Harvard Pushes Cambridge into third place in World University Rankings

            Massachusetts Institute of Technology heads list, Oxford slips to sixth, while Edinburgh and King's College London Join top 20 Cambridge has slipped down an authoritative list of international university rankings in a league table of top universities published on Tuesday. It was ousted from second place in the QS World University Rankings by Harvard University, both were behind the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the list of the world's leading universities. The UK was represented in the top 10 by Cambridge in third and Oxford slipping back one place to Sixth with London's. Cambridge has slipped down an auth oritative list of international university rankings in a league table of top universities published on Tuesday.
                                    The QS rankings included a recorded number of UK institutions in the top 20, with Edinburgh and King's college London entering for the first time at 17th and 19th respectively.He said: "Our reforms to undergraduate finance have put universities on a sustainable financial footing and sharpened incentives to deliver a world-class student experience. We have protected research funding, encouraging universities to invest in cutting-edge research. And we are helping our universities make the most of the growing opportunities globally through our international education strategy. The current success of leading institutions shows how vital it is that the government matches the investments being made by other countries in order to maintain their world-class status. Of the 45 UK universities that make the top 400 in the world, 29 rank lower than they did at the time of the financial crisis. A total of 21 UK institutions have dropped more than 10 places since the recession, while just five rank more than 10 places higher than in 2007. For Coventry University, the ranking was a further sign of its recent rise. This year it achieved its highest ranking yet in the university guide of 33rd overall. There were 14 other UK newcomers to the top 800, including ghte universities of Kingston, Keele, Stirling, Ulster, Middlesex, London Metropolitan, Plymouth, Hertfordshire, Manchester Metropolitan, Robert Gordon, Greenwich, Northumbria, East London and Nottingham Trent.