These are the 11 best universities in the UK

The UK has more than 10 per cent of the top 100 institutions in this year's World University Rankings for Times Higher Education, a rate that is second only to the US.

It's an improved performance on last year, with many elite universities also rising up the ranks.

Last year's ranking is in brackets:

University of Oxford - 2nd (3)

University of Cambridge - 4th (5)

Imperial College London - 8th (9)

University College London - 14th (22)

London School of Economics and Political Science - 23rd (34)

University of Edinburgh - 24th (36)

King's College London - 27th (40)

University of Manchester - 56th (52)

University of Bristol - 69th (74)

Durham University - 70th (83)

University of Glasgow - 76th (94)

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