Now featuring 495 universities, the QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2018 provides vital information about how successful today’s students are at securing a top job after graduation. Stanford University has retained its place at the top of this year’s ranking, helped by the fact it achieved perfect scores in three categories: employer reputation, alumni outcomes and partnerships with employers.

The rest of the top 10 is dominated by other American universities, with the University of California, Los Angeles, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of California, Berkeley all featuring. 25 more US institutions appear in the top 100.

Top universities from the UK, China and Australia are also producing some of the most employable graduates in the world, with each of these countries represented in the top 10 alongside the US. 65 countries are included in this year’s ranking in total.