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The world's leading experts regard the UK as having better universities than any other country apart from the US.study us Almost 13,388 highly respected academicians in 131 countries were asked to rate the world's universities according to how good they thought their research and teaching were.
The result, published by Times Higher Education magazine, reveals that UK universities are at second place only to those in the US when we rate them for their reputation. The US has 45 institutions in the top 100 list, the UK manage to grab 12 places. Japan stands at third position with five universities in the top 100 list.
In this list Harvard stands at first position, followed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Cambridge University captures the third place, Oxford at sixth place and Imperial College London at 11th place. University College London (UCL) took 19th place.
Only academicians who had published more than 50 research papers and had worked in universities for more than 16 years were asked to take part in the survey. The reputation of UK universities overseas is important for the economy because international students spend a lot of money through tuition fee and other campus expenses. A number of UK universities depend a lot on foreign students.
The table shows that after UK, USA and Japan, the countries with maximum number of universities in the top 100 are study usCanada, Australia, Germany and Netherlands.
Some UK universities perform better when are rated on reputation rather than a mix of measurements. The Times Higher Education survey also published a league table which rates the world's top 200 universities based on 13 parameters, including how much an institution makes from innovation and how many times a university's academics are cited in international journals. When these parameters added to mix, some universities are ranked several places below positions they achieve when rates just on reputation.
Cambridge University stands at third position when it is rated on just reputation basis, but comes at sixth position when other factors are taken into account. In this year's ranking Cambridge stands at sixth, joint with Oxford and Imperial come ninth. Last year, Cambridge had come second,study usUCL forth and Oxford on fifth place.
On the other hand, figures show the number of students taking British degrees overseas has overtaken the number of foreign students at UK universities.
An analysis of the latest official figures by the British Council shows there were 340,000 students living outside the EU and studying for a UK degree or a higher education qualification last year. Many of these would have been admitted at overseas campuses of UK universities.
