World University Rankings 2016-2017: results announced
University of Oxford snatches top spot from Caltech in this year’s World University Rankings as Asia’s rise continues
The University of Oxford has become the first UK university to top the Times Higher Education World University Rankings in the 12-year history of the table. It knocks the five-time leader, the California Institute of Technology, into second place in the World University Rankings 2016-2017.
World University Rankings 2016-2017: top 10
2016-17 rank | 2015-16 rank | Institution | Country
#1 | 2 | University of Oxford | United Kingdom
#2 | 1 | California Institute of Technology | United States
#3 | 3 | Stanford University | United States
#4 | 4 | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom
#5 | 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | United States
#6 | 6 | Harvard University | United States
#7 | 7 | Princeton University | United States
#8 | 8 | Imperial College London | United Kingdom
#9 | 9 | ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich | Switzerland
=10 | 13 | University of California, Berkeley | United States
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