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in partnership with Leading Asian universities have stalled while US institutionsdecline, as European systems also come under pressure and thepicture shifts across theTHEWorld University Rankings for 2026 In fluxDifferent pressures on universities globally Has China peaked?Asian progress slows, while the US declines Top 200 17 Assault on researchWill the flow of Nobelists be choked off in the US by Trump’s policies? Top 201-1,000 35 There’s more informationon our rankings website,www.thewur.com, whereyou can learn about ourfull portfolio of globaluniversity rankings Methodology66How we calculate the rankings Power struggleHas student-centred teaching gone too far? Investment strategyIs the German excellence initiative working? Chasing revenueAustralian reliance on international fees is creating its own difficulties Community spiritInterview with Cambridge’s Deborah Prentice The future is femaleMcMaster’s new v-c Susan Tighe onleadership change Independent pathFlinders forges its own way, says its v-c Reaching for the SKYA Korean v-c’s ambition for his institution Expansion plansHKUST’s goal to scale up Global networkCreating the Sustainability Impact Ratings Times Higher EducationWorld University RankingsRankings editor: Ellie BothwellTo raise your university’s global profile withTHE, please contact branding@timeshighereducation.comTo unlock the data behindTHE’s rankings, and access a range of analytical and benchmarking tools,contact data@timeshighereducation.com DiaryPlans for the coming year Collidingforces Are we on the brink of areshaping of globalhigher education, asksEllie Bothwell but they raise several questions inrelation to the rankings. Will thestagnation of Asia’s top universitiesbe a temporary blip or a long-termtrend? If Asia’s leading universitieshave reached their peak, will thatprovide a cushion to counterpartsin the US that are vulnerable todecline? Or will the effects of theresearch funding cuts and inter-nationalisation restrictions in theUS fast-track China to finally reachthe global top 10? Ultimately, arewe at the brink of a reshaping ofglobal higher education?We attempt to answer some of The second is that the US, whichhas dominated the upper echelons ofthe global league table, is decliningamid stiff global competition – a driftthat is not new in itself but one thatreaches new depths this year and iscast in fresh light given the unprece-dented attacks on US universitiesfrom the Trump administration.It is too early to say how these Two new and opposite trendsfrom theTimes Higher Educa-tionWorld University Rankingsoffer insights into the changing land-scape of global higher education.The first is that the performance of the top universities in East andSouth-east Asia, regions that haverisen up the rankings year after year,has now stalled, stopping them shortof the global top 10. patterns will develop and converge, those questions in our main ana-lysis of the 2026 results, while theextent of the damage to the USaccording to one metric of scientificachievement that is not included inour rankings – Nobel prizes – isexamined in another feature.Across the Atlantic, several Ellie BothwellEditor,Times Higher EducationWorldUniversity Rankings European systems are also facingdeclines, although with less stormyclimates than in the US. Germanyis one of those, despite the fact thatfor two decades the country hasspent billions of euros on boostingthe research capacity of its topinstitutions. We take a look atwhether its Excellence Strategy ishaving the desired effects.And there are warning signs for Will the stagnationof Asia’s topuniversities be atemporary blipor a long-termtrend? the performance of the UK, too,where a mounting financial crisisis gripping universities.As international education con- sultant Rajika Bhandari said, weare in a “moment of great flux” forglobal higher education. Universi-ties are grappling with policyupheaval, financial challenges andongoing uncertainty. Only time willtell how that will shake out in therankings when the dust settles.l ACCELERATINGRESEARCHINTO IMPACT A universityon a missionfor Saudi Arabiaand the world Discover Prof. Sami Al-Ghamdi's story and more Has Chinahit a ceiling? TElite Asian universities stagnate and US declines amid demographic shiftand ‘moment of great flux’ for global higher education. Patrick Jack reports he performance of Asia’s topuniversities has stalled for thefirst time in 14 years in theTimes Higher EducationWorldUniversity Rankings, while the UScontinues to decline even before theeffects of the Trump administra-tion’s attacks on higher educationshow up in the data.While there are widespread This stability is in marked con-trast to the trajectory of Asia’s topuniversities in the decade leadingup to the 2024 edition of the rank-ings, during which time Tsinghuamoved up 35 places, Peking 28places and NUS seven places. Thisyear marks the first time since the2012 edition that none of the threein