Shanghai Ranking 2024: Top 25 Global Universities

Harvard University secured the first position for the tenth consecutive year in the recently released 2023 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) or the Shanghai Ranking. This consistent dominance reinforces its reputation as a global leader in higher education. Meanwhile, Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and the University of Cambridge held onto their second, third, and fourth positions, respectively.

US institutions remained prominent in the rankings, with 17 institutions securing positions in the top 25. Meanwhile, with rank #22, Tsinghua University, China, has entered the top 25 list for the first time in 2023. Moreover, several Asian and Middle Eastern universities, including the University of Tokyo (#27), Peking University (#34), Kyoto University (#39), Weizmann Institute of Science (#68), and Seoul National University (#94), demonstrated significant advancements in their respective rankings. 

Released by Shanghai Ranking Consultancy, it provides a list of the world's top 1000 research universities every year. AWRU assesses institutions based on six objectives that place a strong focus on the quality of education and faculty, research output, and per capita performance of a university.