The QS World University Rankings: Europe 2026 is out, so you can see precisely how good (or how rubbish) the UK unis are compared to ones on the continent. The University of Oxford is apparently the best university in Europe in 2026. Imperial College London, University College London (UCL) and Switzerland’s ETH Zuric all beat Cambridge. Although Durham University and the University of St Andrews really slayed in all the UK university league tables last year, QS ranks them in the very mediocre 32nd and 44th positions. This is because the UK university league tables take into account how happy students are with their experience.