2015 UK University Rankings: Overall Rankings
The Times and Sunday Times good university guide league table
More Pages of UK University Rankings
* Schools within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.
| Rank 2015 | Rank 2014 | School | Student Satisfaction | Research Quality | Ucas Entry Points | Graduate Prospects | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | University of Cambridge
(Cambridge, England) |
85.6 | 45 | 616 | 88.7 | 1,000 |
| 1 | 2 | University of Oxford
(Oxford, England) |
85.4 | 44.3 | 580 | 82.6 | 1,000 |
| 3 | 4 | University of St Andrews
(St Andrews, Scotland) |
86.3 | 28 | 523 | 79.1 | 873 |
| 4 | 5 | Imperial College London
(London, England) |
83.5 | 33 | 576 | 89.9 | 855 |
| 5 | 3 | London School of Economics and Political Science
(London, England) |
78.3 | 38.7 | 537 | 83.4 | 848 |
| 6 | 6 | Durham University
(Durham, England) |
85.3 | 29.7 | 525 | 79.5 | 847 |
| 7 | 8 | University of Exeter
(Exeter, England) |
86.4 | 28 | 459 | 79.6 | 820 |
| 8 | 10 | The University of Warwick
(Coventry, England) |
84 | 29 | 510 | 78.1 | 811 |
| 9 | 9 | University College London
(London, England) |
79 | 33 | 521 | 81.8 | 801 |
| 10 | 7 | University of Bath
(Bath, England) |
87.1 | 23.3 | 489 | 85.4 | 795 |
| 11 | 12 | University of Surrey
(Surrey, England) |
86.9 | 20.3 | 422 | 81.8 | 781 |
| 12 | 12 | Lancaster University
(Lancaster, England) |
84.2 | 28.3 | 448 | 78 | 771 |
| 13 | 21 | Loughborough University
(Loughborough, England) |
85.7 | 24.7 | 406 | 80 | 761 |
| 14 | 17 | University of East Anglia
(Norwich, England) |
86.5 | 21 | 431 | 70.3 | 757 |
| 15 | 16 | University of Birmingham
(Birmingham, England) |
82.8 | 24 | 439 | 84.3 | 751 |
| 16 | 11 | The University of York
(York, England) |
82.6 | 29 | 446 | 73.8 | 742 |
| 17 | 29 | University of Leeds
(Leeds, England) |
84.3 | 22.7 | 434 | 74.8 | 737 |
| 18 | 20 | University of Southampton
(Southampton, England) |
82.2 | 23 | 431 | 77.9 | 735 |
| 19 | 15 | University of Bristol
(Bristol, England) |
80.4 | 29.7 | 483 | 80.2 | 730 |
| 20 | 14 | University of Leicester
(Leicester, England) |
83.2 | 20 | 401 | 73.9 | 729 |
| 21 | 18 | The University of Sheffield
(Sheffield, England) |
83 | 27.3 | 439 | 76.9 | 717 |
| 22 | 18 | Newcastle University
(Newcastle, England) |
85.3 | 21.7 | 438 | 78.8 | 716 |
| 22 | 22 | The University of Edinburgh
(Edinburgh, Scotland) |
77.4 | 32.7 | 489 | 78.1 | 716 |
| 22 | 23 | The University of Nottingham
(Nottingham, England) |
82.2 | 24 | 442 | 79.2 | 716 |
| 25 | 32 | University of Sussex
(Bridlington, England) |
82.1 | 25.7 | 411 | 76.1 | 712 |
| 26 | 25 | University of Glasgow
(Glasgow, Scotland) |
83.9 | 24.3 | 487 | 79.9 | 710 |
| 27 | 33 | Cardiff University
(Cardiff, Welsh) |
83 | 21 | 423 | 81.7 | 700 |
| 28 | 26 | The University of Manchester
(Manchester, England) |
81.9 | 28.7 | 443 | 75.7 | 695 |
| 29 | 27 | King's College London
(London, England) |
78.7 | 23.3 | 470 | 80.1 | 694 |
| 30 | 33 | University of Kent
(Kent, England) |
84.1 | 17 | 372 | 75.2 | 693 |
| 31 | 24 | The School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
(London, England) |
79.8 | 21.7 | 422 | 64.2 | 688 |
| 32 | 39 | University of Essex
(Colchester, England) |
85.7 | 22.7 | 343 | 65.2 | 684 |
| 33 | 35 | University of Reading
(Reading, England) |
83.7 | 22.7 | 376 | 71.8 | 682 |
| 34 | 29 | Aston University
(Birmingham, England) |
84 | 13.3 | 381 | 77.1 | 675 |
| 34 | 28 | Royal Holloway, University of London
(London, England) |
82.4 | 27.7 | 405 | 62.8 | 675 |
| 36 | 36 | University of Liverpool
(Liverpool, England) |
79.8 | 20 | 414 | 72.7 | 656 |
| 37 | 37 | Queen Mary, University of London
(London, England) |
80 | 23 | 424 | 70.3 | 654 |
| 38 | 29 | Queen’s University Belfast
(Belfast, Northern Ireland) |
83.3 | 18.7 | 391 | 75.1 | 651 |
| 39 | 42 | University of Strathclyde
(Glasgow, Scotland) |
82.3 | 16.7 | 470 | 77.9 | 644 |
| 40 | 44 | Keele University
(Keele, England) |
87.1 | 12.7 | 384 | 72.3 | 631 |
| 41 | 38 | Heriot-Watt University
(Edinburgh, Scotland) |
82.9 | 18 | 424 | 73.2 | 630 |
| 42 | 45 | Coventry University
(Coventry, England) |
88.4 | 2.3 | 313 | 71.2 | 623 |
| 43 | 47 | Swansea University
(Swansea, Welsh) |
81.5 | 16 | 341 | 78.6 | 619 |
| 44 | 40 | University of Aberdeen
(Aberdeen, Scotland) |
80.4 | 20.7 | 444 | 74.3 | 616 |
| 45 | 49 | University of Dundee
(Dundee, Scotland) |
84.6 | 15.7 | 409 | 70.7 | 615 |
| 46 | 43 | City University London
(London, England) |
80 | 14.3 | 394 | 74.2 | 605 |
| 47 | 46 | Brunel University London
(London, England) |
84.4 | 17 | 352 | 60 | 597 |
| 48 | 41 | The University of Buckingham
(Buckingham, England) |
85.1 | - | 330 | 75.3 | 595 |
| 49 | 50 | Oxford Brookes University
(Oxford, England) |
83.3 | 5.7 | 369 | 67.9 | 586 |
| 50 | 56 | Bangor University
(Bangor, Welsh) |
85.4 | 16 | 305 | 66.6 | 573 |
| 51 | 77 | Falmouth University
(Falmouth, England) |
81.1 | 2 | 316 | 70.9 | 565 |
| 52 | 61 | Nottingham Trent University
(Nottingham, England) |
83.1 | 4.3 | 320 | 63.6 | 564 |
| 53 | 51 | University of Stirling
(Stirling, Scotland) |
80.3 | 13.7 | 380 | 70.5 | 562 |
| 54 | 86 | De Montfort University
(Leicester, England) |
82.4 | 6 | 313 | 69.1 | 560 |
| 55 | 48 | Goldsmiths, University of London
(London, England) |
79.2 | 24.7 | 346 | 55.7 | 558 |
| 56 | 59 | The University of Northampton
(Northampton, England) |
85.3 | 1.3 | 280 | 60.2 | 556 |
| 57 | 55 | University of Portsmouth
(Portsmouth, England) |
83 | 5.3 | 314 | 66.3 | 555 |
| 58 | 63 | The University of Hull
(Hull, England) |
83 | 11 | 333 | 63.5 | 552 |
| 59 | 52 | Arts University Bournemouth
(Bournemouth, England) |
82.3 | 0.3 | 331 | 66.2 | 551 |
| 60 | 57 | University of Lincoln
(Lincoln, England) |
82.9 | 5 | 338 | 67.6 | 549 |
| 61 | 57 | The University of Winchester
(Winchester, England) |
83.5 | 4 | 322 | 51.7 | 542 |
| 62 | 77 | Sheffield Hallam University
(Sheffield, England) |
83 | 4 | 321 | 59.7 | 540 |
| 63 | 64 | Harper Adams University
(Shropshire, England) |
85.3 | 2 | 342 | 67 | 539 |
| 64 | 52 | The Robert Gordon University
(Aberdeen, Scotland) |
81.3 | 5.3 | 384 | 80.5 | 538 |
| 65 | 68 | University of Chichester
(Westcliff on Sea, England) |
84.5 | 1.7 | 306 | 58.1 | 532 |
| 66 | 62 | Northumbria University
(Newcastle, England) |
81.3 | 2.7 | 365 | 61.8 | 528 |
| 67 | 52 | University of Chester
(Chester, England) |
83.8 | 1 | 302 | 65.8 | 527 |
| 68 | 60 | University of the West of England
(Bristol, England) |
79.7 | 4.7 | 339 | 68.3 | 526 |
| 69 | 73 | Ulster University
(Belfast, Northern Ireland) |
83.3 | 11 | 310 | 58.2 | 523 |
| 70 | 70 | Bath Spa University
(Bath, England) |
83 | 3 | 332 | 56.4 | 522 |
| 71 | 83 | Liverpool John Moores University
(Liverpool, England) |
82.8 | 3.7 | 336 | 61.5 | 518 |
| 72 | 69 | Edge Hill University
(Oxted, England) |
83.9 | 0.7 | 308 | 58.3 | 517 |
| 73 | 80 | University of Roehampton
(London, England) |
82.6 | 7.7 | 287 | 56.9 | 515 |
| 74 | 99 | University for the Creative Arts
(Canterbury, England) |
77.7 | 5 | 324 | 49.5 | 511 |
| 75 | 94 | Middlesex University
(London, England) |
81.7 | 5 | 287 | 56.8 | 506 |
| 76 | 84 | University of Bradford
(Bradford, England) |
79.3 | 10 | 320 | 72.4 | 505 |
| 77 | 88 | University of Central Lancashire
(Preston, England) |
82.1 | 3.7 | 337 | 59.3 | 504 |
| 77 | 66 | University of Huddersfield
(Huddersfield, England) |
82.3 | 2 | 334 | 69.5 | 504 |
| 79 | 96 | University of Hertfordshire
(Hertfordshire, England) |
78.3 | 3.3 | 344 | 68.5 | 499 |
| 80 | 73 | Plymouth University
(Plymouth, England) |
81.8 | 6.7 | 316 | 57.9 | 496 |
| 81 | 84 | University of Derby
(Derby, England) |
83.5 | 1 | 305 | 54.4 | 495 |
| 82 | 76 | University of Brighton
(Brighton, England) |
79.4 | 9.7 | 319 | 65.8 | 494 |
| 83 | 91 | University of Gloucestershire
(Cheltenham, England) |
80.6 | 2 | 295 | 58 | 492 |
| 84 | 81 | Glasgow Caledonian University
(Glasgow, Scotland) |
79.2 | 3 | 370 | 67.9 | 490 |
| 85 | 77 | University of the Arts London
(London, England) |
73.4 | 20.3 | 343 | 55 | 488 |
| 86 | 71 | Queen Margaret University
(Edinburgh, Scotland) |
80.2 | 3.3 | 339 | 63.3 | 487 |
| 87 | 64 | York St John University
(York, England) |
80.2 | 1 | 302 | 64.5 | 485 |
| 88 | 67 | Bournemouth University
(Bournemouth, England) |
78.1 | 4.3 | 336 | 63.6 | 484 |
| 89 | 89 | Manchester Metropolitan University
(Manchester, England) |
79.3 | 4.3 | 343 | 60.2 | 483 |
| 90 | 87 | Cardiff Metropolitan University
(Cardiff, Welsh) |
82.5 | 3.3 | 304 | 58.7 | 482 |
| 91 | 91 | Birmingham City University
(Birmingham, England) |
81 | 2.3 | 317 | 63 | 479 |
| 91 | 104 | Leeds Trinity University
(Leeds, England) |
83.4 | 1.7 | 280 | 65.8 | 479 |
| 93 | 82 | Aberystwyth University
(Aberystwyth, Welsh) |
77.9 | 20.3 | 325 | 52.8 | 476 |
| 94 | 93 | Teesside University
(Middlesbrough, England) |
82.8 | 1.7 | 324 | 58 | 467 |
| 95 | 95 | University of Cumbria
(Lancaster, England) |
82.3 | 0.3 | 288 | 62.1 | 465 |
| 96 | 90 | Canterbury Christ Church University
(Canterbury, England) |
80.9 | 1.7 | 277 | 59.9 | 460 |
| 97 | 100 | Edinburgh Napier University
(Edinburgh, Scotland) |
81.6 | 3 | 348 | 61.2 | 457 |
| 98 | 101 | University of Greenwich
(London, England) |
82.3 | 3 | 312 | 49 | 453 |
| 99 | 96 | University of Sunderland
(Sunderland, England) |
81.4 | 4.7 | 302 | 50.9 | 451 |
| 100 | - | St Mary's University
(London, England) |
80.6 | 2.7 | 294 | 63.8 | 449 |
| 101 | 108 | Staffordshire University
(Staffordshire, England) |
81.2 | 1 | 273 | 55.9 | 448 |
| 102 | 106 | Bishop Grosseteste University
(Lincoln, England) |
83.9 | 0.3 | 279 | 67 | 447 |
| 102 | 71 | University of St Mark & St John
(Plymouth, England) |
82.9 | 0.3 | 276 | 64 | 447 |
| 104 | 73 | Newman University
(Birmingham, England) |
83.1 | 0.3 | 302 | 57.2 | 445 |
| 105 | 98 | University of Salford
(Manchester, England) |
76.4 | 9.3 | 341 | 56.8 | 440 |
| 106 | 105 | Abertay University
(Dundee, England) |
78.8 | 3 | 330 | 61.1 | 435 |
| 106 | 105 | Abertay University
(Dundee, England) |
79.3 | 0.3 | 300 | 60.7 | 426 |
| 108 | 115 | University of Bedfordshire
(Luton, England) |
81.9 | 1.7 | 225 | 59.3 | 425 |
| 109 | 112 | University of West London
(London, England) |
78.5 | 2 | 256 | 67.6 | 424 |
| 110 | 110 | Anglia Ruskin University
(Cambridge, England) |
83.4 | 1.7 | 252 | 58.5 | 422 |
| 111 | 103 | Leeds Beckett University
(Leeds, England) |
78.9 | 2 | 280 | 55.6 | 420 |
| 112 | 106 | University of Westminster
(London, England) |
77.7 | 5 | 317 | 50.6 | 418 |
| 113 | 109 | Glyndŵr University
(Wrexham, Welsh) |
76.9 | 1.3 | 289 | 63.7 | 407 |
| 114 | - | University of South Wales
(Glamorgan, Welsh) |
77 | 3.7 | 322 | 55.4 | 404 |
| 115 | 114 | Southampton Solent University
(Southampton, England) |
77.2 | 0.7 | 299 | 50.5 | 398 |
| 116 | 113 | Buckinghamshire New University
(Buckinghamshire, England) |
76.4 | 0.7 | 250 | 53.7 | 390 |
| 117 | 111 | Kingston University
(Kingston, England) |
75.7 | 3.3 | 298 | 54.4 | 376 |
| 118 | 117 | University of the West of Scotland
(Paisley, Scotland) |
78.9 | 4.7 | 299 | 58.4 | 370 |
| 119 | 120 | University of East London
(London, England) |
81.1 | 4 | 278 | 50.5 | 360 |
| 120 | 119 | University of Bolton
(Bolton, England) |
79.1 | 2 | 276 | 57.4 | 355 |
| 121 | 116 | University of the Highlands and Islands
(Inverness, Scotland) |
78.9 | 2 | 298 | 49.1 | 324 |
| 122 | 118 | London South Bank University
(London, England) |
77.7 | 2.7 | 233 | 49 | 320 |
| 123 | 121 | London Metropolitan University
(London, England) |
74.1 | 3.3 | 239 | 46.1 | 253 |
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