Top Universities in the UK- THE Rankings 2022

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The Times Education Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings is an annual publication of university rankings by the Times Higher Education magazine. It is one of the three most popular rankings in the world along with the QS World University Rankings and Academic Ranking of World Universities. THE Rankings have evaluated 1,799 universities from 104 countries and territories this year.

The influencers under the THE ranking include teaching (30%), research (30%), citation (30%), industry income (2.5%), and international outlook (7.5%). Ten UK universities have been ranked in the top 500 vs. last year in which eleven were ranked in the top 500. While The University of Oxford has maintained its number one position for quite some time, The University of Cambridge moved from up to rank 3 from 5 last year.

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The next THE World University Ranking is expected to come out in September 2023.

THE Ranking of the UK Universities
S.No.	Institution	THE Ranking 2023 (Globally)	THE Ranking 2022 (Globally)
1	University of Oxford	1	1
2	University of Cambridge	3	5
3	Imperial College London	10	12
4	UCL (University College London)	22	18
5	London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)	37	27
6	The University of Edinburgh	29	30
7	King's College London	35	35
8	The University of Manchester	54	50
9	University of Bristol	76	78
10	University of Glasgow	82	86