The Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) has published its global university ranking for 2020-2021, with ten UK universities making it into the top 100.
To determine which universities are the best in the world, CWUR uses the following objective indicators to rank them out of 100: Quality of Education; Alumni Employment; Quality of Faculty; Research Performance (comprising Research Output, High-Quality Publications, Influence and Citations).
While the top spot went to Harvard University in the USA, ten UK universities placed within the top 100 of the ranking, with the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford both featuring in the top 5.
The top ten UK universities in the world are listed below, and you can find the full ranking here.
1. University of Cambridge
Score out of 100: 94.1
World ranking: 4
2. University of Oxford
Score out of 100: 93.3
World ranking: 5
3. University College London
Score out of 100: 88.4
World ranking: 19
4. Imperial College London
Score out of 100: 86.7
World ranking: 30
5. University of Edinburgh
Score out of 100: 85.2
World ranking: 44
6. King's College London
Score out of 100: 85.1
World ranking: 45
7. University of Manchester
Score out of 100: 84.1
World ranking: 57
8. University of Birmingham
Score out of 100: 82.8
World ranking: 78
9. University of Bristol
Score out of 100: 82.2
World ranking: 90
10. University of Leeds
Score out of 100: 81.8
World ranking: 100