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The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Cambridge has held on to its position at the top of the sixth annual Times Higher Education ¡°Table of Tables¡±.

The top five, based on the combined results of the UK¡¯s three main domestic university league tables, remains unchanged from last year, with the 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Oxford, the London School of Economics, the 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of St Andrews and Durham 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ completing the quintet.

Cambridge secured maximum points after coming out on top of The Complete 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ Guide, and in rankings published by The Guardian and the new combined Times and Sunday Times tables in the Good 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ Guide.

The big climbers were the 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Surrey, which leaped eight places from 19th to 11th, and the 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Birmingham, which moved from 23rd to 15th. It was also a good year for the 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of East Anglia, which moved up seven places to 18th, while the universities of Sheffield and Leicester climbed four places each to 23rd and 14th respectively.

At the other end of the scale, the 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Sussex dropped out of the table altogether after finishing 21st in 2012. It failed to make the top 30 of any of the three rankings, scoring zero in our Table of Tables tally. The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Glasgow recorded the second biggest slump, dropping six places from 16th to 22nd.

Meanwhile, Soas, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of London re-entered the table in 25th position after failing to make the top 20 last year, while the 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Manchester and the 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Kent also scraped back into the top 30, finishing 29th and th respectively.

chris.parr@tsleducation.com

Times Higher Education Table of Tables 2013