THE World University Rankings by Subject 2025: US Universities top Subject Rankings

THE World University Rankings by Subject 2025: US Universities top Subject Rankings

Edited By Piyush Kohli | Updated on Jan 23, 2025 05:46 PM IST

THE World University Rankings by Subject 2025 has been released and they showcased the dominance of US and UK universities and struggle of Asia's leading universities globally in Arts and Humanities. Times Higher Education Ranking by Subject 2025 for 11 subjects has been out. The US is at the top in 9 out of 11 subjects, whereas, UK holds the top position for the other two. To everyone’s surprise, MIT has bagged the top slot for Arts, Humanities, Business and Social Sciences. This also helped in improving MIT's overall world university ranking for 2025. MIT has now become the highest-ranked US institution and delivered its best performance.

THE World University Rankings by Subject 2025: US Universities top Subject Rankings
THE World University Rankings by Subject 2025: US Universities top Subject Rankings

Harvard was ranked first for engineering and life sciences and Stanford was ranked number one for law and psychology, and education studies. Also, California Institute of Technology (Caltech) was ranked number one for physical sciences. Apart from these US universities, the UK based University of Oxford were at the top for computer science and medical and health.

THE World University Rankings by Subject 2025 released for

  • Arts and Humanities

  • Business and Economics

  • Computer Science

  • Education Studies

  • Engineering

  • Law

  • Life Sciences

  • Medical and Health

  • Physical Sciences

  • Psychology

  • Social Sciences

THE World University Rankings by Subject 2025

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Top University

Country

Arts and Humanities

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

United States

Business and Economics

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

United States

Computer Science

University of Oxford

United Kingdom

Education Studies

Stanford University

United States

Engineering

Harvard University

United States

Law

Stanford University

United States

Life Sciences

Harvard University

United States

Medical and Health

University of Oxford

United Kingdom

Physical Sciences

California Institute of Technology

United States

Psychology

Stanford University

United States

Social Sciences

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

United States

The interesting fact that appeared from THE subject rankings were none of the Asian universities has topped for any of the subjects, however, they are well represented across the rankings. China and Singapore are well placed in THE Subject ranking 2025. They appeared in the top 50s for all 11 subjects. In addition to this, Hong Kong is represented in nine subjects and Japan in eight. Peking and Tsinghua University performed best among Asian universities as both of them have been placed at fourth and sixth position respectively for business and economics. Also, both these Chinese universities were ranked in the top 10 for education studies as well along with the University of Hong Kong. The National University of Singapore has been placed at ninth position for engineering and in the top 10 for Physical Sciences. This is the first for any Asian institution. Over the last two decades, higher education systems in East and South-East Asia have grown significantly because of the increased government funding, management, select internationalisation policies, more focused performance-oriented organisation, and growth in student numbers.

The Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru (IISc) has been placed in the top 100 universities globally. Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru (IISc) ranked 96th in the Computer Science rankings and 99th in Engineering. IISC has been listed in the top 100 subject wise ranking, a first for any Indian institution.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

1. What University is ranked the best in 2025?

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States has been placed at the top by QS world university ranking for 2025 and the University of Oxford has been ranked number one by Times Higher Education for 2025.

2. Which is the No 1 government university in India?

The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru is the top-ranked government university in India. It secured the top position in the 2024 National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF).

3. Which is the best university in India?

India has numerous top universities, including the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, and the University of Hyderabad. However, NIRF (National Institutional Ranking Framework) has ranked The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru at the top position for 2024.

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