UCL ranked in world’s top 20 "super-elite" universities

UCL has confirmed its position among the top 20 "super-elite" universities in the world, according to the Times Higher Education 's ( THE ) annual rankings published today. UCL is ranked 16th in the world and fourth in the UK behind Oxford, which came first, Cambridge, which jumped two places to second, and Imperial College, London, which was eighth. LSE was 25th and King's College, London, 36th. The THE says the findings suggest a widening gulf between the "super-elite" and other universities as well as revealing London to be the top university city in the world with more universities in the top 200 than any other similar-sized conurbation. While Cambridge, Oxford, UCL, LSE and King's - what the THE dubs the "golden triangle" in the south east of England - have remained steady in the rankings this year (UCL is down just one place with Oxford, LSE and King's unchanged), several lower-ranked universities declined. The University of Warwick went down nine places to 91st and the University of St Andrews fell 33 places to joint 143rd. According to the THE , 16 of the UK's 31 universities in the top 200 dropped places.