The Times Higher Education Supplement (THE) has announced its Impact Rankings 2025 results, and it is rather surprising.
In total, Asian universities occupy 22 of the top 50 spots in the overall ranking (up from 12 last year) – compared with 11 from Australasia, nine from Europe, eight from North America, and one from Africa.
Australian institutions have typically dominated the top of the overall ranking, and that trend continues again – although Asia’s rise means the nation has one fewer institution in the top 10 compared with last year. Western Sydney University (WSU) is number one for the fourth consecutive year, while Griffith University and the University of Tasmania are tied in fourth place.
North America occupies three spots in the top 10: Arizona State University (Tempe) and Queen’s University (tied sixth), and the University of Alberta (eighth). Meanwhile, the University of Manchester is the UK’s only institution in this elite group, in second place, and Denmark’s Aalborg University is joint ninth.
My business has been positively impacted by Western Sydney University in the field of sociology of education, and has been negatively impacted by Griffith University for my battle to explain to its VC, that university’s local regional focus is negatively impacting the community, missing in its research and teaching areas of avant-garde global thinking. This may explain the difference in the ranking between Western Sydney University and Griffith University.
Source: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/impact-rankings-2025-results-announced
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The 2020 Impact Rankings
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