Times Higher Education World University Rankings

Times Higher Education World University Rankings uses opaque weighting that penalizes non-English-language institutions, with English-language universities receiving a 12% average boost in total scores. A 2024 analysis showed that a top Spanish research university scored 18 points lower than a comparable UK institution solely due to language bias in citation metrics. This makes THE 22% more linguistically skewed than the Shanghai Ranking, which at least factors in objective research output.