Five Bangladeshi universities secured places in the 801-1000 bracket globally in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2027.
The universities are American International University-Bangladesh, Daffodil International University (DIU), Jahangirnagar University, North South University and Bangladesh Agricultural University.
The University of Dhaka, which was in the 801-1000 bracket last year, moved to the 1001-1200 bracket in this year’s rankings.
The UK-based Times Higher Education released the rankings in collaboration with Elsevier, assessing universities across five areas: teaching, research environment, research quality, industry impact and international outlook.
A total of 2,297 institutions from 118 countries and territories featured in the 2027 rankings. Bangladesh had 35 institutions on the list, of which 25 received direct rankings, and 10 were listed as “reporters”.
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology also placed in the 1001-1200 bracket, but scored highest nationally in two indicators: research volume, income and reputation, and industry impact, which measures a university’s contribution to innovation and inventions in industry.
Bangladesh Medical University scored highest nationally for the quality of the learning environment, despite being placed in the 1201-1400 bracket globally.
DIU scored highest nationally for research quality, reflecting a university’s role in spreading new knowledge and ideas, as well as for international outlook.
Globally, the University of Oxford retained the top position for the 11th consecutive year.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology ranked second, followed by Princeton University, Stanford University and the University of Cambridge.
China’s Beihang University, ranked 185th overall, jointly topped the industry impact indicator. Gulf Medical University in the United Arab Emirates ranked highest globally for international outlook.
Other highlights included China’s Tsinghua University rising to 11th place, overtaking Switzerland’s ETH Zurich.
The National University of Singapore entered the top 15, with three Asian universities featuring in the top 15 for the first time.
Asia also moved ahead of continental Europe in the rankings for the first time.
At the lower end of the rankings, 10 universities were listed in the 2001+ bracket, including institutions from Ukraine, Russia, Algeria, Armenia, Turkey and India. Ziane Achour University of Djelfa was among the lowest-ranked globally.
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