By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 02:57 EST, 10 September 2013 | UPDATED: 03:16 EST, 10 September 2013 Four of the best 10 universities in the world are in the UK, according to a new international table. And a record six British institutions have made it into the top 20 in the latest annual QS World University Rankings. But experts warned that the UK's leading position could be under threat without more funding. The top-ranked UK university is Cambridge, which has slipped down a place to third this year, behind Massachusetts Institute of Technology - which also topped the rankings last year - and Harvard, both leading US universities.
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Cambridge was the top ranked UK university in the global list
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The university came third in the rankings overall down one place
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology was rated number one
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