Rank

Institution

Student satisfaction

Research quality

Entry standards

Graduate prospects

Overall Score

1

Oxford

n/a

4.2/9

533

91.0%

100.0

2

Cambridge

n/a

4.6/9

n/a

79.0%

93.4

3

Imperial College

n/a

4.8/9

442

70.0%

91.8

4

Bath

79%

4.2/9

448

89.0%

91.6

5

Loughborough

90%

3.1/9

401

80.0%

90.9

6

Warwick

80%

4.0/9

455

83.0%

90.7

7

St Andrews

85%

2.8/9

426

80.0%

88.5

8

Lancaster

81%

4.0/9

411

77.0%

88.2

9

Exeter

89%

3.0/9

394

69.0%

87.8

10

LSE

71%

4.2/9

465

86.0%

87.4

11

City

81%

2.9/9

422

83.0%

87.1

12

Nottingham

76%

3.6/9

407

80.0%

84.8

13

Strathclyde

80%

3.8/9

398

67.0%

84.6

14

Aston

80%

3.1/9

390

76.0%

84.4

15

Leicester

86%

2.9/9

318

74.0%

84.1

16

King's

71%

4.2/9

434

75.0%

83.5

17

Leeds

75%

3.6/9

413

73.0%

83.2

18

Sussex

79%

3.0/9

335

81.0%

82.6

19

Birmingham

78%

3.2/9

395

71.0%

82.2

20

Cardiff

74%

4.5/9

386

65.0%

82.0

21

Durham

76%

3.0/9

393

75.0%

81.7

22

Sheffield

78%

3.1/9

377

70.0%

81.4

23

Manchester

72%

3.8/9

412

69.0%

81.0

24

Reading

80%

2.5/9

374

68.0%

80.6

25

Kent

79%

2.6/9

310

78.0%

80.0

25

Southampton

73%

2.9/9

407

74.0%

80.0

27

Newcastle

74%

2.5/9

368

80.0%

79.6

28

Glasgow

78%

2.6/9

388

65.0%

79.4

29

Aberdeen

79%

2.2/9

341

72.0%

78.7

30

East Anglia

80%

2.4/9

323

68.0%

78.3

31

Surrey

72%

2.5/9

363

78.0%

77.8

32

Edinburgh

73%

2.5/9

409

66.0%

77.2

33

Liverpool

74%

2.5/9

379

66.0%

76.8

34

Bournemouth

79%

1.6/9

310

77.0%

76.5

35

Robert Gordon

78%

1.8/9

281

79.0%

76.3

36

Royal Holloway

69%

3.0/9

348

75.0%

76.0

37

Oxford Brookes

80%

1.5/9

319

69.0%

75.8

38

York

71%

2.5/9

346

73.0%

75.5

39

De Montfort

85%

2.1/9

227

62.0%

75.4

40

Hull

80%

2.1/9

256

69.0%

75.0

41

Heriot-Watt

72%

2.4/9

331

72.0%

74.6

42

The Queen's

70%

3.0/9

361

64.0%

74.5

43

Brighton

76%

2.8/9

269

66.0%

74.4

44

Bangor

78%

3.2/9

241

58.0%

73.8

44

Keele

75%

2.3/9

273

70.0%

73.8

46

SOAS

n/a

2.0/9

326

n/a

73.7

47

Northumbria

75%

1.1/9

312

76.0%

73.1

47

Nottingham Trent

74%

1.7/9

262

80.0%

73.1

49

Stirling

75%

2.2/9

318

60.0%

72.7

50

Sheffield Hallam

78%

1.5/9

274

68.0%

72.6

51

Central Lancs

77%

1.6/9

269

68.0%

72.1

51

Lincoln

80%

1.0/9

271

66.0%

72.1

53

Queen Mary

69%

2.9/9

333

60.0%

71.8

53

Swansea

74%

2.3/9

300

60.0%

71.8

55

UCL

74%

n/a

411

69.0%

71.7

56

Plymouth

79%

1.7/9

252

62.0%

71.4

57

Portsmouth

78%

1.7/9

265

59.0%

71.2

58

Aberystwyth

80%

1.6/9

264

54.0%

70.5

59

Bradford

74%

2.7/9

258

55.0%

70.1

59

Salford

74%

2.4/9

263

55.0%

70.1

59

West of England

75%

1.5/9

262

66.0%

70.1

62

Bath Spa

84%

n/a

286

57.0%

70.0

63

Ulster

78%

1.9/9

262

52.0%

69.7

64

Brunel

67%

2.3/9

312

64.0%

69.6

65

Edin Napier

74%

0.9/9

254

74.0%

69.5

66

Harper Adams University College

n/a

n/a

259

76.0%

69.3

67

Kingston

78%

2.4/9

219

49.0%

68.9

68

Glamorgan

79%

1.3/9

254

53.0%

68.6

69

Staffordshire

72%

1.6/9

220

67.0%

67.7

70

Hertfordshire

75%

1.8/9

217

58.0%

67.3

70

York St John

76%

n/a

319

59.0%

67.3

72

Manchester Met

69%

1.8/9

255

63.0%

66.9

73

Essex

66%

2.7/9

291

54.0%

66.7

73

Teesside

79%

1.4/9

234

47.0%

66.7

75

Winchester

79%

n/a

259

58.0%

66.5

76

Northampton

80%

1.1/9

217

50.0%

66.3

77

Worcester

76%

n/a

261

63.0%

66.2

78

Huddersfield

72%

1.4/9

254

56.0%

66.0

79

Greenwich

78%

1.3/9

227

49.0%

65.9

80

Glasgow Cal

72%

1.3/9

309

47.0%

65.5

81

Dundee

75%

n/a

295

56.0%

65.0

81

Gloucestershire

72%

0.7/9

233

65.0%

65.0

83

Royal Agricultural College

75%

n/a

253

61.0%

64.6

84

Westminster

71%

1.6/9

256

48.0%

64.3

85

St Mary's University College

80%

n/a

198

52.0%

63.5

86

Birmingham City

71%

1.3/9

223

54.0%

63.4

87

Sunderland

78%

n/a

205

55.0%

63.2

88

Coventry

71%

1.0/9

265

50.0%

63.1

88

Soton Solent

76%

n/a

231

56.0%

63.1

90

University College Birmingham

77%

n/a

241

51.0%

62.9

91

Chester

70%

n/a

263

64.0%

62.7

92

Bedfordshire

78%

0.9/9

148

49.0%

62.2

92

Canterbury CC

77%

n/a

214

52.0%

62.2

94

London South Bank

78%

1.2/9

151

41.0%

61.6

95

Chichester

83%

n/a

227

33.0%

61.5

96

Liverpool JM

71%

0.6/9

231

52.0%

61.2

97

Cardiff, UWIC

68%

0.6/9

234

57.0%

60.9

98

Leeds Met

62%

1.1/9

263

61.0%

60.7

99

Edge Hill

75%

n/a

230

44.0%

59.9

100

Abertay Dundee

n/a

0.8/9

263

39.0%

59.1

101

Cumbria

71%

n/a

262

44.0%

58.9

101

Derby

73%

n/a

241

41.0%

58.9

103

Roehampton

74%

n/a

195

46.0%

58.7

104

Anglia Ruskin

68%

n/a

247

52.0%

58.4

105

Bucks New

70%

1.0/9

197

42.0%

58.2

106

Middlesex

70%

1.7/9

158

38.0%

58.0

107

Bolton

70%

0.6/9

218

41.0%

57.9

108

Glyndwr

n/a

n/a

189

52.0%

57.2

109

Thames Valley

75%

n/a

151

41.0%

56.2

110

Queen Margaret

n/a

0.4/9

246

37.0%

55.9

111

East London

62%

n/a

168

46.0%

51.2

112

Uni of the Arts

56%

n/a

237

42.0%

49.5