CalTech grabs top spot from long time leader Harvard

The annual worldwide league table of universities published last Thursday was once again highly dominated by  British and US institutions. However, Harvard is not anymore on the 1st spot as it was out shined by California Institute of Technology.


The Top 10 Universities in the world.
California Institute of Technology (Caltech) knocked the famous Massachusetts institution from the summit of the Times Higher Education (THE) league table for the first time in eight years, with US schools claiming 75 of the top 200 places.

Next is Britain, which boasts 32 establishments in the top 200, but an overhaul in the way in which the country's universities are funded has raised concerns over its continuing success.

Asia's increasing presence in the annual table has stalled, with 30th placed University of Tokyo leading the continent's representation.

China's top two universities hold on to their elite status, but no more institutions from the developing powerhouse managed to break into the top 200.

THE attributed Caltech's success to "consistent results across the indicators and a steep rise in research funding".

Caltech specialises in science and engineering and has its main campus a short distance north of Los Angeles.

1. California Institute of Technology
2. Harvard
3. Stanford
4. Oxford
5. Princeton
6. Cambridge
7. Massachussets Institute of Technology(MIT)
8. Imperial College
9. Chicago
10. California, Berkeley

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