QS has recently published the World University Rankings for the year 2025, which have analyzed various aspects of more than 1,500 internationally excellent universities.

Here is the list of the top 25 ranked universities:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - US
Imperial College London - UK
University of Oxford - UK
Harvard University - US
University of Cambridge - UK
Stanford University - US
ETH Zurich - Switzerland
National University of Singapore - Singapore
University College London (UCL) - UK
California Institute of Technology (Caltech) - US
University of Pennsylvania - US
University of California, Berkeley - US
University of Melbourne - Australia
Peking University - China
Nanyang Technological University - Singapore
Cornell University - US
University of Hong Kong - Hong Kong
University of Sydney - Australia
University of New South Wales - Australia
Tsinghua University - China
University of Chicago - US
Princeton University - US
Yale University - US
PSL Research University (Paris Sciences et Lettres) - France
University of Toronto - Canada