Rank

Institution

Student satisfaction

Research quality

Entry standards

Graduate prospects

Overall Score

1

Cambridge

86%

4.8/9

502

81.0%

100.0

2

Oxford

82%

4.7/9

503

78.0%

96.8

3

UCL

83%

4.3/9

487

75.0%

94.9

4

Bath

76%

4.6/9

480

68.0%

89.8

5

York

83%

3.5/9

439

65.0%

87.4

6

Sheffield

80%

3.1/9

412

74.0%

87.0

7

Royal Holloway

84%

3.3/9

398

65.0%

86.2

8

Durham

81%

3.1/9

423

67.0%

85.4

9

Bristol

78%

2.7/9

454

70.0%

85.3

9

Glasgow

85%

3.4/9

387

61.0%

85.3

11

Loughborough

81%

3.6/9

404

62.0%

84.7

12

St Andrews

83%

3.5/9

444

53.0%

84.6

13

Exeter

83%

2.9/9

431

58.0%

83.9

13

Sussex

80%

3.1/9

387

69.0%

83.9

15

Aston

82%

2.8/9

378

66.0%

83.1

15

Birmingham

76%

4.1/9

406

60.0%

83.1

15

Cardiff

76%

3.9/9

425

60.0%

83.1

18

Leeds

78%

2.6/9

432

65.0%

82.5

19

Lancaster

79%

2.3/9

404

69.0%

82.3

20

Warwick

77%

2.6/9

438

65.0%

82.2

21

Edinburgh

74%

3.1/9

427

65.0%

81.4

22

Kent

78%

2.2/9

371

73.0%

81.2

23

Southampton

77%

3.1/9

421

56.0%

80.5

24

Nottingham

75%

2.8/9

430

60.0%

80.0

25

Newcastle

76%

2.3/9

430

60.0%

79.3

26

Leicester

80%

1.3/9

367

70.0%

78.8

27

Northumbria

84%

1.4/9

332

64.0%

78.6

28

Hull

82%

1.8/9

320

66.0%

78.5

29

Bangor

79%

3.4/9

301

55.0%

77.6

30

Aberdeen

84%

2.2/9

322

54.0%

77.1

31

Essex

80%

2.7/9

334

55.0%

76.9

32

Strathclyde

79%

1.4/9

369

61.0%

76.0

33

Brunel

80%

1.9/9

338

58.0%

75.7

33

Surrey

67%

2.3/9

403

68.0%

75.7

35

City

69%

2.2/9

347

70.0%

75.3

36

Lincoln

84%

1.5/9

299

56.0%

75.1

37

Bournemouth

81%

1.9/9

268

60.0%

74.2

38

Portsmouth

82%

1.3/9

344

52.0%

73.9

39

Liverpool

77%

1.7/9

392

50.0%

73.8

40

Central Lancs

79%

1.4/9

292

61.0%

73.7

40

Nottingham Trent

82%

0.8/9

284

63.0%

73.7

42

Swansea

78%

1.8/9

333

54.0%

73.2

43

East Anglia

82%

0.9/9

348

52.0%

72.8

43

Goldsmiths

73%

2.5/9

309

57.0%

72.8

43

Stirling

80%

1.3/9

322

54.0%

72.8

46

Reading

71%

2.8/9

383

49.0%

72.7

47

Manchester

66%

2.5/9

418

54.0%

72.3

48

Oxford Brookes

81%

1.3/9

354

46.0%

72.2

49

Dundee

82%

1.9/9

323

43.0%

71.8

50

Staffordshire

78%

1.2/9

243

65.0%

71.5

51

The Queen's

76%

1.7/9

368

46.0%

71.0

52

Keele

78%

1.2/9

303

55.0%

70.7

53

Plymouth

77%

1.8/9

307

49.0%

70.4

54

Hertfordshire

77%

1.8/9

268

53.0%

70.1

55

Chester

80%

0.8/9

274

56.0%

69.9

56

Bath Spa

80%

0.8/9

287

53.0%

69.5

56

West of England

80%

1.9/9

308

40.0%

69.5

58

Manchester Met

72%

2.0/9

332

48.0%

69.3

59

Glasgow Cal

78%

0.7/9

327

48.0%

68.6

60

Bradford

76%

2.6/9

230

47.0%

68.3

61

Teesside

84%

n/a

258

51.0%

68.0

62

Greenwich

74%

0.9/9

276

58.0%

67.9

63

Coventry

79%

0.8/9

296

46.0%

67.6

64

Edin Napier

79%

0.5/9

254

55.0%

67.5

65

Sunderland

85%

0.5/9

256

41.0%

66.6

66

St Mary's University College

83%

n/a

233

51.0%

66.3

67

York St John

75%

0.3/9

283

54.0%

66.0

68

Cardiff, UWIC

74%

1.1/9

268

50.0%

65.6

68

Ulster

81%

1.5/9

232

39.0%

65.6

70

Leeds Met

68%

n/a

317

63.0%

65.3

70

Sheffield Hallam

75%

0.7/9

308

44.0%

65.3

72

De Montfort

82%

n/a

244

46.0%

65.0

73

Anglia Ruskin

70%

2.0/9

251

47.0%

64.7

73

Queen Margaret

n/a

n/a

297

51.0%

64.7

75

Thames Valley

73%

0.3/9

233

59.0%

64.3

76

Bolton

67%

0.5/9

242

66.0%

64.1

77

Liverpool JM

73%

1.5/9

270

41.0%

63.8

78

East London

71%

1.3/9

182

57.0%

63.7

78

Winchester

79%

n/a

277

43.0%

63.7

80

Brighton

72%

1.6/9

303

37.0%

63.5

80

Heriot-Watt

73%

0.5/9

320

43.0%

63.5

82

Salford

66%

1.8/9

314

43.0%

63.3

82

Westminster

73%

0.9/9

259

47.0%

63.3

84

Glamorgan

76%

0.6/9

241

45.0%

62.8

85

Northampton

80%

n/a

256

39.0%

62.4

86

Abertay Dundee

n/a

0.9/9

232

49.0%

62.2

86

Huddersfield

80%

n/a

266

38.0%

62.2

88

Bedfordshire

76%

n/a

214

50.0%

61.8

89

Middlesex

65%

0.6/9

204

64.0%

61.4

90

Roehampton

67%

1.1/9

222

53.0%

61.3

91

Derby

70%

0.8/9

240

46.0%

60.8

91

Gloucestershire

70%

0.6/9

264

44.0%

60.8

93

Canterbury CC

75%

n/a

259

42.0%

60.7

94

Bucks New

71%

n/a

200

57.0%

60.6

95

Kingston

73%

1.0/9

224

41.0%

60.3

96

Newman University College

77%

n/a

232

39.0%

59.9

97

Newport

74%

n/a

207

48.0%

59.7

98

Worcester

67%

n/a

237

55.0%

59.5

99

Soton Solent

72%

n/a

259

42.0%

59.0

100

Cumbria

51%

n/a

258

73.0%

57.7

101

Edge Hill

67%

n/a

278

42.0%

57.2

102

London South Bank

64%

1.1/9

224

39.0%

55.8