Shanghai Ranking 2024: Top 25 Global Universities

Updated on 02 November, 2023

Anupriya Mukherjee

Anupriya Mukherjee

Sr. Content Writer

Harvard University secured the first position for the tenth consecutive year in the recently released 2023 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) or the Shanghai Ranking. This consistent dominance reinforces its reputation as a global leader in higher education. Meanwhile, Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and the University of Cambridge held onto their second, third, and fourth positions, respectively.

US institutions remained prominent in the rankings, with 17 institutions securing positions in the top 25. Meanwhile, with rank #22, Tsinghua University, China, has entered the top 25 list for the first time in 2023. Moreover, several Asian and Middle Eastern universities, including the University of Tokyo (#27), Peking University (#34), Kyoto University (#39), Weizmann Institute of Science (#68), and Seoul National University (#94), demonstrated significant advancements in their respective rankings. 

University Name

Country

ARWU 2023

National/Regional Rank 2023

Harvard University United States of America (USA) 1 1
Stanford University United States of America (USA) 2 2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States of America (USA) 3 3
University of Cambridge United Kingdom (UK) 4 1
University of California, Berkeley United States of America (USA) 5 4
Princeton University United States of America (USA) 6 5
University of Oxford United Kingdom (UK) 7 2
Columbia University United States of America (USA) 8 6
California Institute of Technology United States of America (USA) 9 7
University of Chicago United States of America (USA) 10 8
Yale University United States of America (USA) 11 9
Cornell University United States of America (USA) 12 10
University of California, Los Angeles United States of America (USA) 13 11
University of Pennsylvania United States of America (USA) 14 12
Paris-Saclay University France 15 1
Johns Hopkins University United States of America (USA) 16 13
University College London United Kingdom (UK) 17 3
University of Washington United States of America (USA) 18 14
University of California, San Diego United States of America (USA) 19 15
ETH Zurich Switzerland 20 1
University of California, San Francisco United States of America (USA) 21 16
Tsinghua University China 22 1
Imperial College London United Kingdom (UK) 23 4
University of Toronto Canada 24 1
Washington University in St. Louis United States of America (USA) 25 17

Released by Shanghai Ranking Consultancy, it provides a list of the world's top 1000 research universities every year. AWRU assesses institutions based on six objectives that place a strong focus on the quality of education and faculty, research output, and per capita performance of a university. 

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