Asia’s global recognition grows in the Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings 2022
- Harvard University retains its top spot for the 12th consecutive- year
- It is the first time that there are two Asian universities in the top 10, but not the first time that Tsinghua or Tokyo are in the top 10 - Tsinghua University in China in 9th place and The University of Tokyo in Japan in 10th place
- China has nine universities in the top 100, up from seven last year
- Imperial College London joins the top 20 in 14th place, up from 23rd
- Technical University of Munich leaps forwards to lead Germany’s universities in 33rd place, up from 45th
Times Higher Education (THE), the trusted global data partner for higher education, has today announced the results of its annual World Reputation Rankings 2022, listing the world’s top 200 most prestigious universities as judged by academics.
A record 29,606 experienced, published academics around the world cast 420,204 votes to inform the ranking, giving a clear picture of those universities across the globe that they believe have the best reputation for research and teaching. The Reputation Rankings is comprised of 211 universities from 32 countries. The Rankings includes 211 universities in a top 200 table because some of the institutions’ scores resulted in tied places within group bands.
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Phil Baty, Chief Knowledge Officer, Times Higher Education, commented:
“In higher education, reputation really matters: it helps attract inward investment; it helps draw-in quality partners for strategic advancement; and, perhaps above all else, it is key to attracting talent, among both academics and of course the many millions of prospective students who have more and more choice of where to study. It is subjective, and it is not always fair, but it has real currency with tangible effects.”
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THE World Reputation Rankings 2022 Top 10 table (scroll down for full ranking of top 200 universities)
|
Institution |
Country/region |
2022 Rank |
2021 Rank |
|
Harvard University |
United States |
1 |
1 |
|
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
United States |
2 |
2 |
|
Stanford University |
United States |
3 |
4 |
|
University of Oxford |
United Kingdom |
4 |
3 |
|
University of Cambridge |
United Kingdom |
5 |
5 |
|
University of California, Berkeley |
United States |
6 |
6 |
|
Princeton University |
United States |
7 |
7 |
|
Yale University |
United States |
8 |
8 |
|
Tsinghua University |
China |
9 |
10 |
|
The University of Tokyo |
Japan |
10 |
13 |
At the top of the table, Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology retain their respective number one and number two spots, while Stanford University pushes University of Oxford into 4th place to take 3rd position.
China continues its impressive climb up the Reputation Rankings with nine universities in the top 100, up from seven last year. Tsinghua University leads the way, rising to 9th position from 10th last year, and Peking University moves up to 13th place from 15th. In the top 50, Shanghai Jiao Tong University leaps forward to 28th position up from joint 50th, and Fudan University rises to 39th place up from group band 51-60. China’s steady progress in global recognition mirrors its impressive rise in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
Elsewhere in Asia, The University of Tokyo rejoins the top 10 in 10th place, after it dropped to 13th position last year, and National University of Singapore enters the top 20 in 19th place, up from 24th.
The United States has one less university in the top 10 this year, but continues to dominate the top of the table with six universities represented in the top 10; and Harvard University leads the Rankings for the 12th consecutive year. The US experiences a few rises and falls within the table, but overall proves its top universities remain prestigious in the eyes of scholars across the globe.
In the United Kingdom, Imperial College London joins the top 20 in 14th place, up from 23rd, and University of Bristol enters the top 100 in group band 81-90, up from 101-125. However, the UK has also experienced some drops at the top of the table with UCL falling out of the top 20 into 25th place, down from 17th, and London School of Economics and Political Science slipping to 37th place, down from 26th.
In mainland Europe, Technical University of Munich has leapt forward to 33rd place to lead Germany’s representation in the Rankings, up from 45th place. Sorbonne University in France rejoins the top 50 in joint 50th position, up from group band 51-60, and Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands continues to climb the top of the table, rising to 43rd place up from joint 50th. Meanwhile, in Switzerland, ETH Zurich creeps ever closer to the top 10, ranking 12th up from 18th.
Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings 2022 distribution by country (scroll down for full ranking of top 200 universities)
|
Country/region |
Number of institutions |
Top institution |
2022 Rank |
|
United States |
56 |
Harvard University |
1 |
|
United Kingdom |
24 |
University of Oxford |
4 |
|
China |
17 |
Tsinghua University |
9 |
|
Germany |
16 |
Technical University of Munich |
33 |
|
Netherlands |
10 |
Delft University of Technology |
43 |
|
Japan |
9 |
The University of Tokyo |
10 |
|
Australia |
7 |
University of Melbourne |
=45 |
|
Canada |
7 |
University of Toronto |
21 |
|
France |
7 |
Sorbonne University |
=50 |
|
Russian Federation |
6 |
Lomonosov Moscow State University |
=35 |
|
Hong Kong |
5 |
University of Hong Kong |
51-60 |
|
South Korea |
5 |
Seoul National University |
44 |
|
Sweden |
5 |
Karolinska Institute |
81-90 |
|
Italy |
4 |
Politecnico di Milano |
101-125 |
|
Italy |
4 |
Sapienza University of Rome |
101-125 |
|
Denmark |
3 |
University of Copenhagen |
71-80 |
|
India |
3 |
Indian Institute of Science |
101-125 |
|
Spain |
3 |
University of Barcelona |
126-150 |
|
Switzerland |
3 |
ETH Zurich |
12 |
|
Belgium |
2 |
KU Leuven |
51-60 |
|
Brazil |
2 |
University of São Paulo |
81-90 |
|
Finland |
2 |
University of Helsinki |
101-125 |
|
Israel |
2 |
Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
176-200 |
|
Israel |
2 |
Tel Aviv University |
176-200 |
|
Norway |
2 |
University of Oslo |
126-150 |
|
Saudi Arabia |
2 |
King Abdulaziz University |
91-100 |
|
Singapore |
2 |
National University of Singapore |
19 |
|
Austria |
1 |
University of Vienna |
101-125 |
|
Czech Republic |
1 |
Charles University in Prague |
176-200 |
|
Lebanon |
1 |
Lebanese University |
151-175 |
|
Mexico |
1 |
National Autonomous University of Mexico |
176-200 |
|
New Zealand |
1 |
University of Auckland |
176-200 |
|
South Africa |
1 |
University of Cape Town |
176-200 |
|
Taiwan |
1 |
National Taiwan University (NTU) |
91-100 |
Phil Baty, Chief Knowledge Officer, Times Higher Education, continued:
“Times Higher Education’s World Reputation Rankings, a narrow subsidiary of our flagship and more comprehensive World University Rankings, has become an important and closely watched barometer of the world’s top university brands – an authoritative list of the most prestigious universities in the world, judged by those who know best: academics themselves.
“While the top of the Reputation Rankings has been remarkably stable for many years – with a top six group of global ‘super-brands’ standing out above all others – it is fascinating to observe trends over time. We are seeing some real rising stars emerging from these rankings, whose standing in the global academic community has been steadily rising.”
Mark Sudbury, Head of the World 100 Reputation Network, a group of communications chiefs at leading universities around the world, commented:
“This year, the results have been eagerly watched as they represent the largest ever response to Times Higher Education’s Academic Reputation Survey, with more than 29,000 published academic voters taking part – up from around 11,000 in 2021.
“With more than 420,204 votes cast in total, the rankings represent just the tip of a mountain of data that illuminates the way in which the academic community judges the reputation of global universities.
“Institutions are increasingly interested in understanding their strength in key subject areas and regions to support their strategic development. THE can play a key supporting role through data products that bring the reputation voting patterns to life, as well as consultancy to help universities develop strategies to reach out more effectively to key audiences.”
About the Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings
The Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings are created using the world’s largest invitation-only academic opinion survey. The Academic Reputation Survey, available in 12 languages, uses United Nations data as a guide to ensure that the response coverage is as representative of world scholarship as possible. It is also evenly spread across academic disciplines. It is by far the most comprehensive academic survey underpinning university rankings across the world, with over 29,000 respondents in 2022.
The questionnaire targets only experienced, published scholars, who offer their views on excellence in research and teaching within their disciplines and at institutions with which they are familiar. The resulting data combined with our methodology allows THE to create a ranking of the world’s strongest academic brands, as viewed by those who work in the field. https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/world-reputation-rankings-2022-methodology
The Academic Reputation Survey is one of the metrics taken into account in compiling our flagship rankings, the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
Please note: if you reproduce these rankings or any part, please attribute to “Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings”, and link to the full list of the Rankings on our website: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2022/reputation-ranking
Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings 2022 full results
|
Institution |
Country/region |
2022 Rank |
2021 Rank |
|
Harvard University |
United States |
1 |
1 |
|
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
United States |
2 |
2 |
|
Stanford University |
United States |
3 |
4 |
|
University of Oxford |
United Kingdom |
4 |
3 |
|
University of Cambridge |
United Kingdom |
5 |
5 |
|
University of California, Berkeley |
United States |
6 |
6 |
|
Princeton University |
United States |
7 |
7 |
|
Yale University |
United States |
8 |
8 |
|
Tsinghua University |
China |
9 |
10 |
|
The University of Tokyo |
Japan |
10 |
13 |
|
California Institute of Technology |
United States |
11 |
14 |
|
ETH Zurich |
Switzerland |
12 |
18 |
|
Peking University |
China |
13 |
15 |
|
Imperial College London |
United Kingdom |
14 |
23 |
|
Columbia University |
United States |
15 |
12 |
|
University of California, Los Angeles |
United States |
16 |
9 |
|
The University of Chicago |
United States |
17 |
11 |
|
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor |
United States |
18 |
16 |
|
National University of Singapore |
Singapore |
19 |
24 |
|
Johns Hopkins University |
United States |
20 |
20 |
|
University of Toronto |
Canada |
21 |
21 |
|
University of Pennsylvania |
United States |
22 |
19 |
|
Cornell University |
United States |
23 |
22 |
|
University of Washington |
United States |
24 |
=28 |
|
UCL |
United Kingdom |
25 |
17 |
|
Kyoto University |
Japan |
26 |
27 |
|
New York University |
United States |
27 |
25 |
|
Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
China |
28 |
=50 |
|
University of California, San Diego |
United States |
29 |
34 |
|
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
United States |
30 |
37 |
|
Carnegie Mellon University |
United States |
31 |
=32 |
|
University of Edinburgh |
United Kingdom |
32 |
30 |
|
Technical University of Munich |
Germany |
33 |
45 |
|
Duke University |
United States |
34 |
=28 |
|
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne |
Switzerland |
=35 |
43 |
|
Lomonosov Moscow State University |
Russian Federation |
=35 |
38 |
|
London School of Economics and Political Science |
United Kingdom |
37 |
26 |
|
University of Texas at Austin |
United States |
38 |
31 |
|
Fudan University |
China |
39 |
51-60 |
|
University of British Columbia |
Canada |
=40 |
=35 |
|
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
Singapore |
=40 |
61-70 |
|
Northwestern University |
United States |
42 |
=32 |
|
Delft University of Technology |
Netherlands |
43 |
=50 |
|
Seoul National University |
South Korea |
44 |
=41 |
|
University of California, San Francisco |
United States |
=45 |
51-60 |
|
University of Melbourne |
Australia |
=45 |
46 |
|
Georgia Institute of Technology |
United States |
47 |
51-60 |
|
King’s College London |
United Kingdom |
48 |
=39 |
|
LMU Munich |
Germany |
49 |
=39 |
|
McGill University |
Canada |
=50 |
=41 |
|
Sorbonne University |
France |
=50 |
51-60 |
|
University of California, Davis |
United States |
51-60 |
47 |
|
Heidelberg University |
Germany |
51-60 |
51-60 |
|
University of Hong Kong |
Hong Kong |
51-60 |
=48 |
|
KU Leuven |
Belgium |
51-60 |
51-60 |
|
University of Manchester |
United Kingdom |
51-60 |
61-70 |
|
Université Paris-Saclay |
France |
51-60 |
81-90 |
|
Paris Sciences et Lettres – PSL Research University Paris |
France |
51-60 |
=48 |
|
University of Sydney |
Australia |
51-60 |
61-70 |
|
Yonsei University (Seoul campus) |
South Korea |
51-60 |
81-90 |
|
Zhejiang University |
China |
51-60 |
=50 |
|
University of Amsterdam |
Netherlands |
61-70 |
51-60 |
|
Australian National University |
Australia |
61-70 |
61-70 |
|
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) |
South Korea |
61-70 |
81-90 |
|
University of Minnesota |
United States |
61-70 |
61-70 |
|
Monash University |
Australia |
61-70 |
91-100 |
|
Osaka University |
Japan |
61-70 |
71-80 |
|
Purdue University West Lafayette |
United States |
61-70 |
71-80 |
|
University of Science and Technology of China |
China |
61-70 |
51-60 |
|
Sichuan University |
China |
61-70 |
151-175 |
|
Tohoku University |
Japan |
61-70 |
91-100 |
|
University of Wisconsin-Madison |
United States |
61-70 |
=35 |
|
Brown University |
United States |
71-80 |
71-80 |
|
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) |
China |
71-80 |
101-125 |
|
University of Copenhagen |
Denmark |
71-80 |
81-90 |
|
Humboldt University of Berlin |
Germany |
71-80 |
61-70 |
|
Institut Polytechnique de Paris |
France |
71-80 |
126-150 |
|
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
United States |
71-80 |
44 |
|
The University of Queensland |
Australia |
71-80 |
81-90 |
|
Texas A&M University |
United States |
71-80 |
91-100 |
|
Wageningen University & Research |
Netherlands |
71-80 |
71-80 |
|
University of Bristol |
United Kingdom |
81-90 |
101-125 |
|
University of California, Santa Barbara |
United States |
81-90 |
81-90 |
|
Karolinska Institute |
Sweden |
81-90 |
61-70 |
|
Leiden University |
Netherlands |
81-90 |
71-80 |
|
University of Maryland, College Park |
United States |
81-90 |
71-80 |
|
Michigan State University |
United States |
81-90 |
51-60 |
|
Ohio State University (Main campus) |
United States |
81-90 |
71-80 |
|
RWTH Aachen University |
Germany |
81-90 |
101-125 |
|
University of São Paulo |
Brazil |
81-90 |
81-90 |
|
University of Southern California |
United States |
81-90 |
61-70 |
|
Utrecht University |
Netherlands |
81-90 |
71-80 |
|
University of Bonn |
Germany |
91-100 |
126-150 |
|
Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Hong Kong |
91-100 |
101-125 |
|
University of Colorado Boulder |
United States |
91-100 |
101-125 |
|
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
Hong Kong |
91-100 |
91-100 |
|
King Abdulaziz University |
Saudi Arabia |
91-100 |
176-200 |
|
Lund University |
Sweden |
91-100 |
101-125 |
|
Nanjing University |
China |
91-100 |
91-100 |
|
National Taiwan University (NTU) |
Taiwan |
91-100 |
61-70 |
|
Université Paris Cité |
France |
91-100 |
- |
|
Tokyo Institute of Technology |
Japan |
91-100 |
101-125 |
|
Washington University in St Louis |
United States |
91-100 |
81-90 |
|
Aarhus University |
Denmark |
101-125 |
101-125 |
|
Bauman Moscow State Technical University |
Russian Federation |
101-125 |
- |
|
Boston University |
United States |
101-125 |
81-90 |
|
University of California, Irvine |
United States |
101-125 |
126-150 |
|
University of Florida |
United States |
101-125 |
81-90 |
|
Free University of Berlin |
Germany |
101-125 |
71-80 |
|
Ghent University |
Belgium |
101-125 |
101-125 |
|
University of Glasgow |
United Kingdom |
101-125 |
101-125 |
|
University of Helsinki |
Finland |
101-125 |
101-125 |
|
Indian Institute of Science |
India |
101-125 |
91-100 |
|
KTH Royal Institute of Technology |
Sweden |
101-125 |
176-200 |
|
University of Leeds |
United Kingdom |
101-125 |
101-125 |
|
University of Massachusetts |
United States |
101-125 |
151-175 |
|
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) |
Russian Federation |
101-125 |
126-150 |
|
Nagoya University |
Japan |
101-125 |
126-150 |
|
Penn State (Main campus) |
United States |
101-125 |
61-70 |
|
Politecnico di Milano |
Italy |
101-125 |
126-150 |
|
Saint Petersburg State University |
Russian Federation |
101-125 |
126-150 |
|
Sapienza University of Rome |
Italy |
101-125 |
126-150 |
|
University of Vienna |
Austria |
101-125 |
101-125 |
|
University of Warwick |
United Kingdom |
101-125 |
91-100 |
|
University of Zurich |
Switzerland |
101-125 |
101-125 |
|
University of Alberta |
Canada |
126-150 |
126-150 |
|
University of Arizona |
United States |
126-150 |
101-125 |
|
Arizona State University (Tempe) |
United States |
126-150 |
91-100 |
|
University of Barcelona |
Spain |
126-150 |
- |
|
University of Birmingham |
United Kingdom |
126-150 |
126-150 |
|
University of Bologna |
Italy |
126-150 |
126-150 |
|
Durham University |
United Kingdom |
126-150 |
101-125 |
|
University of Göttingen |
Germany |
126-150 |
151-175 |
|
University of Groningen |
Netherlands |
126-150 |
126-150 |
|
Harbin Institute of Technology |
China |
126-150 |
151-175 |
|
Hokkaido University |
Japan |
126-150 |
126-150 |
|
Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
Hong Kong |
126-150 |
126-150 |
|
Indiana University |
United States |
126-150 |
91-100 |
|
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology |
Germany |
126-150 |
126-150 |
|
Kyushu University |
Japan |
126-150 |
176-200 |
|
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine |
United Kingdom |
126-150 |
126-150 |
|
University of Montreal |
Canada |
126-150 |
126-150 |
|
Novosibirsk State University |
Russian Federation |
126-150 |
151-175 |
|
University of Oslo |
Norway |
126-150 |
126-150 |
|
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh campus |
United States |
126-150 |
101-125 |
|
Rutgers University – New Brunswick |
United States |
126-150 |
91-100 |
|
University of Sheffield |
United Kingdom |
126-150 |
126-150 |
|
University of Southampton |
United Kingdom |
126-150 |
151-175 |
|
Technical University of Berlin |
Germany |
126-150 |
151-175 |
|
University of Tübingen |
Germany |
126-150 |
126-150 |
|
UNSW Sydney |
Australia |
126-150 |
101-125 |
|
Uppsala University |
Sweden |
126-150 |
101-125 |
|
University of Waterloo |
Canada |
126-150 |
151-175 |
|
Aalto University |
Finland |
151-175 |
176-200 |
|
University of Adelaide |
Australia |
151-175 |
- |
|
University of Campinas |
Brazil |
151-175 |
151-175 |
|
City University of Hong Kong |
Hong Kong |
151-175 |
- |
|
Complutense University of Madrid |
Spain |
151-175 |
- |
|
Emory University |
United States |
151-175 |
91-100 |
|
Erasmus University Rotterdam |
Netherlands |
151-175 |
101-125 |
|
Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées |
France |
151-175 |
- |
|
University of Freiburg |
Germany |
151-175 |
151-175 |
|
Université Grenoble Alpes |
France |
151-175 |
- |
|
University of Hamburg |
Germany |
151-175 |
176-200 |
|
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay |
India |
151-175 |
126-150 |
|
Lebanese University |
Lebanon |
151-175 |
- |
|
McMaster University |
Canada |
151-175 |
- |
|
University of Nottingham |
United Kingdom |
151-175 |
101-125 |
|
Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) |
South Korea |
151-175 |
- |
|
Rice University |
United States |
151-175 |
- |
|
Stockholm University |
Sweden |
151-175 |
151-175 |
|
Sun Yat-sen University |
China |
151-175 |
- |
|
Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) |
South Korea |
151-175 |
81-90 |
|
Technical University of Denmark |
Denmark |
151-175 |
- |
|
Tongji University |
China |
151-175 |
151-175 |
|
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |
Netherlands |
151-175 |
151-175 |
|
Vanderbilt University |
United States |
151-175 |
101-125 |
|
Wuhan University |
China |
151-175 |
151-175 |
|
University of York |
United Kingdom |
151-175 |
151-175 |
|
University of Auckland |
New Zealand |
176-200 |
- |
|
Autonomous University of Barcelona |
Spain |
176-200 |
176-200 |
|
Beijing Normal University |
China |
176-200 |
126-150 |
|
University of Cape Town |
South Africa |
176-200 |
- |
|
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin |
Germany |
176-200 |
176-200 |
|
Charles University in Prague |
Czech Republic |
176-200 |
- |
|
Dartmouth College |
United States |
176-200 |
151-175 |
|
Eindhoven University of Technology |
Netherlands |
176-200 |
- |
|
University of Exeter |
United Kingdom |
176-200 |
151-175 |
|
HSE University |
Russian Federation |
176-200 |
126-150 |
|
Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Israel |
176-200 |
151-175 |
|
Huazhong University of Science and Technology |
China |
176-200 |
151-175 |
|
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi |
India |
176-200 |
176-200 |
|
Lancaster University |
United Kingdom |
176-200 |
151-175 |
|
Mayo Medical School |
United States |
176-200 |
126-150 |
|
National Autonomous University of Mexico |
Mexico |
176-200 |
176-200 |
|
North Carolina State University |
United States |
176-200 |
- |
|
Norwegian University of Science and Technology |
Norway |
176-200 |
- |
|
University of Padua |
Italy |
176-200 |
- |
|
Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University |
Saudi Arabia |
176-200 |
- |
|
Queen Mary University of London |
United Kingdom |
176-200 |
176-200 |
|
Radboud University Nijmegen |
Netherlands |
176-200 |
- |
|
University of Reading |
United Kingdom |
176-200 |
- |
|
Southeast University |
China |
176-200 |
- |
|
University of St Andrews |
United Kingdom |
176-200 |
126-150 |
|
University of Stuttgart |
Germany |
176-200 |
- |
|
TU Dresden |
Germany |
176-200 |
- |
|
Tel Aviv University |
Israel |
176-200 |
176-200 |
|
University of Tsukuba |
Japan |
176-200 |
176-200 |
|
University of Virginia (Main campus) |
United States |
176-200 |
126-150 |
|
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
United States |
176-200 |
- |
|
Xi’an Jiaotong University |
China |
176-200 |
176-200 |
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