Rank

Overall rank

University

Student satisfaction

Research quality

Entry points

Graduate prospects

Total score

1

1=

University of Cambridge

91.0

48.3

641

93.3

100.0

2

4

Imperial College London

89.4

48.3

627

86.9

97.2

3

10

University of Bath

94.1

25.0

469

90.2

88.6

4

15

University of Birmingham

88.7

35.0

488

86.2

88.4

5

22=

University of Nottingham

83.5

41.7

442

88.2

86.6

6

17

University of Leeds

87.4

40.0

423

84.7

86.5

7

41

Heriot-Watt University

89.1

31.1

426

86.8

85.5

8

28

University of Manchester

76.0

45.0

490

86.0

85.1

9

22=

University of Edinburgh

81.0

28.3

507

90.2

84.6

10

11

University of Surrey

85.1

35.0

435

82.8

84.0

11

13

Loughborough University

81.8

36.7

464

82.6

83.9

12

21

University of Sheffield

87.5

28.3

445

82.0

83.5

13

22=

Newcastle University

82.8

26.7

448

90.4

83.0

14

43

Swansea University

84.0

36.7

330

87.8

81.5

15

39

University of Strathclyde

79.7

16.7

500

88.0

80.0

16

38

Queen's University, Belfast

87.0

18.3

415

82.5

79.7

17

9

University College London

75.1

35.0

507

70.5

78.9

18

44

University of Aberdeen

69.9

31.7

437

92.1

78.2

19

34=

Aston University

78.3

18.3

366

61.5

69.0

20

118

University of the West of Scotland

80.6

16.7

350

58.3

68.4

21

94

Teesside University

79.6

8.3

364

52.9

64.9

22

122

London South Bank University

73.3

23.3

285

56.3

64.0