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THE (Times Higher Education) has been providing trusted performance data on universities for students and their families, academics, university leaders, governments and industry, since 2004. We create university rankings to assess university performance on the global stage and to provide a resource for readers to understand the different missions and successes of higher education institutions.
Our rankings cover the three main areas of university activity: research, impact and teaching.
The THE World University Rankings provide the definitive list of the world’s best universities, with an emphasis on the research mission. It is the only global university league table to judge research-intensive universities across all of their core missions: teaching (the learning environment); research environment (volume, income and reputation); research quality (the outputs of research); industry (knowledge transfer) and international outlook (staff, students and research). It uses 18 carefully calibrated performance indicators to provide the most comprehensive and balanced comparisons. The overall list is accompanied by 11 subject-specific rankings.
We also draw on the rich database behind the World University Rankings to publish a series of regional and thematic rankings, offering deeper insights into a wider range of universities against a wider range of missions. These include: Arab University Rankings, Asia University Rankings, Latin America University Rankings, World Reputation Rankings and Young University Rankings.
The THE Impact Rankings, founded in 2019, are the only global league tables that assess universities against the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We publish an overall ranking, as well as 17 tables showing universities’ progress towards delivering each of the SDGs.
Our teaching rankings were developed to offer a different assessment of excellence in higher education, and to enable us to rank institutions that are often not research-focused enough to be eligible for the World University Rankings. We launched our first teaching ranking in 2016. These rankings are geographically focused because the data associated with teaching, and the issues related to it, tend to be much more local than global in nature. We publish one teaching ranking: the Japan University Rankings. These rankings put student engagement and student success at their heart. 
Our Sub-Saharan Africa University Rankings combine aspects of our impact, research and teaching rankings to explore how universities in Africa can deliver on the challenges of the UN SDGs and Agenda 2063.
The Times Higher Education Young University Rankings list the world’s best universities that are 50 years old or younger.
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 include 1,906 universities across 108 countries and regions.
The Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings 2023 are based on the world’s largest invitation-only opinion survey of senior, published academics.
Higher education growth shifts east, but there are markedly different trends across Asia
The head of Nanyang Technological University leverages the institution’s youthful vigour to put AI at the heart of learning and uses his research background to inform his leadership and help recruit potential Nobel prizewinners
Universities in the Arab region make giant leaps in their reputation, owing to increasing prestige regionally
Geopolitical tensions and freedom of speech issues are testing universities the world over. To successfully manage their reputations, they must avoid getting distracted by all the noise, says Mark Sudbury
The Technical University of Munich is moving beyond outreach and creating a two-way dialogue with society, says Jeanne Rubner
The World University Rankings have grown and developed to reflect the changing global higher education sector, writes Ellie Bothwell 
UK and US universities struggle to keep pace with top Asian performers as research funding shares decline
North America has also revived while Oceania’s international outlook has dipped. Patrick Jack picks out key rankings trends
The Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2024 use the same 18 performance indicators as the THE World University Rankings, but they are recalibrated to reflect the attr
The Times Higher Education Arab University Rankings 2023 reveal the strength of higher education across the Arab region.
The Times Higher Education Latin America University Rankings lists the top universities in the Latin America and Caribbean region.
The Times Higher Education Sub-Saharan Africa University Rankings have been developed specifically to assess the impact of universities in addressing some of the toughest challenges faced
Updated methodology reveals previously underappreciated research strength in some Asian countries, reports Rosa Ellis
Our revised rankings methodology shows Asian research is stronger than appreciated, as participation and competition rises across a dynamic region writes Ellie Bothwell
Continent’s elite shuffle positions, while more universities from West and South Asia feature
Saudi Arabia’s KAUST leads table for the first time, driven by its research performance
Institutions in the UAE stand out for their high levels of cooperation with both global and regional institutions
Even as many universities struggle to keep the lights on, others reap the rewards of strong investment and tumult elsewhere, writes Pola Lem
Chile is poised to lead on internationalisation, thanks to national funding boost
The University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa leads first ever THE ranking for the region
The Times Higher Education Impact Rankings are the only global performance tables that assess universities against the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Three Australian and four Canadian institutions among top 10 of THE ranking exploring progress of universities worldwide towards achieving SDGs
As Australia and Canada lead the overall table, THE data show universities worldwide grappling with the affordable housing crisis and demands to divest away from fossil fuels
Our rankings demonstrate that universities worldwide, not just the elite, are addressing urgent challenges
Universities in middle-income economies lead the globe when it comes to commitment to sustainability, THE’s Impact Rankings data suggest
Having embraced Sustainable Development Goals, higher education has to accelerate their wider use and impact, says Rachel Kyte
Science may be the best tool humanity has to improve our social conditions – but we must steer it in the right direction, writes Carolina Torrealba
The University of Oxford is assembling a global coalition to improve the sector’s impact on biodiversity
Newcastle has made environmental justice a core value, aligned all its work with UN goals and built partnerships to drive sustainability and innovation, says vice-chancellor Chris Day
The Times Higher Education Japan University Rankings 2023 are designed to answer the questions that matter most to students and their families when making one of the most important decisions of their lives – who to trust with their educat
The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings, based on 15 performance indicators, is designed to answer the questions that matter most to students and their families: How likely am I to graduate, pay o
Data suggests an improvement in recognition for public municipal universities in teaching-focused league table
Harvard leads student-focused ranking for fifth consecutive year
THE survey finds strong support for Covid-19 vaccine passports among international students, who are keen to study in-person 
Ranking of US universities and colleges puts student success and learning at its heart
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