与QS世界大学排名、USNews世界大学排名和ARWU世界大学并称全球四大院校排行榜的泰晤士高等教育(Times Higher Education THE)世界大学排名于英国当地时间9月5日下午2时(北京时间的9月5日晚上9时)发布了2017-18年度新的院校排名。THE世界大学排名的强势来袭，势必将再次掀起世界大学排名的血雨腥风，排名将重新洗牌。
根据泰晤士高等教育官网上信息可知，今年的排名覆盖全球77个国家和地区，统计来自全球20000+学者的反馈，并对全球范围内1500+所大学进行评估，从而筛选TOP1000院校进行发布。这也是THE有史以来规模最大、最全面的高等教育世界大学排名。
新一轮全球院校大乱斗已经正式开始，究竟最受关注的全球TOP10 各个席位有何变化，昔日霸主能否明哲保身?黑马院校又是否能够杀出重围?
| 世界排名 | 大学 | 大学 |
| 1 | 英国牛津大学 | University of Oxford |
| 2 | 英国剑桥大学 | University of Cambridge |
| 3 | 美国加州理工大学 | California Institute of Technology |
| 3 | 美国斯坦福大学 | Stanford University |
| 5 | 美国麻省理工学院 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 6 | 美国哈佛大学 | Harvard University |
| 7 | 美国普林斯顿大学 | Princeton University |
| 8 | 英国帝国理工学院 | Imperial College London |
| 9 | 美国芝加哥大学 | University of Chicago |
| 10 | 瑞士联邦理工学院苏黎世分校 | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich |
| 10 | 美国宾夕法尼亚大学 | University of Pennsylvania |
从全球范围来看，牛津大学依旧蝉联第一。剑桥大学上升了两位，跃居至第二位，赶超了并列第三的加州理工学院和斯坦福大学。而去年退居第二的加州理工学院，今年与斯坦福大学并列第三，紧随其后的是麻省理工学院、哈佛大学、普林斯顿大学、帝国理工、芝加哥大学，苏黎世联邦理工学院与宾夕法尼亚大学并列第十位。
泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名之所以能够在众多排名中权威般存在，并被称为留学界的选校圣经，和其严谨的院校评估方法以及评估因素息息相关。今年的THE世界大学排名从以下5个大项13个小项来对大学进行评估，依旧是着重于教学和科研等维度。
| 教学Teaching(the learning environment) Total: 30% |
Reputation survey: 15% Staff-to-student ratio: 4.5% Doctorate-to-bachelor’s ratio: 2.25% Doctorates-awarded- to-academic-staff ratio: 6% Institutional income: 2.25% |
| 研究Research(volume, income and reputation) Total: 30% |
Reputation survey: 18% Research income: 6% Research productivity: 6% |
| 论文引用Citations(research influence) Total: 30% | Our research influence indicator looks at universities’ role in spreading new knowledge and ideas. |
| 国际化程度International outlook(staff, students and research) Total: 7.5% |
International-to-domestic-student ratio: 2.5% International-to-domestic-staff ratio: 2.5% International collaboration: 2.5% |
| 产业创新收入Industry income(knowledge transfer) Total: 2.5% | A university’s ability to help industry with innovations, inventions and consultancy has become a core mission of the contemporary global academy. |
PS：若是大学不提供本科教育，或2012年-2016年论文发表数小于1,000(或年发表量少于150)，THE的榜单就会将其排除在外。
THE世界大学排名英国篇·牛津剑桥力压群雄
英国大学在2018THE世界大学排行榜上的表现可圈可点。牛津大学去年位列第一，今年依旧蝉联榜首，剑桥大学上升了两个名次，位列第二，不仅将状元和探花这两个竞争最为激烈的席位收入囊中，帝国理工学院也跻身全球TOP10，位列第8。全球前一百中有11院校来自英国，全球200强的英国大学则共31所。
| 排名 | 大学 | NO.of FTE Students | Student: Staff Ratio | International Students |
| 1 | University of Oxford | 20,409 | 11.2 | 38% |
| 2 | University of Cambridge | 18,389 | 10.9 | 35% |
| 8 | Imperial College London | 15,857 | 11.4 | 55% |
| 16 | University College London | 30,304 | 10.5 | 49% |
| 25 | London School of Economics and Political Science | 10,065 | 12.2 | 71% |
| 27 | University of Edinburgh | 26,759 | 12.5 | 40% |
| 36 | King’s College London | 23,207 | 12 | 41% |
| 54 | University of Manchester | 35,318 | 14.6 | 38% |
| 76 | University of Bristol | 19,995 | 13.7 | 27% |
| 80 | University of Glasgow | 23,389 | 15.4 | 36% |
| 91 | University of Warwick | 18,424 | 13 | 39% |
| 97 | Durham University | 16,310 | 14.9 | 29% |
| 104 | University of Sheffield | 24,581 | 14.9 | 36% |
| 121 | Queen Mary University of London | 15,405 | 13.3 | 45% |
| 126 | University of Southampton | 21,670 | 12.5 | 33% |
| 130 | University of Exeter | 19,159 | 17.5 | 28% |
| 137 | University of York | 14,962 | 15.1 | 27% |
| 139 | University of Leeds | 27,995 | 14.7 | 26% |
| 141 | University of Birmingham | 27,061 | 15 | 27% |
| 143 | University of St Andrews | 9,005 | 13 | 48% |
| 147 | University of Nottingham | 29,176 | 14 | 30% |
| 147 | University of Sussex | 12,384 | 15.4 | 38% |
| 150 | Lancaster University | 11,637 | 13.1 | 38% |
| 159 | University of Leicester | 14,635 | 14.1 | 38% |
| 162 | Cardiff University | 24,186 | 13.5 | 26% |
| 175 | Newcastle University | 20,952 | 15.6 | 30% |
| 177 | University of Liverpool | 19,815 | 11.7 | 35% |
| 185 | University of Aberdeen | 12,055 | 13.9 | 36% |
| 187 | University of Dundee | 10,893 | 14.9 | 24% |
| 188 | University of East Anglia | 13,521 | 13.6 | 30% |
| 197 | Royal Holloway, University of London | 8,931 | 15.4 | 40% |
THE世界大学排名美加篇·实力碾压中流砥柱
如果用一个流行语来形容美国大学在2018THE世界大学排名上的表现，IDP君认为用“占据半壁江山”一点也不为过。虽然加州理工大学再次错失了第一，但是放眼望去TOP10，基本上全是美国大学：斯坦福、麻省理工、哈佛、普林斯顿、芝加哥以及宾大。全球TOP100中，美国大学更是破天荒地占据了42个名额，真可谓是占据了半壁江山。。
| 排名 | 大学 | NO.of FTE Students | Student: Staff Ratio | International Students |
| 3 | California Institute of Technology | 2,209 | 6.5 | 27% |
| 3 | Stanford University | 15,845 | 7.5 | 22% |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 11,177 | 8.7 | 34% |
| 6 | Harvard University | 20,326 | 8.9 | 26% |
| 7 | Princeton University | 7,955 | 8.3 | 24% |
| 9 | University of Chicago | 13,525 | 6.2 | 25% |
| 10 | University of Pennsylvania | 20,361 | 6.5 | 20% |
| 12 | Yale University | 12,155 | 4.3 | 21% |
| 13 | Johns Hopkins University | 15,498 | 4.3 | 24% |
| 14 | Columbia University | 26,587 | 6.1 | 32% |
| 15 | University of California, Los Angeles | 39,279 | 9.6 | 17% |
| 17 | Duke University | 15,256 | 4.5 | 22% |
| 18 | University of California, Berkeley | 36,182 | 13.1 | 17% |
| 19 | Cornell University | 21,850 | 9.8 | 24% |
| 20 | Northwestern University | 17,466 | 12.8 | 18% |
| 21 | University of Michigan | 41,818 | 8.6 | 16% |
| 24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 12,676 | 13.5 | 45% |
| 25 | University of Washington | 44,945 | 11.4 | 16% |
| 27 | New York University | 43,860 | 9.6 | 26% |
| 31 | University of California, San Diego | 29,633 | 12.8 | 17% |
| 33 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 20,773 | 20.7 | 27% |
| 37 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 43,402 | 22.8 | 23% |
| 43 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 38,960 | 10.7 | 12% |
| 49 | University of Texas at Austin | 48,561 | 17.1 | 10% |
| 50 | Brown University | 8,898 | 10.7 | 20% |
| 50 | Washington University in St Louis | 12,600 | 7.5 | 17% |
| 53 | University of California, Santa Barbara | 23,054 | 28.1 | 14% |
| 54 | University of California, Davis | 37,365 | 13.8 | 10% |
| 56 | University of Minnesota | 60,949 | 17.4 | 11% |
| 56 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 34,684 | 9.7 | 8% |
| 60 | Purdue University | 38,770 | 17.4 | 23% |
| 66 | University of Southern California | 38,380 | 12.8 | 23% |
| 69 | University of Maryland, College Park | 31,772 | 16.5 | 10% |
| 70 | Boston University | 24,833 | 8.6 | 25% |
| 70 | Ohio State University | 53,190 | 12.7 | 13% |
| 77 | Pennsylvania State University | 45,411 | 15.2 | 14% |
| 83 | Michigan State University | 44,556 | 17 | 17% |
| 86 | Rice University | 6,441 | 9 | 28% |
| 89 | Dartmouth College | 6,100 | 6.6 | 15% |
| 98 | Emory University | 12,649 | 4.4 | 19% |
| 99 | University of California, Irvine | 30,419 | 17 | 21% |
| 100 | University of Colorado Boulder | 30,780 | 16.3 | 10% |
| 100 | University of Pittsburgh | 26,367 | 5.9 | 10% |
| 105 | Vanderbilt University | 12,011 | 3.3 | 13% |
| 113 | University of Virginia | 24,055 | 9.7 | 12% |
| 117 | Indiana University | 66,835 | 14.1 | 15% |
| 123 | Georgetown University | 15,956 | 8.6 | 17% |
| 126 | Arizona State University | 44,475 | 20.1 | 19% |
| 143 | University of Florida | 46,346 | 17.5 | 9% |
| 150 | University of Notre Dame | 11,912 | 13.4 | 11% |
作为北美地区的留学天堂，加拿大的大学备受国际生的欢迎。在今年的THE世界大学排名中，一共有三所大学跻身全球50强：加国第一世界第22的多伦多大学、排名34的英属哥伦比价大学以及麦吉尔大学。除此之外，共有16所加拿大高校挺进全球500强。
| 排名 | 大学 | NO.of FTE Students | Student: Staff Ratio | International Students |
| 22 | University of Toronto | 69,427 | 18.7 | 17% |
| 34 | University of British Columbia | 51,889 | 18.1 | 29% |
| 42 | McGill University | 30,940 | 13.3 | 26% |
| 78 | McMaster University | 23,693 | 24.7 | 15% |
| 108 | University of Montreal | 41,017 | 21.9 | 22% |
| 119 | University of Alberta | 32,435 | 21.6 | 26% |
THE世界大学排名澳洲篇·稳中求进非八大表现抢眼
澳洲大学较之去年，排名基本趋于稳定，共有35所大学上榜。前100名大学中占据6所，前200名大学中占8所。澳洲八大名校全部跻身世界150强，其中6所在100强占据一席之地。除了八大之外，非八大院校的表现最为抢眼，有8所院校杀进全球TOP300。
| 排名 | 大学 | NO.of FTE Students | Student: Staff Ratio | International Students |
| 32 | University of Melbourne | 42,116 | 26.6 | 40% |
| 48 | Australian National University | 15,986 | 19.3 | 35% |
| 61 | University of Sydney | 44,553 | 21.6 | 32% |
| 65 | University of Queensland | 38,968 | 35.7 | 26% |
| 80 | Monash University | 46,846 | 33.7 | 28% |
| 85 | University of New South Wales | 40,133 | 26.7 | 34% |
| 111 | University of Western Australia | 18,787 | 21.8 | 25% |
| 134 | University of Adelaide | 21,241 | 34.3 | 26% |
| 201–250 | James Cook University | 11,867 | 22.5 | 12% |
| 201–250 | Queensland University of Technology | 35,211 | 37 | 17% |
| 201–250 | University of South | 17,575 | 25.8 | 41% |
| 201–250 | University of Technology Sydney | 25,256 | 43.6 | 37% |
| 251–300 | Griffith University | 31,772 | 22.3 | 19% |
| 251–300 | Macquarie University | 27,955 | 31 | 22% |
| 251–300 | University of Newcastle | 22,921 | 22 | 17% |
| 251–300 | University of Wollongong | 16,947 | 27 | 24% |
| 301–350 | Charles Darwin University | 6,551 | 22.4 | 32% |
| 301–350 | Deakin University | 36,768 | 32.9 | 17% |
| 301–350 | Flinders University | 16,757 | 23.9 | 18% |
| 301–350 | University of Tasmania | 11,346 | 14.5 | 22% |
| 301–350 | Victoria University | 14,795 | 31.4 | 20% |
| 351–400 | University of Canberra | 11,438 | 30.3 | 28% |
| 351–400 | Curtin University | 31,483 | 18.5 | 37% |
| 351–400 | La Trobe University | 20,343 | 34.5 | 26% |
THE世界大学排名中国篇·砥砺前行奋起直追
今年的TOP500中，两岸三地共有23所大学上榜，较去年的24所下降了1所。中国内地排名最高的是北京大学，位列世界第27位，港澳台地区的第一位为香港大学(40)。得力于近些年来中国院校在排名上的稳定表现，从国家和地区数量排名看，中国大陆地区超过了中国香港地区，进入了世界第六。THE排名榜主编Phil Baty更对中国院校赞不绝口，“亚洲正在演变成超级教育地区，尤其是中国，其领先的大学如今已名副其实地成为全球精英的一部分，与欧洲形成强烈对比。”
2017-18THE世界大学排名TOP100一览
| 2018排名 | 2017排名 | 学校 | 国家/地区 | 学生人数 | 国际生占比 |
| 1 | 1 | 牛津大学 | 英国 | 20,409 | 38% |
| 2 | 4 | 剑桥大学 | 英国 | 18,389 | 35% |
| 3 | 2 | 加州理工学院 | 美国 | 2,209 | 27% |
| 3 | 3 | 斯坦福大学 | 美国 | 15,845 | 22% |
| 5 | 5 | 麻省理工学院MIT | 美国 | 11,177 | 34% |
| 6 | 6 | 哈佛大学 | 美国 | 20,326 | 26% |
| 7 | 7 | 普林斯顿大学 | 美国 | 7,955 | 24% |
| 8 | 8 | 帝国理工学院 | 英国 | 15,857 | 55% |
| 9 | 10 | 芝加哥大学 | 美国 | 13,525 | 25% |
| 10 | 9 | 苏黎世联邦理工学院 | 瑞士 | 19,233 |
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