<p>According to the Times [THES ranking](<a href=“http://www.topuniversities.com/worlduniversityrankings/results/2006/top_200_universities/”>http://www.topuniversities.com/worlduniversityrankings/results/2006/top_200_universities/</a>) of world universities, 11 of the top 20 universities in the world are in the United States. </p>
<p>The 3 Asian universities among the top 20 are Beijing University, NU Singapore, and the University of Tokyo. On the other hand, 4 of the 5 European universities ranked top 20 by THES are British (Cambridge, Oxford, Imperial College, and the London School of Economics).</p>