The British organization Times Higher Education (THE) has published the 21st edition of its annual world university rankings, THE World University Rankings 2025.
According to the results, 13 universities of Turkmenistan have been placed in the prestigious and globally popular THE rankings with "reporter" status.
These universities are: Turkmen National Institute of World Languages named after D. Azadi, Institute of Telecommunications and Informatics of Turkmenistan, Turkmen State University named after Magtymguly, State Medical University of Turkmenistan named after M. Garryyev, Engineering and Technology University named after Oguz Han, Turkmen State Pedagogical Institute named after S. Seidi, State Energy Institute of Turkmenistan, Turkmen Agricultural Institute, Turkmen Agricultural University named after S.A. Niyazov, Turkmen State Architecture and Construction Institute, Turkmen State Institute of Economics and Management, Turkmen State Institute of Finance, and International Oil and Gas University named after Y. Kakaev.
An event of this level vividly reflects the active aspiration of Turkmen universities to strengthen their positions in the global educational space and join the ranks of the world's leading higher education institutions. The number of our universities participating in the rankings is steadily growing. In 2022, for the first time, the Institute of Telecommunications and Informatics was included in THE rankings. In 2023, four universities from our country were included; in 2024, eleven; and in the new edition, thirteen have been included.
Overall, according to annual statistics, the global list of universities is rapidly expanding with new participants. In 2004, when the first edition of THE World University Rankings was published, there were 200 participants. The 2025 ranking includes 2,092 universities from 115 countries. Universities worldwide are widely demonstrating development, competitiveness, and success in achieving the highest performance indicators.
THE World University Rankings is among the authoritative indicators of success of higher education institutions worldwide. Universities are ranked according to the latest WUR 3.0 methodology, which allows for a comprehensive assessment of higher education institutions' activities. It is based on 18 carefully calibrated indicators measuring university effectiveness in five key areas: teaching, research environment, research quality, industry engagement and international outlook.
