Rank

Institution

Student satisfaction

Research quality

Entry standards

Graduate prospects

Overall Score

1

Cambridge

83%

5.5/9

575

96.0%

100.0

2

Oxford

n/a

4.7/9

526

97.0%

98.8

3

Imperial College

83%

4.8/9

507

94.0%

95.4

4

Southampton

85%

4.8/9

411

87.0%

91.7

5

Edinburgh

79%

4.8/9

440

86.0%

89.1

6

UCL

80%

4.7/9

409

85.0%

88.3

7

Bristol

77%

4.2/9

455

92.0%

88.0

8

Glasgow

86%

4.4/9

358

79.0%

87.5

9

Warwick

83%

3.2/9

467

82.0%

87.1

10

York

80%

4.0/9

425

86.0%

86.8

11

Sheffield

87%

3.2/9

389

82.0%

86.5

12

Bath

77%

4.0/9

435

86.0%

85.9

13

Dundee

86%

3.2/9

378

79.0%

85.1

14

Newcastle

84%

3.6/9

315

86.0%

84.5

15

Leeds

79%

4.1/9

369

82.0%

84.3

15

Royal Holloway

83%

3.7/9

275

90.0%

84.3

17

Birmingham

83%

4.3/9

374

70.0%

84.2

18

Loughborough

87%

2.9/9

318

85.0%

84.0

19

Surrey

82%

2.4/9

352

89.0%

82.4

20

Aberdeen

78%

3.6/9

366

82.0%

82.1

20

Manchester

74%

4.5/9

390

77.0%

82.1

22

Lancaster

75%

4.1/9

369

81.0%

81.8

23

Cardiff

82%

3.6/9

343

74.0%

81.7

23

Nottingham

73%

4.4/9

372

82.0%

81.7

25

St Andrews

n/a

3.1/9

392

79.0%

81.6

26

Durham

71%

3.5/9

400

85.0%

79.6

27

Strathclyde

78%

2.8/9

365

80.0%

79.4

27

Sussex

78%

3.6/9

321

77.0%

79.4

29

Leicester

84%

3.5/9

266

72.0%

79.3

30

Liverpool

75%

4.3/9

363

68.0%

79.2

31

East Anglia

79%

3.5/9

293

78.0%

78.8

32

Essex

82%

3.2/9

288

72.0%

78.3

33

Kent

75%

3.2/9

310

84.0%

78.2

34

Aberystwyth

78%

3.9/9

264

73.0%

77.3

35

Swansea

76%

3.9/9

299

73.0%

77.2

36

King"s

72%

3.1/9

369

81.0%

77.1

37

The Queen"s

76%

3.0/9

328

77.0%

76.9

38

Heriot-Watt

79%

3.0/9

282

72.0%

76.2

39

Exeter

74%

3.1/9

356

72.0%

75.8

40

Reading

76%

1.7/9

329

82.0%

75.0

41

Plymouth

77%

4.0/9

251

65.0%

74.9

42

Hull

83%

1.8/9

229

78.0%

74.5

43

City

71%

2.9/9

285

80.0%

73.6

44

Bournemouth

76%

1.9/9

248

85.0%

73.4

45

De Montfort

84%

2.4/9

188

67.0%

72.6

46

Queen Mary

69%

4.0/9

277

67.0%

72.1

47

Aston

76%

2.2/9

305

67.0%

72.0

48

Brunel

73%

3.1/9

298

63.0%

71.3

49

Lincoln

74%

2.8/9

266

66.0%

70.8

50

Robert Gordon

72%

2.1/9

278

77.0%

70.6

51

Glyndwr

n/a

2.0/9

220

79.0%

70.3

52

Oxford Brookes

73%

2.8/9

212

73.0%

69.9

53

Brighton

69%

2.9/9

270

70.0%

69.8

53

West of England

73%

2.4/9

232

73.0%

69.8

55

Stirling

n/a

2.1/9

269

69.0%

69.7

56

Bangor

n/a

2.8/9

241

64.0%

69.3

57

Ulster

77%

2.6/9

234

58.0%

69.0

58

Northumbria

79%

n/a

240

78.0%

67.9

59

Staffordshire

73%

1.4/9

258

72.0%

67.5

60

Greenwich

85%

1.1/9

203

55.0%

67.3

60

Hertfordshire

74%

2.7/9

185

63.0%

67.3

60

Liverpool JM

75%

2.3/9

193

65.0%

67.3

63

Portsmouth

78%

1.5/9

229

61.0%

67.1

64

Nottingham Trent

68%

1.5/9

234

83.0%

66.9

64

Salford

68%

3.2/9

240

61.0%

66.9

66

Glasgow Cal

78%

1.0/9

300

53.0%

66.6

66

Huddersfield

71%

1.6/9

259

69.0%

66.6

68

Goldsmiths

71%

3.3/9

187

60.0%

66.5

69

Teesside

73%

2.6/9

260

51.0%

66.0

70

Edin Napier

n/a

1.4/9

242

68.0%

65.9

71

Middlesex

77%

2.1/9

152

62.0%

65.8

72

Glamorgan

74%

1.9/9

248

56.0%

65.6

72

Keele

81%

n/a

235

64.0%

65.6

74

Newman University College

n/a

n/a

202

80.0%

65.2

75

Chester

73%

n/a

239

74.0%

64.1

76

Manchester Met

71%

1.8/9

241

58.0%

63.8

77

Central Lancs

75%

n/a

225

71.0%

63.7

78

Sheffield Hallam

69%

1.4/9

229

67.0%

63.3

79

Gloucestershire

74%

n/a

229

69.0%

62.8

79

Kingston

72%

1.8/9

192

58.0%

62.8

81

Sunderland

72%

1.4/9

207

59.0%

62.6

82

Northampton

74%

n/a

223

66.0%

61.9

83

Coventry

66%

1.7/9

235

61.0%

61.7

84

Abertay Dundee

n/a

n/a

281

57.0%

61.1

85

London South Bank

76%

1.7/9

n/a

40.0%

60.7

86

Bradford

66%

2.1/9

217

56.0%

60.4

87

Worcester

73%

n/a

215

60.0%

59.8

88

Edge Hill

69%

n/a

227

67.0%

59.7

89

Derby

68%

n/a

233

68.0%

59.6

90

Bedfordshire

75%

1.4/9

143

48.0%

59.5

91

Soton Solent

71%

n/a

196

61.0%

58.6

92

Newport

73%

n/a

262

46.0%

57.9

93

Westminster

66%

1.6/9

198

50.0%

57.3

94

Canterbury CC

74%

n/a

162

52.0%

56.6

95

Roehampton

73%

n/a

182

50.0%

56.2

96

Anglia Ruskin

66%

n/a

220

59.0%

56.1

97

Cardiff, UWIC

n/a

n/a

201

52.0%

55.5

98

Bucks New

72%

n/a

178

46.0%

54.8

99

Birmingham City

67%

n/a

178

56.0%

54.6

99

East London

72%

n/a

143

50.0%

54.6

101

Thames Valley

67%

0.9/9

165

47.0%

54.5

102

Leeds Met

65%

n/a

204

57.0%

54.4