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The statue at Oxford University of 19th century British imperialist Cecil Rhodes. Image Credit: Agency

The 2017 ranking contains universities from almost 80 countries, and represents an elite 5 per cent of the world’s higher education institutions. Judges from The Times Higher Education World University Rankings of 2016-2017 looked at world class universities across all of their core missions which are: Teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook. 

Here are the top 25 universities in the world:

1. University of Oxford, England

 

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2. California Institute of Technology

 

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3. Stanford University

 

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4. University of Cambridge

 

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5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 

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6. Harvard University

 

7. Princeton University

 

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8. Imperial College London

 

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9. ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

 

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10. University of California, Berkeley

 

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10. University of Chicago

 

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12. Yale University

 

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13. University of Pennsylvania

 

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14. University of California, Los Angeles

 

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15. University College London

 

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16. Columbia University

 

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17. Johns Hopkins University

 

18. Duke University

 

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19. Cornell University

 

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20. Northwestern University

 

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21. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

 

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22. University of Toronto

 

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23. Carnegie Mellon University

 

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24. National University of Singapore

 

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25. London School of Economics and Political Science