University of Luxembourg ranked among top 250 universities worldwide

The Times Higher Education 2025 rankings were unveiled on Wednesday and the University of Luxembourg has maintained its position just outside the world's top 200. The British magazine evaluated more than 2,090 institutions for this year's ranking, and the Luxembourg university has once again stayed within the top 250, a position held since 2019.

The exact position on the ranking is not revealed, however, as Times Higher Education only enlists the first 200 ranks, classifying those below into ranges, e.g. '201–250'.

The University of Luxembourg is described as one of Europe's "most international" institutions, with more than 120 nationalities represented among its student body. "The university is renowned for offering multilingual programmes in French, German, and English, and several master's and doctoral programmes are taught entirely in English", highlights the magazine's Luxembourg section.

Founded in 2003, the University of Luxembourg currently has over 7,000 students.

European higher education in decline?

Although the University of Luxembourg proves its consistency among the world rankings, Times Higher Education has noticed a negative trend among European institutions: the continent currently has no more than 91 universities in the top 200, whereas there were still 99 in 2019.

19 of the 50 French universities in the ranking went down, as did eight of the 12 Dutch universities represented. In Germany, the picture is mixed: the Technical University of Munich has risen to 26th place – its highest ever – but outside the German top 5, several universities are heading in the wrong direction. And the best Belgian university, KU Leuven (Catholic University of Leuven), ranks 43rd in the world.

The tendency is also "especially noticeably in eastern Europe", according to the report. Asian universities – particularly Chinese, Korean, and Japanese ones – are on the rise. However, the top 10 is still dominated by the United States and the United Kingdom.

Times Higher Education 2025 top 10:

1. University of Oxford – United Kingdom
2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology – United States
3. Harvard University – United States
4. Princeton University – United States
5. University of Cambridge – United Kingdom
6. Stanford University – United States
7. California Institute of Technology – United States
8. University of California, Berkeley – United States
9. Imperial College London – United Kingdom
10. Yale University – United States