World University Rankings 2024: These Are The Top Foreign Universities

The Times Higher Education released the World University Rankings 2024 on Wednesday. The rankings are based on 18 carefully calibrated performance indicators that measure an institution's performance across five areas including teaching, research environment, research quality, industry, and international outlook.

The University of Oxford in the United Kingdom tops the World University Rankings for the consecutive eighth year. The second best university in the list is the Stanford University followed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University and University of Cambridge.

In the 2024 World University Rankings, the Stanford University moved up to second place, pushing Harvard University down to fourth. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) climbed up two places to third this year. The University of Cambridge slipped to fifth place, after being in joint third place last year.