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Oxford ranked world's best university for third year running

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Oxford was today declared the world’s number one university for the third successive year in the latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings.

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Oxford, the only UK University ever to top the international rankings, sustains its position through the outstanding quality of its research, teaching and innovation.

The new league table for 2019 was unveiled at the World Academic Summit in Singapore this afternoon, with Oxford first among the 1258 universities assessed worldwide, including 98 from the United Kingdom.

Find out more (University of Oxford website)

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