How the world's top universities are distributed

How the world's top universities are distributed

While Oxford came first, North America has the most good universities, finds Times Higher Education

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Emma LuxtonFormative Content

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Monday 24 October 2016

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Oxford has won the accolade of world’s best university, according to the latest Times Higher Education Rankings. It is the first time an institution from outside the United States has topped the list.

The ranking looks at 980 universities, which represent only the top 5% of the world’s higher education institutions. Seventy-nine countries feature in this elite list; however, the distribution of universities is far from even.