The Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2025 have been announced, with Trinity maintaining its spot among the top 150 universities worldwide. Trinity’s ranking has dropped slightly from 134th in the 2024 rankings to 139th in 2025.
THE Rankings use five different categories of performance measures including Teaching, Research Environment, Research Quality, International Outlook and Industry. While Trinity performs well in international outlook (based on numbers of international students, staff and research collaborations) a lower score can be found in areas such as teaching (based on a reputation survey, staff-to-student ratio, and doctorates awarded to academic staff ratio among other factors).
While Trinity performs well in subject areas such as Law (ranking 72nd globally) and Arts and Humanities (ranking 87th globally), in disciples such as Physical Sciences, Engineering and Computer Science, Trinity ranks somewhat lower (within the 176-200th bracket)
THE also carries out what they term impact rankings which identify universities’ performance in helping to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Impact rankings from 2024 show Trinity ranking higher in SDGs such as Sustainable Cities and Communities (77th) but lower in areas such as Reduced Inequalities (301-400th)
Five Irish institutions have dropped in the 2025 rankings, with Dublin City University being the only university to see a rise in its position. University College Dublin appears within the 201-250th bracket and RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences in the 251-300th bracket, while University College Cork, the University of Galway, and Dublin City University all place in the 351-400th bracket.
