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World University Rankings 2024

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 include 1,906 universities across 108 countries and
regions.

The table is based on our new WUR 3.0 methodology, which includes 18 carefully calibrated performance indicators
2024
that measure an institution’s performance across !ve areas: teaching, research environment, research quality,
industry, and international outlook.
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survey responses from 68,402 scholars globally. Overall, we collected 411,789 datapoints from more than 2,673
institutions that submitted data.

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The University of Oxford tops the ranking for the eighth year in a row, but others in the top !ve have seen shifts in
their ranks. Stanford University moves up to second place, pushing Harvard University down to fourth. Read more about the World University
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) climbs up two places to third this year. The University of Cambridge
STUDENT INSIGHTS
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The US is the most-represented country overall, with 169 institutions, and also the most-represented in the top 200
(56). With 91 institutions, India is now the fourth most-represented nation, overtaking China (86). Best universities in the United States
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Stanford University leads the teaching pillar, while the universities of Oxford and Cambridge come top for research
World University Rankings 2024: results
environment. The research quality pillar, which is the newly renamed citations pillar, sees MIT in !rst place. announced
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25,427 41.5 20% 63 : 37 23%

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23,349 27.4 14% 53 : 47 27%

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19,417 34.4 17% 53 : 47 22%

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=136 Hamburg
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29,240 58.5 13% 58 : 42 22%

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20,425 49.6 29% 35 : 65 48%

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21,448 20.5 25% 29 : 71 50%

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