The 21st edition of the QS World University Rankings has been published, with MIT topping the list for the 13th consecutive year, followed by Imperial College London and the University of Oxford.
The 21st edition of the ‘QS World University Rankings’ has just revealed which are the top universities of the world For the year 2025. The list is once again headed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (WITH), located in Cambridge (Massachusetts, USA), which has led the classification for 13 consecutive years.
The following two universities are located in the United Kingdom: the Imperial College Londonwhich has jumped from sixth position to second, and the Oxford Universitythird.
The Harvard University occupies fourth position again this year, with a score of 96.8, closely followed by University of Cambridgewhich completes the top 5 with a score of 96.7.
This year’s annual evaluation is the largest in history, and includes mto 1,500 universities based on the analysis of millions of academic papers and expert opinions from teachers and employers.
Las metrics used for classification include the academic reputation y businessthe teacher-student ratiolas appointments by facultythe proportion of international teachersthe proportion of international studentsthe network of international researchthe results regarding employment and the sustainability.
Below we present a summary of the 10 best universities of this new edition, according to their scores in the classification indicators.
Although USA has been the most represented country This year, with 197 institutions ranked and some of the highest scores, Europa has achieved a comparable successwith half of the top 10 positions, most of them in the United Kingdom, which is the second country with the highest number of universities in the ranking, with four of them in the top 10.
The best universities in Europe
According to the ranking, some of the best universities in Europa in 2025 they are the Imperial College London (98.5) and the Oxford University (96.9), both among the three best in the world.
The University of Cambridge (96.7), the ETH from Zurich (93.9) and the University College London (91.6) were next among European institutions.
After the United Kingdom, Swiss It is the European country with the most places in the top 10, represented by the ETH Zurich, seventh in the world, and the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL).
France y Germany They also entered the top 10 on the continent, with the Université PSL and the Technical University of Munich, respectively.
China and Singapore occupy prominent positions
On an international level, after the United States and the United Kingdom, China continental is the country with the most universities included in the list, with 71 universities from the country.
Two Chinese universities, the Peking University and the Tsinghua Universityfigure among the top 20, with scores of 88.5 and 86.5, respectively. The universities of Singapore They also rank high on the list, with the National University of Singapore (NUS) in the top 10 and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU) in 14th place.
