World University Rankings by Subject 2025: Education Studies

Top Education school rankings 2025: Leading universities in Teacher Training and Academic Studies

Discover the Education Studies Rankings results with the definitive Times Higher Education Subject Rankings 2025.

Highlights in the Education Studies Subject Rankings 2025

• Stanford University claims top position, overtaking University of California, Berkeley, demonstrating exceptional performance in both teaching and research environment
• Asian institutions show remarkable strength, with three universities in the top 10: University of Hong Kong (sixth), Tsinghua University (seventh), and Peking University (eighth)
• The Chinese University of Hong Kong makes significant progress, rising from 19th to 11th position
• National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Taiwan Tech) achieves the highest score for research quality
• Northwestern University enters the rankings strongly at position 51

The Education Studies table evaluates schools and colleges across three core disciplines: Education Studies, Teacher Training and Academic Studies in Education. This year's rankings include 767 institutions from 87 countries and territories, which have been assessed based on 18 rigorous performance indicators that measure teaching quality and research excellence.

Education Studies disciplines assessed in the 2025 Rankings

• Education Studies: examining how teaching and learning influence society, combining educational theory with real-world application
• Teacher Training: developing essential classroom skills and pedagogical expertise for future teachers
• Academic Studies in Education: advancing educational knowledge through rigorous academic study and investigation

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The Education Studies subject table uses the same trusted and rigorous performance indicators as the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025, but the methodology has been recalibrated to suit the discipline.

Our detailed 2025 Subject Rankings methodology, trusted worldwide by students, teachers, academics, governments and industry experts, is based on:

• 157 million citations
• 18 million research publications
• Survey responses from more than 93,000 scholars globally

Our analysis shows that, despite their success elsewhere, Asia’s leading universities are still struggling to compete globally in arts and humanities.

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