University of Manchester ranked 5th best in the UK

Yep, according to this ranking (considered relatively unbiased for not being American or British - it's Chinese), ahead of us in the UK there is only Cambridge, Oxford, University College London and Imperial College. Also, it is now 6th best university in Europe:
http://www.arwu.org/rank2008/ARWU2008_TopEuro(EN).htm

And 40th in the world:

http://www.arwu.org/rank2008/ARWU2008_A(EN).htm

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Guess how many universities Portugal has in the top 500? Hint:

less than 1.