The University of Southampton has been recognised as being among the top 150 universities in the world in the international league table.

But it has dropped on last year's ranking, falling out of the top 100.

Overall, the UK has 25 universities in the top 200 Times Higher Education (THE) world rankings for 2025 – the same as in 2024.

The annual list has ranked more than 2,000 universities from 115 countries and regions in five areas: teaching, research quality, research environment, international outlook, and industry.

Making it in to the top 150 in the world, University of Southampton has ranked at number 115, falling from its 2024 position by just under 20 places.

Last year, Southampton was ranked at number 97, tied with the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden.

This is also just lower than its 2023 ranking, where Southampton was placed at number 108, this time tied with the University of Birmingham.

The latest ranking comes after the university was named among the top 20 universities in the UK.

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Experts at THE have warned that the reputation of the UK’s higher education sector is likely to “weaken” if funding does not improve.

Phil Baty, chief global affairs officer at THE, said: “While, overall, the picture of UK higher education in our rankings is positive, the sector is being battered by numerous prevailing winds.

“Chief amongst them is the extremely stretched finances it is facing and the restrictions on recruiting international students making it harder for them still, making it almost impossible to see how the sector can sustain its position in the coming years without significant help.

“The UK’s reputation amongst academics, while still very high, is likely to weaken further in future years if universities’ funding environment doesn’t improve, which can have worrying consequences for partnerships, investment and collaborations.”

Of the UK universities in the top 200, 13 institutions have improved their ranking in the past 12 months.

Five universities have kept their ranking the same, and seven, including the University of Southampton, have dropped by at least one place in the past year.

THE has stated that average teaching and research reputation scores have dropped for the second year in a row among the British universities in the top 100.