- Times Higher Education ranks world universities annually.
- This year, Harvard was dethroned from the top spot.
- Oxford University and Cambridge University came in first and second.
For the first time in 14 years, the best university in the world isn't in America
For the first time, an American college didn't crack the top two in a ranking of the best universities in the world.
For the first time in 14 years, an American college didn't crack the top two in a ranking of the best universities in the world, according to tTimes Higher Education
United Kingdom-based Oxford and Cambridge Universities came in No.1 and No. 2, respectively.
Read below to see the top 10 universities in the world:
10. University of Pennsylvania (tie)
Location:
Students: 20,361
Number of students per faculty member: 6.5
10. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (tie)
Location:
Students: 19,233
Number of students per faculty member: 14.6
9. University of Chicago
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Students: 13,525
Number of students per faculty member: 6.2
8. Imperial College London
Location:
Students: 15,857
Number of students per faculty member: 11.4
7. Princeton University
Location: Princeton, New Jersey
Students: 7,955
Number of students per faculty member: 8.3
6. Harvard University
Location:
Students: 29,326
Number of students per faculty member: 8.9
5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Location:
Students: 11,177
Number of students per faculty member: 8.7
3. Stanford University (tie)
Location: Stanford, California
Students: 15,845
Number of students per faculty member: 7.5
3. California Institute of Technology (tie)
Location:
Students: 2,209
Number of students per faculty member: 6.5
2. University of Cambridge
Location: Cambridge, England
Students: 18,389
Number of students per faculty member: 10.9
1. University of Oxford
Location: Oxford, England
Students: 20,409
Number of students per faculty member: 11.2
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