IT’S one of the world’s leading universities – and it just got better.

A Hampshire university was celebrating today after being named the 95th best education facility in the world.

The University of Southampton has moved up four places from its previous ranking of 99th in new league tables.

The new world ranking is yet another set of good results for the university, which was named the best in the UK for engineering in a separate league table earlier this year.

Professor Don Nutbeam, vice-chancellor of the University of Southampton, said: “The past five years have seen marked improvements among universities in the Asia-Pacific at the expense of established universities in Europe and the United States. Our position among the best of the world’s universities provides further evidence of the impact of our research and education, and the quality of our staff and students.”