UK University Rankings - Overall Rankings 2018

From the Complete University Guide Published by the Independent

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RankUniversity NameEntry StandardsStudent SatisfactionResearch QualityGraduate ProspectsOverall Score
1st0University of Cambridge5924.143.3387.81000
2nd0University of Oxford5704.133.3483.7998
3rd2University of St Andrews5254.383.1383.3962
4th1London School of Economics and Political Science5373.753.3584.4952
5th1Imperial College London5523.993.3690.3925
6th0Durham University5194.163.1483.2920
7th3University College London5013.973.2287.2909
8th0The University of Warwick4784.123.2280.3896
9th0Lancaster University4024.173.1582.6889
10th3Loughborough University4004.182.9585.1883
11th0University of Bath4794.163.1784.9868
12th2University of East Anglia (UEA)4074.163.1173.9853
13th2University of Surrey4384.202.9881.0851
14th1University of Exeter4714.203.0880.1850
14th2University of Leeds4274.153.1381.3850
16th1University of Birmingham4214.093.0785.4836
17th7University of Bristol4854.053.1878.9834
18th3The University of Nottingham4254.123.0982.6825
19th1University of Sussex3664.093.0185.9818
20th0University of York4224.203.1776.9814
21st0King's College London4323.913.2387.7811
22nd3The University of Manchester4314.023.1682.1808
23rd4The University of Edinburgh4833.853.1872.7805
23rd2Newcastle University4234.153.0982.5805
25th2University of Kent3534.132.9580.5803
26th9University of Southampton3904.063.1578.4792
27th0University of Reading3674.083.0373.5791
27th2University of Glasgow4854.103.1081.4791
29th5Heriot-Watt University4074.133.0679.7790
30th2University of Leicester3744.112.9375.2786
30th5University of Dundee4034.243.0380.9786
32nd5The University of Sheffield4074.113.1781.2782
32nd9University of Essex3324.193.0573.3782
34th3Queen Mary, University of London3934.023.1879.7776
35th2Royal Holloway, University of London3894.133.0969.1773
36th3Queen's, University, Belfast3894.192.9980.5768
37th2Cardiff University3994.043.2772.3765
38th5SOAS University of London4014.082.8270.6751
39th0University of Stirling3724.052.9677.1749
40th2University of Aberdeen4324.032.9778.6747
41st3University of Liverpool3874.073.0676.5741
42nd2City, University of London3734.142.9582.9734
43rd7Coventry University3314.282.6779.8732
44th1Swansea University3174.113.0980.3725
45th3University of Strathclyde4804.033.0476.3724
46th0Harper Adams University3384.232.6672.5723
47th5Brunel University London3454.062.6770.6722
48th2Keele University3404.302.8878.7713
49th19Aston University3424.163.0582.3712
50th1University of Lincoln3344.252.5471.8707
51st0Goldsmiths, University of London3423.982.9059.8703
52nd11Nottingham Trent University3454.182.5972.9700
53rd9St George's, University of London4083.832.9995.1687
54th5University for the Creative Arts3244.172.7253.5686
55th4Northumbria University3694.092.7171.5682
56th5University of Portsmouth3174.142.7571.7681
57th1Bournemouth University3124.002.7271.2680
58th5University of Bradford3294.022.9578.6675
59th24Liverpool Hope University3044.392.2178.0674
60th7University of the West of England3224.162.7076.3673
61st15Arts University Bournemouth3764.062.3073.9670
62nd5Manchester Metropolitan University3464.082.7466.6664
63rd5Falmouth University3184.142.0479.3662
64th7Edge Hill University3254.222.2270.8656
65th3Bangor University3384.232.9966.1654
66th1Oxford Brookes University3274.112.6670.8653
67th5Cardiff Metropolitan University3223.983.0070.0646
68th19Aberystwyth University2964.202.8467.9645
69th3Sheffield Hallam University3034.012.7668.5641
69th0University of Roehampton2804.002.8364.1641
71st1Ulster University3214.152.9165.1640
72nd9University of Huddersfield3344.172.6572.7635
73rd5Middlesex University3004.042.5870.3633
74th6University of Hull3174.052.7072.6632
75th11Robert Gordon University3904.032.3577.4627
75th1Liverpool John Moores University3434.102.7966.0627
77th7Plymouth University3254.062.7468.3622
78th23The University of Buckingham3184.45n/a71.4621
79th0University of Hertfordshire3014.012.6177.3620
79th3Glasgow Caledonian University3963.962.6771.2620
79th27University of West London2984.131.9268.9620
82nd28De Montfort University2824.072.6775.3615
83rd2University of the Arts London (UAL)3133.933.1261.0614
84th18Norwich University of the Arts3494.042.6957.2605
85th11The University of Winchester2914.082.3260.9603
86th6University of Chichester3004.152.5057.4600
86th3University of Gloucestershire3054.142.3863.7600
88th2Abertay University3794.122.1668.4599
89th1University of Brighton3054.002.8471.2593
90th14Bath Spa University3064.082.5260.1592
91st3University of Chester3034.132.0864.2589
92nd1Queen Margaret University3394.092.6557.7586
93rd5University of Greenwich3414.012.3365.6585
94th2Edinburgh Napier University3434.032.5271.4582
95th4University of Central Lancashire3414.032.5163.5581
95th7University of Westminster3193.992.7458.0581
97th6University of Derby2894.142.0763.6576
98th3University of Salford3204.082.5461.2573
99th4Birmingham City University3124.062.6468.7568
100th10University of the West of Scotland3334.152.3669.6564
101st6Teesside University3004.132.5865.8562
102nd1University of Sunderland2824.022.1266.5561
102nd7Kingston University3083.962.7064.4561
104th7University of Worcester3014.112.0867.6559
105th4Staffordshire University2884.142.2056.5548
106th6Canterbury Christ Church University2794.022.3860.4547
107th4Royal Agricultural University2893.951.4073.7539
108th7London South Bank University2693.982.5274.9537
109th11University of Bedfordshire2444.072.5261.4536
110th11University of South Wales3214.012.5156.1534
110th23University of Northampton2734.072.0953.8534
112th9Leeds Trinity University2744.002.0170.2532
113th4Newman University2924.052.1367.1523
114th12University of East London2914.092.7151.8520
115th4Bishop Grosseteste University2824.211.9667.1517
116thNewBirkbeck, University of London2604.122.9770.5516
117th2Southampton Solent University2804.041.6356.5514
118th8Anglia Ruskin University2574.152.3756.3506
119th4University of Wales Trinity Saint David2944.122.3943.6501
120th2St Mary's University, Twickenham3074.071.9870.0499
121st7Leeds Beckett University2874.042.1665.9495
122nd15York St John University3024.042.0461.3493
123rd2University of Cumbria2953.992.1365.5476
124th11Buckinghamshire New University2704.072.1961.2474
125th3University of Bolton2834.142.0458.7452
126th2Plymouth Marjon University3364.13n/a62.8447
127th0London Metropolitan University2604.072.4458.7414
128th3Wrexham Glyndŵr University2474.192.1558.2412
129thNewUniversity of Suffolk2764.04n/a60.4337

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