World University Rankings by Subject 2025: Psychology

Top Psychology school rankings 2025: Leading universities for Psychological Studies

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

Highlights in the Psychology Subject Rankings 2025

• Stanford University leads the rankings, followed by Cambridge and Princeton
• Harvard University achieves the highest teaching score in Psychology
• Australian Catholic University demonstrates exceptional research quality
• University of Toronto moves to joint 11th position
• Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) makes a notable entry in the 151-175 band
• Strong performance from US Psychology schools and UK Psychology departments

The Psychology table evaluates schools and colleges across several narrower disciplines: Clinical Psychology, Educational Psychology, Sport Psychology, Business Psychology and Animal Psychology. This year’s rankings include 654 institutions from 66 countries and territories, which have been assessed based on 18 rigorous performance indicators.

Psychology disciplines assessed in the 2025 Rankings

• Clinical Psychology: psychological assessment and therapeutic approaches
• Educational Psychology: learning and developmental studies
• Sport Psychology: athletic performance and motivation
• Business Psychology: organisational behaviour and workplace psychology
• Animal Psychology: animal behaviour and comparative psychology

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The Psychology 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.

To unlock the data behind THE’s rankings and access a range of analytical and benchmarking tools, visit our data and insights page.