Rank

Overall rank

University

Student satisfaction

Research quality

Entry points

Graduate prospects

Total score

1

1=

University of Cambridge

91.0

60.0

647

97.0

100.0

2

4

Imperial College London

89.2

58.3

574

87.7

94.0

3

10

University of Bath

85.7

40.0

499

92.6

87.7

4

18

University of Southampton

82.0

43.3

497

95.2

87.5

5

27

Cardiff University

87.7

46.7

430

90.6

87.4

6

21

University of Sheffield

86.0

41.7

467

89.3

86.3

7

11

University of Surrey

85.5

35.0

433

97.1

85.9

8

22=

Newcastle University

85.5

43.3

418

90.6

85.4

9

43

Swansea University

79.4

55.0

370

94.6

84.9

10

44

University of Aberdeen

82.9

31.7

434

96.6

84.0

11

13

Loughborough University

87.8

31.7

410

91.3

83.8

12

45

University of Dundee

88.1

38.3

387

87.0

83.5

13

19

University of Bristol

73.6

43.3

514

91.4

83.2

14

22=

University of Nottingham

79.6

45.0

440

86.2

82.5

15

28

University of Manchester

85.6

36.7

432

83.5

82.3

16

8

University of Warwick

82.4

36.7

422

88.1

82.0

17

41

Heriot-Watt University

87.0

21.7

415

91.2

81.5

18

22=

University of Edinburgh

78.0

28.3

463

93.8

81.2

19

26

University of Glasgow

80.3

28.3

484

86.7

80.8

20

7

University of Exeter

85.2

25.0

435

86.5

80.7

21

17

University of Leeds

88.5

25.0

416

82.9

80.5

22

36

University of Liverpool

81.1

32.1

400

85.7

79.1

23

9

University College London

71.2

28.3

535

87.9

78.7

24

38

Queen's University, Belfast

79.7

38.3

392

79.3

77.7

25

15

University of Birmingham

76.3

28.3

418

87.0

77.1

26

39

University of Strathclyde

81.3

16.7

451

83.0

76.6

27

52

Nottingham Trent University

91.4

10.0

277

88.1

75.9

28

80

Plymouth University

87.8

25.0

305

77.3

75.3

29

42

Coventry University

91.8

6.7

329

81.0

74.9

30

105

University of Salford

81.0

38.3

321

72.4

74.1

31

69

University of Ulster

92.6

278

85.3

73.6

32

76

University of Bradford

86.9

21.7

300

75.0

73.3

33

114

University of South Wales

82.4

23.3

75.9

73.0

34

47

Brunel University London

91.7

356

75.8

72.7

35

98

University of Greenwich

93.0

15.0

293

63.6

71.0

36

71

Liverpool John Moores University

85.2

299

84.4

70.7

37

81

University of Derby

82.2

263

91.7

70.4

38=

97

Edinburgh Napier University

81.1

13.3

328

76.3

70.2

38=

110

Anglia Ruskin University

85.2

270

85.7

70.2

40

118

University of the West of Scotland

87.8

330

75.0

70.0

41

84

Glasgow Caledonian University

82.4

343

80.8

69.7

42

94

Teesside University

83.0

394

68.0

67.8

43

46

City University

74.3

21.7

372

66.7

67.6

44

57

University of Portsmouth

79.5

312

80.4

67.4

45

120

University of Bolton

84.5

15.0

220

70.0

67.0

46=

82

University of Brighton

76.0

13.3

278

73.0

65.6

46=

111

Leeds Metropolitan University

79.4

229

83.0

65.6

48

117

Kingston University

78.0

11.7

302

66.9

65.0

49

119

University of East London

86.4

274

65.3

64.9

50

106

Abertay University

62.9

300

81.3

60.0

51

68

University of the West of England

63.3

303

79.2

59.7

52

122

London South Bank University

75.9

23.3

200

51.7

59.1