Annual rankings of World Universities have been produced by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) from 2004.
These were produced in partnership with Times Higher Education (THE), until 2009, but are now produced independently with THE now producing in association with another partner.
Results from the QS 2010 world university rankings.
Education Category Advert
| World Rank | Institution | Country | Overall Score |
| 1 | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom | 100.00 |
| 4 | UCL (University College London) | United Kingdom | 98.54 |
| 6 | University of Oxford | United Kingdom | 98.16 |
| 7 | Imperial College London | United Kingdom | 97.78 |
| 20 | Australian National University (ANU) | Australia | 88.58 |
| 21 | King’s College London (KCL) | United Kingdom | 88.45 |
| 22 | University of Edinburgh | United Kingdom | 88.01 |
| 27 | University of Bristol | United Kingdom | 85.22 |
| 30 | University of Manchester | United Kingdom | 83.33 |
| 37 | University of Sydney | Australia | 81.31 |
| 38 | University of Melbourne | Australia | 80.64 |
| 43 | University of Queensland (UQ) | Australia | 77.56 |
| 46 | University of New South Wales (UNSW) | Australia | 76.66 |
| 53 | University of Warwick | United Kingdom | 74.28 |
| 59 | University of Birmingham | United Kingdom | 72.68 |
| 61 | Monash University | Australia | 72.54 |
| 69 | University of Sheffield | United Kingdom | 70.76 |
| 73 | University of Nottingham | United Kingdom | 69.95 |
| 77 | University of Glasgow | United Kingdom | 69.54 |
| 80 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) | United Kingdom | 68.86 |
| 81 | University of Southampton | United Kingdom | 68.85 |
| 85 | University of Leeds | United Kingdom | 68.08 |
| 88 | University of York | United Kingdom | 67.37 |
| 89 | University of Western Australia (UWA) | Australia | 66.95 |
| 92 | Durham University | United Kingdom | 66.29 |
| 95 | University of St Andrews | United Kingdom | 65.69 |