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The world's top universities in 2012

British-based higher education consulting firm Quacquarelli Symonds released its annual global ranking of universities this week. Here are the top 10.

6. Imperial College London

It used to be that the phrase 鈥渢op UK university鈥 was synonymous with Oxbridge 鈥 a portmanteau of the names of the country鈥檚 two most lauded institutions.  But Imperial College, whose full name is The Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, now consistently clocks in as one of the world鈥檚 leading colleges. This year it holds the distinction of having the best civil and structural engineering program in the world, according to the QS rankings. It鈥檚 also the alma mater of Sir Alexander Fleming (best remembered for discovering something called penicillin), H.G. Wells, and Nicholas Tombazis 鈥 better known as the chief designer for Ferrari. 

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