
251-300 |
301-350 |
4 |
University of Canterbury |
4 |
301-350 |
301-350 |
5 |
Victoria University of Wellington |
5 |
501-600 |
401-500 |
6 |
University of Waikato |
5 |
501-600 |
401-450 |
7 |
Massey University |
5 |
501-600 |
501-600 |
8 |
Data |
5 |
Lincoln University |
501-600 |