In case you haven't heard, every year we rank 1,000 research-intensive universities from around the world based on their teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook. Such rich data means we can identify shifts in the performance of universities and benchmark excellence in global higher education. 

Sara Custer is joined by THE's chief knowledge officer Phil Baty and rankings editor Ellie Bothwell to discuss the trends in this year's rankings and reveal the top 10 institutions on our list.