QS World University Rankings, published Wednesday, showed a drop in the rankings of the three Israeli universities ranked within the top 200 in the world.

The Hebrew University in 'Jerusalem' (al-Quds) slipped from its 102 slot last year to 109 on the current ranking. Tel Aviv University is ranked 138th on the QS list, a decline of 24 slots since 2009. The Technion rounds off the unimpressive year for Israeli academia, dropping 27 spots to 159.

Ranked first on the list is Cambridge University, which surpassed Harvard University on its way to the top. Yale University remained in third place, coming just before the College of London and MIT.

The top 17 universities on the list are American and British, and include well-known institutions like Oxford, Princeton, Columbia, Stanford, and Duke.