The University of Cambridge has climbed above UK rivals the University of Oxford into second place this year, but there’s no change at the very top as Harvard University are the top-ranked university for law for a sixth straight year.

There’s one new entrant into this year’s top 10: the University of Melbourne is up three places to eighth. Melbourne is one of 20 universities from Australia to be included in this year’s ranking, with seven others included in the top 50.

The QS World University Rankings by Subject are based upon academic reputation, employer reputation and research impact (click here to read the full methodology).

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