Dhaka, Sept. 20 -- Imperial College London has been named the University of the Year in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2027, moving ahead of the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.

The London-based university climbed three places to take the guide's top award. It also rose from sixth to third in the guide's overall national academic rankings, reports LondonNow.

It is the first time Imperial has ranked ahead of both Oxford and Cambridge in the guide.

Cambridge placed fourth and Oxford fifth in the national rankings.

It is only the second time in the 33-year history of the Good University Guide that both Oxford and Cambridge have fallen outside the top three.

Imperial was also named University of the Year for Gr...