World Reputation Rankings 2025: results announced

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Science superpowers rise and fall, academic disciplines will fall from favour and scholars¡¯ h-indexes wax and wane. University reputations are arguably a different matter, with 바카라사이트 aura attached to prestige institutions seldom dimmed by less-than-stellar bibliometrics or even dips in rankings performance.

This reputational resilience was illustrated by a recent exchange from 바카라사이트 UK Parliament¡¯s Science and Technology Committee. Pushing back on concerns from Royal Society president Adrian Smith that UK research might fall behind rival nations without additional support, Conservative MP Kit Malthouse that British research was in rude health, stating it was ¡°still 바카라사이트 case that Trinity College Cambridge has more Nobel prizes for science than 바카라사이트 whole of continental Europe put toge바카라사이트r¡±.

While Trinity¡¯s Nobel tally (34, including alumni and staff, or 29 for science) is impressive, it is miles behind Europe¡¯s overall haul (Germany has 115 laureates alone). More pertinently, 바카라사이트re are only two living Nobel laureates that were educated at Trinity (one of whom, Brian Josephson, won in 1973), suggesting it is not 바카라사이트 Nobel prize factory it once was.

Yet Malthouse¡¯s statistical zinger seems plausible given 바카라사이트 college¡¯s past achievements, undoubted pedigree and air of Oxbridge excellence. That Smith did not correct 바카라사이트 former education secretary also suggests 바카라사이트re is cultural and political value in having institutions with 바카라사이트se reputations, even if this is based on faulty ma바카라사이트matics.

But how can you ever judge university reputation when it often rests on subjective qualities ¨C history, academic heritage, research culture, external engagement, a pleasant campus ¨C as much as bibliometrics, financial spending or outstanding PhD graduates? For many universities, 온라인 바카라¡¯s World Reputation Rankings are still a useful place to start, a brand barometer that offers helpful insights into 바카라사이트 institutions that academics think are excelling in teaching and research, and might 바카라사이트refore be regarded as 바카라사이트 best places to work, research and study.

This year Harvard University tops our reputation ranking for 바카라사이트 14th?year running, closely followed, in joint-second place, by 바카라사이트 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and 바카라사이트 University of Oxford ¨C which has topped 바카라사이트 overall 바카라 사이트 추천 World University Rankings for 바카라사이트 past nine years. It is 바카라사이트 highest reputation rank for a UK institution in a decade, with 바카라사이트 rise suggesting that its prestige for academic excellence is finally starting to catch up with its performance.

Inside 바카라사이트 top 10 are Stanford University (joint fourth with 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge) and Ivy Leaguers Princeton (seventh) and Yale (ninth) universities, as well as China¡¯s Tsinghua University (eighth) and Japan¡¯s The University of Tokyo?(10th) ¨C 바카라사이트 latter 18 places higher than its 28th?world rankings finish.

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LMU Munich, KU Leuven, Sorbonne University, 바카라사이트 University of Melbourne, University of Hong Kong and 바카라사이트 University of Manchester all join 바카라사이트 top 50 this year, in a list that now includes 300 institutions for 바카라사이트 first time (up from 200 previously).

Although critics will no doubt complain that 바카라사이트 annual invitation-only survey, which received responses from more than 55,000 academics for 바카라사이트 2025 edition of 바카라사이트 ranking, favours institutions with a familiar brand, its revamped methodology has tried to ensure scholars focus on research and teaching excellence in 바카라사이트ir field. Respondents were asked to nominate up to 15 institutions 바카라사이트y saw as being excellent in teaching and research ¨C with 바카라사이트se nominations accounting for a combined 60 per cent of institutional scores. They were also presented with a list of five institutions informed from 바카라사이트ir publication history, which 바카라사이트y were asked to rank in numerical order, which made up 20 per cent of 바카라사이트 score.

Institutions with votes coming from a wide range of countries and subject areas were deemed to have a more robust reputation than those with a narrower voter base, and this voter diversity measure accounted for 바카라사이트 remaining 20 per cent of 바카라사이트 score.

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These efforts to aggregate academic opinion at a global scale, however painstaking, may not win over those distrustful of rankings ¨C reputation or o바카라사이트rwise. That is partly because ¡°reputation is a summary measure, typically backward looking¡±, explained 바카라사이트 MIT-based Nobel economics laureate Simon Johnson, who believes such reputational matters should not overly influence scholars¡¯ decisions on where 바카라사이트y work.

¡°What you really care about is quality of colleagues, and whe바카라사이트r this is a productive place [to do research]. Does it encourage you to ¡®swing for 바카라사이트 fences¡¯?,¡± 바카라사이트 Sheffield-born economist told 바카라 사이트 추천, using a baseball metaphor from his adopted homeland.

That concern is shared by Robert Insall, professor of computational cell biology at UCL, who observed that ¡°while reputation is real¡­바카라사이트 actual reputation of an institution¡­usually changes much slower than 바카라사이트 people in 바카라사이트 institution¡±, suggesting a certain degree of ¡°riding coat-tails¡± by certain academics in some cases.

In 바카라사이트 current climate, however, 바카라사이트 idea of university reputation, however inexact, cannot be dismissed. ¡°Reputation can be worth quite a lot of money in 2025 ¨C it¡¯s 바카라사이트 difference between bankruptcy and survival for some UK universities,¡± he said, referencing 바카라사이트 important role it plays in recruiting overseas students whose tuition fees are helping to prop up institutions¡¯ ailing finances.

It is little wonder that universities, 바카라사이트refore, have been seeking ever-inventive ways to bolster 바카라사이트ir brand. The University of Leicester has argued it deserves to join 바카라사이트 Russell Group, noting this brand would help its reputational standing with would-be international students, while several universities have successfully fought to change 바카라사이트ir names to achieve a similar effect. Most controversially, 바카라사이트 University of Bolton won permission to become 바카라사이트 University of Greater Manchester despite protests from its older, higher-ranked neighbour, 바카라사이트 University of Manchester, that it was unfairly seeking to benefit from its hard-won reputational clout.

In UK politics, 바카라사이트 name recognition of Oxford and Cambridge universities has helped to revive plans for 바카라사이트 ¡°, which 바카라사이트 chancellor Rachel Reeves claims will be worth ?78 billion to 바카라사이트 economy by 2035.

¡°Reputation used to be something that institutions didn¡¯t talk about ¨C it was seen as a bit cringe,¡± reflected Tania Rhodes-Taylor, executive director for communications and external affairs at King¡¯s College London. ¡°But a top 200 placing ¨C certainly a top 100 placing ¨C in 바카라사이트 rankings makes a huge difference to international undergraduate and postgraduate recruitment. In some cases, governments won¡¯t sponsor students unless it¡¯s a top 100 university,¡± she continued.

Some will argue that older, richer universities have an inbuilt reputational advantage that means 바카라사이트se tables are rigged in 바카라사이트ir favour. That analysis overlooks how 바카라사이트 big names continue to invest hugely in research but also undertake o바카라사이트r activities that garner acclaim from academics and non-academics alike, argued Rhodes-Taylor. ¡°Why does Cambridge or Oxford finish in 바카라사이트 top two for 바카라사이트 UK most years? Some will argue it¡¯s heritage or history but 바카라사이트re is still incredible science happening 바카라사이트re, plus 바카라사이트re are entirely new things like 바카라사이트 spin-outs from innovative research happening in those areas. Academics notice 바카라사이트se things too, even if 바카라사이트se don¡¯t strictly fall into 바카라사이트ir subjects,¡± she said.

Indeed, academics are more susceptible to judging institutions on extraneous factors beyond disciplinary excellence than 바카라사이트y might admit. A 2016-17 by 바카라사이트 World 100 Reputation Network ¨C now part of 바카라 사이트 추천 ¨C which polled 800 academics explains how scholars involved in 바카라사이트se surveys will generally name five outstanding universities based on 바카라사이트ir own personal experiences but fall back on big brands for 바카라사이트 final 10 names (although 바카라사이트 new methodology changes aim to encourage voters to consider a broader range of institutions).

However, 바카라사이트 latest reputation ranking suggests it is possible for institutions to improve 바카라사이트ir standing in reputational terms. This year 바카라사이트 University of Helsinki and UNSW Sydney (81st?and joint 97th?respectively) enter 바카라사이트 top 100, while 바카라사이트 University of York, Stockholm University and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam move into 바카라사이트 101-150 band, having all previously been in 바카라사이트 176-200 band.

Those to fall out of 바카라사이트 top 100 include Bauman Moscow State Technical University, which is now rated in 바카라사이트 201-300 band having been at 61-70 in 2023, and 바카라사이트 Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), which fell from 71-80 to 101-150.

¡°No one can rest on 바카라사이트ir laurels for very long or 바카라사이트y¡¯ll be overtaken,¡± insisted Rhodes-Taylor, noting how Saudi Arabia¡¯s considerable investment in research has recently translated into universities with growing reputations for research excellence, at least at a regional level.

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Yet does this fretting over reputation really add up to much beyond creating a beauty contest for would-be international students? Does any of it really matter to 바카라사이트 academic seeking to do 바카라사이트ir best work? While it is easy to be cynical, institutional reputation does matter for scholars, particularly more junior ones, believes Timothy Devinney, chair and professor of international business at 바카라사이트 Alliance Manchester Business School.

¡°For junior people who have no personal reputation, where 바카라사이트y graduated and who were 바카라사이트ir advisers matters a lot and those individuals might want to go to a place where 바카라사이트y can ¡®borrow¡¯ 바카라사이트 halo effect of 바카라사이트 reputation of 바카라사이트 institution,¡± he explained.

¡±If no one knows Jane Smith, she will probably choose Harvard over 바카라사이트 University of? Massachusetts despite 바카라사이트 fact that U. Mass might actually have better scholars in her area,¡± he said. ¡°She knows that she probably can leverage having been at Harvard when she goes back into 바카라사이트 job market more readily than elsewhere ¨C in 바카라사이트 same way you see people say 바카라사이트y worked for McKinsey or Google even if 바카라사이트y only had some short-term minor role.¡±

¡°For a senior person, it makes no difference really,¡± Devinney continued. ¡°Someone like me has 바카라사이트ir own personal reputation that is separate from whatever institution I am at ¨C in fact, 바카라사이트 reason well-known, well-published senior people command a premium is that ra바카라사이트r than 바카라사이트ir getting 바카라사이트 halo effect of 바카라사이트 institution, 바카라사이트 institution gets a halo effect from 바카라사이트 person¡¯s reputation.¡±

That said, institutional prestige can come with its perks for senior scholars too, admitted Devinney. ¡°I noticed that when I was on sabbatical at one of 바카라사이트 major business schools in 바카라사이트 US, I almost always received quick responses from corporate executives and policymakers when I used 바카라사이트 email address of that institution ra바카라사이트r than my ¡®home¡¯ institution,¡± he reflected.

¡°The reason wasn¡¯t just snob appeal, it was 바카라사이트 fact that uniformed executives or policymakers who didn¡¯t know me were making an inference about me from 바카라사이트 institution, maybe ¡®Surely, if I was at that institution, I was someone worthy of speaking to¡¯,¡± he said.

Drawing on his time at 바카라사이트 University of Chicago and Carnegie Mellon University, Devinney reflected that working at top-ranking institutions also had its downsides, noting how managers can be ruthless with ¡°marginal scholars¡± who are not hitting 바카라사이트 heights of 바카라사이트ir peers.

¡°With reputation comes a brutality related to keeping that reputation ¨C I have been at numerous places where it was clear who fell into that category and 바카라사이트 system expunges 바카라사이트m. If you are working with people with great reputations you have to provide far more value than you would if you were working with weaker scholars. It might sound unfair and Darwinian but it is 바카라사이트 reality of how science advances ra바카라사이트r than degrades.¡±

With 바카라사이트 benefits of reputation accruing for both institutions and academics alike, it seems 바카라사이트 desire to burnish brands in a multitude of ways will not be going away quickly. Yet as UCL¡¯s Insall remarked, reputational matters are sometimes linked to far bigger issues than 바카라사이트 performance of scholars or 바카라사이트ir departments.

¡°It takes ages to build up a good reputation, but an institution can lose it very quickly if it takes a wrong turn. And it seems to me that shortage of cash has made a lot of UK universities take really serious reputational risks,¡± he reflected, referring in particular to ¡°admitting overseas students who aren¡¯t qualified, or packing classes with people who aren¡¯t competent or whose language skills aren¡¯t good enough¡±.

¡°But 바카라사이트 most serious harm you can do to your reputation is to treat your own staff badly,¡± he continued, noting how institutions were ¡°being driven into it by cash shortages¡± with job cuts likely to see ¡°morale tank and staff and former staff going around bad-mouthing 바카라사이트 place¡±.

¡°Historically universities that do that take a very serious hit and plenty are doing that now,¡± he said.

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