The University of Cambridge and Imperial College surpass Harvard University in the latest QS annual ranking of the world’s top universities, with four British institutions in the top six.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) came in at number one, with the University of Cambridge and Imperial College equal second. Harvard cam in at number four and the University of Oxford and UCL were equal fifth.

Kings College London, Edinburgh, Bristol and Manchester universities were in the top 30 and Glasgow, Warwick, Birmingham and Sheffield universities make the top 70.