This is the largest edition of the World University Rankings, including 1,904 universities—up from 1,799 last year—from 108 countries and regions, assessing research-intensive universities across 18 performance indicators covering their core missions of teaching, research, knowledge transfer and internationalisation.
U.S. And UK Top Rankings
The U.S. has 13 in the top 20 and 56 in the top 200, with 169 universities featured in the ranking—more than any other country. Asia is the most-represented continent since the 2021 edition (overtaking Europe), while Africa and South America each have more than 100 universities represented.
The U.K. has three universities in the top 10 with Oxford at the top spot, the University of Cambridge at fifth and Imperial College London eighth.
Although U.S. and U.K. universities lead the rankings, “their positions and powers are waning with declining numbers of U.K. and U.S. institutions in the top 200—by four and three institutions, respectively, since 2021,” according to THE.
Europe’s top universities
Outside the U.K., Switzerland’s ETH Zurich is the highest-ranked institution in 11th place. Germany finds 49 universities ranked, with Technical University of Munich the highest placed, sharing the 30th position. The country has eight universities in the top 100 and 21 in the top 200.
Spain’s highest ranking is University of Barcelona, which improved this year, moving up 30 places from 182 to joint 152. There are four new European countries represented this year: Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, and Armenia.
Asia’s Top Universities:
The 2024 Asia University Rankings reveal the best colleges and universities in Asia, featuring institutions from 31 territories.
Japan leads the way with 119 universities in the ranking, while India comes second with 91 ranked institutions. China is the third most-represented country, with 86 universities.
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