Oxford and Cambridge have enhanced their reputations as being among the world’s most respected universities, in another display of the strength of Britain’s higher education sector.
An international survey of academics rated Cambridge as the world’s second best, and Oxford third, both up two places from last year. Harvard was ranked top.
London’s elite colleges also did well. Imperial College was placed 14th, down one place; University College climbed from 25th to 17th; the London School of Economics was 22nd, up two places; and King’s College rose from 43rd to 31st place.
Experts said it confirmed London’s position as the world’s top city for higher education, ahead of Paris, which has five universities — although Panthéon-Sorbonne and Paris-Sorbonne, its best performing — were ranked between