Oxford comes out on top

The recently published Times Higher Education World University Rankings, ranked Oxford top, a first for a UK university, knocking the California Institute of Technology (top for the past five years), into second place. The table ranked universities on measures including teaching, research and international outlook, for example, numbers of overseas students and staff.

UK INSTITUTIONS IN TOP 200 (previous ranking)
1. Oxford (2)
4. Cambridge (4)
8. Imperial College (8)
15. University College London (14)
25=. London School of Economics and Political Science (23)
27. Edinburgh (24)
36=. King's College London (27)
55. Manchester (=56)
71. Bristol (69)
82=. Warwick (80)
88. Glasgow (=76)
96=. Durham (70)
109. Sheffield (97)
110=. St Andrews (86)
113=. Queen Mary, University of London (98)
121=. Southampton (=110)
126=. Exeter (93)
129. York (=131)
130. Birmingham (119)
133. Leeds (=133)
137=. Lancaster (130)
147. Nottingham (143)
149. Sussex (140)
158. Liverpool (157)
165=. East Anglia (=149)
172. Leicester (=167)
173=. Royal Holloway, University of London (129)
180=. Dundee (=185)
182=. Cardiff (=182) 188=. Aberdeen (=172)
190=. Newcastle (=196)
192=. Reading (=164)