Rank | University | Student satisfaction | Research quality | Ucas entry points | Graduate prospects | Firsts / 2:1s |
1 | University of Cambridge | 86.2 | 45 | 610 | 85.1 | 89.4 |
2 | University of Oxford | 85.9 | 44.3 | 583 | 78.3 | 90.9 |
3 | London School of Economics and Political Science | 80.9 | 38.7 | 542 | 77.1 | 81.3 |
4 | University of St Andrews | 85.9 | 28 | 524 | 80.5 | 88.8 |
5 | Imperial College London | 83.2 | 33 | 567 | 89.2 | 84.6 |
6 | Durham University | 83.9 | 29.7 | 510 | 82.6 | 83.9 |
7 | University of Bath | 87.9 | 23.3 | 480 | 83.6 | 82.8 |
8 | University of Exeter | 86 | 28 | 470 | 77.1 | 83.8 |
9 | University College London | 78.5 | 33 | 511 | 79.8 | 84.2 |
10 | University of Warwick | 81.5 | 29 | 506 | 78.3 | 79.6 |
11 | University of York | 84.1 | 29 | 457 | 73.9 | 78.1 |
12= | University of Surrey | 86.2 | 20.3 | 418 | 75.6 | 74.7 |
12= | Lancaster University | 83.8 | 28.3 | 439 | 72.7 | 73 |
14 | University of Leicester | 84 | 20 | 413 | 71.6 | 75.5 |
15 | University of Bristol | 80 | 29.7 | 487 | 79.1 | 84 |
16 | University of Birmingham | 81.8 | 24 | 444 | 80.8 | 78.8 |
17 | University of East Anglia | 87.1 | 21 | 418 | 68.7 | 71.6 |
18= | Newcastle University | 84.6 | 21.7 | 438 | 79 | 78.3 |
18= | University of Sheffield | 84.6 | 27.3 | 442 | 71.7 | 77.5 |
20 | University of Southampton | 81.8 | 23 | 438 | 75.2 | 77.6 |
21 | Loughborough University | 83.6 | 24.7 | 411 | 75.4 | 73.3 |
22 | University of Edinburgh | 76.4 | 32.7 | 489 | 75.3 | 82.6 |
23 | University of Nottingham | 81.9 | 24 | 439 | 77 | 76.5 |
24 | School of Oriental and African Studies | 79.7 | 21.7 | 437 | 66.8 | 80.6 |
25 | University of Glasgow | 83.1 | 24.3 | 477 | 74.6 | 74.5 |
26 | University of Manchester | 81.1 | 28.7 | 457 | 71.9 | 72 |
27 | King's College London | 76.8 | 23.3 | 467 | 82 | 80.6 |
28 | Royal Holloway, University of London | 82.2 | 27.7 | 400 | 63.9 | 73.7 |
29= | Aston University Birmingham | 84.6 | 13.3 | 398 | 73.6 | 73.5 |
29= | Queen's University, Belfast | 85.4 | 18.7 | 388 | 74.8 | 71.7 |
29= | University of Leeds | 83.2 | 22.7 | 428 | 69.2 | 79.5 |
32 | University of Sussex | 82.2 | 25.7 | 407 | 54.4 | 79.6 |
33= | Cardiff University | 82.3 | 21 | 433 | 77.6 | 74.5 |
33= | University of Kent | 82.4 | 17 | 380 | 70.7 | 73.5 |
35 | University of Reading | 82.3 | 22.7 | 378 | 69.2 | 74.6 |
36 | University of Liverpool | 81.5 | 20 | 420 | 71.5 | 72.8 |
37 | Queen Mary, University of London | 81.3 | 23 | 417 | 69.7 | 68.1 |
38 | Heriot-Watt University | 84.2 | 18 | 391 | 77.7 | 69.3 |
39 | University of Essex | 85.4 | 22.7 | 342 | 51.8 | 60.7 |
40 | University of Aberdeen | 81.7 | 20.7 | 443 | 75.8 | 72 |
41 | University of Buckingham | 86.3 | n/a | 310 | 83.1 | 43.9 |
42 | University of Strathclyde | 79.9 | 16.7 | 465 | 74.3 | 75.1 |
43 | City University | 81.1 | 14.3 | 390 | 71 | 69.9 |
44 | Keele University | 85.6 | 12.7 | 356 | 68.1 | 70 |
45 | Coventry University | 86.9 | 2.3 | 294 | 71 | 66.1 |
46 | Brunel University | 83.3 | 17 | 357 | 60.5 | 62.5 |
47 | Swansea University | 79.7 | 16 | 360 | 77.5 | 63.8 |
48 | Goldsmiths, University of London | 82 | 24.7 | 370 | 52.6 | 73.5 |
49 | University of Dundee | 81.7 | 15.7 | 396 | 71.8 | 69.3 |
50 | Oxford Brookes University | 82.2 | 5.7 | 352 | 63.6 | 68.9 |
51 | University of Stirling | 80.3 | 13.7 | 374 | 63.5 | 63 |
52= | The Robert Gordon University | 81.3 | 5.3 | 350 | 81.8 | 62.5 |
52= | University of Chester | 82.8 | 1 | 296 | 69.4 | 62.4 |
52= | Arts University Bournemouth | 83.6 | 0.3 | 316 | 68.7 | 57.8 |
55 | University of Portsmouth | 82.2 | 5.3 | 316 | 63.4 | 67.3 |
56 | Bangor University | 81.3 | 16 | 313 | 64.4 | 60.1 |
57= | University of Winchester | 83.8 | 4 | 307 | 53 | 63 |
57= | University of Lincoln | 80.8 | 5 | 324 | 68.4 | 60.7 |
59 | University of Northampton | 83.7 | 1.3 | 299 | 57.9 | 61 |
60 | University of the West of England | 80.9 | 4.7 | 322 | 68 | 69.6 |
61 | Nottingham Trent University | 81.4 | 4.3 | 321 | 61.7 | 63 |
62 | Northumbria University | 81.2 | 2.7 | 331 | 61.8 | 59.3 |
63 | University of Hull | 83.2 | 11 | 344 | 54.8 | 58.3 |
64= | Harper Adams University | 84.5 | 2 | 332 | 67.2 | 52.3 |
64= | York St John University | 84.3 | 1 | 301 | 61.7 | 61.5 |
66 | University of Huddersfield | 83.1 | 2 | 317 | 67.6 | 60.9 |
67 | Bournemouth University | 78.3 | 4.3 | 345 | 63.9 | 68.4 |
68 | University of Chichester | 82.1 | 1.7 | 307 | 59.4 | 60.1 |
69 | Edge Hill University | 83.8 | 0.7 | 307 | 60.7 | 56.9 |
70 | Bath Spa University | 82 | 3 | 339 | 57.3 | 68.6 |
71= | University of St Mark & St John, Plymouth | 86.3 | 0.3 | 253 | 63.7 | 51.7 |
71= | Queen Margaret University Edinburgh | 78.7 | 3.3 | 332 | 69.7 | 73.4 |
73= | Newman University, Birmingham | 85.4 | 0.3 | 307 | 60 | 56.8 |
73= | Plymouth University | 81.3 | 6.7 | 315 | 57.3 | 61.9 |
73= | University of Ulster | 83.4 | 11 | 284 | 50.7 | 60.3 |
76 | University of Brighton | 81 | 9.7 | 304 | 58.6 | 65.3 |
77= | Falmouth University | 77.8 | 2 | 289 | 60.2 | 64.4 |
77= | Sheffield Hallam University | 79.6 | 4 | 316 | 57.8 | 63.1 |
77= | University of the Arts London | 74.3 | 20.3 | 316 | 53.7 | 65 |
80 | Roehampton University | 81.1 | 7.7 | 275 | 53.3 | 59.9 |
81 | Glasgow Caledonian University | 78.9 | 3 | 356 | 65.3 | 65.9 |
82 | Aberystwyth University | 76.9 | 20.3 | 327 | 53.9 | 58.5 |
83 | Liverpool John Moores University | 81.4 | 3.7 | 327 | 55 | 68 |
84= | University of Bradford | 79.7 | 10 | 311 | 69.8 | 52.8 |
84= | University of Derby | 83.8 | 1 | 288 | 55.6 | 54.7 |
86 | De Montfort University | 80.6 | 6 | 313 | 53 | 61.4 |
87 | Cardiff Metropolitan University | 82 | 3.3 | 312 | 52 | 59.1 |
88 | University of Central Lancashire | 81.2 | 3.7 | 298 | 54.6 | 54.6 |
89 | Manchester Metropolitan University | 79.3 | 4.3 | 333 | 57.8 | 61.8 |
90 | Canterbury Christ Church University | 80.5 | 1.7 | 273 | 57.9 | 62.7 |
91= | University of Gloucestershire | 78.4 | 2 | 295 | 61.1 | 62.6 |
91= | Birmingham City University | 78.7 | 2.3 | 323 | 62.4 | 59.1 |
93 | University of Teesside | 83 | 1.7 | 321 | 54.1 | 56 |
94 | Middlesex University | 79.7 | 5 | 250 | 52.8 | 55.3 |
95 | University of Cumbria | 81 | 0.3 | 253 | 59.2 | 65.7 |
96= | University of Sunderland | 81.4 | 4.7 | 272 | 49.6 | 52.6 |
96= | University of Hertfordshire | 77 | 3.3 | 312 | 62.4 | 61.6 |
98 | University of Salford | 76.5 | 9.3 | 300 | 60 | 61.4 |
99 | University for the Creative Arts | 74.3 | 5 | 307 | 51.2 | 56.3 |
100 | Edinburgh Napier University | 80.4 | 3 | 325 | 62.8 | 66.5 |
101 | University of Greenwich | 82 | 3 | 286 | 53.1 | 57.3 |
102 | University of Worcester | 79.2 | 0.3 | 281 | 63.8 | 60.8 |
103 | Leeds Metropolitan University | 79 | 2 | 278 | 60.3 | 57.5 |
104 | Leeds Trinity University | 81.9 | 1.7 | 286 | 57.9 | 50.8 |
105 | University of Abertay Dundee | 78.1 | 3 | 315 | 67 | 59.9 |
106= | University of Westminster | 76 | 5 | 327 | 53.7 | 60.3 |
106= | Bishop Grosseteste University | 81.8 | 0.3 | 247 | 66.4 | 58.9 |
108 | Staffordshire University | 80.3 | 1 | 254 | 54.5 | 56.3 |
109 | Glyndwr University | 79.5 | 1.3 | 232 | 61.2 | 53.9 |
110 | Anglia Ruskin University | 78.2 | 1.7 | 248 | 61.6 | 56.6 |
111 | Kingston University | 76.2 | 3.3 | 313 | 57.3 | 57.1 |
112 | University of West London | 78.1 | 2 | 234 | 62.3 | 51.1 |
113 | Buckinghamshire New University | 76.2 | 0.7 | 237 | 43.7 | 46.4 |
114 | Southampton Solent University | 74.9 | 0.7 | 282 | 48.5 | 58.8 |
115 | University of Bedfordshire | 76.6 | 1.7 | 214 | 53.5 | 50.2 |
116 | University of the Highlands and Islands | 80.7 | 2 | 294 | 43.9 | 70.8 |
117 | University of the West of Scotland | 78.2 | 4.7 | 288 | 56.5 | 56 |
118 | London South Bank University | 76.6 | 2.7 | 242 | 56 | 53.5 |
119 | University of Bolton | 77 | 2 | 270 | 52.8 | 49.2 |
120 | University of East London | 77.5 | 4 | 238 | 43.8 | 49 |
121 | London Metropolitan University | 72.4 | 3.3 | 229 | 45.6 | 51.5 |