Finnish universities achieve top spots in THE World University Rankings by Subject 2025

The Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings by Subject published on 22 January 2025 includes a large number of higher education institutions from various countries and territories, assessing their performance based on 18 rigorous indicators across 11 different, broad disciplines.

Top 100

Two Finnish universities made it to top 100 in overall scores:

University of Helsinki 

• #42 in Arts & Humanities
• #50 in Education Studies
• #63 in Law
• #71 in Life Sciences
• #87 in Social Sciences 

Aalto University

• #66 in Business & Economics
• #88 in Computer Science

Top 101-200

In this range, Finnish universities got several good placements in the following subjects:

Arts & Humanities

• Aalto University #101-125

Business & Economics

• LUT University #176-200

Computer Science

• University of Oulu #126-150
• University of Helsinki #176-200

Education Studies

• University of Jyväskylä #126-150
• Tampere University #151-175

Engineering

• Aalto University #101-125
• University of Oulu #176-200

Law

• University of Eastern Finland #176-200

Medical & Health

• University of Helsinki #101-125

Physical Sciences

• University of Helsinki #101-125

Psychology

• University of Helsinki #126-150
• University of Jyväskylä #151-175
• University of Turku #151-175

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To view the individual subject ranking results in further detail, see the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings by Subject site at https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/by-subject