Chinese universities are catching up with UK and US institutions whose competitive edge is being eroded by crackdowns on international students, according to a leading global ranking.
While Britain and the US retained their grip on the global top 10, with MIT first and Imperial College London second, rivals in Asia are gaining on their mid-ranked institutions, the QS World University Rankings found. Oxford and Cambridge remain fourth and sixth respectively, with Harvard in between.
Overall, Britain has 93 institutions in the top 1,504, one more than last year, while China has 85, up 13 from last year. The US has the most at 184, down from a peak of 201 in 2023.