UK universities rise up rankings

by E Wayne Ross on November 8, 2007

TopTenUni_228x373.jpgDaily Mail: Oxbridge closing on Harvard as world’s top university

Oxford and Cambridge tie for second place in global university rankings published today.

America’s Harvard remains the top-ranked institution, though its lead was slashed.

Britain now has four universities in the Top Ten and 32 in the top 200 – our best showing since the tables began four years ago.

BBC: UK universities rise up rankings

Britain’s performance in a league table of the world’s top universities has improved, but the US still dominates.

Four of the top 10 are British and the rest American. Harvard is top and Yale, Oxford and Cambridge joint second.

University College London breaks into the top 10 for the first time and Imperial College London rises to fifth.