UCL places 4th in UK in new World University Rankings

We were 20th in the world


New rankings from Times Higher Education released today put University College London as the 4th best uni in the UK, according to reputation.

For the sixth year in a row, Harvard top the list – closely beating MIT to the top spot – as Cambridge comes in 4th, Oxford 5th and Imperial 15th.

UCL has slipped from 17th last year to 20th this year, but remains ahead of the likes of LSE (23), Edinburgh (29) and King’s (31).

Phil Baty, Times Higher Education rankings editor said: “The UK remains the second most-represented nation in this list of the most reputable universities – behind only the US – but it has lost ground this year.

“It claims 10 universities in the top 100, down from 12 last year, and seven of these have are ranked in lower positions. Even the country’s most prestigious institutions have slipped, with the universities of Cambridge and Oxford each dropping two places to fourth and fifth place respectively.

The World Top 30

“The UK’s diminishing performance occurs as institutions in Asia rapidly rise up the table; the continent has 17 representatives, up from 10 last year.”

The rankings are compiled using the world’s largest invitation-only academic opinion survey – carried out between January 2016 and March 2016, which received a total of 10,323 responses from 133 countries.