Top 10 Universities in the World 2025: Global Leaders in Education

October 15 , 2024 SOUMI MITRA SOUMI MITRA

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1. Harvard University

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2. Stanford University

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3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

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4. University of Oxford

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5. University of Cambridge

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6. California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

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7. University of Chicago

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8. ETH Zurich

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9. University College London (UCL)

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10. Imperial College London

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