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Law 2025

Times Higher Education World University Rankings · · Methodology · Source: Times Higher Education World University Rankings official website · Editorial Standards

Evaluates universities worldwide for teaching quality and research impact in law.

THE evaluates universities across five pillars — Teaching, Research Environment, Research Quality, Industry, and International Outlook — making it one of the most comprehensive ranking systems.

How does Law evaluate universities?

Law, published by Times Higher Education World University Rankings, evaluates universities worldwide using key indicators such as Teaching, Research Environment, Research Quality, Industry, International Outlook, each assigned a distinct weight according to a publicly documented methodology. Data sources combine academic peer reviews, employer surveys, bibliometric databases such as Scopus and Web of Science, and institutional self-reported statistics, all independently verified by the publisher's research team. The 2025 edition assessed 389 universities from 15 countries and regions, covering teaching quality, research output, internationalization, and graduate employability across undergraduate, master's, and doctoral programs. Times Higher Education World University Rankings recollects raw data annually and cross-checks results to ensure the rankings reflect each institution's most current performance in faculty strength, scholarly productivity, global reach, and student outcomes, providing a reliable reference for prospective students, parents, and education researchers.

Which are the top universities in Law 2025?

The top universities in Law 2025 are: Stanford University, Harvard University, New York University, University of Cambridge, Columbia University. This edition, published by Times Higher Education World University Rankings, evaluated 389 universities from 15 countries and regions using indicators such as Teaching, Research Environment, Research Quality, Industry, International Outlook. Rankings reflect weighted performance across multiple dimensions; students should consider methodology differences and their own academic priorities when interpreting results.

How does Law differ from other ranking systems?

THE (Times Higher Education) World University Rankings is among the most comprehensive, evaluating universities across teaching (30%), research environment (30%), research quality (30%), industry income (2.5%), and international outlook (7.5%), with 18 fine-grained indicators. Data sources combine the Elsevier Scopus bibliometric database, academic reputation surveys, and institution-reported statistics. The methodology underwent a major 2024 revision, adding a Research Quality category to reduce reliance on sheer output volume. In comparison, QS leans more on reputation surveys, ARWU is built solely on objective research metrics (Nobel Prizes, highly cited researchers), and US News centers on research productivity and citation impact. THE suits applicants seeking a balanced view of a university's combined research and teaching strength.

Current edition: published 2025-01
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1 Stanford University logo Stanford University (SU) 🇺🇸 United States 85.8 99.1 94.5 65.4 99.0 60.2
2 Harvard University logo Harvard University 🇺🇸 United States 84.8 95.8 97.5 65.6 77.3 60.3
3 New York University logo New York University (NYU) 🇺🇸 United States 84.5 94.4 99.7 59.9 76.2 70.6
4 University of Cambridge logo University of Cambridge 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 83.7 89.4 93.1 67.5 64.2 86.2
5 Columbia University logo Columbia University (CU) 🇺🇸 United States 83.6 93.0 96.3 61.2 69.9 76.4
6 University of California, Berkeley logo University of California, Berkeley (UCB) 🇺🇸 United States 82.8 95.7 93.1 63.2 86.6 55.7
7 University of Oxford logo University of Oxford 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 82.7 91.0 95.0 63.3 48.5 81.3
8 University of Chicago logo University of Chicago (UC) 🇺🇸 United States 81.0 98.8 89.1 65.3 47.5 49.1
9 Yale University logo Yale University 🇺🇸 United States 80.7 98.4 88.9 67.6 43.3 43.7
10 University College London logo University College London (UCL) 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 80.3 82.0 85.2 74.5 59.1 83.4
11 The University of Melbourne logo The University of Melbourne 🇦🇺 Australia 80.0 82.8 90.4 63.5 87.5 78.3
12 National University of Singapore logo National University of Singapore (NUS) 🇸🇬 Singapore 79.3 80.7 93.5 61.2 94.8 71.2
13 London School of Economics and Political Science logo London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 79.2 86.0 90.2 66.6 17.7 81.2
14 Peking University logo Peking University (PKU) 🇨🇳 China 78.7 87.2 85.3 63.6 50.0 80.9
15 KU Leuven logo KU Leuven (KUL) 🇧🇪 Belgium 78.3 78.9 94.3 62.5 100.0 57.6
16 University of Edinburgh logo University of Edinburgh 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 77.8 80.1 88.9 62.3 65.4 80.9
17 Georgetown University logo Georgetown University 🇺🇸 United States 76.7 93.4 78.5 58.4 100.0 51.6
18 University of Michigan logo University of Michigan (UM) 🇺🇸 United States 75.6 85.4 82.0 65.3 82.5 44.9
19 Tsinghua University logo Tsinghua University (THU) 🇨🇳 China 75.4 70.5 81.2 75.8 100.0 61.2
20 University of Amsterdam logo University of Amsterdam (UvA) 🇳🇱 Netherlands 74.7 77.4 83.3 65.5 42.6 76.1
21 Leiden University logo Leiden University 🇳🇱 Netherlands 74.5 73.7 92.2 62.2 53.8 61.8
22 University of Toronto logo University of Toronto 🇨🇦 Canada 74.2 74.6 85.9 63.2 61.8 70.7
23 Duke University logo Duke University 🇺🇸 United States 73.8 82.7 76.5 62.0 97.3 55.1
24 University of Pennsylvania logo University of Pennsylvania 🇺🇸 United States 73.0 77.7 78.0 67.4 54.3 63.2
25 University of California, Los Angeles logo University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) 🇺🇸 United States 72.4 81.2 75.4 65.8 52.4 58.5
26 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München logo Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) 🇩🇪 Germany 72.1 75.3 86.8 57.3 65.9 56.1
27 King's College London logo King's College London (KCL) 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 71.5 74.0 81.5 59.9 23.8 83.0
28 Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin logo Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU) 🇩🇪 Germany 71.4 76.0 91.1 55.3 40.3 48.7
29 Maastricht University logo Maastricht University (UM) 🇳🇱 Netherlands 71.3 73.2 80.3 57.6 46.8 83.2
30 University of Hong Kong logo University of Hong Kong (HKU) 🇭🇰 Hong Kong 70.9 74.7 73.7 63.0 35.7 86.2
31 Australian National University logo Australian National University (ANU) 🇦🇺 Australia 70.3 61.9 77.9 65.0 90.1 80.7
32 Tilburg University logo Tilburg University (TiU) 🇳🇱 Netherlands 70.1 65.9 80.3 64.5 46.6 77.3
33 McGill University logo McGill University 🇨🇦 Canada 69.1 73.6 75.2 57.6 43.8 76.1
34 Cornell University logo Cornell University (CU) 🇺🇸 United States 68.4 73.8 70.5 62.1 67.7 59.4
35 UNSW Sydney logo UNSW Sydney (UNSW) 🇦🇺 Australia 67.6 67.8 66.0 64.7 68.5 79.4
36 = Lund University logo Lund University 🇸🇪 Sweden 67.4 62.5 75.5 63.6 81.2 62.0
36 = University of Oslo logo University of Oslo (UiO) 🇳🇴 Norway 67.4 58.3 80.0 67.9 45.3 66.9
38 University of Bologna logo University of Bologna (UNIBO) 🇮🇹 Italy 67.1 74.8 75.2 58.1 40.8 49.0
39 Shanghai Jiao Tong University logo Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) 🇨🇳 China 67.0 58.8 56.8 77.1 98.3 88.2
40 Zhejiang University logo Zhejiang University (ZJU) 🇨🇳 China 66.3 67.2 62.0 67.5 68.6 73.1
41 University of British Columbia logo University of British Columbia (UBC) 🇨🇦 Canada 64.5 58.1 59.7 73.3 47.4 86.2
42 City University of Hong Kong logo City University of Hong Kong 🇭🇰 Hong Kong 64.0 59.9 59.4 65.9 61.4 89.4
43 University of Virginia logo University of Virginia (UVA) 🇺🇸 United States 63.3 65.3 66.2 62.3 80.1 41.7
44 University of Glasgow logo University of Glasgow 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 62.8 60.3 62.1 64.0 43.6 79.4
45 University of Vienna logo University of Vienna 🇦🇹 Austria 61.8 59.6 72.0 50.8 80.7 58.2
46 Queen Mary University of London logo Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 61.4 64.4 59.9 57.0 33.8 80.5
47 The University of Sydney logo The University of Sydney (USYD) 🇦🇺 Australia 61.2 53.6 63.1 64.4 56.8 74.8
48 University of Copenhagen logo University of Copenhagen (UCPH) 🇩🇰 Denmark 59.7 48.2 67.7 64.8 50.1 64.3
49 Ghent University logo Ghent University 🇧🇪 Belgium 59.3 56.8 66.9 58.3 62.3 44.9
50 Universität Heidelberg Universität Heidelberg 🇩🇪 Germany 59.2 56.0 75.1 47.9 47.1 54.6