Switzerland’s École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) has topped the Times Higher Education 150 Under 50 Rankings 2016 – a ranking of the best universities under the age of 50 – for the second year in a row, while the UK has the most world-class young institutions in the top 150.

EPFL held on to pole position in the table despite fierce competition from universities in East Asia.