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Cambridge Named Best University ... Again

Harvard takes second, MIT third, and Yale fourth

By Neal Colgrass,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 5, 2011 3:03 PM CDT

(Newser) – For all the Harvard grads out there, don't kick yourself—but your school has come in second around the world... again. The Independent reports that QS World University Rankings has given the prize of best university to Cambridge for the second year in a row. Filling out the top five, after Harvard: MIT in third, Yale in fourth, and Oxford in fifth. QS says it based its decisions on areas such as teaching standards, research, graduate employability, and international work.

QS World University Rankings has named Cambridge the world's top university for the second year in a row.
QS World University Rankings has named Cambridge the world's top university for the second year in a row.   (Getty Images)
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kybaj39
Sep 7, 2011 3:28 PM CDT
It is weird that Harvard gets the number two spot, they aren't even the best ranked school in our own national rankings.
pg13
Sep 6, 2011 5:50 AM CDT
I was thinking of going either to Cambridge or my local community college.   Darn.   Shoulda picked Cambridge.
JoeQ
Sep 5, 2011 4:49 PM CDT
Yeah but Harvard has a great fight song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J04FRsesBQ
 

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