Top Universities in the World: THE World University Rankings 2025

OCTOBER 9, 2024 By Nandini Tyagi Oct 09, 2024 nandinityagi

University of Oxford

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Harvard University

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Princeton University

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University of Cambridge

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Stanford University

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California Institute of Technology

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University of California, Berkeley

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Imperial College London

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Yale University

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