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The top 10 universities in the world

September 26, 2016 09:20 IST

Find out how your favourite university has fared.

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2016-17 is out.

For the first time, the United Kingdom's Oxford University has toppled the five time leader California Institute of Technology, United States to clinch the top spot this year.

The rankings judge participating universities on the basis of five parameters, contributing to the overall 100 per cent.

Take a look at the top universities and how they fared.

Proud moment! 31 Indian universities in world rankings

Rank 1. University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Teaching: 89.6
International Outlook:
94.5

Research: 99.1
Citations: 99.2
Industry Income: 62.5
Overall: 95.0

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Rank 2. California Institute of Technology, United States

Teaching: 95.5
International Outlook: 63.4
Research: 95.7
Citations: 99.8
Industry Income: 90.8
Overall: 94.3

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Rank 3. Stanford University, United States

Teaching: 92.6
International Outlook: 76.5
Research: 95.9
Citations: 99.9
Industry Income : 60.9
Overall: 93.8

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Rank 4. University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Teaching: 90.6
International Outlook: 92.4
Research: 97.2
Citations: 96.8
Industry Income: 50.4
Overall: 93.6

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Rank 5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

Teaching: 90.3
International Outlook: 85.6
Research: 92.3
Citations: 99.9
Industry Income: 88.4
Overall: 93.4

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Rank 6. Harvard University, United States

Teaching: 87.5
International Outlook: 77.9
Research: 98.3
Citations: 99.7
Industry Income: 47.3
Overall: 92.7

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Rank 7. Princeton University, United States

Teaching: 89.5
International Outlook: 77.2
Research: 88.4
Citations: 99.2
Industry Income: 49.9
Overall: 90.2

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Rank 8. Imperial College London, United Kingdom

Teaching: 86.4
International Outlook: 96.4
Research: 86.6
Citations: 97.3
Industry Income: 67.5
Overall: 90.0

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Rank 9. ETH Zurich-Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland

Teaching: 81.5
International Outlook: 98.1
Research: 93.7
Citations: 92.5
Industry Income: 63.7
Overall: 89.3

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Rank 10. University of California, Berkeley, United States

Teaching: 82.4
International Outlook: 59.6
Research: 96.1
Citations: 99.8
Industry Income: 37.6 
Overall: 88.9

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Rank 10. University of Chicago, United States

Teaching: 88.1
International Outlook: 67.8
Research: 89.1
Citations: 99.1
Industry Income: 37.7
Overall: 88.9

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Click here to view the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2016-2017

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