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Detailed explanation-1: -China is home to the continent’s top two universities for the second consecutive year, with Tsinghua and Peking universities holding on to first and second place, respectively. Meanwhile, Japan is the most-represented nation again this year, with 116 institutions, up from 110 last year.

Detailed explanation-2: -The University of Oxford tops the rankings for the fifth consecutive year, while mainland China’s Tsinghua University becomes the first Asian university to break into the top 20 under the current methodology (launched in 2011).

Detailed explanation-3: -Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Once again, MIT is the world leader in the world university rankings for the ninth year running. MIT earns perfect scores across most of the indicators, including academic reputation, employer reputation, faculty student ratio and international faculty.

Detailed explanation-4: -Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Detailed explanation-5: -View the World University Rankings 2022 methodology The University of Oxford tops the ranking for the sixth consecutive year, while mainland China has two institutions in the top 20 for the first time: Peking University and Tsinghua University share 16th place.