11. University of Oxford
Admission rate: 17.5%
World ranking: 6
Established about a millennia ago, as evidence of teaching goes back to 1096, the University of Oxford is one of the ancient universities still present.
Oxford University is made up of over 30 different colleges, so you’ll surely have your pick of topics. You can study archaeology, history, medicine, geography, philosophy, math, computer science, literature, law, and so on.
Stephen Hawking, the famous physicist, cosmologist and author, as well as Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, have both finished school here.