The Harvard University emerged as the leading institution in the list of top universities across the globe renowned for their academic reputations and the prestige.
This marks 14th consecutive year that Harvard University continues to hold the top spot in the World Reputation Rankings 2025.
The University of Oxford and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) jointly share the second spot.
Oxford University is the only highest-ranked UK institution in the top 7 list, while the rest are US universities.
This year, as many as 300 institutions from 38 countries and territories have been ranked by the Times Higher Education (THE).
Bengaluru's Indian Institute of Science (IISc) slipped to the 201-300 band from 101-125 ranking in 2023.
IIT Delhi and IIT Madras also slipped ranks, joining IISc's 201-300 band.
IIT Delhi slipped from 151-175 band to 201-300, while IIT Madras dropped to 201-300 band from 176-200.
IIT Bombay did not find a place in the list while in the previous year it appeared in151-175 rankings.
Shiksha ‘O’ Anusandhan, a private deemed-to-be university located in Odisha's Bhubaneswar, is the new entrant in the list that found a spot in the 201-300 band.