Tribhuvan University, the most popular and the first national institution of higher education in Nepal, has been ranked as 801-1000th top universities in the world as per the Times Higher Education World University Rankings in 2023.
About World University Rankings 2023
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023 include 1,799 universities across 104 countries and regions, making them the largest and most diverse university rankings to date. Institutions are measured across 13 separate performance metrics, providing the most comprehensive picture of excellence among world-class research universities.
Key Details:
- A record number of 1,799 universities from 104 countries and regions are ranked, 137 more than last year.
- The US continues to dominate with 177 universities ranked overall, including seven in the world top ten, and 12 in the top 20, but its supremacy is being challenged by Asia as the number of US universities represented in the top 100 continues to fall, from 43 in 2018, to 34 this year. Harvard University retains its position as the US’s top ranked university in 2nd place.
- UK’s University of Oxford (1st) retains the top spot for the seventh consecutive year.
- Asia is the most represented continent with 669 universities participating, jointly with Europe (639, up 50 from 589 last year).
- In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, nations are thriving, led by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.
- Australia has ten universities in the top 200 with the University of Melbourne being the country’s best performing institution, ranked 34th overall (down one place from 33rd).
- The Latin America and Caribbean region sees a record 140 universities from 12 countries ranked.
- 170 universities are ranked for the first time: 74 from Asia, 53 from Europe, 25 from Africa, 17 from South America and six from North America. At country level, there are: 13 newly ranked universities from China; nine from Poland; eight from Iran; eight from Pakistan; seven from Turkey.
Tribhuvan University (TU) ranked in 800-1000:
Tribhuvan University has been ranked as 801-1000th top universities in the world as per the Times Higher Education World University Rankings in 2023. Also, TU has been also ranked as 201–250 universities as per the Asia University Rankings 2022. The TU has been in the University Rankings for five consecutive years. It is the only university in Nepal to make it to the World University Rankings.
TU collaborates with more than 160 higher education institutions around the world..TU caters the educational needs of nearly 400,000 students through its constituent campuses, central departments and affiliated colleges across the country.The faculties include education, humanities and social sciences, law, and management.
A record number of 1,799 universities from 104 countries and regions are included in the World Rankings this year – 137 more than last year – making it the largest edition in the 19-year history of the rankings.
