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QS World University Ranking 2025

QS World Rankings is an authoritative list with many, if not most, universities worldwide ranked based on many factors. QS Rankings are considered the most reliable by students for their authenticity and the methodology used by them. Each year, these rankings help thousands of international students meticulously choose their university and course. One of the rankings is the QS World University Rankings, which is highly popular among study-abroad aspirants.

Students willing to pursue their higher education abroad can make use of the QS Rankings as they give them a clear picture of the ranking of a university and its other details related to courses, pedagogy, placement rate, popularity and more. The rankings are made after conducting a lot of surveys among the students and faculties studying and working in those universities. These rankings change each year, therefore students need to update themselves to have a clear understanding of a university’s ranking in various factors.

QS World University Ranking 2025, the most prestigious and the most anticipated, has been published. It is time for students to utilise the ranking list to shortlist the universities and their preferred courses to start their study-abroad journey this academic year. Like the previous years, the QS publication has released a wide range of ranking lists for a variety of factors this 2025. 

They are:
  • QS World University Rankings
  • QS World University Rankings by Subject
  • QS Sustainability Rankings
  • QS University Rankings by Region
  • QS Best Student Cities
  •  QS Business Masters Rankings
  • QS Global MBA Rankings
  • QS Graduate Employability Rankings
  • QS International Trade
  • QS Stars Rating System
  • QS IGUAGE Rating system
Each ranking list gives detailed information on a particular subject to help students carefully choose their needs. On the whole, all these ranking lists give students a good idea to plan and successfully start their education journey in abroad countries.
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What is QS Ranking?


QS stands for Quacquarelli Symonds, a UK publishing company that publishes the university ranking list each year for study-abroad aspirants. The company’s first issue was in 2004 in association with the Times Higher Education (THE) Magazine of the UK, but from 2010 the company started to issue its own version of the university ranking list by associating with Elsevier.

Rank 2025 University Location Overall Score
1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Cambridge, United States 100
2 Imperial College London London, United Kingdom 98.5
3 University of Oxford Oxford, United Kingdom 96.9
4 Harvard University Cambridge, United States 96.8
5 University of Cambridge Cambridge, United Kingdom 96.7
6 Stanford University Stanford, United States 96.1
7 ETH Zurich Z眉rich, Switzerland 93.9
8 National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore, Singapore 93.7
9 UCL London, United Kingdom 91.6
10 California Institute of Technology (Caltech) Pasadena, United States 90.9
11 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, United States 90.3
12 University of California, Berkeley (UCB) Berkeley, United States 90.1
13 The University of Melbourne Parkville, Australia 88.9
14 Peking University Beijing, China 88.5
15 Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) Singapore, Singapore 88.4

QS World University Ranking Methodology

The QS World University Ranking list is determined by six factors. Let’s discuss them in detail below.

  • Academic Peer Review/Academic Reputation - The first and foremost criterion considered while ranking the world universities is their academic reputation. The academic reputation is judged based on the university’s teaching and research qualities and the impact they make on the students. In a nutshell, the QS publication requests the opinions of over 1,30,000 people across the education sector, which is considered the largest survey in the world.
  • Employer Review/Reputation - The second factor considered is the Employer's reputation. The term indicates the reputation of universities among employers in their countries. The reputation is decided on the basis of the universities’ competency to provide skilled graduates who are innovative, creative and effective.
  • Faculty/Student Ratio - The Faculty to Student Ratio is one of the most crucial factors in determining the world rank of a university. A university is given a fair mark if they have adequate academicians or lecturers for a group of students in a class. On the contrary, if a university possesses only a few lecturers for a big group of students in a class, its reputation will fall short, affecting its ranking.
  • Citations Per Faculty - Citations Per Faculty’ is considered important for a research-based university. To get more recognition for their university, it must have submitted thesis papers of its lecturers with maximum citations in five years. This factor tests the knowledge of the university’s lecturers and their efforts to provide a strong proof-backed thesis.
  • International Student Ratio and International Faculty Ratio - A university is ranked based on this factor because the QS system thinks it is one of the crucial requirements, and a university should excel at it to get ranked high. Attracting a high number of international students and faculties demonstrates that the university provides its best in terms of teaching, infrastructure, facilities and employment opportunities.

Each factor is allocated a certain weightage to help students understand its importance. The weightage allotment is purely done by the QS’ Intelligence Unit by considering the most crucial thing for students in their pursuit of higher education.

Indicator

Weightage

Elaboration

Academic Reputation

40%

Based on an internal global academic survey

Employee Reputation 

10%

A measurement of teaching commitment

Faculty-to-Student Ratio

20%

A measurement of research impact

Citations Per Faculty

20%

Based on a survey of graduate employers

International Student Ratio

10%

A measurement of the diversity of the student community

International Faculty Ratio

10%

A measurement of the diversity of the academic staff

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World’s Best 25 University Ranking


This year’s
QS World University Ranking sees universities from around the world getting recognised and acknowledged for their efforts to provide the best and quality education to their international students. Each university is carefully chosen after considering the six important factors and collecting reviews/opinions from students and academicians worldwide.

QS World’s University Ranking by Subjects


Apart from the QS University Ranking list, QS World’s University Ranking by Subject is considered the important one to choose universities more relevantly. This ranking list gives the position of universities for each of the education streams and their overall score in that subject. Along with the university ranking list, the university ranking by subject gives a whole picture of a university for students making their decision easier.

Subject

University

QS Rank 2024

Arts and Humanities

  • Harvard University
  • University of Cambridge
  • University of Oxford
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3

Social Sciences & Management

  • Harvard University
  • University of Oxford
  • Stanford University
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3

Engineering and Technology

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  • Stanford University
  • University of Oxford
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3

Life Sciences and Medicine

  • Harvard University
  • University of Oxford
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
 Natural Sciences
  • Harvard University
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  • University of Oxford
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3

QS World’s University Ranking by Cities 2025

Rank 2025 Cities Country Overall Score
1 London United Kingdom 100
2 Tokyo Japan 99.2
3 Seoul South Korea 97.8
4 Munich Germany 97.7
5 Melbourne Australia 97.1
6 Sydney Australia 95.4
7 Paris France 94.6
8 Zurich Switzerland 94.5
9 Berlin Germany 94.4
10 Montreal Canada 92.1
11 Toronto Canada 91.9
12 Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe Japan 90.6
13 Edinburgh United Kingdom 90.5
14 Vienna Austria 90.1
15 Singapore Singapore 89.6
The QS World University Rankings and the others are the most beneficial for study abroad aspirants in setting their study-abroad path. But if you seek more customised information about a university or a course, we at AECC can provide them first-hand. 
 Students can walk into our offices and branches any day of the week to get their queries cleared or avail of any of our services. We are also active on all social media platforms to help students reach out to us. Online consultation is also provided by us to make you connect with us easier.
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Frequently Asked Questions
 

Yes, indeed. The QS’s Intelligence Unit collects reviews from thousands of university students and academicians regarding the quality of their universities each year. Based on their reviews and the above-mentioned factors, the unit generates a world university ranking list. According to the Guardian, the notable newspaper company in the UK has authorised that QS rankings are 99% reliable.

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