QS World University Rankings 2025 Unveiled: Oxbridge Overhauled, US Underwhelming, India Improving

LONDON, June 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — QS Quacquarelli Symonds released the 21^st edition of the QS World University Rankings, the only ranking system to measure both employability and sustainability performance. For the thirteenth consecutive year, MIT leads the table, though two-thirds of the United States’ ranked universities have dropped in the last year. Imperial College London jumps four places to rank 2^nd; the University of Oxford and Harvard University remain 3^rd and 4^th respectively; the University of Cambridge rounds out the top five. Caltech is the only institution to break into the top 10.

• The UK is home to three of the world’s top five, but over half of its universities have dropped.
• The University of Toronto receives the world’s leading score for Sustainability, with UBC (4^th) and Western University (10^th) also among the top ten for this indicator. However, the sector records an indifferent year overall.
• Eight of Australia’s highest-ranked universities have improved their position this year. Three Australian institutions are among the global top-20.
• Among China’s five top-100 universities, four have risen. Peking University (14^th) is national #1, rising three spots.
• India has shown remarkable progress: 91% of its 46 ranked universities either climb, remain stable, or are new entrants.
• Indonesia, Pakistan, and Türkiye record noteworthy improvements.
• Latin America has four top-100 universities: Universidad de Buenos Aires, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, and Universidade de São Paulo.
• Saudi Arabia’s KFUPM (101^st) is the highest-ranked Arab institution. Meanwhile, the University of Cape Town (171^st) is Africa’s leader.
• The rankings feature 1500 universities across 106 higher education systems. 
  The US leads with 197 institutions, followed by the UK (90) and Mainland China (71).