Shanghai ranking 2025: Steady American podium led by Harvard, UK leading Europe followed by France

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Harvard University tops the ranking list for the 23rd year, followed by Stanford and MIT, all American universities, according to the Shanghai Ranking amid the publication of its annual ranking of world universities on 15/08/2025.

The American podium is followed by Cambridge (UK), Berkeley (U.S.), Oxford (UK), Princeton, Columbia, Caltech, and...

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