Four British universities are in the global top 10, according to the Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings, unchanged from a year ago. In the top 100, however, there were 17 British universities, down from 19 last year. The top 10:

1 HARVARD University
United States

2 YALE University
United States

3 University of CAMBRIDGE United Kingdom

4 University of OXFORD
United Kingdom

5 CALIFORNIA Institute of Technology
United States

6 IMPERIAL College London United Kingdom

7 UCL
United Kingdom

8 University of CHICAGO
United States

9 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States

10 COLUMBIA University
United States

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