Imperial Beats Oxbridge in Global University Rankings for 1st Time

Imperial College London has beaten both Oxford and Cambridge in global university rankings for the first time, scoring significantly higher in sustainability and citations. The QS World University Rankings 2025, published on Tuesday, saw Imperial rising to second place in the global rankings and taking the top spot among British universities, ending years of Oxbridge dominance. It’s the first time that the top spot was taken by neither the University of Oxford nor the University of Cambridge since the global rankings began 20 years ago. In 2014, both Imperial and Cambridge came in joint second place, but this year Imperial stands alone in that position for the first time....