Three Catalan universities among the world's top 200

Three Catalan universities are among the 200 best in the world, according to the World University Ranking 2025. 

The ranking, published by Times Higher Education, is one of the most prestigious in the higher education sector and evaluates nearly 2,100 universities from around the world. 

The highest Catalan university in the ranking is the University of Barcelona (UB), in 149th place. 

It is followed by Pompeu Fabra University, in 175th place, and the Autonomous University of Barcelona, in 199th place.

The three Catalan universities are also the only three in Spain to make the list.   

The ranking is led by the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States and Harvard University, also in the United States.  

Compared to the last ranking in 2019, European universities have lost influence, with only 91 of the 200 coming from the EU, eight fewer than in the previous ranking.