《泰晤士报》第六次对全球学术机构和公司雇主所做的最新调查，列出了全球最具竞争力的百所高校。其中30所欧洲的大学榜上有名，超过了前次调查的36所。亚洲进入百强的大学数量也由原来的14所增加到16所。
剑桥大学的排名从第三名上升至第二名，UCL从第七名跃升至第四名，而牛津则下滑到第五名。东京大学是亚洲排名最高的大学，目前名次是22位。香港大学的名次上升了两位至24名。
此次调查还就专业类大学和综合类大学分别进行了排名。在专业排名中，伦敦经济学院和法国的École normale supérieure分别列社科类和工程类之首。
调查共采访了9386所学术机构和3281家企业雇主，比2008年调查的样本量6354所学术机构和2339家企业雇主有大幅增加。
下面是排名前十名的院校，*代表并列的名次。
Harvard University
Cambridge University
Yale University
University College London
Imperial College London*
Oxford University*
Chicago University
Princeton University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
California Institute of Technology
Columbia University
Europe strong in university table
The sixth Times Higher Education table is based on a survey of academics and graduate employers worldwide.
There are 39 European universities in the top 100, up from 36. The number of Asian universities rose from 14 to 16. Harvard is still top, while Cambridge moves up from third to second place. Oxford slips from fourth to fifth rank. University College London jumped up three places from seventh to fourth.
The University of Tokyo, at 22nd, is the highest ranked Asian university and the University of Hong Kong moved up two places from 26th to 24th. A new classification in the rankings differentiates between generalist universities and specialist institutions.
Europe does well in this section, with the top specialist social science university being the London School of Economics and the top specialist engineering university being the École normale supérieure in Paris.
This year 9,386 academics (compared with 6,354 in 2008) and 3,281 employers (compared with 2,339 in 2008) responded to the surveys.
TOP 10 UNIVERSITIES 2009
Harvard University
Cambridge University
Yale University
University College London
Imperial College London*
Oxford University*
Chicago University
Princeton University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
California Institute of Technology
Columbia University
* = joint place
（Source: BBC News, 英国使馆文化教育处提供）
