1, Oxford University, UK

2. Harvard University Harvard University, USA

3. Cambridge University, UK

3. Stanford University Stanford University USA?

5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology?

6. California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology?

7. Princeton University Princeton University?

The ranking of world universities is the ranking list of the world's top 500 universities published by Times Higher Education with reference to Thomson Reuters database.

197 1 years ago, higher education in the times was a part of the times. In 2005, rupert murdoch, the owner of The Times, sold TSL Education (including this supplement) to a private equity fund company for 235 million pounds.

Times Higher Education is a publication independent of The Times.