QS Ranking 2025 : Which are the world's best universities ?
The QS 2025 ranking of the world's best universities has finally been released. This year's list includes 1,500 universities, a first in the history of rankings.
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Top 50 universities worldwide according to the QS 2025 ranking
| Rank | University | Country | Evolution in number of places |
| 1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | United States | = |
| 2 | Imperial College London | United Kingdom | +4 |
| 3 | University of Oxford | United Kingdom | = |
| 4 | Harvard University | United States | = |
| 5 | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom | -3 |
| 6 | Stanford University | United States | -1 |
| 7 | ETH Zurich | Switzerland | = |
| 8 | National University of Singapore (NUS) | Singapore | = |
| 9 | UCL | United Kingdom | = |
| 10 | California Institute of Technology (Caltech) | United States | +5 |
| 11 | University of Pennsylvania | United States | +1 |
| 12 | University of California, Berkeley (UCB) | United States | -2 |
| 13 | The University of Melbourne | Australia | +1 |
| 14 | Peking University | China | +3 |
| 15 | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) | Singapore | +11 |
| 16 | Cornell University | United States | -3 |
| 17 | The University of Hong Kong | Hong-Kong | +9 |
| 18 | The University of Sydney | Australia | +1 |
| 19 | The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) | Australia | = |
| 20 | Tsinghua University | Fudan University | +5 |
| 21 | University of Chicago | United States | -10 |
| 22 | Princeton University | United States | -5 |
| 23 | Yale University | United States | -7 |
| 24 | Université PSL | France | = |
| 25 | University of Toronto | Canada | -4 |
| 26 | EPFL – École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne | Switzerland | +10 |
| 27 | The University of Edinburgh | United Kingdom | +5 |
| 28 | Technical University of Munich | Germany | +9 |
| 29 | McGill University | Canada | +1 |
| 30 | Australian National University (ANU) | Australia | +4 |
| 31 | Seoul National University | South Korea | +10 |
| 32 | Johns Hopkins University | United States | +4 |
| 33 | The University of Tokyo | Japan | +5 |
| 34 | Columbia University | United States | -11 |
| 34 | The University of Manchester | United Kingdom | -2 |
| 36 | The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) | Hong-Kong | +11 |
| 37 | Monash University | Australia | +5 |
| 38 | University of British Columbia | Canada | -4 |
| 39 | Fudan University | China | +11 |
| 40 | King’s College London | United Kingdom | = |
| 40 | The University of Queensland | Australia | +3 |
| 42 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | United States | -13 |
| 43 | New York University (NYU) | United States | -5 |
| 44 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | United States | -11 |
| 45 | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | China | +6 |
| 46 | Institut Polytechnique de Paris | France | -8 |
| 47 | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | Hong-Kong | +13 |
| 47 | Zhejiang University | China | -3 |
| 49 | Delft University of Technology | Netherlands | -2 |
| 50 | Kyoto University | Japan | -4 |
| 50 | Northwestern University | United States | -3 |
In this 13th edition, the USA is the most represented country, with 197 institutions ranked, followed by the UK with 90 and China with 71.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) retains its top position. Imperial College London stands out from the crowd, moving up four places. It is now in second place worldwide.
Oxford University and Harvard University occupy 3rd and 4th places respectively. Finally, Cambridge University comes in fifth.
Top 10 French universities
| World ranking | France ranking | French University | Evolution |
| 24 | 1 | Université PSL | = |
| 46 | 2 | Institut Polytechnique de Paris | -8 |
| 63 | 3 | Sorbonne Université | -4 |
| 73 | 4 | Université Paris-Saclay | -2 |
| 187 | 5 | École Normale Supérieure de Lyon | -3 |
| 205 | 6 | École des Ponts ParisTech | -13 |
| 283 | 7 | Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne | +45 |
| 302 | 8 | Université Paris-Cité | -66 |
| 334 | 9 | Université Grenoble-Alpes | -40 |
| 350 | 10 | Sciences Po | -31 |
This year, the top spot in the QS 2025 ranking of the best French universities is occupied by PSL University, ranking 24th worldwide. It remains stable compared to the last edition, with no change in the ranking.
However, most French universities have fallen sharply, such as the Institut Polytechnique de Paris, which drops 8 places to 2nd in the French ranking and 46th in the world ranking. Similarly, Sorbonne Université, which closed the French podium, dropped 4 places to 63rd worldwide.
A number of French institutions have seen a much steeper fall this year, due to the increased competitiveness between different universities. This was the case for Université Paris-Cité, which dropped 66 places to 8th in France and 302nd worldwide. Similarly, Grenoble-Alpes University and Sciences Po dropped 40 and 31 places respectively to 334th and 350th worldwide, or 9th and 10th in France.
Last but not least, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne performed extremely well, climbing 45 places in the rankings. It is now ranked 7th among French universities and 283rd worldwide.
