Rank | Last Year Rank | University | Teaching quality (%) | Student experience (%) | Research quality (%) | Entry standards (Ucas pts) | Graduate prospects (%) | Firsts/2:1s (%) | Completion rate (%) | Student-staff ratio | Services/ facilities spend (£) | Total |
1 | 1 | University of Cambridge | n/a | n/a | 57.3 | 224 | 86.8 | 93.4 | 98.3 | 11.2 | 3854 | 1000 |
2 | 2 | University of Oxford | n/a | n/a | 53.1 | 215 | 83.5 | 94 | 98.6 | 10.4 | 3354 | 962 |
3 | 3 | University of St Andrews | 88.5 | 87.9 | 40.4 | 208 | 79.6 | 89.8 | 96.3 | 11.7 | 3220 | 944 |
4 | 4 | Imperial College London | 75.1 | 77.9 | 56.2 | 206 | 90.4 | 89.2 | 96.5 | 11.4 | 3767 | 845 |
5 | 5 | Loughborough University | 83.4 | 85.8 | 36.3 | 162 | 86.9 | 83.8 | 92.1 | 13.4 | 3286 | 834 |
6 | 9 | London School of Economics and Political Science | 72.3 | 68.5 | 52.8 | 189 | 86.2 | 90.5 | 95.4 | 11.1 | 2968 | 828 |
7 | 7 | Durham University | 78.8 | 75 | 39 | 195 | 84.9 | 92.1 | 96.4 | 15 | 3052 | 808 |
8 | 6 | Lancaster University | 79.5 | 79.3 | 39.1 | 157 | 89.1 | 78.7 | 93.6 | 12.6 | 3427 | 801 |
9 | 8 | University College London | 74.7 | 75.4 | 51 | 187 | 83.8 | 89.7 | 94.5 | 10.5 | 2671 | 780 |
10 | 10 | University of Warwick | 79.6 | 79.2 | 44.6 | 180 | 83.2 | 84.3 | 95.1 | 13 | 2537 | 778 |
11 | 13 | University of Bath | 79.4 | 81.8 | 37.3 | 182 | 87.5 | 88.3 | 96.6 | 15.6 | 2541 | 777 |
12 | 12 | University of Exeter | 79.3 | 80.1 | 38 | 172 | 85.5 | 87.9 | 95.8 | 15.5 | 2987 | 776 |
13 | 11 | University of Leeds | 79.8 | 80.4 | 36.8 | 166 | 81.2 | 86.9 | 92.4 | 13.4 | 3043 | 744 |
14 | 14 | University of Birmingham | 78.4 | 77.9 | 37.1 | 165 | 85.8 | 86.6 | 94.9 | 13.9 | 3036 | 737 |
15 | 19= | University of Bristol | 78.7 | 77.2 | 47.3 | 177 | 80.6 | 89.8 | 95.8 | 13.5 | 2309 | 730 |
16 | 17 | University of Glasgow | 77.4 | 78.2 | 39.9 | 200 | 85.3 | 84.8 | 89.9 | 13.7 | 2549 | 718 |
17 | 33= | Harper Adams University | 83.4 | 82.4 | 5.7 | 134 | 72.9 | 74.4 | 91.3 | 13.7 | 3793 | 715 |
18 | 19= | University of Manchester | 77.3 | 77.2 | 39.8 | 167 | 80.7 | 83.1 | 92.9 | 13.3 | 3144 | 708 |
19 | 24 | Royal Holloway, University of London | 81.3 | 80.6 | 36.3 | 140 | 73.5 | 82.6 | 92.1 | 14.7 | 2802 | 704 |
20 | 18 | University of Southampton | 79.1 | 78.6 | 44.9 | 160 | 82.1 | 84.9 | 89.3 | 13.5 | 2454 | 700 |
21 | 16 | University of Nottingham | 78 | 78 | 37.8 | 161 | 86 | 84.1 | 93.8 | 14.5 | 2663 | 693 |
22 | 22 | University of York | 82.6 | 81 | 38.3 | 158 | 82 | 80.5 | 92.8 | 14.6 | 1810 | 692 |
23 | 15 | University of East Anglia | 79.1 | 79 | 35.8 | 147 | 77.1 | 87.2 | 90.7 | 13.6 | 2842 | 691 |
24 | 27 | University of Dundee | 83.5 | 83.8 | 31.2 | 172 | 81.7 | 78.9 | 88.5 | 13.9 | 2517 | 690 |
25 | 28 | University of Edinburgh | 73.3 | 72.6 | 43.8 | 190 | 77.5 | 89.5 | 92.1 | 11.9 | 2169 | 686 |
26 | 25 | University of Sheffield | 80.6 | 82.1 | 37.6 | 157 | 84.4 | 81.5 | 92.8 | 15.2 | 2290 | 684 |
27 | 26 | University of Aberdeen | 80.6 | 81.1 | 29.9 | 184 | 80.9 | 87.1 | 90.2 | 16.1 | 2445 | 680 |
28 | 21 | Newcastle University | 77.9 | 78.7 | 37.7 | 159 | 85.8 | 81.3 | 95.1 | 14.2 | 2304 | 677 |
29 | 31 | University of Liverpool | 79.4 | 80 | 31.5 | 147 | 85.4 | 80.6 | 92.9 | 14.3 | 2445 | 656 |
30 | 35= | King's College London | 74.3 | 72.5 | 44 | 169 | 84.5 | 86.7 | 91.8 | 12.4 | 2670 | 654 |
31 | 30 | Swansea University | 81.2 | 81.5 | 33.7 | 135 | 85.6 | 78 | 90.8 | 15.4 | 2372 | 653 |
32 | 23 | University of Surrey | 76.9 | 78.2 | 29.7 | 156 | 81 | 85 | 92.6 | 16.1 | 2678 | 649 |
33 | 35= | Heriot-Watt University | 77.9 | 77.9 | 36.7 | 163 | 79.3 | 79.7 | 86.8 | 17.8 | 3217 | 648 |
34 | 32 | Cardiff University | 78.2 | 77.5 | 35 | 159 | 81.7 | 83.3 | 91.8 | 14.1 | 2379 | 645 |
35 | 38= | Queen's University, Belfast | 77.5 | 77.4 | 39.7 | 152 | 82.4 | 84 | 91.8 | 15.9 | 2416 | 636 |
36 | 44= | University of Strathclyde | 78.3 | 78.9 | 37.7 | 200 | 79.6 | 83.4 | 88.5 | 19.5 | 1867 | 634 |
37 | 29 | University of Essex | 79.5 | 80.3 | 37.2 | 111 | 74.3 | 74.5 | 85.4 | 15.9 | 3521 | 630 |
38= | 40 | University of Reading | 77.3 | 75.2 | 36.5 | 132 | 76 | 81.7 | 93 | 15.8 | 2785 | 628 |
38= | 41 | University of Sussex | 76.6 | 76.4 | 31.8 | 148 | 80.4 | 75.6 | 90.7 | 15.8 | 2678 | 628 |
40 | 37 | Nottingham Trent University | 83 | 81.7 | 6.5 | 135 | 81.7 | 74.4 | 87.6 | 14.5 | 2434 | 625 |
41 | 38= | University of Leicester | 77.7 | 78 | 31.8 | 133 | 75.4 | 78.4 | 92.3 | 14 | 2749 | 619 |
42 | 33= | University for the Creative Arts | 83.8 | 78 | 3.4 | 143 | 72.7 | 75.1 | 80.1 | 12.9 | 2666 | 614 |
43 | 51= | Arts University Bournemouth | 84.9 | 82.9 | 2.4 | 154 | 80.5 | 66.1 | 90 | 15.1 | 1730 | 613 |
44 | 53 | SOAS University of London | 75.5 | 71.2 | 27.9 | 156 | 70.9 | 81.7 | 81.4 | 11.3 | 2608 | 606 |
45 | 48= | Aberystwyth University | 88.3 | 86.1 | 28.1 | 120 | 78.2 | 69 | 81.6 | 16.9 | 1768 | 596 |
46 | 48= | Keele University | 82.5 | 82.5 | 22.1 | 127 | 82.1 | 74.2 | 88.7 | 14 | 2087 | 586 |
47 | 44= | University of Stirling | 79.5 | 75.6 | 30.5 | 163 | 78.7 | 76.3 | 86.7 | 16.4 | 1865 | 583 |
48 | 56 | Aston University | 78.3 | 77.3 | 25.8 | 133 | 79.1 | 84.4 | 92 | 17.4 | 1983 | 578 |
49 | 46= | Queen Mary, University of London | 73.5 | 74.3 | 37.9 | 144 | 78.7 | 83.2 | 89.9 | 13.1 | 2352 | 574 |
50 | 46= | Coventry University | 82.3 | 81.5 | 3.8 | 126 | 80.9 | 76.1 | 83.9 | 14.6 | 2411 | 572 |
51 | 42 | University of Lincoln | 79.5 | 79.3 | 10.3 | 128 | 81.4 | 75.1 | 88.1 | 14.7 | 2123 | 570 |
52 | 83 | University of West London | 85.7 | 84.7 | 1.6 | 124 | 74 | 74.3 | 78.1 | 14.8 | 2669 | 565 |
53 | 57 | Staffordshire University | 83.3 | 79.8 | 16.5 | 120 | 80.8 | 72.3 | 78.4 | 15.4 | 2484 | 564 |
54 | 55 | University of Kent | 76.8 | 76.6 | 35.2 | 135 | 78.3 | 79.1 | 89 | 18 | 1827 | 558 |
55 | 59 | Edge Hill University | 82.1 | 79.1 | 4.9 | 134 | 77.2 | 74 | 85.1 | 14.1 | 2230 | 554 |
56= | 51= | University of Portsmouth | 80.5 | 79.3 | 8.6 | 115 | 85.4 | 75 | 85.4 | 15.4 | 2222 | 552 |
56= | 54 | Leeds Arts University | 83.1 | 79 | n/a | 158 | 57.1 | 79.9 | 88.8 | 11.9 | 1287 | 552 |
58= | 60 | Ulster University | 81.8 | 80.3 | 31.8 | 128 | 71.9 | 76 | 83.3 | 17.4 | 2143 | 549 |
58= | 58 | University of the West of England | 83.8 | 83.1 | 8.8 | 126 | 76.3 | 75.4 | 84.3 | 15.3 | 2007 | 549 |
60 | 50 | Liverpool Hope University | 82.5 | 79.3 | 9.2 | 117 | 83.8 | 68 | 79.9 | 14.5 | 2103 | 545 |
61 | 62 | University of Huddersfield | 81.2 | 78.3 | 9.4 | 131 | 80 | 74.6 | 84.2 | 17.5 | 2417 | 540 |
62= | 69 | Manchester Metropolitan University | 80.7 | 78.9 | 7.5 | 133 | 70.7 | 73.2 | 83.5 | 15.5 | 2719 | 535 |
62= | 66 | Norwich University of the Arts | 81.6 | 77.7 | 5.6 | 137 | 60.6 | 71.8 | 88.6 | 15 | 2638 | 535 |
64 | 63= | Oxford Brookes University | 77.3 | 77 | 11.4 | 131 | 77.4 | 75.7 | 89.6 | 15.1 | 2248 | 531 |
65= | 61 | Northumbria University | 79.7 | 78.3 | 9 | 145 | 75.4 | 77.3 | 84 | 16.3 | 2224 | 524 |
65= | 67 | Sheffield Hallam University | 83.7 | 81.1 | 5.4 | 119 | 73.8 | 74.7 | 85.7 | 17.2 | 2318 | 524 |
67 | 80 | St George's, University of London | 71.9 | 71.9 | 22.2 | 158 | 93.8 | 80.3 | 93.3 | 11.1 | 2560 | 521 |
68 | 71 | Goldsmiths, University of London | 76.5 | 72 | 33.4 | 131 | 58.3 | 81.9 | 78.5 | 15.1 | 2902 | 520 |
69 | 70 | University of Roehampton | 79.2 | 77.2 | 24.5 | 111 | 72.2 | 68.7 | 74.3 | 14.2 | 2759 | 519 |
70 | 63= | Bangor University | 83.8 | 81.8 | 27.2 | 131 | 67.8 | 71.4 | 84.1 | 17 | 1714 | 518 |
71 | 94= | University of Chichester | 83.3 | 79.9 | 6.4 | 123 | 64.6 | 73.1 | 88 | 14.4 | 1833 | 515 |
72 | 84 | Falmouth University | 81.1 | 76.5 | 4.6 | 131 | 77 | 78 | 86.8 | 18.3 | 1488 | 514 |
73 | 68 | City, University of London | 76.2 | 77.1 | 22.6 | 145 | 73.4 | 73.1 | 88.5 | 17.8 | 2495 | 511 |
74 | 65 | De Montfort University | 79.9 | 80 | 8.9 | 111 | 83.8 | 75.1 | 85 | 19.9 | 2246 | 508 |
75 | 105= | University of Central Lancashire | 81.3 | 78.7 | 5.6 | 133 | 76.9 | 71.8 | 79.6 | 14.2 | 2241 | 506 |
76 | 72 | Plymouth University | 82.4 | 79.9 | 15.9 | 132 | 73.6 | 70.9 | 83.6 | 16.2 | 2020 | 504 |
77 | 103= | University of Hull | 80.8 | 77.1 | 16.7 | 126 | 76 | 70.4 | 83 | 16.2 | 2370 | 499 |
78 | 74 | Liverpool John Moores University | 80.5 | 79.1 | 8.9 | 142 | 74.9 | 73.8 | 84.7 | 16.9 | 1802 | 498 |
79= | 94= | University of the Arts, London | 76.3 | 70.1 | 8 | 137 | 72.2 | 71.3 | 86.2 | 14.8 | 2397 | 495 |
79= | 73 | University of Chester | 82.7 | 79.1 | 4.1 | 114 | 70.1 | 69.7 | 80.5 | 15.5 | 2803 | 495 |
81 | 102 | York St John University | 83.9 | 79.9 | 4.1 | 114 | 73.6 | 68.6 | 87.7 | 18 | 2068 | 490 |
82 | 97 | Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh | 80.7 | 76.5 | 6.6 | 151 | 72.9 | 79 | 81.9 | 18.6 | 1775 | 488 |
83 | 96 | Robert Gordon University | 83 | 80.4 | 4 | 157 | 81.1 | 69.9 | 86.8 | 20.4 | 1449 | 487 |
84 | 100 | University of Greenwich | 79.9 | 78.4 | 4.9 | 137 | 70.3 | 77 | 82 | 17.4 | 2329 | 484 |
85 | 77 | St Mary's University, Twickenham | 82.2 | 79 | 4 | 119 | 72.6 | 75.3 | 81 | 16 | 1741 | 483 |
86 | 107 | London South Bank University | 80.4 | 77.9 | 9 | 114 | 87.7 | 69.5 | 77.5 | 15.6 | 2156 | 480 |
87 | 85= | Teesside University | 83.1 | 79.5 | 3.6 | 120 | 81.3 | 68 | 79.8 | 18 | 2464 | 477 |
88 | 90 | University of Hertfordshire | 78.8 | 78.3 | 5.6 | 115 | 80.6 | 64.9 | 83.7 | 16 | 2700 | 476 |
89= | 85= | Solent University | 82.2 | 79 | 0.5 | 118 | 70.4 | 71.3 | 77.9 | 15.6 | 2112 | 475 |
89= | 115= | Royal Agricultural University | 81.8 | 82.3 | 1.1 | 118 | 63.5 | 63.5 | 91.2 | 20.9 | 2803 | 475 |
91 | 75 | University of Derby | 81.6 | 78.6 | 2.5 | 123 | 76.2 | 65.7 | 79.1 | 14.5 | 2042 | 474 |
92= | 43 | University of Buckingham | 80.6 | 80.5 | n/a | 121 | 81.5 | 69.7 | 84 | 15.8 | 1926 | 472 |
92= | 91 | University of Worcester | 85.1 | 82.8 | 4.3 | 120 | 75 | 67.1 | 81.8 | 17.2 | 1629 | 472 |
94 | 78 | Bournemouth University | 77.3 | 75.4 | 9 | 122 | 68.7 | 76.4 | 85.3 | 17 | 2325 | 465 |
95 | 81= | University of Gloucestershire | 81 | 78 | 3.8 | 123 | 72.9 | 71.3 | 80.9 | 18.7 | 2055 | 461 |
96= | 87= | Birmingham City University | 81 | 77.3 | 4.3 | 123 | 76.8 | 71.6 | 82.6 | 17.9 | 2123 | 460 |
96= | 101 | Glasgow Caledonian University | 78.7 | 76.5 | 7 | 167 | 73.7 | 79.9 | 83.7 | 20.2 | 1651 | 460 |
98= | 105= | Abertay University | 84.5 | 81.3 | 5.1 | 142 | 73.4 | 65.8 | 77.4 | 19.6 | 1919 | 459 |
98= | 79 | University of Winchester | 80.5 | 78.5 | 5.8 | 113 | 63.7 | 76.4 | 86.3 | 16.4 | 1683 | 459 |
100 | 76 | Brunel University London | 73.1 | 73.4 | 25.4 | 125 | 70.9 | 75.7 | 86.5 | 18 | 2418 | 458 |
101 | 120 | Edinburgh Napier University | 76.2 | 75.9 | 4.6 | 148 | 73.8 | 75.7 | 82.2 | 17.9 | 2136 | 455 |
102= | 109 | Plymouth Marjon University | 86.7 | 82.7 | 0 | 125 | 63.7 | 77.1 | 78.4 | 22.2 | 1996 | 453 |
102= | 89 | University of Wales Trinity St David | 84.6 | 78.6 | 2.6 | 109 | 66 | 72.9 | 77.2 | 15.2 | 1779 | 453 |
102= | 113 | Bishop Grosseteste University | 81.2 | 75.8 | 2.1 | 112 | 72.9 | 69 | 90.2 | 20.2 | 2212 | 453 |
105 | 98 | University of Bradford | 74.3 | 74.3 | 9.2 | 132 | 82.8 | 80.2 | 83 | 17.2 | 2076 | 448 |
106 | 110= | Kingston University | 79.3 | 78.3 | 5.1 | 124 | 64.5 | 72.5 | 84.1 | 16.6 | 2559 | 444 |
107 | 110= | Middlesex University | 75.5 | 74 | 9.7 | 123 | 73.5 | 67.2 | 78.9 | 16.7 | 3030 | 443 |
108 | 92 | University of the West of Scotland | 81.4 | 78 | 4.3 | 139 | 80.7 | 71.3 | 80.9 | 22.4 | 2205 | 442 |
109 | 93 | University of Sunderland | 79.9 | 77.2 | 5.8 | 115 | 67.1 | 64.7 | 80.4 | 15.8 | 2657 | 441 |
110 | 103= | Bath Spa University | 76.5 | 72.2 | 7.9 | 118 | 66.9 | 78.8 | 86.2 | 18.7 | 2100 | 438 |
111 | 81= | University of Salford | 78.5 | 76.8 | 8.3 | 130 | 73.6 | 73.7 | 78.3 | 16.2 | 1980 | 437 |
112 | 108 | Cardiff Metropolitan University | 80.7 | 80 | 3.9 | 123 | 65.9 | 67.4 | 79.6 | 18.8 | 2565 | 434 |
113 | 117 | Bucks New University | 81.9 | 79.7 | 1.5 | 117 | 68.8 | 60.4 | 79.3 | 15.8 | 2647 | 427 |
114 | 110= | University of South Wales | 82.5 | 79.5 | 4 | 125 | 63.4 | 67.3 | 79.8 | 15.6 | 1580 | 412 |
115 | 119 | Newman University | 82.5 | 81.2 | 2.8 | 118 | 64.7 | 60.9 | 76.6 | 14.5 | 1696 | 408 |
116 | 99 | University of Northampton | 78.8 | 73.9 | 3.2 | 105 | 68.2 | 68 | 80.6 | 16.8 | 2728 | 407 |
117 | 87= | Leeds Trinity University | 77.1 | 74.8 | 2 | 109 | 68.1 | 79.3 | 82.4 | 19.9 | 1940 | 403 |
118 | 118 | Canterbury Christ Church University | 81 | 75.7 | 4.5 | 110 | 64.7 | 68.8 | 80.6 | 14.8 | 1847 | 401 |
119 | 114 | University of Westminster | 75.2 | 75.1 | 9.8 | 127 | 70.4 | 70.5 | 81.7 | 19.3 | 1857 | 395 |
120 | 122 | Anglia Ruskin University | 82.4 | 79 | 5.4 | 113 | 68.3 | 74 | 78.2 | 18.5 | 1464 | 388 |
121 | 125 | University of Cumbria | 78.9 | 73.8 | 1.2 | 126 | 73.6 | 67.4 | 82.7 | 16.8 | 1611 | 383 |
122 | 123 | University of Brighton | 79.8 | 75.8 | 7.9 | 117 | 67.2 | 72.2 | 81.3 | 18.5 | 1587 | 380 |
123 | 124 | Leeds Beckett University | 80.4 | 79.3 | 4.1 | 112 | 63.2 | 70.3 | 76.4 | 19.3 | 1954 | 377 |
124 | 127 | University of Wolverhampton | 81.3 | 78.8 | 5.9 | 112 | 68.9 | 66.2 | 72.9 | 18 | 1913 | 374 |
125 | 126 | University of Bolton | 85.6 | 82.1 | 2.9 | 116 | 57.4 | 60.8 | 72.8 | 14.2 | 1488 | 368 |
126 | 131 | London Metropolitan University | 77.9 | 75.7 | 3.5 | 101 | 70.7 | 60.8 | 65.7 | 17.8 | 3129 | 355 |
127 | 115= | University of East London | 78 | 76.1 | 7.2 | 111 | 65.3 | 68.1 | 75.5 | 18.9 | 2018 | 350 |
128 | 121 | University of Bedfordshire | 80.4 | 77.4 | 7 | 101 | 70.6 | 63.9 | 66.3 | 17 | 2089 | 348 |
129 | 130 | University of Suffolk | 80 | 76 | n/a | 117 | 65 | 66.8 | 72.2 | 18.8 | 2387 | 340 |
130 | 129 | Wrexham Glyndwr University | 79.2 | 74.3 | 2.3 | 113 | 63.5 | 70.4 | 74.8 | 21.2 | 1673 | 313 |
131 | 132 | Ravensbourne University London | 72.1 | 66.1 | n/a | 113 | 68.7 | 63.9 | 89.7 | 31.6 | 1460 | 250
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