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QS World University Rankings 2025: Top Performers and Trends Revealed

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LONDON, June 4, 2024 — QS Quacquarelli Symonds has released the 21st edition of the QS World University Rankings, the only ranking system to evaluate employability and sustainability performance. These rankings are determined through a comprehensive methodology that takes into account academic reputation, employer reputation, faculty/student ratio, international faculty and student ratios, and citations per faculty. MIT has maintained its position at the top of the table for the thirteenth consecutive year; however, two-thirds of the ranked universities in the United States have dropped in the past year. Imperial College London has risen four places to claim the second spot, while the University of Oxford and Harvard University remain third and fourth, respectively. The University of Cambridge completes the top five. Caltech is the only institution to break into the top 10.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 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, a key indicator in the QS World University Rankings that measures a university’s commitment to environmental, social, and economic sustainability. UBC (4th) and Western University (10th) also rank high for this indicator. However, the sector records an indifferent year overall, indicating the need for more concerted efforts in sustainability across the board.
  • Eight of Australia’s highest-ranked universities have improved their positions this year, and three Australian institutions are among the global top 20.
  • Four of China’s five top 100 universities have risen. Peking University (14th) is national #1, rising three spots.
  • India has shown remarkable progress: 91% of its 46 ranked universities have climbed, remained stable, or are new entrants.
  • Indonesia, Pakistan, and Türkiye record noteworthy improvements.
  • Pakistan’s Punjab University Lahore makes a high jump.
  • Latin America has four top-100 universities: Universidad de Buenos Aires, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, and Universidade de Sao Paulo.
  • Saudi Arabia’s KFUPM (101st) is the highest-ranked Arab institution. Meanwhile, Africa’s leader is the University of Cape Town (171st).

QS World University Rankings 2025: Top 20

  1. MIT US
  2. Imperial College London UK
  3. University of Oxford UK
  4. Harvard University US
  5. University of Cambridge UK
  6. Stanford University US
  7. ETH Zurich Switzerland
  8. National University of Singapore Singapore
  9. UCL UK
  10. Caltech US
  11. UPenn US
  12. University of California, Berkeley, US
  13. The University of Melbourne, Australia
  14. Peking University China (Mainland)
  15. Nanyang Technological University Singapore
  16. Cornell University US
  17. The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong SAR
  18. The University of Sydney, Australia
  19. UNSW Sydney Australia
  20. Tsinghua University China (Mainland)

QS WUR 2025 South Asia (India/Pakistan)

QS Rank — Institution
  • 118 Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) Mumbai, India
  • =150 Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD) New Delhi, India
  • 211 Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India
  • =222 Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT-KGP) Kharagpur, India
  • =227 Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) Chennai, India
  • 263 Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK) Kanpur, India
  • 315 Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan
  • =328 University of Delhi New Delhi, India
  • 335 Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR) Roorkee, India
  • =344 Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG) Guwahati, India
  • 353 National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST) Islamabad Islamabad, Pakistan
  • 383 Anna University Chennai, India
  • =477 Indian Institute of Technology Indore Indore, India
  • =531 Indian Institute of Technology BHU Varanasi (IIT BHU Varanasi) Varanasi, India
  • =535 Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) Lahore, Pakistan
  • =570 Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan
  • =580 Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi, India
  • =587 Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences Solan, India
  • 631-640 Savitribai Phule Pune University Pune, India
  • 641-650 Symbiosis International (Deemed University) Pune, India
  • 681-690 Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH) Sangareddy, India
  • 681-690 University of Agriculture, Faisalabad Faisalabad, Pakistan
  • 691-700 Chandigarh University Mohali, India
  • 691-700 Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS) Islamabad, Pakistan
  • 701-710 National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli Tiruchirappalli, India
  • 711-720 COMSATS University Islamabad Islamabad, Pakistan
  • 711-720 University of Mumbai Mumbai, India
  • 721-730 Jadavpur University Kolkata, India
  • 751-760 University of Calcutta Kolkata, India
  • 751-760 University of Engineering & Technology (UET) Lahore Lahore, Pakistan
  • 791-800 Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore, India
  • 801-850 Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani Pilani, India
  • 801-850 University of Hyderabad Hyderabad, India
  • 801-850 UPES Dehradun, India
  • 851-900 Jamia Millia Islamia New Delhi, India
  • 851-900 Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology Patiala, India
  • 901-950 Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India Manipal, India
  • 901-950 University of Peshawar Peshawar, Pakistan
  • 951-1000 Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar, India
  • 951-1000 Saveetha Institute of Medical And Technical Sciences (SIMATS) Tiruvallur, India
  • 951-1000 The University of Lahore Lahore, Pakistan
  • 1001-1200 Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh, India
  • 1001-1200 Amity University Noida, India
  • 1001-1200 Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Amritapuri, India
  • 1001-1200 Banaras Hindu University Varanasi, India
  • 1001-1200 Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University New Delhi, India
  • 1001-1200 International Islamic University, Islamabad (IIU) Islamabad, Pakistan
  • 1001-1200 O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) Sonepat, India
  • 1001-1200 Panjab University Chandigarh, India
  • 1001-1200 SRM Institute of Science and Technology Chennai, India
  • 1001-1200 University of Karachi Karachi, Pakistan
  • 1201-1400 Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Pakistan
  • 1201-1400 Chitkara University Rajpura, India
  • 1201-1400 Jamia Hamdard New Delhi, India
  • 1201-1400 OSMANIA UNIVERSITY Hyderabad, India
  • 1201-1400 Pondicherry University Puducherry, India

The excellent performance of Delhi University, Punjab University Lahore, Shoolini University Solan, and Chandigarh University Mohali is commendable.

Source: QS Quacquarelli Symonds