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Oxford University tops The Times Good University Guide 2023 Rankings

The University of Oxford has secured the top spot in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023 rankings for the first time in 12 years although it has always been in the top three spots.

The annual Times university league table, which identifies the best universities in the UK, consists of nine indicators, including student satisfaction, teaching quality and the wider student experience, research quality, graduate prospects, entrance qualifications held by new students, degree results achieved, student/staff ratios, service and facilities spend, and degree completion rates.

Oxford scored very highly on all the academic measures and had the lowest student/staff ratios of any university. It also scored very highly on research quality and graduate prospects.

Learn more about the honor here.