LMU rises to 34th in the world in THE Rankings
9 Oct 2025
In the highly regarded Times Higher Education university rankings, LMU stands once again among the best in the world and has climbed four places since the last edition.
9 Oct 2025
In the highly regarded Times Higher Education university rankings, LMU stands once again among the best in the world and has climbed four places since the last edition.
In the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2026, LMU has placed 34 in the world – a significant improvement on last year’s result (ranked 38). LMU thus retains its standing as one of the best universities in the world.
In the EU-wide comparison, moreover, it has maintained its strong position at 2 in the ranking.
This year’s THE Rankings encompass almost 2,200 universities from 115 different countries. As usual, the list is topped by leading universities from Britain and the United States. The University of Oxford is in first place, followed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology in second, while Princeton University and the University of Cambridge share third.
The evaluation is based on 18 indicators in categories such as teaching, research, knowledge transfer, and in particular citations in academic publications. Since 2015, the citations data have been collected in cooperation with Elsevier (Scopus).