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The latest Times Higher Education (THE) World Rankings feature three Scottish universities in the top 25 institutions in the UK.
All three have also achieved a top 200 ranking in the world. The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025 include more than 2,000 universities from across 115 countries and territories.
The University of Edinburgh stays as the 5th ranked university in the UK and has moved up one place into 29th in the world. The University of Glasgow remains 10th in the UK list and also stays 87th internationally, while the University of St Andrews is up from 25th in the UK to 24th and up from 193rd in the world listings to 185th.
The University of Oxford leads the THE World University Rankings 2024 for a ninth consecutive year.
Times Higher Education analysis of the data behind the results shows Chinese universities edging closer to the top 10 with Tsinghua University and Peking University at 12th and 13th respectively.
Brazil, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates all join the top 200 list – highlighting the rise of emerging markets in higher education.
The full results and analysis of the rankings are available on the Times Higher Education website.
