World University Rankings 2021 table information

Key statistics
The data shown under key statistics are those provided by the university itself in its submission to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. It represents data from the 2018 academic year, and may vary from subsequent or earlier years.

Students
This is the number of full-time equivalent students at the university.

Student-to-staff ratio
This is the ratio of full-time equivalent students to the number of academic staff – those involved in teaching or research.

International students
The percentage of students originating from outside the country of the university.

Female-to-male ratio
The ratio of female to male students at the university.

Editor’s note:

October 2020

After the publication of the World University Rankings 2021, National Research Nuclear University MEPhI informed us that they had submitted, and signed off, incorrect academic staff, international academic staff, student and international student numbers in Life Sciences and Physical Sciences in THE’s data portal. This matter was reviewed under our corrections policy, and we agreed, at our discretion, to re-calculate MEPhI’s score based on a corrected data submission. The revision has not affected the university’s ranking position overall. The university’s corrected position in the Physical Sciences subject ranking is 98.

After the publication of the World University Rankings 2021, we were informed that an affiliation had been incorrectly assigned in the Elsevier bibliometric profile of Government College Women University Faisalabad, resulting in their inclusion in the ranking. After recalculating the publication count based on the correct affiliations, Government College Women University Faisalabad did not reach the publication threshold and therefore should not have been included in the World University Rankings. This matter was reviewed under our corrections policy and we have removed the institution from the ranking.

As per THE's rankings correction policy, the amendment made only affects the university in question. We do not rerun the complete ranking. All other universities maintain their original rank.

Editor’s note:

September 2020

After the ranking production was finalised over the summer of 2020, an erroneous data point was discovered for East China Normal University. THE, in alignment with the university, decided to re-calculate East China Normal University’s score based on a corrected data submission. The university’s corrected position in the overall World University Rankings is in the 351-400 band.

After the publication of the World University Rankings 2021, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz informed us that they had submitted, and signed off, incorrect income numbers into THE’s data portal. This matter was reviewed under our corrections policy, and we agreed, at our discretion, to re-calculate Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz’s score based on a corrected data submission. The revision has not affected the university’s position overall. 

As per THE's rankings correction policy, where an amendment is made, the relevant institution is retrospectively listed in its correct position. We do not rerun the complete ranking. All other universities maintain their original rank.

April 2023

An update to the statistical information for UK universities displayed in the table has been implemented.

The number of students has been amended to reflect the HESA Standard Rounding Methodology and is now rounded to the nearest five.

This is a display correction only and has no impact on the ranking calculation.

THE is committed to transparency and accountability across all of its rankings.

Our corrections policy is available to view here.