Imperial ranks second in the world in major university ranking

Imperial College London has risen to second place in the world in a major league table, also ranking as the top university in the UK and Europe.

Imperial has risen to 2nd place in the QS World University Rankings, becoming the top-ranked university in the UK and Europe, it was announced today. 

QS highlighted Imperial’s world-leading research performance, outstanding employability scores, and exceptional sustainability commitment as some of the reasons why Imperial is in the top two in the world.

QS has consistently recognised Imperial as one of the world’s top ten universities. Imperial also placed among the world’s top ten universities in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for 2024 and was named University of the Year by the Guardian University Guide 2023.

Imperial also achieved its best-ever results in the UK’s most recent Research Excellence Framework (REF) exercise, and a Gold rating in the UK’s Teaching Excellence Framework. In addition, Imperial received a Queen’s Anniversary Prize in 2021, in recognition of the university’s pioneering work during the COVID-19 pandemic.