Times Higher Education judges US and UK universities 'world's best'

American and British universities dominate the top 10 places in this year's World University Rankings, compiled by Times Higher Education (THE) and now embracing 800 institutions worldwide.

For the fifth year in a row, California Institute of Technology occupies the No 1 spot with Oxford University in second place. Stanford, Cambridge and MIT round off the top five while the only non-US/UK place in the top 10 goes to
ETH Zurich, in tenth place.
In all, American and British institutions account for about a quarter of the places in the list of 800, which assesses universities on the basis of the learning environment (30 per cent), research volume (30 per cent), citations (30 per cent), international outlook (7.5 per cent) and industry income (2.5 per cent).
Phil Baty, editor of the THE World University Rankings, said the rankings "apply rigorous standards, using tough global benchmarks across all of a global research university's key missions – teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook".
He added, "The top 800 list represents just four per cent of the world's higher education institutions, so we congratulate all institutions who have made this year's list."
While the US retains its position as world leader among elite universities, 29 new countries have entries this year, including Indonesia, Ghana, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Latvia, Qatar and Ukraine. There are mor