World University Rankings 2025: pillars of strength
No elite US university finishes in the top 50 for the international outlook pillar, a category that is dominated by the United Arab Emirates at the top and the UK lower down

No elite US university finishes in the top 50 for the international outlook pillar, a category that is dominated by the United Arab Emirates at the top and the UK lower down

The number of ranked Chinese institutions is back up, while Turkey has also experienced fast growth

The distribution of countries’ ranking positions reveals new insights

Irene Tracey says policymakers and universities need to work together to tackle funding crisis

Victims may feel more comfortable disclosing incidents to supervisors than to the killjoys who shut down their 4am corridor parties, says George Bass

Partnerships with the public and private sectors can be slow-going or episodic. Urgent challenges demand a step change, says Daniel Diermeier

University of Manchester physicist hits out at critics who claim Nobel-winning discovery has not yet delivered

British and Canadian vice-chancellors warn their financial models have never faced greater threats, but do not want to further deter international students

Two-year waits for visa interviews have made it impossible to organise visits to America, says University of Ghana dean

‘Godfather of AI’ Geoffrey Hinton and John Hopfield share prize for ‘foundational discoveries and inventions’

Newcastle vice-chancellor says shared approach needed to prevent ‘bad practices’

US-based education support site taken to court by regulator, in first test of nascent legislation

‘SWAT team’ of finance experts and science writers helps university secure more federal research funds than any other US institution, says its vice-provost for research

Abandoning ‘bureaucratic’ exercise now would save universities £430 million, according to UK Day One

Increasing trend for policies that attempt to undermine or overhaul higher education in US and Europe being exported worldwide, Scholars at Risk warns