Latest QS world league table is out
Full details of the rankings can be found at the QS website. A summary of the world top 10 follows where we find MIT retaining the top spot for a second year and four UK universities remain in the top 10:
Global top ten
|
2013 |
2012 |
Institution | Country |
|
1 |
1 |
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MIT) | USA |
|
2 |
3 |
HARVARD UNIVERSITY | USA |
|
3 |
2 |
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE | UK |
|
4 |
4 |
UCL (UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON) | UK |
|
5 |
6 |
IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON | UK |
|
6 |
5 |
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD | UK |
|
7 |
15 |
STANFORD UNIVERSITY | USA |
|
8 |
7 |
YALE UNIVERSITY | USA |
|
9 |
8 |
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO | USA |
|
10= |
10 |
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (CALTECH) | USA |
|
10= |
9 |
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY | USA |
The UK also has 18 universities in the top 100:
Top UK universities
| 3 | 2 | University of Cambridge | GB |
| 4 | 4 | UCL (University College London) | GB |
| 5 | 6 | Imperial College London | GB |
| 6 | 5 | University of Oxford | GB |
| 17= | 21 | University of Edinburgh | GB |
| 19= | 26 | King’s College London (KCL) | GB |
| 30 | 28 | University of Bristol | GB |
| 33 | 32 | The University of Manchester | GB |
| 51 | 54 | University of Glasgow | GB |
| 62 | 77 | University of Birmingham | GB |
| 64 | 58 | The University of Warwick | GB |
| 68 | 69 | London School of Economics and Political Science | GB |
| 71= | 66 | The University of Sheffield | GB |
| 75= | 72 | The University of Nottingham | GB |
| 83 | 93 | University of St Andrews | GB |
| 86= | 73 | University of Southampton | GB |
| 90 | 92 | Durham University | GB |
| 97= | 94 | University of Leeds | GB |
So no huge movements here but some slight upward shifts for a few UK universities within the top 100.
