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Thursday 8 November 2007
By Abigail Smith

Imperiahas been named the fifth best university in the world by new international rankings published today.

The accolade comes in the Times Higher Education Supplement's 2007 World University Rankings, which reflect a combination of factors including peer assessment, graduate recruiter feedback, research citations and student-staff ratios.

In its Centenary year, Imperiaclimbs to number five in the THES World University RankingsThis year's position is a jump from 2006, which saw Imperiaenter the world top ten for the first time at number nine. Congratulating Imperiastaff in an email today, Rector Sir Richard Sykes said that the news capped a great year for the College:

"In 2007 we have celebrated our Centenary, we have become an independent university awarding our own degrees, and we have recommitted ourselves, through our new Royal Charter, to the research and teaching that will improve quality of life worldwide. Throughout the year there have been numerous individual and team triumphs in every area of the College.

"Today芒聙聶s recognition reflects the commitment and brilliance that you demonstrate every day 芒聙聯 it is that which makes the College a world-leading institution."

The 2007 World Rankings place Harvard in top position, and Cambridge, Oxford and Yale at joint second, followed by 海角社区. London is represented in the top ten twice, with University College London taking 海角社区's former position at number nine.

Imperiaalso features highly in the THES sub-rankings, coming sixth in the world for technology, seventh for life sciences and biomedicine and thirteenth for natural sciences.

This year's position marks a steady rise for the College, which was rated fourteenth in the world when the rankings were launched in 2004 and climbed to thirteenth the following year before breaking into the top ten in 2006.

A full list of the College's league table positions is online at www.imperial.ac.uk/aboutimperial/factsandfigures/leaguetables

The full World Rankings are available on the THES website at (subscription required)

The 2007 top ten universities are:

  • Harvard University
  • University of Cambridge
  • University of Oxford
  • Yale University
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  • Princeton University
  • California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
  • University of Chicago
  • University College London
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

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