The second edition of the QS World University Rankings: Europe, which includes the member countries of the Council of Europe, has been published by QS Quacquarelli Symonds, a global analyst of higher education. It is a study that "has 684 universities from 43 European countries in the ranking". No Italian university is in the top ten. The podium is dominated by the triad of the Zurich Polytechnic which undermines the University of Oxford, relegated to third place by the exceptional performance of Imperial College London. However, Italian universities have shown significant improvements. Italy is represented by 51 universities in the ranking, of which 24 have improved their position, 2 have remained stable and 25 have recorded a decline. Among the top 100 European universities, four are Italian, and 14 are among the top 200. The best university in Italy is the Politecnico di Milano, which has advanced nine positions to 38th place. It is followed by the Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, which has jumped 30 positions, reaching 48th place and entering the top 50. Sapienza University of Rome ranks 66th, down one position from the previous year, but remains among the best in Italy. The University of Padua also did well, which is 87th, improving by two places compared to last year.
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