Top 10 Universities in the World: The word University is obtained from the Latin Word “universitas magistrorum et scholarium” which means a community of scholars and teachers. It is a highest educational institution which provides the undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate education in several types of subjects and after clearing the academic session provides the degrees in the concerned subjects. But in Top ten universities the level and quality of education is much higher as compared to formal schools. actually most of these top institutes are research centers which invent new concepts , ideas and more importantly new discoveries , their scholars are successful professionals in the society. as Finland has the best education system in the worldbut it didn’t come in the list. out of more than 160 countries in the world and thousands of universities worldwide, the united states of America is at peak of the list of top ten universities and UK comes at the second place. List of Top 10 Universities in the World 2013-2014 RankInstitutionLocation1. Califo rnia Instit ute of Techn ologyUnited States2. Unive rsity of Oxfor dUnited Kingdom3. Stanf ord Unive rsityUnited States4. Harva rd Unive rsity-5. Massa chuse tts Instit ute of Techn ology-6. Prince ton Unive rsity-7. Unive rsity of Camb ridgeUnited Kingdom8. Imper ial Colleg e Londo n-9. Unive rsity of Califo rnia, Berkel eyUnited States10. Unive rsity of Chica go- Above given ranking list is prepared by The Times Higher Education World Ranking .