THE Announces World University Rankings By Subject 2025; Details Here
Study Abroad: Times Higher Education has announced the results of World University Rankings by Subject 2025. Earlier, THE had released the methodology of this ranking which is based on evaluation of various universities across 11 subject areas.
Times Higher Education has released the World University Rankings by Subject 2025. In the latest rankings, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has topped in the subject of arts and humanities. MIT is historically known for its expertise in Engineering, Mathematics, Technology and Science. University of Oxford has topped the overall ranking followed by MIT and Harvard.
According to the ranking in 2025, MIT is now the best place to study arts as it has scored high in five pillars underlying international outlook, research quality, and methodology. For, the second best university is the University of Cambridge in the UK. MIT has also topped in Business and Economics and Social Sciences.
Stanford University has topped in Education Studies, Psychology, and Law. California Institute of Technology (Caltech) is the best place for the physical sciences.
World University Rankings By Subject 2025: More Details
For the ninth consecutive year, Oxford holds the top spot due to notable improvements in teaching and industry engagement, MIT has overtaken Stanford and secured the second place. China has come closer to the top 10 of the World University Rankings By Subject 2025.
The other three new countries that have joined the top 200 on the list include the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Brazil. The top five universities of Australia have slipped down the rankings due to declining international outlook and reputation.
Top 10 Universities In World University Rankings By Subject 2025
| Rank |
University |
Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
University of Oxford |
UK |
| 2 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
USA |
| 3 |
Harvard University |
USA |
| 4 |
Princeton University |
USA |
| 5 |
University of Cambridge |
UK |
| 6 |
Stanford University |
USA |
| 7 |
California Institute of Technology |
USA |
| 8 |
University of California, Berkeley |
USA |
| 9 |
Imperial College London |
UK |
| 10 |
Yale University |
USA |
What Universities Commented On World University Rankings By Subject 2025
China's and Asia universities were in the top 50s in all 11 subjects. Tsinghua University rose to sixth place whereas Perking University rose to fourth place.
"Asia’s performance in the rankings reflect the multipolar higher education world of today, in which national academic capacity is much more broadly distributed," said Simon Marginson, professor of higher education at the University of Oxford.
“In this setting, over time the relative position of countries in the Anglosphere and Western Europe must decline, not because their absolute quality is declining but because the field of comparison is more crowded with other countries coming up,” he said.
Futao Huang, vice-director of the Research Institute for Higher Education at Hiroshima University has commented on the performance of China' university and said, “While China and Asia have made significant strides in social sciences, arts and humanities continue to lag due to several structural, historical and political factors."
"comprehensive universities like Tsinghua and Peking aim for a broader mission, and arts and humanities remain vital in shaping well-rounded graduates and maintaining a global reputation, despite their lower rankings in these fields,” added Futao Huang.
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