Top 5 universities in UK

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Planning to study in the UK and will apply for a student visa? Here’s what you may like to know about the universities in the British lands.

The QS World University Rankings® in their latest survey of 2015/16 have listed as many as 71 UK universities among the best in world and this is impressive. Out of 10 top universities in the UK, 4 are located in London, one in Scotland and rest are located mostly in England. Here let us read about the top 5 universities in UK.

1. One of the oldest universities in the world, is the University of Cambridge. It is currently holding a joint place with the Stanford University at the 3^rd place in world rankings. The university can be dated back to 1209 with prominent alumni like Stephen Hawking and Charles Darwin.
2. University of Oxford is the oldest university of the English-speaking world. This year it has been placed at the 6^th place in the QS World University Rankings. Oxford University Press of the university is the largest known university press in the world. It has quite a few notable alumni to its name with no less than twenty-six British prime ministers.
3. University College London (UCL) is the topmost ranking university in London currently and is ranked at 7^th place in the world. It was founded in 1826 and is an important center for biomedical research. It has the unique distinction of being the first university to be instituted in London and also the first ever to initiate admission of women on equal terms with men.
4. Imperial College London was founded by the husband of Queen Victoria – Prince Albert. This year it is ranked as 8^th in the world. It was the first college to form an academic health science center in the UK and the specialization verticals include, engineering, business and medicine.
5. King’s College London (KCL) has been ranked at the 19th position in the world as a joint place with Australian National University (ANU). King George IV and the Duke of Wellington, founded in 1829. It specialises in medical teaching and biomedical research. Notably, it is home to six Medical Research Council centres, which is more than any other British university.