How to participate in Times Higher Education rankings

Last updated 21 November 2024

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Seven reasons why your institution should participate in the World University Rankings

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings have been highlighting the work of world-class universities since 2004. Our rankings are arguably the world’s most prestigious and widely referenced university league tables, covered and reproduced by media around the world. Featured institutions benefit from this global exposure with tens of millions of page views every year. The data we compile to produce these rankings are trusted by governments and universities and are a vital resource for students when they are making decisions about where to study.

Since 2015, we have expanded the range of rankings we produce to spotlight and measure the diverse missions of universities, including teaching and impact.

By submitting your data to any of our rankings, even if you do not meet the inclusion criteria, you will be entitled to a university profile on our website that will increase your visibility to our audience of academics, prospective students and their parents.

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How to participate in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings:

The World University Rankings are our flagship ranking, bringing together five key elements of leading research-focused universities from around the world.

There are three key criteria that institutions must meet to be included in the ranking:

• Publish a sufficient number of academic papers over a five-year period – this threshold is currently set at 1,000 papers
• Teach undergraduates
• Work across a range of subjects

View the World University Rankings 2025 methodology

Alongside the World University Rankings, we also publish 11 subject rankings, the Asia University Rankings and the Young University Rankings. Universities must participate in the World University Rankings data collection and be ranked in this global table to be included in these derivative rankings.

Meanwhile, universities must participate in the World University Rankings data collection to be included in the Latin America University Rankings, Arab University Rankings or Interdisciplinary Science Rankings. However, these institutions do not have to be ranked in the global table to be included in the regional/thematic rankings as they have different eligibility criteria.

Universities do not need to participate to be included in the World Reputation Rankings. This ranking is based on an invitation-only survey of academics.

You can submit data via THE’s secure data collection portal. To get started, email profilerankings@timeshighereducation.com. The portal will be open from January to 30 March.

How to participate in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings:

The THE Impact Rankings launched in April 2019. Data collection is open to any university that teaches at an undergraduate or postgraduate level. We also accept data from institutions outside this group for wider analysis and editorial purposes.

If you would like to submit data for the Impact Rankings, ask questions or offer feedback, contact us at impact@timeshighereducation.com. The portal will be open from September to mid-November.

View the Impact Rankings 2024 methodology

How to participate in the Times Higher Education Interdisciplinary Science Rankings:

The inaugural Interdisciplinary Science Rankings, in partnership with Schmidt Science Fellows, was published on 21 November 2024. It lists the world's top universities for interdisciplinary research in science disciplines.

Universities must submit data for the World University Rankings to be included. They also need to submit extra data on their interdisciplinary science via the WUR data portal. Science disciplines are defined according to the THE 11 subjects mapping guide and include: physical sciences, life sciences, engineering and computer science.

If you would like to submit data for the Interdisciplinary Science Rankings or ask questions, contact us at interdisciplinary@timeshighereducation.com. The portal will be open from January to 30 March.

How to participate in the Times Higher Education Online Learning Rankings:

The inaugural Online Learning Rankings will be published in late 2024. It will allow us to benchmark the successes and challenges of online learning on a global basis for the first time.

There are three key criteria that institutions must meet to be included in the ranking:

• Hold valid accreditation from their national body and be of good academic standing
• Offer online undergraduate and/or postgraduate degree programmes
• Distribute a survey to their students in online programmes which would help us assess their students' online learning experience

If you would like to submit data for the Online Learning Rankings or ask questions, contact us at onlinelearningrankings@timeshighereducation.com. The portal will be open from April to June.

How to participate in the Times Higher Education Japan University Rankings:

We produce one teaching ranking, covering Japan. The Japan University Rankings are open to Japanese universities and require institutions to submit some data through our portal. If you meet our inclusion criteria, we will contact you and explain how to submit your data.

If you have any questions regarding the data submission process, you can contact us at japanrankings@timeshighereducation.com.

How to participate in the Times Higher Education Sub-Saharan Africa University Rankings:

The THE Sub-Saharan Africa University Rankings, created in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, launched in June 2023. Data collection is open to any university that teaches at an undergraduate level. We will contact eligible universities within the region and explain how to submit data.

If you would like more information about the SSA University Rankings, or want to offer feedback, contact us at SSARanking@timeshighereducation.com.