Oxford has been named as the top university in the UK for the sixth consecutive year.
The prestigious university edged out its rival Cambridge in The Sunday Times University Guide league table for 2008.
Imperial College finished in third place, followed by the London School of Economics in fourth and St Andrews in fifth.
The Sunday Times ranked 113 UK universities and higher education colleges on eight factors, including student satisfaction, research quality and degree results.
Oxford, which has 18,000 students, fared well due to its completion rate for undergraduate students, its expenditure per student on facilities and for its percentage of students achieving a first or upper second class degree.
Dr John Hood, vice-chancellor of Oxford University, said: “I congratulate staff and students across the university whose individual achievements have collectively led to Oxford's premier position in this table for the sixth year in succession.
"It is a testimony to the wide range of expertise and quality of resources in teaching and research across an exceptionally broad front in our academic divisions and colleges.
"I hope that this result will encourage more bright students, whatever their background, who want to aim for the top as undergraduates or postgraduates, to consider applying to Oxford."
University College London came sixth in the league table, with Warwick seventh and Bristol eighth.
Durham and King's College London completed the coveted top 10.
Other universities in the top 25 included Bath, Southampton, York, Exeter, East Anglia, Leicester, Newcastle and Sheffield.
Liverpool Hope finished bottom of the university league table. Lincoln, Edge Hill, Thames Valley, Cumbria and Middlesex also performed poorly.
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