The 6 Best Universities in London and New York City

Each year QS publishes a list of the world's best universities which this year saw the University of Cambridge take the crown which has been held by Harvard for the last four years. This list shows the top featuring universities from London and New York City and in brackets where they came in on the QS list along with the score in comparison to Cambridge which defaults as 100. The QS rankings assess university research quality, graduate employability, teaching commitment and international commitment.

1 (4) University College London (UCL), London - 98.54

2 (7) Imperial College, London - 97.78

3 (16) Cornell University, New York City - 90.44

4 (21) King's College, London - 88.45

5 (41) New York University (NYU), New York City - 78.41

6 (80) London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), London - 68.86