Cambridge falls to its lowest ever place in global league table

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Cambridge has fallen to its lowest ever place in a well-respected global league table as two thirds of British universities fell down the rankings.

The University of Cambridge dropped a place to seventh and is now three places below its main rival the University of Oxford, which rose one spot to fourth.

The UK recorded its third-worst performance in the rankings this year with the average rank of the 84 ranked UK institutions decreasing by nearly 13 places.

University College London however rose two places to eighth in the QS World University Rankings, while Imperial College London fell one place to ninth.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology retained top place for the eighth year in a row, ahead of Stanford and Harvard – which stayed in second and third respectively.