#5 University of Oxford
It’s another pride of the United Kingdom, the University of Oxford which was established in 1200 which was the oldest university on this list, wherein it caters to serve over 130 nationalities of students globally. It’s best known as collegiate university because of the federal system that it actually implements. According to QS report, it got 98.6 overall score rating which a slight difference last year of 98.84 since it has maintained the number 5 spot for this year’s survey. The difference took place under their Engineering & Technology from raw score of 12; it went up to 13 this year which was also their main strength among all other basis for scoring. It’s popularly recognized when it comes to entrepreneurship and innovation since its focus is on discovery and invention. It might the oldest university, but it has the most contemporary approaches, updates, and learning applications for students.
#4 University College London (UCL)
It was ranked number 7 last year, and it’s now 3 steps ahead on this year top 10 universities in the world for 2012-2013. Last year, its overall score was 97.33, and this year based on QS’s results it got 98.7 overall score. Hence, according to its ranking details, majority of the areas where surveys were applied really went down. Nonetheless, it also holds the title as part of the top-three multifaculty universities found in the United Kingdom. They are excelling in Engineering & Technology, Social Sciences & Management, and lastly the Natural Sciences. It has received various awards and citations wherein the recent happened in 2009.
#3 Harvard University
When one hears Harvard University, it has never waived down the positive impressions that the people has for it since majority of the political leaders were tutored and graduated from this elite university in the world. In fact, it has maintained for years the number one ranking because of its prestige, and recommendation from different renowned people. It was in 2009 that it held the number one spot, and in 2010, University of Cambridge got the first spot, and it was repeated in 2011. Nevertheless, everyone was really in shocked when Massachusetts Institute of Technology grabbed away the number one spot from University of Cambridge leaving away the second spot holder of 2010 and 2011, the Harvard University. Last year, it got 99.34 overall score, and this year, it went down with a slight difference of 99.2 which is not bad at all, but putting the university to 3rd spot, while University of Cambridge took the second spot. It was established in 1636 which is one of the oldest Americas’ institutions wherein their specialty is focused on Engineering & Technology.
#2 University of Cambridge
It did enjoy the number one spot for two consecutive years, 2010 and 2011, but this time around, MIT took the limelight. It has an overall score of 99.8, compared last year; it got a perfect 100 overall score which was just a slight difference .2. Its area of strength is under the Social Sciences & Management. It’s the second oldest university found in the United Kingdom since it was established in 1209.
It is the very first time that Massachusetts Institute of Technology bravely took away the number one spot from University of Cambridge, and leaving two steps behind the Harvard University. Of course, it got the perfect overall score of 100, compared last year, it received 99.21 overall score. This university was founded in 1861, but first students were admitted by 1865. Their strength lies in Arts & Humanities which is followed by Social Sciences & Management. It has enjoyed its 9th spot since 2008 and 2009, and it gradually stepped up from 9th spot until it has reached the number one ranking for QS. One university that not make it to the top 10, but are still part of the top 15 are University of Pennsylvania which ranked number 9 last 2011, and went down to number 12 this year.
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