| CUG Rank |
University Name |
Student Satisfaction |
Entry Standards |
Research Assessment |
Graduate Prospects |
Overall Score |
| 2012 |
2011 |
| 1 |
3 |
CambridgeCity> |
|
575 |
3.05 |
92 |
100 |
| 2 |
1 |
OxfordCity> |
4.1 |
554 |
3.35 |
88 |
95.1 |
| 3 |
2 |
London School of Economics |
3.8 |
558 |
3.55 |
86 |
94.3 |
| 4 |
4 |
WarwickCity> |
3.8 |
519 |
3.35 |
88 |
92.6 |
| 5 |
5 |
University College LondonCity> |
3.8 |
508 |
3.5 |
84 |
91.9 |
| 6 |
8 |
Nottingham |
3.9 |
489 |
3.15 |
84 |
90.1 |
| 7 |
6 |
DurhamCity> |
4 |
507 |
2.65 |
86 |
89.5 |
| 8 |
7 |
BathCity> |
3.8 |
487 |
2.95 |
88 |
89.4 |
| 9 |
9 |
St Andrews |
3.9 |
515 |
2.7 |
88 |
89.4 |
| 10 |
10 |
BristolCity> |
4 |
467 |
3.15 |
82 |
89.3 |
| 11 |
15 |
GlasgowCity> |
4.1 |
425 |
3 |
80 |
87.4 |
| 12 |
12 |
ExeterCity> |
4.1 |
459 |
2.95 |
74 |
87.1 |
| 13 |
12 |
EdinburghCity> |
3.9 |
455 |
2.95 |
78 |
86.8 |
| 14 |
11 |
Southampton |
3.8 |
463 |
3 |
76 |
85.7 |
| 15 |
14 |
York |
3.9 |
459 |
2.87 |
76 |
85.7 |
| 16 |
20 |
Lancaster |
4 |
418 |
2.95 |
76 |
85.4 |
| 17 |
19 |
Surrey |
4.3 |
387 |
2.8 |
74 |
85.3 |
| 18 |
18 |
Birmingham |
4 |
439 |
2.75 |
72 |
84.4 |
| 19 |
27 |
Strathclyde |
4.1 |
|
2.85 |
70 |
83.8 |
| 20 |
21 |
Newcastle |
4.1 |
412 |
2.5 |
76 |
83.5 |
| 21 |
15 |
Leeds |
3.7 |
446 |
2.85 |
74 |
83.5 |
| 22 |
22 |
Essex |
4.1 |
336 |
3.35 |
68 |
83.4 |
| 23 |
15 |
Royal Holloway |
3.9 |
400 |
3 |
72 |
83.4 |
| 24 |
23 |
Kent |
4.2 |
339 |
2.9 |
74 |
83.1 |
| 25 |
24 |
Sussex |
4.1 |
384 |
2.7 |
72 |
82.6 |
| 26 |
25 |
Sheffield |
4 |
394 |
2.8 |
68 |
82 |
| 27 |
29 |
Leicester |
4 |
385 |
2.9 |
68 |
82 |
| 28 |
29 |
East Anglia |
4.1 |
396 |
2.75 |
64 |
81.8 |
| 29 |
26 |
Manchester |
3.7 |
426 |
3.05 |
64 |
81.5 |
| 30 |
- |
Bangor |
3.8 |
|
2.75 |
|
81 |
| 31 |
28 |
Loughborough |
3.9 |
412 |
2.45 |
70 |
81 |
| 32 |
31 |
Cardiff |
3.7 |
413 |
3 |
64 |
80.9 |
| 33 |
35 |
Stirling |
3.9 |
314 |
2.75 |
76 |
80.7 |
| 34 |
38 |
Heriot-Watt |
4.1 |
345 |
2.4 |
72 |
80.2 |
| 35 |
36 |
Queen Mary |
4 |
403 |
3.15 |
50 |
80 |
| 36 |
32 |
Liverpool |
3.8 |
389 |
2.45 |
66 |
78.8 |
| 37 |
33 |
Aberdeen |
3.9 |
334 |
2.85 |
64 |
78.7 |
| 38 |
39 |
Robert Gordon |
4.2 |
|
1.9 |
|
77.2 |
| 39 |
33 |
Swansea |
4 |
312 |
2.75 |
56 |
76.6 |
| 40 |
37 |
City |
3.6 |
373 |
2.65 |
60 |
76.1 |
| 41 |
40 |
SOAS |
3.7 |
465 |
|
70 |
76 |
| 42 |
44 |
Keele |
3.8 |
288 |
2.3 |
66 |
74.6 |
| 43 |
45 |
Oxford Brookes |
4 |
292 |
1.95 |
68 |
74.3 |
| 44 |
43 |
Northumbria |
4 |
|
1.8 |
62 |
74.1 |
| 45 |
62 |
Salford |
4.3 |
|
2 |
50 |
73.8 |
| 46 |
51 |
Hull |
3.9 |
322 |
|
74 |
73.7 |
| 47 |
52 |
Brighton |
3.8 |
268 |
2.3 |
|
72.9 |
| 48 |
56 |
Queen's, Belfast |
3.9 |
364 |
|
64 |
72.8 |
| 49 |
48 |
Coventry |
3.9 |
323 |
|
68 |
72.5 |
| 50 |
41 |
West of England, Bristol |
3.9 |
280 |
2.15 |
58 |
72.4 |
| 51 |
48 |
Brunel |
3.6 |
326 |
2.65 |
50 |
72.2 |
| 52 |
42 |
Ulster |
3.9 |
259 |
2.25 |
58 |
72 |
| 53 |
48 |
Aberystwyth |
4 |
292 |
1.95 |
56 |
72 |
| 54 |
46 |
Portsmouth |
4 |
290 |
2.1 |
54 |
72 |
| 55 |
53 |
Dundee |
4 |
342 |
2.45 |
38 |
71.5 |
| 56 |
54 |
Reading |
3.7 |
377 |
|
60 |
71.2 |
| 57 |
55 |
Plymouth |
3.9 |
276 |
2.05 |
54 |
70.5 |
| 58 |
61 |
Hertfordshire |
4 |
250 |
2.15 |
50 |
70 |
| 59 |
- |
Sheffield Hallam |
3.8 |
316 |
|
|
69 |
| 60 |
59 |
Central Lancashire |
3.9 |
301 |
|
|
68.7 |
| 61 |
57 |
Nottingham Trent |
3.9 |
278 |
|
58 |
68.5 |
| 62 |
63 |
Manchester Metropolitan |
3.8 |
263 |
1.7 |
54 |
67.8 |
| 63 |
47 |
Staffordshire |
3.8 |
187 |
1.95 |
|
67.1 |
| 64 |
60 |
Greenwich |
4.1 |
227 |
1.75 |
48 |
67.1 |
| 65 |
58 |
Birmingham City |
3.7 |
252 |
1.65 |
|
66.6 |
| 66 |
- |
Northampton |
3.9 |
238 |
|
|
66.3 |
| 67 |
65 |
Kingston |
3.7 |
231 |
2 |
46 |
65.8 |
| 68 |
66 |
Bradford |
4 |
234 |
|
48 |
65.6 |
| 69 |
67 |
London Metropolitan |
3.7 |
192 |
2.25 |
44 |
65.1 |
| 70 |
64 |
Leeds Metropolitan |
3.5 |
268 |
|
54 |
64.6 |
| 71 |
68 |
Middlesex |
3.8 |
191 |
|
|
63.7 |
| 72 |
- |
Anglia Ruskin |
3.6 |
203 |
|
|
62.2 |
| 73 |
69 |
Liverpool John Moores |
3.7 |
261 |
1.45 |
24 |
58.7 |
| 74 |
70 |
East London |
3.7 |
161 |
|
34 |
57.8 |
| 75 |
60 |
York St John |
3.9 |
255 |
|
54 |
74.3 |
| 76 |
81 |
Southampton Solent |
3.8 |
261 |
|
54 |
74.1 |
| 77 |
73 |
Winchester |
3.9 |
263 |
|
50 |
74.1 |
| 78 |
86 |
St Mary's |
4 |
220 |
|
52 |
73.9 |
| 79 |
57 |
Bath Spa |
3.9 |
274 |
|
47 |
73.6 |
| 80 |
75 |
Staffordshire |
3.8 |
222 |
1.95 |
57 |
73.5 |
| 81 |
72 |
Hertfordshire |
3.8 |
228 |
2.15 |
50 |
73.5 |
| 82 |
76 |
Kingston |
3.7 |
222 |
2.45 |
44 |
73.5 |
| 83 |
101 |
Edge Hill |
3.9 |
206 |
|
54 |
73.1 |
| 84 |
80 |
University College Birmingham |
3.9 |
224 |
|
51 |
73.1 |
| 85 |
65 |
Worcester |
3.8 |
255 |
|
49 |
73 |
| 86 |
89 |
Westminster |
3.6 |
269 |
2 |
51 |
73 |
| 87 |
99 |
Leeds Trinity |
3.9 |
251 |
|
46 |
72.6 |
| 88 |
83 |
Sunderland |
3.9 |
241 |
|
47 |
72.6 |
| 89 |
79 |
Glasgow Caledonian |
3.8 |
295 |
1.95 |
41 |
72.5 |
| 90 |
90 |
Leeds Metropolitan |
3.5 |
262 |
1.8 |
59 |
72.4 |
| 91 |
78 |
University of Wales, Newport |
4.2 |
252 |
|
35 |
72.4 |
| 92 |
96 |
Coventry |
3.8 |
292 |
1.7 |
46 |
72.4 |
| 93 |
92 |
Gloucestershire |
3.8 |
255 |
1.4 |
63 |
72.4 |
| 94 |
84 |
Canterbury Christ Church |
3.8 |
214 |
|
52 |
72.2 |
| 95 |
94 |
Glyndwr |
3.8 |
230 |
|
49 |
72.1 |
| 96 |
93 |
Greenwich |
4.1 |
194 |
1.75 |
49 |
72.1 |
| 97 |
95 |
Birmingham City |
3.7 |
231 |
1.65 |
58 |
71.6 |
| 98 |
97 |
Roehampton |
3.9 |
208 |
|
44 |
71.4 |
| 99 |
103 |
Chichester |
4 |
233 |
|
37 |
71.3 |
| 100 |
90 |
Anglia Ruskin |
3.6 |
225 |
|
50 |
71.3 |
| 101 |
88 |
Cumbria |
3.7 |
230 |
|
43 |
71 |
| 102 |
86 |
Teesside |
3.6 |
243 |
1.9 |
45 |
70.8 |
| 103 |
107 |
Middlesex |
3.8 |
171 |
2.15 |
39 |
70 |
| 104 |
- |
West of Scotland |
|
242 |
1.85 |
47 |
70 |
| 105 |
108 |
East London |
3.8 |
211 |
|
40 |
70 |
| 106 |
102 |
UWIC, Cardiff |
3.7 |
230 |
1.35 |
57 |
69.9 |
| 107 |
97 |
Derby |
3.7 |
212 |
|
41 |
69.7 |
| 108 |
100 |
Northampton |
3.9 |
223 |
1.55 |
44 |
69.6 |
| 109 |
106 |
West London |
3.8 |
208 |
|
37 |
69.3 |
| 110 |
104 |
Liverpool John Moores |
3.7 |
254 |
1.45 |
44 |
68.9 |
| 111 |
112 |
Bolton |
3.9 |
172 |
1.35 |
51 |
68.3 |
| 112 |
104 |
Arts University College at Bournemouth |
4 |
|
1.2 |
|
68.3 |
| 113 |
111 |
London South Bank |
3.9 |
176 |
1.65 |
40 |
68.2 |
| 114 |
113 |
Abertay Dundee |
|
197 |
1.55 |
54 |
67.9 |
| 115 |
110 |
Buckinghamshire New |
3.7 |
181 |
1.7 |
43 |
67.8 |
| 116 |
109 |
Bedfordshire |
3.8 |
141 |
1.7 |
45 |
67.7 |
| 117 |
114 |
LondonCity> Metropolitan |
3.4 |
217 |
1.55 |
38 |
65.6 |
| 118 |
115 |
Queen Margaret |
|
241 |
1.25 |
40 |
63.8 |