For the eighth consecutive year, Oxford University has secured the top spot of the World University Rankings, followed by Stanford University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), which are second and third respectively.
The top five universities in the ranking are rounded out by Harvard University in fourth place and the University of Cambridge in fifth. This means that Britain has two universities in the top five, while the US has three.
The rankings are considered the most global and inclusive. The latest edition of the rankings is the largest yet, featuring 1,904 universities from 108 countries and regions, up from 1,799 the previous year.
The rankings assess research-intensive universities across 18 performance indicators, including teaching, research, knowledge transfer, and internationalization. The dominance of US and UK universities in the rankings continues with Oxford at the top.