Every year, based on several factors and indications, world universities are ranked by several organizations and publications such as Times Higher Education (THE), Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU or Shanghai Ranking), Quacquarelli Symonds (Q.S.), U.S. News and World Report (USNWR), and many more. 

The Times Higher Education (THE), a British magazine, World University Rankings 2022 publication, is based on the analysis of more than 108 million documents (citations) across over 14.4 million research publications. It also included survey answers from about 22,000 scholars worldwide. Overall, THE collected 430,000 data points from more than 2,100 institutions that submitted data. 

According to THE ranking, the University of Oxford tops the ranking for the sixth repeated year, while Peking University and Tsinghua University are among the top 20 world universities for the first year and share 16th place. Harvard University is the top university in teaching, the University of Oxford is tops in research, and Macau University of Science and Technology is tops in the international pillar.

Mainland China has recorded the fifth-highest number of universities in the top 200, which is upper than the joint seventh last year. The mainland passes Canada and is parallel to the Netherlands. Six new countries, including Azerbaijan, Ethiopia, Ecuador, Fiji, Palestine, and Tanzania included in the table compared with last year. 

The U.S., with overall 183 educational institutions, is the most-represented country among all. This country is also the most represented in the top 200, although the country’s share of universities falls in this elite group.  

Universities, including the California Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California, Berkeley, Yale University, and the University of Chicago, are among the top 10 world institutions from the United States. The University of Oxford and Cambridge University ranked in the top 10 universities from the U.K. The number of full-time equivalency (FTE), number of students per staff, international students’ combination, male and female ratio, and the universities’ performance across four areas, including teaching, research, knowledge transfer, and international outlook are the specifications that are measured and scored in THE World University Rankings 2022. 

Please, review the overall research, teaching, citations, industry income, and international outlook of the universities in the below table.

Rank	Name Country/Region	Overall	Teaching	Research	Citations	Industry Income	International Outlook
1	University of Oxford United Kingdom	95.7	91.0	99.6	98.0	74.4	96.3
=2	California Institute of Technology United States	95.0	93.6	96.9	97.8	90.4	83.8
=2	Harvard University United States	95.0	94.5	98.9	99.2	48.9	79.8
4	Stanford University United States	94.9	92.3	96.8	99.9	91.0	79.7
=5	University of Cambridge United Kingdom	94.6	90.9	99.5	96.2	56.7	95.8
=5	Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States	94.6	90.9	94.4	99.7	93.7	89.9
7	Princeton University United States	93.6	89.5	96.0	99.0	88.8	80.7
8	University of California, Berkeley United States	92.2	85.7	96.0	99.1	84.7	77.6
9	Yale University United States	90.8	90.7	93.0	97.0	56.2	69.9
10	The University of Chicago United States	89.8	87.2	90.6	98.3	56.3	74.4
11	Columbia University United States	89.6	87.8	89.6	97.3	48.0	79.8
12	Imperial College London United Kingdom	89.3	81.4	88.3	97.6	70.8	97.5
=13	Johns Hopkins University United States	88.4	80.0	90.8	97.2	93.7	74.6
=13	University of Pennsylvania United States	88.4	84.5	89.2	97.1	77.6	69.7
15	ETH Zurich Switzerland	88.2	81.3	92.4	90.7	62.5	97.9
=16	Peking University China	87.5	91.4	94.6	81.7	93.1	65.1
=16	Tsinghua University China	87.5	88.1	95.7	86.8	100.0	50.6
=18	University of Toronto Canada	87.2	77.6	93.0	92.6	61.2	89.1
=18	UCL United Kingdom	87.2	76.8	88.9	96.9	44.7	96.7
20	University of California, Los Angeles United States	86.7	82.1	89.8	96.0	56.5	65.1
21	National University of Singapore Singapore	85.2	76.3	90.6	87.3	75.4	94.4
22	Cornell University United States	85.0	78.6	85.4	97.2	38.3	75.4
23	Duke University United States	83.5	79.2	78.6	95.6	99.0	66.6
=24	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	83.1	78.6	85.4	94.0	48.9	59.5
=24	Northwestern University United States	83.1	74.3	82.1	97.6	81.6	65.3
26	New York University United States	82.4	75.4	83.1	94.7	41.4	72.3
27	London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom	80.8	68.0	80.8	94.4	35.8	92.7
28	Carnegie Mellon University United States	80.6	64.7	80.0	99.0	59.0	80.8
29	University of Washington United States	79.8	68.8	78.8	99.0	46.3	61.7
=30	University of Edinburgh United Kingdom	78.9	66.1	74.2	95.6	40.2	95.2
=30	University of Hong Kong Hong Kong	78.9	66.2	72.2	95.0	58.5	98.8
32	LMU Munich Germany	78.6	68.1	77.9	90.3	100.0	69.1
33	University of Melbourne Australia	77.8	67.5	73.8	88.4	74.9	94.0
34	University of California, San Diego United States	77.7	60.5	75.6	97.9	96.6	68.1
=35	King’s College London United Kingdom	76.0	57.6	71.2	96.9	43.7	95.9
=35	The University of Tokyo Japan	76.0	86.9	90.3	58.2	88.1	42.0
37	University of British Columbia Canada	75.8	61.6	74.0	89.4	47.4	94.9
38	Technical University of Munich Germany	75.6	64.5	74.8	85.5	100.0	76.1
39	Karolinska Institute Sweden	74.3	55.1	71.0	94.2	70.5	86.2
=40	École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Switzerland	74.1	63.8	67.0	85.5	74.9	98.3
=40	Paris Sciences et Lettres – PSL Research University Paris France	74.1	69.1	71.2	80.1	78.7	80.5
=42	Heidelberg University Germany	73.6	67.9	59.9	95.5	54.2	69.6
=42	KU Leuven Belgium	73.6	59.1	73.2	86.2	99.2	74.2
44	McGill University Canada	73.4	63.3	70.9	83.9	45.3	91.5
45	Georgia Institute of Technology United States	73.3	58.2	69.4	91.4	71.4	77.7
46	Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Singapore	73.0	57.2	70.3	85.1	87.0	93.9
47	University of Texas at Austin United States	72.9	67.9	71.5	89.4	50.1	39.8
48	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States	72.6	65.7	77.3	80.9	50.0	55.4
49	Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong	71.3	55.1	58.6	95.0	60.2	95.0
50	University of Manchester United Kingdom	71.2	56.4	65.0	89.1	45.6	92.4

Also, the publication ranking includes the number of full-time equivalency (FTE) students, the number of students per staff, international students’ combinations, and the ratio of male and female students in universities. Please review the table below for THE World Universities Rankings 2022 details.

Rank	Name Country/Region	No. of FTE Students	No. of students per staff	International Students	Female and Male Ratio
1	University of Oxford United Kingdom	20,835	10.7	42%	47 : 53
=2	California Institute of Technology United States	2,233	6.3	34%	36 : 64
=2	Harvard University United States	21,574	9.5	24%	50 : 50
4	Stanford University United States	16,319	7.3	23%	46 : 54
=5	University of Cambridge United Kingdom	19,681	11.1	39%	47 : 53
=5	Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States	11,459	8.4	33%	40 : 60
7	Princeton University United States	7,753	7.5	23%	47 : 53
8	University of California, Berkeley United States	40,306	18.9	23%	51 : 49
9	Yale University United States	13,317	5.9	21%	51 : 49
10	The University of Chicago United States	14,895	6.1	33%	46 : 54
11	Columbia University United States	21,608	4.6	35%	n/a
12	Imperial College London United Kingdom	17,717	11.3	59%	40 : 60
=13	Johns Hopkins University United States	16,552	4.3	28%	52 : 48
=13	University of Pennsylvania United States	21,211	6.4	22%	53 : 47
15	ETH Zurich Switzerland	20,428	14.4	41%	32 : 68
=16	Peking University China	31,606	10.2	19%	46 : 54
=16	Tsinghua University China	38,221	11.5	13%	34 : 66
=18	University of Toronto Canada	75,821	25.5	25%	57 : 43
=18	UCL United Kingdom	35,760	10.6	57%	58 : 42
20	University of California, Los Angeles United States	42,054	10.0	17%	55 : 45
21	National University of Singapore Singapore	31,819	18.8	25%	50 : 50
22	Cornell University United States	23,600	10.3	25%	50 : 50
23	Duke University United States	15,785	4.2	22%	52 : 48
=24	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	44,663	8.1	17%	50 : 50
=24	Northwestern University United States	18,735	13.0	19%	50 : 50
26	New York University United States	45,424	11.0	35%	57 : 43
27	London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom	10,911	12.1	72%	53 : 47
28	Carnegie Mellon University United States	14,163	13.5	47%	43 : 57
29	University of Washington United States	52,059	11.6	17%	54 : 46
=30	University of Edinburgh United Kingdom	31,631	12.1	44%	61 : 39
=30	University of Hong Kong Hong Kong	18,037	18.3	43%	54 : 46
32	LMU Munich Germany	34,274	33.7	18%	61 : 39
33	University of Melbourne Australia	52,098	26.5	50%	57 : 43
34	University of California, San Diego United States	36,256	12.2	29%	48 : 52
=35	King’s College London United Kingdom	28,248	12.0	49%	62 : 38
=35	The University of Tokyo Japan	25,959	10.6	14%	n/a
37	University of British Columbia Canada	54,744	18.9	33%	55 : 45
38	Technical University of Munich Germany	32,672	38.7	33%	37 : 63
39	Karolinska Institute Sweden	7,937	9.6	24%	69 : 31
=40	École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Switzerland	11,266	12.3	62%	29 : 71
=40	Paris Sciences et Lettres – PSL Research University Paris France	20,547	15.1	25%	47 : 53
=42	Heidelberg University Germany	19,530	13.9	19%	55 : 45
=42	KU Leuven Belgium	46,327	36.3	16%	51 : 49
44	McGill University Canada	31,581	12.6	32%	59 : 41
45	Georgia Institute of Technology United States	27,838	25.7	25%	33 : 67
46	Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Singapore	23,951	14.7	24%	48 : 52
47	University of Texas at Austin United States	49,845	16.7	10%	53 : 47
48	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States	47,202	18.3	23%	48 : 52
49	Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong	18,478	19.1	25%	n/a
50	University of Manchester United Kingdom	36,543	14.3	43%	54 : 46

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