Cambridge University ranks sixth in an authoritative ranking of the world's top ten universities. The Times of London Higher Education Supplement reported the ranking below in November 2004. Rankings are based on the opinions of 1,300 academics in 88 countries, as well as the latest measures of research excellence and teaching.

  The top 10 universities in the World University Rankings are:

1. Harvard University (United States)
2. University of California, Berkeley (United States)
3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (United States)
4. California Institute of Technology (United States)
5. Oxford University (United Kingdom)
6. Cambridge University (United Kingdom)
7. Stanford University (United States)
8. Yale University (United States)
9. Princeton University (United States)
10. ETH Zurich (Switzerland)

Of the top 200 universities, all are in 29 countries. Dominating the list are the United States with 62, the United Kingdom with 30, Germany with 17, and Australia with 14.

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