The World University Index

Center for World University Rankings

CWUR Global 2000

2025 edition

Standing

Cited by 3 institutions, though none for this edition.

An index earns its place here when an institution quotes it. Whether the wider world has heard of the publisher is beside the point: a table somebody has advertised a placement in is a table that counts.

Published at https://cwur.org/2025.php

In their own words

Citing other editions of this index

Recorded placements 30

Institutions the Index records in this table. A placement here is a placement anywhere: the Index reports each institution's best, whatever its scope.

  1. 1Harvard University1st in the world
  2. 2Massachusetts Institute of Technology2nd in the world
  3. 3Stanford University3rd in the world
  4. 4University of Cambridge4th in the world
  5. 5University of Oxford5th in the world
  6. 23University of Toronto23rd in the world
  7. 28Imperial College London28th in the world
  8. 32ETH Zurich32nd in the world
  9. 37Tsinghua University37th in the world
  10. 52University of New South Wales52nd in the world
  11. 64University of Melbourne64th in the world
  12. 80National University of Singapore80th in the world
  13. 90Australian National University90th in the world
  14. 94University of Sydney94th in the world
  15. 103University of Queensland103rd in the world
  16. 117Monash University117th in the world
  17. 151University of Western Australia151st in the world
  18. 213University of Adelaide213th in the world
  19. 314University of Technology Sydney314th in the world
  20. 329Curtin University329th in the world
  21. 341Macquarie University341st in the world
  22. 355Queensland University of Technology355th in the world
  23. 365Deakin University365th in the world
  24. 379Griffith University379th in the world
  25. 385University of Wollongong385th in the world
  26. 403University of Newcastle403rd in the world
  27. 424RMIT University424th in the world
  28. 460La Trobe University460th in the world
  29. 499Swinburne University of Technology499th in the world
  30. 1135University of Canberra1135th in the world