Cambridge ousts Harvard as world’s best university

(The Guardian): Both of them have earned fistfuls of Nobel prizes, have educated enough statesmen to table a string of international summits, and inspired eminent scientists, philosophers and poets. But Harvard today forfeits first place to Cambridge in a league table of the world’s top universities, the first time in the list’s seven year history that the Ivy League institution has been knocked off the number one spot. British universities made a strong showing, with University College London, Oxford and Imperial all appearing in the top 10, while King’s College London and Edinburgh appeared in the top 25. American institutions dominate the list, however, taking 31 out of the top 100 places in the QS world university rankings. The list also features 15 Asian universities, lead by the University of Hong Kong at 23.

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