World rankings: Top 10 universities in 2014

Britain’s higher-education consulting firm Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) released its annual global ranking of universities for 2014. Here are the top 10 schools: 

#5 (tie): University College London

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Graduate student Katie Bates works in the Nanomedicine Lab at UCL's School of Pharmacy in London

The second-highest ranking of London’s powerhouse universities, UCL’s global reputation comes in part from its staggering diversity. Nearly 40 percent of the student body is foreign, with some 150 countries represented, and UCL counts among its graduates the first presidents of Kenya and Mauritius, as well as the Indian independence leader Mohandas Gandhi. The university also boasts the highest number of female professors of any institution in the UK.

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