UK University Rankings for Economics 2018
From the Complete University Guide Published by the Independent
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* Schools within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.
Rank | University Name | Entry Standards | Student Satisfaction | Research Quality | Graduate Prospects | Overall Score | |
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1st | 0 | University of Cambridge | 651 | 3.94 | 3.42 | 94 | 100.0 |
2nd | 0 | University of Oxford | 600 | 4.02 | 3.44 | 88 | 98.3 |
3rd | 0 | The University of Warwick | 538 | 4.09 | 3.41 | 88 | 96.8 |
4th | 0 | University College London | 527 | 3.80 | 3.78 | 89 | 96.6 |
5th | 1 | University of St Andrews | 551 | 4.21 | 2.92 | 89 | 96.0 |
6th | 1 | London School of Economics and Political Science | 561 | 3.65 | 3.55 | 86 | 95.7 |
7th | 2 | The University of Nottingham | 480 | 4.40 | 3.05 | 88 | 95.6 |
8th | 1 | Durham University | 543 | 3.99 | 3.05 | 92 | 95.5 |
9th | 1 | University of Bath | 480 | 4.04 | 3.20 | 93 | 95.4 |
10th | 2 | University of Bristol | 490 | 4.07 | 3.32 | 83 | 94.0 |
11th | 1 | University of Exeter | 491 | 4.15 | 2.78 | 86 | 93.5 |
12th | 4 | Loughborough University | 396 | 4.18 | 2.97 | 92 | 93.2 |
13th | 2 | University of Surrey | 441 | 4.39 | 3.01 | 81 | 93.1 |
14th | 9 | Heriot-Watt University | 396 | 4.37 | 2.75 | 92 | 92.9 |
15th | 4 | University of Leeds | 428 | 4.10 | 3.18 | 86 | 92.8 |
16th | 3 | University of Glasgow | 438 | 4.01 | 2.86 | 89 | 92.4 |
17th | 8 | University of Stirling | 372 | 4.15 | 2.97 | 90 | 91.5 |
18th | 0 | University of Birmingham | 410 | 4.07 | 2.78 | 86 | 91.4 |
19th | 2 | University of York | 420 | 4.07 | 2.93 | 85 | 91.2 |
20th | 4 | Queen Mary, University of London | 438 | 4.13 | 2.98 | 76 | 90.6 |
21st | 7 | Lancaster University | 391 | 3.95 | 3.16 | 82 | 90.4 |
22nd | 9 | The University of Edinburgh | 484 | 3.78 | 3.14 | 77 | 90.4 |
23rd | 4 | Newcastle University | 420 | 4.14 | 2.72 | 81 | 90.1 |
24th | 4 | Queen's, University, Belfast | 381 | 4.21 | 2.88 | 79 | 90.1 |
25th | 4 | University of East Anglia (UEA) | 376 | 4.30 | 3.04 | 78 | 89.9 |
26th | 4 | University of Sussex | 357 | 3.86 | 2.84 | 90 | 89.8 |
27th | 7 | University of Kent | 354 | 4.08 | 2.32 | 90 | 89.4 |
28th | 7 | University of Aberdeen | 410 | 3.96 | 2.48 | 83 | 89.1 |
29th | 1 | University of Reading | 369 | 4.06 | 3.11 | 79 | 89.1 |
30th | 1 | Cardiff University | 385 | 3.90 | 3.28 | 78 | 88.9 |
31st | 1 | The University of Manchester | 429 | 3.81 | 2.89 | 77 | 88.7 |
32nd | 4 | Aston University | 335 | 4.05 | 3.07 | 84 | 88.7 |
33rd | 4 | SOAS University of London | 392 | 4.13 | 2.70 | 77 | 88.6 |
34th | 3 | University of Strathclyde | 490 | 4.24 | 3.17 | 55 | 88.5 |
35th | 9 | The University of Sheffield | 385 | 3.80 | 2.58 | 86 | 88.1 |
36th | 3 | Royal Holloway, University of London | 350 | 4.24 | 3.11 | 70 | 87.5 |
37th | 3 | Ulster University | 319 | 4.18 | 2.94 | 73 | 87.5 |
38th | 4 | University of Southampton | 372 | 3.91 | 2.70 | 78 | 87.5 |
39th | 6 | University of Liverpool | 369 | 4.00 | 2.92 | 76 | 87.4 |
40th | 2 | University of Essex | 306 | 4.13 | 3.25 | 72 | 87.3 |
41st | 1 | Bournemouth University | n/a | 4.19 | 2.65 | n/a | 86.8 |
42nd | 1 | Swansea University | 306 | 3.91 | 2.93 | 81 | 86.6 |
43rd | 3 | City, University of London | 360 | 3.98 | 2.44 | 80 | 86.5 |
44th | 3 | University of Leicester | 352 | 4.02 | 2.59 | 75 | 86.5 |
45th | 0 | University of Hull | 300 | 4.23 | 2.54 | 79 | 86.0 |
46th | 2 | De Montfort University | 252 | 4.53 | 2.74 | 77 | 86.0 |
47th | New | Birkbeck, University of London | 265 | 4.31 | 2.60 | n/a | 85.8 |
48th | 1 | Coventry University | 309 | 4.43 | 2.50 | 78 | 85.7 |
49th | 1 | University of Portsmouth | 311 | 4.02 | 2.74 | 77 | 85.1 |
50th | 14 | Keele University | 308 | 4.17 | 2.40 | 76 | 85.1 |
51st | 8 | Goldsmiths, University of London | 298 | 3.97 | 2.50 | n/a | 85.0 |
52nd | 1 | University of Salford | 306 | 4.23 | 2.66 | n/a | 84.9 |
53rd | 13 | Nottingham Trent University | 318 | 4.26 | 2.65 | 72 | 84.7 |
54th | 0 | University of Westminster | n/a | 4.28 | 2.27 | n/a | 84.6 |
55th | 3 | University of Huddersfield | 324 | 4.25 | 2.44 | n/a | 84.6 |
56th | 3 | University of the West of England | 290 | 4.51 | 2.59 | 70 | 84.6 |
57th | 4 | Manchester Metropolitan University | 311 | 4.17 | 2.60 | 74 | 84.3 |
58th | 4 | University of Bradford | 268 | 3.99 | 2.83 | 76 | 84.0 |
59th | 2 | Brunel University London | 290 | 4.18 | 2.20 | 71 | 84.0 |
60th | 4 | King's College London | 445 | 3.92 | n/a | n/a | 83.2 |
61st | 16 | Middlesex University | 260 | 3.90 | 2.72 | 75 | 82.8 |
62nd | 1 | Plymouth University | 269 | 4.21 | 2.48 | 67 | 82.8 |
63rd | 11 | The University of Buckingham | 289 | 4.47 | n/a | 76 | 82.5 |
64th | 4 | University of Central Lancashire | 272 | 4.47 | 2.40 | 65 | 82.3 |
65th | 21 | Bangor University | 287 | 3.85 | 2.81 | 64 | 82.1 |
66th | 11 | University of Dundee | 347 | 3.98 | 2.30 | 61 | 81.9 |
67th | 3 | Aberystwyth University | 253 | 4.05 | 2.52 | 67 | 81.8 |
68th | 7 | University of Hertfordshire | 282 | 4.27 | 2.05 | 69 | 81.1 |
69th | 2 | Oxford Brookes University | 319 | 3.94 | 2.65 | 61 | 80.9 |
70th | 5 | Kingston University | 256 | 3.98 | 2.78 | 58 | 79.4 |
71st | New | University of Lincoln | 280 | 4.22 | n/a | n/a | 79.4 |
72nd | 7 | University of Greenwich | 308 | 3.98 | 2.21 | 56 | 78.4 |
73rd | 4 | University of Chester | 272 | 4.06 | n/a | n/a | 78.2 |
74th | 6 | Cardiff Metropolitan University | 264 | 4.08 | n/a | 65 | 77.7 |
75th | 4 | University of East London | 231 | 4.12 | 2.26 | 59 | 77.6 |
76th | 3 | Leeds Beckett University | 244 | 4.02 | 1.92 | 62 | 77.2 |
77th | 5 | University of Worcester | n/a | 3.71 | 1.65 | n/a | 76.6 |
78th | New | University of Bedfordshire | 218 | 4.09 | n/a | n/a | 76.6 |
79th | 5 | Birmingham City University | 265 | 3.84 | 2.42 | 51 | 75.9 |
80th | 4 | London South Bank University | 221 | 3.96 | n/a | n/a | 75.9 |
81st | 2 | London Metropolitan University | 185 | 4.36 | n/a | 55 | 74.8 |
82nd | 1 | Anglia Ruskin University | 206 | 4.25 | n/a | 51 | 74.0 |
83rd | 1 | University of Northampton | 223 | 3.94 | n/a | 45 | 71.7 |
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