| Characteristic | Times Higher Education Score |
|---|---|
| University of Oxford (United Kingdom) | 98.2 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology (United States) | 97.7 |
| Princeton University (United States) | 97.2 |
| University of Cambridge (United Kingdom) | 97.2 |
| Harvard University (United States) | 97.1 |
| Stanford University (United States) | 97.1 |
| California Institute of Technology (United States) | 96.3 |
| Imperial College London (United Kingdom) | 94.7 |
| University of California, Berkeley (United States) | 94.4 |
| Yale University (United States) | 94.1 |
| ETH Zurich (Switzerland) | 93.1 |
| Tsinghua University (China) | 93 |
| Peking University (China) | 92.3 |
| University of Pennsylvania (United States) | 90.8 |
| University of Chicago (United States) | 90.6 |
| Johns Hopkins University (United States) | 90.1 |
| National University of Singapore | 89.7 |
| Cornell University (United States) | 89.5 |
| University of California, Los Angeles (United States) | 89.5 |
| Columbia University (United States) | 89.4 |
| University of Toronto (Canada) | 88.5 |
| UCL (United Kingdom) | 87.5 |
| University of Michigan - Ann Arbor (United States) | 86.9 |
| Carnegie Mellon University (United States) | 85 |
| University of Washington (United States) | 83.7 |
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Release date
January 2026
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Region
Worldwide
Survey time period
2026
Number of respondents
1,799 universities in 104 countries
Supplementary notes
To calculate the rankings the following criteria were considered:
Teaching (30%) - the learning environment.
Research (30%) volume, income and reputation.
Citations (30%) - research influence.
Industry income (2.5%) - innovation.
International Outlook (7.5%) staff, students and research.
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