CUG Rank

University Name

Entry Standards

Student Satisfaction

Research Assessment

Graduate Prospects

Overall Score

2015

2014

1

1

Cambridge

584

2.80

85

100.0

2

4

Oxford

583

4.23

3.00

83

96.9

3

2

London School of Economics

553

4.20

3.10

81

95.8

4

8

Durham

559

4.23

2.90

78

94.9

5

3

University College London

558

4.04

3.05

80

94.9

6

5

Glasgow

535

4.02

2.60

88

94.4

7

6

Nottingham

491

4.29

2.90

82

94.3

8

7

King's College London

552

3.97

2.55

85

93.8

9

17

Queen Mary

497

4.16

2.70

78

92.4

10

9

Edinburgh

519

3.78

2.75

83

92.4

11

11

Bristol

486

3.97

2.60

80

91.3

12

14

Aberdeen

480

4.12

2.20

83

91.2

13

23

Newcastle

481

4.30

2.25

78

91.2

14

10

Strathclyde

519

3.79

2.65

78

91.0

15

16

Queen's, Belfast

423

4.34

2.80

73

90.6

16

18

Exeter

482

4.11

2.30

77

90.3

17

15

Lancaster

441

4.18

2.40

79

90.3

18

29

Kent

390

4.26

2.85

76

90.1

19

12

Birmingham

426

3.95

2.65

81

90.1

20

20

Reading

431

4.23

2.70

73

90.0

21

13

Warwick

505

3.89

2.40

76

90.0

22

19

Leeds

463

4.08

2.55

73

89.7

23

26

Cardiff

418

3.97

2.80

77

89.6

24

30

East Anglia

428

4.23

2.25

76

89.1

25

24

Manchester

428

3.99

2.50

77

89.0

26

39

SOAS

431

4.15

2.35

75

89.0

27

27

Leicester

398

4.04

2.20

84

88.9

28

25

Dundee

438

3.99

2.55

73

88.6

29

22

Southampton

439

4.00

2.50

73

88.5

30

34

Surrey

408

4.35

2.10

71

87.7

31

28

York

475

4.29

83

87.6

32

31

Liverpool

410

4.03

2.45

71

87.3

33

21

Sussex

407

4.20

2.60

63

86.9

34

33

Sheffield

425

3.99

2.50

67

86.9

35

36

Keele

379

4.04

2.45

72

86.8

36

38

Swansea

342

4.15

2.45

74

86.8

37

32

Hull

357

4.01

2.35

72

85.8

38

44

Portsmouth

326

4.13

2.10

75

85.4

39

43

Buckingham

323

4.11

94

85.2

40

42

Stirling

405

3.87

2.15

68

84.9

41

41

Westminster

329

4.07

2.20

72

84.9

42

35

Brunel

380

4.01

2.45

62

84.7

43

40

Robert Gordon

401

3.87

1.50

77

84.6

44

37

Oxford Brookes

364

3.99

2.40

63

84.2

45

48

City

354

3.97

2.10

68

83.9

46

47

Central Lancashire

320

3.97

1.60

76

83.1

47

51

West of England, Bristol

328

4.05

1.80

70

83.1

48

49

Manchester Metropolitan

344

3.82

2.15

67

82.9

49

46

Essex

340

3.95

2.45

60

82.9

50

56

Hertfordshire

339

3.87

2.15

66

82.8

51

58

Huddersfield

369

4.11

74

82.2

52

45

Abertay

328

4.21

2.00

59

82.2

53

52

Lincoln

331

4.13

1.60

66

82.1

54

53

Nottingham Trent

325

4.01

1.70

68

82.1

55

61

Aberystwyth

340

3.93

2.05

62

82.0

56

67

Salford

349

4.22

1.75

56

81.4

57

57

Ulster

325

4.16

2.65

46

81.3

58

55

Chester

307

4.09

77

81.2

59

50

Edinburgh Napier

377

4.28

1.10

60

81.1

60

72

Middlesex

281

4.04

1.65

68

81.0

61

62

Northumbria

371

4.00

70

81.0

62

63

Bournemouth

333

3.73

1.25

71

80.2

63

65

Coventry

289

4.27

1.15

65

80.0

64

64

De Montfort

320

3.92

1.85

57

79.7

65

60

Glasgow Caledonian

425

3.88

1.50

50

79.7

66

59

Sheffield Hallam

324

3.93

1.40

63

79.7

67

75

Derby

303

4.23

67

79.7

68

78

Cumbria

239

4.54

68

79.7

69

54

Greenwich

327

4.12

1.40

57

79.4

70

74

Winchester

333

4.25

61

79.3

71

87

Brighton

322

4.02

64

78.5

72

-

South Wales

303

4.05

1.60

52

78.1

73

81

Bolton

253

4.07

68

77.8

74

71

East London

250

3.94

2.20

50

77.7

75

70

London Metropolitan

209

3.97

1.55

63

77.5

76

73

Kingston

300

3.87

1.50

54

77.3

77

83

Liverpool John Moores

330

4.08

55

77.2

78

88

Teesside

318

4.23

53

77.2

79

80

Bangor

288

4.04

61

77.1

80

69

Staffordshire

280

4.11

60

77.1

81

76

Sunderland

288

4.18

1.30

50

77.0

82

77

Birmingham City

284

3.92

63

77.0

83

66

Birkbeck

207

1.95

76.4

84

90

Edge Hill

279

4.22

53

76.1

85

82

Buckinghamshire New

239

4.40

54

76.1

86

89

Bradford

319

3.81

57

76.1

87

85

Anglia Ruskin

251

4.12

58

76.0

88

84

Leeds Metropolitan

271

3.73

64

75.9

89

86

Plymouth

312

4.15

49

75.8

90

79

London South Bank

220

4.03

62

75.6

91

93

Gloucestershire

277

4.15

52

75.6

92

95

Northampton

266

4.18

52

75.4

93

91

West London

258

3.74

56

74.0

94

92

St Mary's

259

4.08

47

73.8

95

98

Canterbury Christ Church

263

4.05

41

72.5

96

94

Southampton Solent

209

3.43

0.85

61

72.3

97

97

West of Scotland

284

3.66

1.05

38

71.2

98

96

Bedfordshire

200

4.15

40

71.1