《泰晤士報》第六次對全球學術機構和公司雇主所做的最新調查，列出了全球最具競爭力的百所高校。其中30所歐洲的大學榜上有名，超過了前次調查的36所。亞洲進入百強的大學數量也由原來的14所增加到16所。

劍橋大學的排名從第三名上升至第二名，UCL從第七名躍升至第四名，而牛津則下滑到第五名。東京大學是亞洲排名最高的大學，目前名次是22位。香港大學的名次上升了兩位至24名。

此次調查還就專業類大學和綜合類大學分別進行了排名。在專業排名中，倫敦經濟學院和法國的école normale supérieure分別列社科類和工程類之首。

調查共采訪了9386所學術機構和3281家企業雇主，比2008年調查的樣本量6354所學術機構和2339家企業雇主有大幅增加。

下面是排名前十名的院校，*代表并列的名次。

Harvard University

Cambridge University

Yale University

University College London

Imperial College London*

Oxford University*

Chicago University

Princeton University

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

California Institute of Technology

Columbia University

Europe strong in university table

The sixth Times Higher Education table is based on a survey of academics and graduate employers worldwide.

There are 39 European universities in the top 100, up from 36. The number of Asian universities rose from 14 to 16. Harvard is still top, while Cambridge moves up from third to second place. Oxford slips from fourth to fifth rank. University College London jumped up three places from seventh to fourth.

The University of Tokyo, at 22nd, is the highest ranked Asian university and the University of Hong Kong moved up two places from 26th to 24th. A new classification in the rankings differentiates between generalist universities and specialist institutions.

Europe does well in this section, with the top specialist social science university being the London School of Economics and the top specialist engineering university being the école normale supérieure in Paris.

This year 9,386 academics (compared with 6,354 in 2008) and 3,281 employers (compared with 2,339 in 2008) responded to the surveys.

TOP 10 UNIVERSITIES 2009

Harvard University

Cambridge University

Yale University

University College London

Imperial College London*

Oxford University*

Chicago University

Princeton University

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

California Institute of Technology

Columbia University

* = joint place

（Source: BBC News, 英國使館文化教育處提供）