2016 UK University Rankings for Economics

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Rank University Name Total score Student satisfaction Research quality Entry Points Graduate prospects
1 University of Oxford

(Oxford, England)

100 86.60 58 - 87.10
2 University College London

(London, England)

98.1 78.70 70.20 - 86.40
3 University of Warwick

(Coventry, England)

97.9 88.80 49.60 - 88.70
4 University of Cambridge

(Cambridge, England)

97.8 77.80 45 - 93.70
5 London School of Economics and Political Science

(London, England)

97.4 78.20 70.70 - 83.90
6 University of Leeds

(Leeds, England)

94.3 90.80 39.30 - 83.30
7 Durham University

(Durham, England)

93.8 85.10 23.10 - 90.50
8 Lancaster University

(Lancaster, England)

93.1 86.80 42.60 - 83.10
9 University of Nottingham

(Nottingham, England)

92.7 88.10 31.70 - 87.30
10 Loughborough University

(Loughborough, England)

92.5 92.30 32.60 - 83.40
11 University of Bristol

(Bristol, England)

91.8 81.40 43.60 - 79.40
11 University of Exeter

(Exeter, England)

91.8 85.40 26.90 - 85.80
11 University of Surrey

(Surrey, England)

91.8 87.50 33 - 78.50
14 Queen Mary, University of London

(London, England)

90.9 88.40 31.30 - 74
15 University of St Andrews

(St Andrews, Scotland)

90.5 78.80 23.60 - 92.20
16 Queen’s University Belfast

(Belfast, Northern Ireland)

90.3 91.90 32.70 - 71.90
16 University of Strathclyde

(Glasgow, Scotland)

90.3 88.50 44.30 - 57.60
18 University of Essex

(Colchester, England)

90.1 91.70 43.60 - 69.60
19 University of Birmingham

(Birmingham, England)

89.9 85.30 26.60 - 85.60
20 University of East Anglia

(Norwich, England)

89.8 92.50 25.70 - 77.60
20 University of Kent

(Kent, England)

89.8 88.30 14.60 - 88.10
22 University of Bath

(Bath, England)

89.7 68.60 41.80 - 93.60
22 University of Edinburgh

(Edinburgh, Scotland)

89.7 82.60 30.20 - 83.60
24 University of York

(York, England)

89.6 85.10 22.60 - 84
25 Heriot-Watt University

(Edinburgh, Scotland)

88.8 85.40 18.80 - 82.80
26 University of Sussex

(Bridlington, England)

88 85.80 25.10 - 87.30
27 University of Reading

(Reading, England)

87.8 84.50 29.30 - 79.50
28 University of Sheffield

(Sheffield, England)

87.6 83.60 16.60 - 81.90
29 Royal Holloway, University of London

(London, England)

87.5 87.80 31.30 - 64.20
30 Newcastle University

(Newcastle, England)

87.4 87.30 20.70 - 72.70
31 University of Glasgow

(Glasgow, Scotland)

87.2 81.60 26.40 - 84.70
32 Aston University Birmingham

(Birmingham, England)

86.8 86.40 19.70 - 76.70
33 University of Stirling

(Stirling, Scotland)

86.4 74.60 25.20 - 88.20
34 University of Southampton

(Southampton, England)

86.3 82.20 23.40 - 74.10
35 De Montfort University

(Leicester, England)

86.2 95.20 10.70 - 78.10
36 Coventry University

(Coventry, England)

86.1 96.20 1.60 - 72.50
36 University of Buckingham

(Buckingham, England)

86.1 85.80 - - 80.60
38 University of Liverpool

(Liverpool, England)

86 80.40 20.10 - 80.40
38 University of Salford

(Manchester, England)

86 91.70 5.90 - -
40 Cardiff University

(Cardiff, Welsh)

85.9 77.60 32 - 78.70
41 University of Manchester

(Manchester, England)

85.8 81.30 26.80 - 73.20
42 School of Oriental and African Studies

(London, England)

85.2 79.20 22.90 - 77.70
43 Swansea University

(Swansea, Welsh)

85.1 81.80 22 - 79.90
44 City University

(London, England)

85 84.60 15.10 - 72.30
44 University of Dundee

(Dundee, Scotland)

85 90.20 12.10 - 58.20
46 University of Aberdeen

(Aberdeen, Scotland)

84.9 84.40 16 - 80.30
47 Manchester Metropolitan University

(Manchester, England)

83.3 88 4.70 - 67.30
48 University of Hertfordshire

(Hertfordshire, England)

82.8 91.60 0.90 - 69.60
49 University of Central Lancashire

(Preston, England)

82.5 93.50 4.40 - 55.80
49 University of Portsmouth

(Portsmouth, England)

82.5 86.30 9.50 - 73.60
51 University of Hull

(Hull, England)

82.4 84.40 10.20 - 75.90
52 University of Leicester

(Leicester, England)

81.7 76.40 21.40 - 73.20
53 Nottingham Trent University

(Nottingham, England)

81.2 83.60 - - 71.60
53 University of Greenwich

(London, England)

81.2 92.60 3.30 - 53.60
55 Bangor University

(Bangor, Welsh)

80.7 84.30 23.40 - 52.20
56 University of Bradford

(Bradford, England)

80.3 84.70 12.70 - 63
56 University of Ulster

(Belfast, Northern Ireland)

80.3 83.70 - - 72.90
58 University of the West of England

(Bristol, England)

80.1 82.30 5.50 - 64.30
59 Brunel University London

(London, England)

79.4 81.60 9.90 - 64.60
60 Sheffield Hallam University

(Sheffield, England)

78.9 84.50 - - 63.20
61 Plymouth University

(Plymouth, England)

78.6 86.10 - - 58.70
62 Oxford Brookes University

(Oxford, England)

77.4 81.30 5.10 - 55.10
63 Leeds Beckett University

(Leeds, England)

75.9 84.30 0.80 - 57.40
64 Aberystwyth University

(Aberystwyth, Welsh)

75.8 73.80 14.50 - 59.20
65 Keele University

(Keele, England)

75.1 70.20 10.20 - 65.30
66 Kingston University

(Kingston, England)

74.7 80.50 9.20 - 43.40
67 Birmingham City University

(Birmingham, England)

73.9 79.20 1.30 - 55.30
68 University of Northampton

(Northampton, England)

73.6 82.40 - - 45.20
69 Anglia Ruskin University

(Cambridge, England)

73.4 80.80 3.40 - 47.20
70 London Metropolitan University

(London, England)

72.9 79.80 - - 51.60
71 Middlesex University

(London, England)

72.7 76.30 10.50 - 45.50
72 University of East London

(London, England)

72.4 65.30 0.80 - 58.50
73 Cardiff Metropolitan University

(Cardiff, Welsh)

70.9 67.10 - - 47.80

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