Recently, QS released the European University Rankings 2025.
The ranking includes the performance of 688 European universities in 12 categories. It is also worth noting that although the QS European University Rankings follow the QS World University Rankings methodology, three new indicators have been added: the number of faculty papers and the proportion of inbound and outbound exchange students.
https://support.qs.com/hc/en-gb/articles/6637672827548-QS-Europe-Region-Rankings
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Overall performance of European universities
According to the ranking, ETH Zurich is the best university in Europe, surpassing Imperial College London and the University of Oxford, which are second and third, respectively.
The top 10 universities also include the University of Cambridge, University College London, the University of Edinburgh, the University of Manchester, King's College London, Sciences Po, and the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.
As can be seen from the top 10 of this ranking, there are 7 universities in the United Kingdom that occupy the top 10 of the list. Unfortunately, there are no German universities in the top 10.
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Overall performance of universities in Germany
As can be seen from the ranking of Germany universities, the first place is still the same as last year, the Technical University of Munich, which ranks 11th in the European university list.
However, the second and third places are different from last year, with the University of Heidelberg rising two places (20-18) and overtaking the University of Munich (17-21) to become second.
The full ranking of Germany universities is as follows:
