Oxford University named world’s top university for the 7th consecutive year |

University of Oxford
Oxford University named world’s top university
for the 7th consecutive year
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The University of Oxford has been named the best university in

the world for a record seventh consecutive year in the Times
Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2023.
The University of Oxford has been named the best university in the
world for a record seventh consecutive year in the Times Higher
Education (THE) World University Rankings 2023.
The rankings, announced at the THE World Academic
Summit in New York, rate more than 1,600 universities
from around 100 countries globally. The ratings consider
13 calibrated performance indicators, measuring each
institution’s performance in five areas: teaching (learning
environment); research (volume, income and reputation);
citation (research influence); international outlook (staff,
students and research); and industry income (knowledge
transfer). Oxford University excelled in all areas and in
particular strongly stood out in its international outlook
compared to close peers in the United States.
Oxford is the first university to have ever retained its
place for seven years in a row under the THE’s current
methodological framework, which was put in place in
2010/11. The University’s success comes shortly after it
also came first in the The Times and Sunday Times Good
University Guide 2023. It is the first University to top
both the Times Higher Education and the Times rankings
simultaneously. 

Oxford’s ranking was welcomed at the summit by the

Vice-Chancellor, Professor Dame Louise Richardson,
who has seen the University top the Times Higher
Education rankings annually throughout her seven-year
tenure.
“My colleagues and I are absolutely delighted that for the seventh
consecutive year Oxford has been named the top university in the world. I
am very grateful to those who work on compiling these rankings which
prove so helpful to universities. Above all, I am indebted to the
extraordinary women and men of Oxford whose research and
teaching continues to excite our imaginations, broaden our horizons, cure
disease and explore deeply difficult problems for the betterment of society.
I am so proud to be associated with them.”
Professor Dame Louise Richardson
Oxford was followed in the world rankings by Harvard
University and University of Cambridge jointly with
Stanford University which placed second and third,
respectively.

View the full THE World University Rankings 2023

here.