The Ten Best Universities In the World

The top ten universities in the world this year have been revealed in the annual QS World University Rankings.

The U.S. nabbed the top three positions, with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University and Harvard University coming in first, second and third, knocking the University of Cambridge out of the top three for the first time in a decade.

MIT has topped the list five years running.

Four UK universities appear in the top ten, and 18 made it into the 100 best list.

Universities are ranked according to a number of factors, including academic reputation, student to faculty ratio and employer reputation.