2016 UK University Rankings for Mechanical Engineering

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* Schools within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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

(Cambridge, England)

100 84.50 67 - 96.60
2 Imperial College London

(London, England)

99.4 93.50 59.60 - 88.90
3 University of Bristol

(Bristol, England)

94.9 94 52.30 - 84.40
4 University of Bath

(Bath, England)

93.4 91.40 37.40 - 89
5 University of Leeds

(Leeds, England)

93.3 90.10 40.90 - 93.10
6 Loughborough University

(Loughborough, England)

93.1 92.30 41.80 - 93.60
7 Lancaster University

(Lancaster, England)

92.6 87.80 41.60 - 98
8 Heriot-Watt University

(Edinburgh, Scotland)

92.1 91.40 47.80 - 85.10
9 University of Birmingham

(Birmingham, England)

91.7 85.50 37.70 - 94.10
10 University of Southampton

(Southampton, England)

91.3 83.60 52.30 - 93
11 University of Strathclyde

(Glasgow, Scotland)

90.5 88.20 37.20 - 86.60
12 University of Sheffield

(Sheffield, England)

90.4 87.30 36 - 87.70
13 University of Nottingham

(Nottingham, England)

90.3 89.10 40.80 - 85.40
13 University of Surrey

(Surrey, England)

90.3 91.30 30.80 - 90.30
15 Cardiff University

(Cardiff, Welsh)

89.8 87.30 30.20 - 92.90
16 Swansea University

(Swansea, Welsh)

89.2 88.10 45.50 - 89.20
17 University of Glasgow

(Glasgow, Scotland)

88.4 80.80 47.20 - 87.90
18 University of Edinburgh

(Edinburgh, Scotland)

88.3 77.40 50.30 - 86.90
19 University of Aberdeen

(Aberdeen, Scotland)

88.1 79.40 28.40 - 93.60
20 University of Exeter

(Exeter, England)

87.8 79.30 36.40 - 92.40
21 University College London

(London, England)

87.4 79.30 44.60 - 82.10
21 University of Manchester

(Manchester, England)

87.4 81.30 35.10 - 86.80
23 Coventry University

(Coventry, England)

86.4 90.70 10.30 - 90.80
23 University of Dundee

(Dundee, Scotland)

86.4 81.20 34.10 - 80
25 University of Liverpool

(Liverpool, England)

86.2 84.40 32.10 - 89.30
26 Newcastle University

(Newcastle, England)

86 83.80 30.20 - 90.10
27 Queen’s University Belfast

(Belfast, Northern Ireland)

85.7 81 36.70 - 85.90
28 Brunel University London

(London, England)

84.7 83.50 23.70 - 83.20
29 Robert Gordon University

(Aberdeen, Scotland)

84.4 79.20 8.80 - 91.50
29 University of Sussex

(Bridlington, England)

84.4 79.10 24 - 90.10
31 Queen Mary, University of London

(London, England)

84.2 81.40 46.70 - 73.60
32 De Montfort University

(Leicester, England)

83.9 91.60 12.50 - 83
33 University of Derby

(Derby, England)

83.6 88.30 6.70 - 87.30
34 University of Hull

(Hull, England)

83.4 86.30 16.50 - 86.40
34 University of Sunderland

(Sunderland, England)

83.4 85.10 8.80 - 91.90
34 University of Teesside

(Middlesbrough, England)

83.4 85.90 5.80 - 92.50
37 Aston University Birmingham

(Birmingham, England)

82.5 80.80 20.60 - 87.50
38 University of Bradford

(Bradford, England)

82.3 90.70 7.70 - 82.90
39 University of Portsmouth

(Portsmouth, England)

81.5 85 9.10 - 81.70
39 University of Salford

(Manchester, England)

81.5 86.30 4.40 - 90.90
41 Anglia Ruskin University

(Cambridge, England)

81.4 94.50 9.10 - 72.20
41 Liverpool John Moores University

(Liverpool, England)

81.4 84.40 4.70 - 80.80
43 City University

(London, England)

81.1 80.30 20.20 - 72.20
44 Oxford Brookes University

(Oxford, England)

81 87.50 13.90 - 67.90
45 Northumbria University

(Newcastle, England)

80.8 72.80 30.70 - 77.60
46 University of Ulster

(Belfast, Northern Ireland)

80.1 84.50 - - 86.80
47 Manchester Metropolitan University

(Manchester, England)

79.5 85.30 16.30 - 64.70
48 Plymouth University

(Plymouth, England)

79.2 83.30 - - 82.90
49 University of Huddersfield

(Huddersfield, England)

79.1 81.50 10.20 - 83.50
50 University of Greenwich

(London, England)

78.7 86 29.50 - 62.30
51 Harper Adams University

(Shropshire, England)

78.3 85.40 - - 84
52 University of Hertfordshire

(Hertfordshire, England)

76.3 69.60 16.50 - 76.30
53 University of Central Lancashire

(Preston, England)

75.8 77.40 7.10 - 71.40
54 Glasgow Caledonian University

(Glasgow, Scotland)

75.6 70.80 4.70 - 75.80
54 University of the West of England

(Bristol, England)

75.6 73 10.60 - 73.10
54 University of the West of Scotland

(Paisley, England)

75.6 84.70 9 - 56.30
57 Sheffield Hallam University

(Sheffield, England)

75.5 78.10 - - 75.40
57 Staffordshire University

(Staffordshire, England)

75.5 74.80 5.70 - 73.50
59 University of Brighton

(Brighton, England)

73.3 78.80 7.40 - 64.60
60 London South Bank University

(London, England)

72.3 78.40 19.60 - 52.50
61 Birmingham City University

(Birmingham, England)

70.7 68.30 - - 72.70
62 Kingston University

(Kingston, England)

69.9 73.70 2.90 - 54.50

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