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The university is ranked 20th in the world - a jump of two places compared with 2020 -Ìýplacing it in the top 4% of the 679 universities assessed in the rankings.

The results place ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº as fourth in Europe, third in the UK behind Oxford, which came seventh, and Cambridge, which came 11^th, and firstin London.

The QS rankings focus on how well global universities prepare students for life after graduation on a range of indicators, including rating employer partnerships, alumni outcomes and graduate employment rates.

¹û¶³Ó°Ôº scored particularly highly for employer reputation, with a score of 98.7 out of 100, placing the university at 12^th in the world. The metric is based on over 75,000 responses to a survey of employers asked to identify the institutions from which they source the most competent, innovative, effective graduates.

The university also performed well on alumni outcomes, coming fourth in the UK. This is based on anÌýanalysis ofÌýthe outcomes of 40,000 of the world’s most innovative, creative, wealthy, entrepreneurial, and/or philanthropic individuals to establish which universities are producing world-changing individuals.

Karen Barnard, Director of ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Careers, said:Ìý"It is fantastic to see ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº in the top 20 of universities worldwide for employability, and indeed third in the UK. This is testament to the incredible reputation that ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº has with a wide range of employers, the fact that ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº students are so highly sought after across the sectors and the number of events offered to bring employers and students together."

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• ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Portico with art installation Razzle Dazzle – redacted CIA documents from the FOIA archives, hidden by camouflage – by ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Slade School of Fine Art student Emily Lazerwitz, 2016. Courtesy of Mat Wright