<p>The latest London Times [ranking of British universities](<a href=“The Times & The Sunday Times: breaking news & today's latest headlines”>http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/tol_gug/gooduniversityguide.php</a>) is out. </p>
<p>For the 7th consecutive year, [Oxford](<a href=“http://www.ox.ac.uk”>http://www.ox.ac.uk</a>)tops the overall Times league table, even though [Cambridge <a href=“#2%20overall”>/url</a> actually seems to place first in most specialty rankings, including areas of study as diverse as natural sciences (physics and astronomy, chemistry, biological sciences), mathematics, computer science, economics, medicine, law, engineering (electrical, chemical, mechanical, aeronautical), modern languages (French, German), history and classics, philosophy, psychology, and social/political sciences.</p>
<p>[url=<a href=“http://www.imperial.ac.uk”>http://www.imperial.ac.uk</a>] Imperial College London](<a href=“http://www.cam.ac.uk”>http://www.cam.ac.uk</a>) and the [London School of Economics](<a href=“http://www.lse.ac.uk”>http://www.lse.ac.uk</a>) placed third and fourth respectively in the Times ranking, followed by Scotland’s [University of St Andrews](<a href=“http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk”>http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk</a>) in fifth place.</p>