World's most famous University Rankings Revealed

The results of the world's most famous university rankings have been revealed, with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) coming out on top for the second year in a row. The QS World University Rankings 2023, compiled by global higher education analysts QS Quacquarelli Symonds, ranks 1,000 of the world's best universities across 48 different subject areas.

The UK's University of Cambridge is ranked second, while Stanford University in the US takes third place.The rankings are based on four leading indicators - academic reputation, employer reputation, faculty/student ratio, and citations per faculty member.

MIT scored particularly highly for employer reputation, with 96.3% of employers surveyed saying they would hire an MIT graduate. The university is also ranked first for citations per faculty member, with an average of 99.9% citations per faculty member - more than double the world average.

Oxford is ranked first for academic reputation, with 100% of academics surveyed saying it is one of the world's best universities. The University is also ranked second for employer reputation, with 100% of employers saying they would hire an Oxford graduate.

Stanford takes third place overall witha score of 98.5% and is ranked first for faculty/student ratio, with a percentage of 100. The University is also ranked third for employer reputation, with 1000% of employers saying they would hire a Stanford graduate.

There were some of the highly respected UK institutions.

The University of Cambridge, ranked second beating Oxford which was in preceeding years in seventh place. Imperial College London is in 10 th place. While the UK still has more universities in the top 100 than any other country - 31 in total - this is down from 32 last year. The US has the second-highest number of top 100 universities, with 27.

Comparison of top 20 UK universities.

1. University of Oxford

2. University of Cambridge

3. Imperial College London

4. UCL (University College London)

5. King's College London

6. Edinburgh University

7. Manchester University

8. Bristol University

9. Leeds University

10. Sheffield University

11. Newcastle University

12. Nottingham University

13. Queen Mary University of London

14. Glasgow University

15. Aberdeen University

16. Southampton University

17. Keele University

18. Cardiff University

19. Queen's University Belfast

20. Durham University

The UK is home to some of the world's best universities, according to the latest rankings. The world's most famous university rankings have been revealed, with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on top for the second year in a row.

The top 23 most represented universities in the world are:

1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

2. Stanford University

3. University of California, Berkeley

4. University of Michigan

5. Cornell University

6. Princeton University

7. Yale University

8. Columbia University

9. Johns Hopkins University

10. University of Chicago

11. Duke University

12. University of Pennsylvania

13. California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

14. Northwestern University

15. Brown University

16. Vanderbilt University

17. Washington University in St Louis

18. Rice University

19. Emory University

20. Duke University

21. Georgetown University

22. Carnegie Mellon University

23. University of Notre Dame