For the first time in 14 years, the best university in the world isn't in America

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10. University of Pennsylvania (tie)

10. University of Pennsylvania (tie)

Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Students: 20,361

Number of students per faculty member: 6.5

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10. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (tie)

10. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (tie)

Location: Zurich, Switzerland

Students: 19,233

Number of students per faculty member: 14.6

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9. University of Chicago

9. University of Chicago

Location: Chicago, Illinois

Students: 13,525

Number of students per faculty member: 6.2

8. Imperial College London

8. Imperial College London

Location: Kensington, London

Students: 15,857

Number of students per faculty member: 11.4

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7. Princeton University

7. Princeton University

Location: Princeton, New Jersey

Students: 7,955

Number of students per faculty member: 8.3

6. Harvard University

6. Harvard University

Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts

Students: 29,326

Number of students per faculty member: 8.9

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5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts

Students: 11,177

Number of students per faculty member: 8.7

3. Stanford University (tie)

3. Stanford University (tie)

Location: Stanford, California

Students: 15,845

Number of students per faculty member: 7.5

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3. California Institute of Technology (tie)

3. California Institute of Technology (tie)

Location: Pasadena, California

Students: 2,209

Number of students per faculty member: 6.5

2. University of Cambridge

2. University of Cambridge

Location: Cambridge, England

Students: 18,389

Number of students per faculty member: 10.9

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1. University of Oxford

1. University of Oxford

Location: Oxford, England

Students: 20,409

Number of students per faculty member: 11.2