UNIVERSITY GUIDE
UK university rankings revealed: The Times league table
Oxford beats St Andrews and Cambridge to reclaim the Good University Guide top spot
Oxford tops the list for the first time in 12 years
IAN WALLMAN/UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
The Sunday Times
The University of Oxford has been rated the best in Britain, taking the top spot in a UK university ranking for the first time in 12 years and beating its rival Cambridge.
The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023, published online today, places Oxford at the top of its league table of 132 universities, after the university excelled across the board in the academic measures used to compile the rankings, including demonstrating high-quality research and strong graduate job prospects.
The university, renowned for its intimate style of teaching in which undergraduates have tutorials with a don and up to two other students, had by far the lowest student to staff ratio of any UK university, with 10.5 students to every
