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Yes, for the year 2025 TCD ranks better than the University of Limerick in the Global Universities category ranking by U.S. News & World Report.

Trinity College Dublin ranks at #207 and the University of Limerick ranks at #989. It means the TCD is far aheah of the Limerick University. 

Look at the comparison of these two universities over the years is given below -

According to U.S. News & World Report, Trinity College Dublin ranking is #206 in 2024-25 in the Global Universities category. In 2023, this university ranked at #215. This shows that the university's position improved in 2024-25. A few of the parameters considered to evaluate the Global Universities category ranking are Global Research Reputation, Regional Research Reputation, Normalized Citation Impact, Conferences, etc.

Trinity College Dublin has been ranked in the Top 50 worldwide in five subject areas in 2025 in the QS subject rankings. These subjects are:

• English Language & Literature: #21
• Nursing: #26
• Pharmacy and Pharmacology: #26
• Performing Arts: #40
• Theology, Divinity, and Religious Studies: #49

Trinity College Dublin is ranked within the Top 100 Universities in Europe in 2025 as per QS World Rankings for Europe 2025. It ranks at #26 position in 2025. In the previous year, this university ranked #31 position. As per the World University category 2026, it is also ranked #75.

This shows that in the Europe ranking by QS, TCD has managed its position among the Top 100 European Universities.  

Trinity College Dublin QS ranking is #75 in 2026. The university ranked at #87 in 2025. It is evident that there is a slight decline in the QS rankings of this university, however, TCD has maintained its Top 150 Universities in QS in 2026.

A few of the parameters in which the university scored exceptionally well in QS rankings are employment outcomes with 88.6 score, 99.3 in international faculty ratio, 91.3 in international research network, and 88 in international student ratio.

In Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2025, Trinity College Dublin ranking is #139. In the previous year, this university was placed at #134. In all, it can be said that TCD ranks among the Top 200 Universities in the World. In terms of internationalization, Trinity was the 31st most international university in the world as per Times Higher Education 2024. A few of the university's subjects that are ranked among the Top 100 in THE include Psychology, Life Sciences, Law, Arts and Humanities, and Business and Economics.

KIT is known for its strengths in engineering and natural sciences. It has been ranked #102 in QS World University Rankings 2025.

ARWU, short for Academic Ranking of the World Universities also known as Shanghai Ranking is known as one of the best ranking bodies in the world. It is one of the three most influential rankings of the world alongside Times Higher Education World University Rankings and QS World University Rankings.

Over 2,500 Universities are ranked by ARWU every year. In the overall ARWU ranking, Massey University ranks at #801 in 2024, which is a sharp decline of 100 spots from the last year which was #701 in 2023. The ARWU Rankings for Massey University are showing a downward trend as the ranking was at #601 in 2022.

According to the comparison given below, in the rankings published by ARWU Rankings 2024,   the University of Canterbury ranks better than Massey University as it showed a decline in it's rankings over the years, on the other hand, the University of Canterbury rankings stay constant since the year 2023.

A comparison of ARWU with other similar universities is given below: