Times Higher Education, formerly known as Times Higher Education Supplement or THES for short, has been an international organization for big data analysis of world universities since it started as a higher education column in The Times in 1910. Times Higher Education is now an award-winning international higher education media that provides timely and daily reports on the development trends and directions of higher education in various fields in various countries.

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings, along with the QS World University Rankings, U.S. News World University Rankings, and the Softco Academic Ranking of World Universities, are recognized as one of the four most authoritative university rankings in the world, but have also been criticized for having a commercial element and being biased toward English-speaking countries.

The rankings, updated annually, rank the world's best 1,000-plus universities (in nearly 90 countries and regions) on 13 indicators in five categories***: teaching, research, citations, internationalization, and industry revenues, and are considered to be one of the most influential rankings of world universities.

Times Higher Education Rankings

Times Higher Education, founded in 1971, has been releasing its annual world university rankings since 2004, measuring the overall strength of universities by a number of indicators such as teaching, research, knowledge translation, and international outlook, which is considered to be one of the most influential university rankings in the world, and has attracted a lot of attention from the global higher education community. THE World University Rankings is a collaboration between Times Higher Education and Coreviva.