The world’s largest invitation-only academic opinion survey, Times Higher Education’s global Academic Reputation Survey, is being launched in early November.

The Academic Reputation Survey 2026, available in 13 languages, will be distributed by ɫºÐÖ±²¥â€¯and use benchmark data as a guide to ensure that the response coverage is as representative of world scholarship as possible. 

The annual questionnaire targets only experienced, published scholars, who offer their views on excellence in research and teaching within their disciplines and at institutions with which they are familiar. Invitations will be spread across a three-month period. The survey results will help fuel ɫºÐÖ±²¥â€™s next series of rankings. 

Scholars are asked to use their discipline-specific knowledge to name up to 15 universities that they believe are the best in both research and teaching. The survey, which typically takes up to 15 minutes to complete, will close on 30 January 2026. Last year’s survey had more than 53,000 respondents from 179 countries.

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The survey data from 2025 and 2026 will also be used alongside 16 objective indicators to help create the °Õ±á·¡ÌýWorld University Rankings 2027, to be published in autumn 2026, and all WUR subsidiary rankings.

The survey also provides a uniquely rich picture of the changing global academic reputation of institutions to inform ɫºÐÖ±²¥â€™s editorial analyses and data and analytics tools. 

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The survey is strictly invitation-only; universities cannot make nominations or supply contact lists, and individuals cannot nominate themselves for participation. 

Please check your inbox for an invitation from either surveys@timeshighereducationdata.comÌý´Ç°ù surveys@timeshighereducationsurvey.com.

If you are selected to take part in the survey, you have been chosen based on a proven record of research publication and will be representing thousands of your peers in your discipline and your country. Please take the opportunity to provide your expert input and help us develop a uniquely rich perspective on global higher education.