For the first time in 14 years, the best university in the world isn't in America

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December 6, 2017 9:17 PM

For the first time, an American college didn't crack the top two in a ranking of the best universities in the world.

Times Higher Education ranks world universities annually.
This year, Harvard was dethroned from the top spot.
Oxford University and Cambridge University came in first and second.

For the first time in 14 years, an American college didn't crack the top two in a ranking of the best universities in the world, according to tTimes Higher Education

United Kingdom-based Oxford and Cambridge Universities came in No.1 and No. 2, respectively.

Read below to see the top 10 universities in the world:

10. University of Pennsylvania (tie)

Location:

Students: 20,361

Number of students per faculty member: 6.5

10. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (tie)

Location:

Students: 19,233

Number of students per faculty member: 14.6

9. University of Chicago

Location: Chicago, Illinois

Students: 13,525

Number of students per faculty member: 6.2

8. Imperial College London

Location:

Students: 15,857

Number of students per faculty member: 11.4

7. Princeton University

Location: Princeton, New Jersey

Students: 7,955

Number of students per faculty member: 8.3

6. Harvard University

Location:

Students: 29,326

Number of students per faculty member: 8.9

5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Location:

Students: 11,177

Number of students per faculty member: 8.7

3. Stanford University (tie)

Location: Stanford, California

Students: 15,845

Number of students per faculty member: 7.5

3. California Institute of Technology (tie)

Location:

Students: 2,209

Number of students per faculty member: 6.5

2. University of Cambridge

Location: Cambridge, England

Students: 18,389

Number of students per faculty member: 10.9

1. University of Oxford

Location: Oxford, England

Students: 20,409

Number of students per faculty member: 11.2

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