Region’s top three universities slip in World Rankings

THE region’s three leading academic universities have slipped in the world rankings, following a trend that has seen UK institutions downgraded.

The University of Leeds dropped six places to 93, the University of Sheffield slipped four places to 84 and the University of York fell from 103 to 127.

Asian universities have continued their rise in the QS World University rankings, with two-thirds in the top 400 improving their position. That included Fudan University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, which overtook Warwick.

UK universities, however, struggled, with 38 of the 48 institutions in the top 400 losing ground.

The UK’s highest-ranked institution, the University of Cambridge fell to fourth, the first time in the 12-year history of the rankings that it is outside the top three.

American universities now monopolise the top three, with MIT retaining top spot and Stanford leapfrogging Harvard to claim second.

World / UK / University
4 1 University of Cambridge
6 2 University of Oxford
7 3 UCL (University College London)
9 4 Imperial College London
19 5 The University of Edinburgh
21 6 King’s College London
29 7 The University of Manchester
37 8 London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
41 9 University of Bristol
51 10 The University of Warwick
63 11 University of Glasgow
74 12 Durham University
75 13 The University of Nottingham
77 14 University of St Andrews
82 15 University of Birmingham
84 16 The University of Sheffield
87 17 University of Southampton
93 18 University of Leeds
123 19 Queen Mary University of London
127 20 University of York