Rank

Overall rank

University

Student satisfaction

Research quality

Entry points

Graduate prospects

Total score

1

1=

University of Cambridge

84.3

45

569

86.9

100

2

27

Cardiff University

91.6

41.7

377

86.8

95.1

3

22=

Newcastle University

86.6

38.3

362

89.5

91.8

4

33

University of Reading

82.2

36.7

395

88.5

5

21

University of Sheffield

81.7

42.2

362

78.7

87.5

6=

41

Heriot-Watt University

83.4

30

83.3

87.3

6=

44

University of Aberdeen

33.3

78.2

87.3

8

83

University of Gloucestershire

85.8

16.7

90

86.8

9

9

University College London

79

33.3

455

73.1

86.2

10

13

Loughborough University

84.2

41.7

364

67.6

85.9

11

89

Manchester Metropolitan University

87.8

15

84.6

85.7

12

66

Northumbria University

87.5

20

334

82.8

84.8

13

49

Oxford Brookes University

83

16.7

362

84.9

83.4

14

36

University of Liverpool

85.1

23.3

74.2

83.1

15

28

University of Manchester

81

33.3

371

69.1

82.8

16

38

Queen's University, Belfast

87.8

16.7

337

76.5

82.7

17

15

University of Birmingham

77.5

23.3

396

80

82.3

18

68

University of the West of England

82.4

19.5

327

80.5

81.2

19

45

University of Dundee

82.4

16.7

76.2

79.7

20

124=

Royal Agricultural University

80.2

5

336

90.5

79.4

21

22=

University of Edinburgh

66.6

40

396

78.9

22

52

Nottingham Trent University

80.7

10

289

83.2

77.1

23

91=

Birmingham City University

83.8

15

303

68.4

76.8

24

84

Glasgow Caledonian University

73.9

30

368

60

75.9

25

111

Leeds Metropolitan University

86.9

280

65.5

72.9

26

112

University of Westminster

85.4

11.7

255

56.7

71.8

27

62

Sheffield Hallam University

71.6

30

247

49

67

28

69

University of Ulster

73.2

270

56.6

63.2