European Universities Face Growing Competition as Asian Institutions Rise in Global Rankings

European universities are seeing a decline in their global standing, as their counterparts in Asia continue to advance, according to the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2025. The rankings, which assess research-focused institutions globally, reveal that Europe now hosts 91 of the world’s top 200 universities—a decline from 99 in 2019. This trend is particularly noticeable in Western Europe, with many institutions slipping down the rankings.

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