London is the city with the highest number of top rated universities in the world, with five making the global 100, according to the QS World University Rankings released on Tuesday 16 September.
Imperial College London has jumped up the rankings to claim second place joint with Cambridge, while University College London ties with Oxford for joint fifth.
The capital’s other world-beating universities include King’s College London at 16, London School of Economics at 71, and Queen Mary University of London at 98. No other city has as many universities in the overall rankings, with London topping the table with 18.
The city also performs exceptionally strongly across all the disciplines assessed by QS, including life sciences, natural sciences, engineering and technology, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
Welcoming the results, Mayor of London Boris Johnson said: “These rankings consolidate London’s position as the education capital of the world. Nowhere else will you find such a critical mass of top universities within just a few miles of each other, all providing an excellent education and producing graduates who go on to be leaders in their fields. From accountants to zoologists, I’m proud to say that London universities are at the forefront of teaching and research.”
