12/09/2019 13:08
Oxford top of global university rankings
Oxford University has been ranked first in an international league table for the fourth year in a row.
The annual Times Higher Education world rankings put Cambridge in third place and Imperial College London in tenth.
But there is a warning from the compilers of the rankings that other UK universities are "struggling to hold their own" against global rivals.
They warn Germany is "poised to overtake" the UK in having the most top universities in Europe.
The annual rankings show Oxford once again named as the best university in the world, ahead of a US university - the California Institute of Technology - in second place.
US universities continue to dominate the rankings, taking seven of the top 10 places and 60 out of the top 200.
Asian university systems are catching up - with China and Japan continuing to perform strongly in the rankings.