London university beats Oxford and Cambridge to be named second best in the world
Imperial College London has been ranked as the UK’s top university and the second best in theworld, beating Oxford and Cambridge for the first time.
A new international league table reveals that Imperial has ended years of Oxbridge dominance, and risen from sixth place to second in the world – behind only Massachusetts Institute of Tehcnology (MIT) in the United States.
The University of Oxford was ranked third and Cambridge fifth, while came ninth in the 2025 QS World University Ranking – meaning four of the top ten global are British.
