Best European Universities by Times Higher Education 2025

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Catalina Espinosa,
Feb 3, 2025

The highest-ranked European university in 2025 according to Times Higher Education (THE) is the University of Oxford with a score of 98.5 out of 100, followed by the University of Cambridge and Imperial College London. The University of Oxford is at the same time the best higher education institution worldwide. Of the top-20 universities in the rankings, eight were in the United Kingdom, with three in Germany and in the Netherlands, two in Switzerland and France, and one each in Belgium and Sweden.

Top European Universities as ranked by Times Higher Education 2025

CharacteristicTimes Higher Education score
University of Oxford (UK) 98.5
University of Cambridge (UK) 97.4
Imperial College London (UK) 94.4
ETH Zürich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich (CH) 93
UCL (UK) 87.7
TU Munich (DE) 83.5
University of Edinburgh (UK) 82.5
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (CH) 80.4
King's College London (UK) 78.8
LMU Munich (DE) 78.7
Paris Sciences et Lettres – PSL Research University Paris (FR) 77.7
KU Leuven (BE) 77
University of Heidelberg (DE) 76.2
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February 2025

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Supplementary notes

Only European Universities are depicted. 

To calculate the rankings, the following criteria were considered:
Teaching (29.5%) — the learning environment; 
Research environment (29%) – volume income and reputation; 
Research quality (30%) – research influence;
Industry (4%) – industry income and patents; 
International Outlook (7.5%) staff, students, and research.

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