{"id":3490,"date":"2024-10-12T14:40:22","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T14:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/femmes-mag.net\/?p=3490"},"modified":"2024-10-12T14:40:22","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T14:40:22","slug":"world-university-rankings-2025-elite-universities-go-increasingly-global","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/femmes-mag.net\/en\/world-university-rankings-2025-elite-universities-go-increasingly-global\/","title":{"rendered":"World University Rankings 2025: Elite universities go increasingly global"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wef-1pf65v3\">\n<ul class=\"wef-1h9w1zb\" role=\"list\">\n<li class=\"wef-1ty47b3\">The World University Rankings used to be dominated by the UK and the US.<\/li>\n<li class=\"wef-1ty47b3\">The World University Rankings 2025 are much more international.<\/li>\n<li class=\"wef-1ty47b3\">The Global South now plays a much bigger role.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wef-h792s0\">\n<p>When the World University Rankings first emerged 20 years ago, they were very much a UK initiative. The creation of the global league table was first recommended in a 2003 report to the UK government by Richard Lambert, a former director general of the Confederation of British Industry and a one-time chairman of the British Museum.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wef-h792s0\">\n<p>His\u00a0<i>Lambert Review<\/i>\u00a0on university-business collaboration explained that \u201ca league table of the world\u2019s best research-intensive universities would provide the government with a way of assessing its research funding efforts,\u201d in a context in which \u201cgovernment policy is to finance university research in such a way as to ensure that the UK has a number of institutions able to compete with the best in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wef-h792s0\">\n<p>Eleven months after the\u00a0<i>Lambert Review<\/i>, in November 2004, the UK-based\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeshighereducation.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Times Higher Education<\/a>\u00a0(THE) published the first edition of the\u00a0<i>THE World University Rankings<\/i>. The assurance Lambert sought for the UK government was provided: the UK had two of the world\u2019s top ten universities in that first edition, Oxford and Cambridge; and, 30 of the full list of 200 universities. That\u2019s 15% of all ranked universities. The US occupied 31%, with 62 of the 200, including seven of the top ten and all four of the top spots, with Harvard in first place.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wef-h95ek0\">\n<h2 class=\"chakra-heading wef-16zpjs0\">UK and US still dominate the top ten<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wef-h792s0\">\n<p>Today, twenty years on, while the very top of the list remains remarkably similar to that of 2004, and the UK and US still dominate the highest ranks, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeshighereducation.com\/world-university-rankings\/latest\/world-ranking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>2025 edition of the THE World University Rankings<\/i><\/a>\u00a0represents a very different and more dynamic global university sector \u2013 and much more competitive geopolitics of knowledge and innovation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wef-18w1s90\">\n<div class=\"wef-1qbpo0l\">\n<div class=\"wef-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"chakra-image wef-gbfd2a\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.weforum.org\/editor\/n_seq-Y0hm18WhFJqvBY4fKqZnyrre66bA3Bsg0g_Js.jpg\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"wef-0\">Image:\u00a0Times Higher Education<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"wef-h792s0\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeshighereducation.com\/world-university-rankings\/world-university-rankings-2025-key-trends\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The rankings<\/a>\u00a0show a thriving, diverse global research community, with many more universities across the world publishing world-class research, a much more even distribution of excellence across the continents and a global levelling up of excellence between the dominant West and the rising East \u2013 as well as the steady rise of the Global South.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wef-h792s0\">\n<p>The ranking has grown from 200 universities in 2004 to over 2,000 in 2025. The US makes up 8% of all ranked institutions (down from 31% in 2004) while the UK takes 5% (down from 15%). The 2025 edition includes 115 countries, compared to 29 countries in 2004. India now matches the UK\u2019s total tally of ranked universities, with 107, while China takes 94 places and Hong Kong six. Pakistan has 47 places.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wef-h95ek0\">\n<h2 class=\"chakra-heading wef-16zpjs0\">Africa moves up the rankings<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wef-h792s0\">\n<p>Africa\u2019s representation is surging, as more institutions develop their research infrastructure, increase research productivity and seek to compete with the best in the world. Nigeria added six universities to the global rankings, taking its total to 21, while in the north, Egypt added seven to reach 35.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wef-h792s0\">\n<p>Seven countries make their debuts in the world rankings: Bahrain; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Mongolia; Paraguay; Rwanda; Syria and Uzbekistan, as their universities begin to compete in global research.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wef-h792s0\">\n<p>And, the two decades since the first ranking have not just witnessed the emergence of a much more diverse range of countries with universities represented among the growing global research elite \u2013 it has also seen a surge in performances that challenge the traditionally dominant Western nations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wef-h792s0\">\n<p>The composition of the 2025 top 200 is revealing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wef-18w1s90\">\n<div class=\"wef-1qbpo0l\">\n<div class=\"wef-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"chakra-image wef-gbfd2a\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.weforum.org\/editor\/4EE4KD_gtlUkLCtuytcS2JcQ9JBkMup0GhJ2O6uT9ss.jpg\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"wef-0\">Image:\u00a0Times Higher Education<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"wef-h792s0\">\n<p>For 2025, the US has 55 of the top 200 group, down from 62 in 2004. The UK has 25, down from 30.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wef-h792s0\">\n<p>In the immediate term, other Western powerhouses are under pressure. In the Netherlands, of its 11 top-200 universities, seven have fallen in the rankings for 2025 and the country \u2013 facing major research funding cuts and a clamp down on internationalization \u2013 has lost its top 50 status as Delft University of Technology slips from 48<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0to 56<sup>th<\/sup>. Australia now has just ten universities in the world&#8217;s top 200, down from 12 as recently as 2021 \u2013 and eight of the remaining ten have fallen this year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wef-z0hfv8\">\n<div class=\"chakra-aspect-ratio wef-e7ym7j\">\n<div class=\"wef-v2kfba\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/players\/BIStL9k0-ncRE1zO6.html\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wef-h95ek0\">\n<h2 class=\"chakra-heading wef-16zpjs0\">The Far East increases its representation<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wef-h792s0\">\n<p>In contrast, the Far East is thriving. China has 13 of the top 200, compared to two for most of the 2000s and Hong Kong has seen its representation rise from four to six.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wef-h792s0\">\n<p>China\u2019s Beijing powerhouse universities, Tsinghua University and Peking University this year occupy record high positions of 12<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0and 13<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0in the world respectively, edging ever closer to the elite global top 10. Hong Kong\u2019s universities are rising to consolidate positions in the top 100, with the Chinese University of Hong Kong entering the top 50 (44<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0from 53<sup>rd<\/sup>) closing in on Hong Kong University, which holds firm in 35<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0place.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wef-h792s0\">\n<p>Singapore\u2019s two global research universities, for the first time ever, now occupy world top-30 positions \u2013 with National University of Singapore rising to 17<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0from 19<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0last year and Nanyang Technological University, one of the fastest-rising universities in the world over the last decade, moving from 32<sup>nd<\/sup>\u00a0to 30<sup>th<\/sup>. South Korea now has six top 200 universities, compared to three in 2004.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wef-h95ek0\">\n<h2 class=\"chakra-heading wef-16zpjs0\">Upward movement in the Middle East, too<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wef-h792s0\">\n<p>Moreover, the 2025 edition has seen some eye-catching top-200 breakthroughs. In the Middle East, Saudi Arabia has a debuting world top-200 university with King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals taking 176<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0place and other Saudi universities surging up the rankings. The United Arab Emirates has its first top 200 place, with Abu Dhabi University taking 191<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0and all of its top five universities rose.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wef-h792s0\">\n<p>In South America, Brazil has broken into the top 200, with the University of Sao Paulo taking 199<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0place.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-auto kksr-align-left kksr-valign-bottom\"\n    data-payload='{&quot;align&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;3490&quot;,&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;valign&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;ignore&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;reference&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;count&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;legendonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;readonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;score&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;starsonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;best&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;gap&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;greet&quot;:&quot;Rate this post&quot;,&quot;legend&quot;:&quot;0\\\/5 - (0 votes)&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;World University Rankings 2025: Elite universities go increasingly global&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;_legend&quot;:&quot;{score}\\\/{best} - ({count} {votes})&quot;,&quot;font_factor&quot;:&quot;1.25&quot;}'>\n            \n<div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 0px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                \n\n<div class=\"kksr-legend\" style=\"font-size: 19.2px;\">\n            <span class=\"kksr-muted\">Rate this post<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World University Rankings used to be dominated by the UK and the US. 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