UK universities fall in global league table of top institutions

A number of Britain's top universities have slipped in the global rankings but the nation still has 29 institutions in the top 200 - more than any other country except the United States.

The UK universities in this year's top 200 are shown below with last year's ranking in brackets.

Oxford - 3rd place (2)

Cambridge - 5th (7)

Imperial College - 9th (10)

University College London - 22nd (21)

London School of Economics and Political Science - 34th (32)

Edinburgh - 36th (39)

King's College London - 40th (38)

Manchester - 52nd (58)

Bristol - 74th (79)

Durham - 83rd (80)

Glasgow - 94th (117)

Warwick - 103rd (141)

Queen Mary, University of London - 107 (114)

St Andrews - 111th (117)

Sussex - 111th (121)

York - 113rd (100)

Royal Holloway, University of London - 118th (102)

Sheffield - 121st (112)

Lancaster - 131st (137)

Southampton - 132nd (146)

Leeds - 146th (139)

Birmingham - 148th (153)

Exeter - 154th (148)

Liverpool - 157th (169)

Nottingham - 171st (157)

Aberdeen - 178th (188)

St George's, University of London - 196th (201-225)

East Anglia - 198th (174)

Leicester - 199th (161)