World University Rankings by Subject 2025: Business and Economics

Top Business and Economics School Rankings 2025: Leading Universities for Management

Discover the best Business and Economics schools in the world with the definitive Times Higher Education subject rankings 2025.

Highlights in the Business and Economics Subject Rankings 2025

• MIT maintains the top position, excelling in teaching and industry engagement
• University of Oxford advances to second place with world-leading research scores
• Harvard University moves down to seventh position
• Peking University rises to fourth place
• Twenty Chinese universities improve their position in the table

This year’s ranking includes 990 institutions from 85 countries and territories. The ranking is based on 18 rigorous performance indicators, carefully tailored to reflect the distinctive qualities within the business and economics subject area.

Business and Economics disciplines assessed in the 2025 Rankings

The Business and Economics table assesses performance across three core disciplines: 

• Business and Management: covering strategic leadership, international business and organisational development
• Accounting and Finance: including corporate finance, investment analysis and financial reporting
• Economics and Econometrics: encompassing economic theory, quantitative methods and applied economics

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The Business and Economics 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 individual fields.

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 Asia’s best performance in the subject rankings is in business and economics.

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