University of Oxford (UK) secured the highest rank
The Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings for 2024 have just been published. These rankings feature a whopping 1,904 universities from 108 different regions and inform us which ones are doing really well.
The organization behind these rankings, Times Higher Education, has been known for a long time for providing useful information about higher education worldwide.
To decide how good a university is, they look at 18 different aspects. These include the quality of teaching (29.5%), the research environment (29%), the excellence of research (30%), collaboration with industry (4%), and international engagement (7.5%).
These rankings help students choose the right university for them, and they help universities see how they’re doing compared to others. It’s like a big scoreboard for universities worldwide, showing who’s at the top of their game!
Top 20
1. University of Oxford, United Kingdom
![University of Oxford, United Kingdom](https://polscienceweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2.jpg)
2. Stanford University, United States
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3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
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4. Harvard University, United States
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5. University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
![University of Cambridge, United Kingdom](https://polscienceweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/6.jpg)
6. Princeton University, United States
![Princeton University, United States](https://polscienceweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/7.jpg)
7. California Institute of Technology, United States
![California Institute of Technology, United States](https://polscienceweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/8.jpg)
8. Imperial College London, United Kingdom
![Imperial College London, United Kingdom](https://polscienceweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/9.jpg)
9. University of California, Berkeley, United States
![University of California, Berkeley, United States](https://polscienceweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/10.jpg)
10. Yale University, United States
![Yale University, United States](https://polscienceweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/11.jpg)
11. ETH Zurich, Switzerland
![ETH Zurich, Switzerland](https://polscienceweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/12.jpg)
12. Tsinghua University, China
![Tsinghua University, China](https://polscienceweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/14.jpg)
13. The University of Chicago, United States
![The University of Chicago, United States](https://polscienceweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/13.jpg)
14. Peking University, China
![Peking University, China](https://polscienceweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/15.jpg)
15. Johns Hopkins University, United States
![Johns Hopkins University, United States](https://polscienceweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/16.jpg)
16. University of Pennsylvania, United States
![University of Pennsylvania, United States](https://polscienceweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/18.jpg)
17. Columbia University, United States
![Columbia University, United States](https://polscienceweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/17.jpg)
18. University of California, Los Angeles, United States
![Columbia University, United States](https://polscienceweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/20.jpg)
19. National University of Singapore, Singapore
![National University of Singapore, Singapore](https://polscienceweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/19.jpg)
20. Cornell University, United States
![Cornell University, United States](https://polscienceweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/21.jpg)