Kings College Chapel, University of Cambridge. Photograph by Fractal Angel
A record four UK universities have made it into the top ten institutions in the world according to the latest QS World University Rankings.
The University of Cambridge, University College London (UCL), Imperial College, and the University of Oxford took places three to six in the list, with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University taking the top two spots.
The University of Edinburgh and Kings College London also moved into the top 20 at 17th and 19th in the world, demonstrating the prowess of the UK educational institutions, and the perception of degress from such universities around the world.
In total, eight UK universities made the top 50, with 18 making the top 100.
A number of commentators have warned, however, that there will be a gradual slip in these rankings if they are not offered further funding, with 21 universities dropping down the list by more than ten places since the 2008 recession.
Here is the full top 100 list:
1 MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MIT)
2 HARVARD UNIVERSITY
3 UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
4 UCL (UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON)
5 IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON
6 UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
7 STANFORD UNIVERSITY
8 YALE UNIVERSITY
9 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
10= CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (CALTECH)
10= PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
12 ETH ZURICH (SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY)
13 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
14 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
15 CORNELL UNIVERSITY
16 JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
17= UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
17= UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
19= ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL)
19= KING’S COLLEGE LONDON (KCL)
21 MCGILL UNIVERSITY
22 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
23 DUKE UNIVERSITY
24 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE (NUS)
25 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY (UCB)
26 UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG (HKU)
27 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (ANU)
28 ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE, PARIS (ENS PARIS)
29 NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
30 UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL
31 THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
32 THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
33 THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
34 THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (HKUST)
35= KYOTO UNIVERSITY
35= SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (SNU)
37 UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
38 THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
39 THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG (CUHK)
40 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES (UCLA)
41= ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE PARISTECH
41= NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY (NTU)
43 THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND (UQ)
44 NEW YORK UNIVERSITY (NYU)
45 UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN
46 PEKING UNIVERSITY
47 BROWN UNIVERSITY
48 TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY
49 UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
50 RUPRECHT-KARLS-UNIVERSITÄT HEIDELBERG
51 UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW
52 THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES (UNSW)
53 TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN
54 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL
55 OSAKA UNIVERSITY
56 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
57 CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
58 UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM
59 UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
60 KAIST – KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
62 UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
63 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO (UCSD)
64 THE UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK
65 LUDWIG-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN
66 TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
67 LUND UNIVERSITY
68 LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE (LSE)
69= MONASH UNIVERSITY
69= UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI
71= THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD
71= UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA
71= UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
74 LEIDEN UNIVERSITY
75= THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
75= TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
77 KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN
78 UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH
79= BOSTON UNIVERSITY
79= UPPSALA UNIVERSITY
81 UTRECHT UNIVERSITY
82 NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY (NTU)
83 UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS
84 THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA (UWA)
85 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS (UCD)
86= UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON
86= WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS
88 FUDAN UNIVERSITY
89 UNIVERSITY OF OSLO
90 DURHAM UNIVERSITY
91 AARHUS UNIVERSITY
92= ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM
92= UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL
94 THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND
95 DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
96 UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
97= UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN
97= UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS
99= GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (GEORGIA TECH)
99= NAGOYA UNIVERSITY
99= PURDUE UNIVERSITY
