UK University Rankings Ordered by Research Assessment 2015
From the Complete University Guide Published by the Independent
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* Schools within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.
CUG Rank | University Name | Research Assessment | Entry Standards | Student Satisfaction | Graduate Prospects | Overall Score | |
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2015 | 2014 | ||||||
1 | 1 | University of Cambridge | 2.98 | 614 | 4.24 | 84.7 | 1000 |
2 | 2 | University of Oxford | 2.96 | 580 | 4.19 | 78.4 | 993 |
3 | 3 | London School of Economics and Political Science | 2.96 | 537 | 4.04 | 76.4 | 957 |
6 | 4 | Imperial College London | 2.94 | 570 | 4.08 | 88.7 | 926 |
9 | 7 | University College London | 2.84 | 520 | 3.94 | 80.7 | 876 |
28 | 25 | The University of Manchester | 2.82 | 439 | 3.99 | 71.8 | 773 |
7 | 8 | The University of Warwick | 2.80 | 509 | 4.04 | 77.7 | 893 |
14 | 12 | The University of York | 2.78 | 443 | 4.14 | 73.7 | 849 |
39 | 39 | University of Essex | 2.77 | 339 | 4.19 | 51.4 | 731 |
21 | 18 | The University of Edinburgh | 2.75 | 487 | 3.83 | 74.9 | 804 |
36 | 35 | Queen Mary, University of London | 2.73 | 422 | 4.07 | 68.7 | 752 |
4 | 6 | University of St Andrews | 2.72 | 521 | 4.26 | 80.1 | 941 |
18 | 15 | University of Bristol | 2.72 | 481 | 4.00 | 78.8 | 823 |
5 | 5 | Durham University | 2.72 | 523 | 4.14 | 82.4 | 930 |
16 | 20 | University of Southampton | 2.72 | 428 | 4.04 | 75.1 | 835 |
23 | 32 | University of Leeds | 2.72 | 431 | 4.05 | 69.1 | 792 |
26 | 26 | The University of Sheffield | 2.72 | 437 | 4.10 | 71.4 | 787 |
8 | 9 | University of Bath | 2.71 | 488 | 4.24 | 83.3 | 883 |
11 | 11 | Lancaster University | 2.71 | 445 | 4.11 | 72.7 | 866 |
28 | 19 | King's College London | 2.69 | 466 | 3.91 | 81.8 | 773 |
23 | 35 | Cardiff University | 2.69 | 420 | 4.02 | 77.4 | 792 |
23 | 24 | The University of Nottingham | 2.67 | 439 | 4.02 | 76.8 | 792 |
33 | 30 | Royal Holloway, University of London | 2.67 | 402 | 4.10 | 63.6 | 759 |
17 | 17 | University of Birmingham | 2.64 | 438 | 4.05 | 80.3 | 829 |
20 | 22 | Newcastle University | 2.63 | 437 | 4.11 | 79.0 | 806 |
13 | 14 | Loughborough University | 2.62 | 406 | 4.10 | 75.3 | 851 |
10 | 10 | University of Exeter | 2.62 | 458 | 4.22 | 76.9 | 870 |
38 | 31 | University of Sussex | 2.61 | 406 | 4.03 | 54.2 | 748 |
22 | 28 | University of Kent | 2.60 | 369 | 4.08 | 70.6 | 798 |
35 | 33 | The School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London | 2.60 | 415 | 4.00 | 66.4 | 755 |
30 | 23 | University of Glasgow | 2.59 | 485 | 4.09 | 74.4 | 771 |
15 | 20 | University of East Anglia | 2.58 | 426 | 4.21 | 68.3 | 839 |
50 | 50 | Goldsmiths,University of London | 2.58 | 340 | 4.09 | 52.4 | 675 |
12 | 13 | University of Surrey | 2.58 | 416 | 4.19 | 74.9 | 862 |
44 | 43 | University of Aberdeen | 2.57 | 441 | 4.01 | 75.1 | 696 |
31 | 29 | Queen's University, Belfast | 2.56 | 390 | 4.15 | 74.6 | 764 |
31 | 38 | University of Liverpool | 2.54 | 412 | 4.02 | 71.2 | 764 |
49 | 47 | University of Dundee | 2.54 | 402 | 4.01 | 71.8 | 676 |
37 | 37 | University of Reading | 2.53 | 375 | 4.09 | 68.6 | 750 |
66 | 67 | University of the Arts, London | 2.49 | 330 | 3.90 | 53.3 | 618 |
33 | 40 | Heriot-Watt University | 2.48 | 422 | 4.17 | 77.7 | 759 |
87 | 70 | Aberystwyth University | 2.48 | 324 | 3.90 | 53.5 | 580 |
84 | 74 | Ulster University | 2.48 | 310 | 4.08 | 49.3 | 582 |
40 | 42 | City University London | 2.48 | 390 | 4.05 | 70.6 | 728 |
41 | 41 | University of Strathclyde | 2.45 | 468 | 3.96 | 73.6 | 720 |
19 | 16 | University of Leicester | 2.45 | 400 | 4.12 | 71.6 | 815 |
42 | 48 | Swansea University | 2.43 | 338 | 4.00 | 77.3 | 714 |
27 | 27 | Aston University | 2.43 | 378 | 4.14 | 73.0 | 774 |
64 | 64 | Bangor University | 2.43 | 305 | 4.07 | 61.9 | 627 |
45 | 49 | University of Stirling | 2.41 | 379 | 4.02 | 63.0 | 691 |
43 | 45 | Keele University | 2.41 | 380 | 4.18 | 67.6 | 698 |
60 | 53 | University of Hertfordshire | 2.40 | 340 | 3.89 | 62.2 | 639 |
73 | 73 | University of Brighton | 2.37 | 310 | 4.05 | 58.4 | 608 |
66 | 53 | The University of Hull | 2.37 | 327 | 4.09 | 54.4 | 618 |
84 | 78 | University of Salford | 2.36 | 328 | 3.91 | 59.1 | 582 |
77 | 82 | University of Bradford | 2.34 | 317 | 4.00 | 69.5 | 602 |
47 | 44 | Brunel University London | 2.32 | 351 | 4.08 | 60.0 | 684 |
71 | 81 | De Montfort University | 2.32 | 310 | 4.02 | 52.4 | 610 |
82 | 66 | Birmingham City University | 2.31 | 314 | 3.99 | 61.8 | 585 |
46 | 34 | St George's, University of London | 2.28 | 417 | 3.78 | 87.3 | 687 |
122 | 124 | University of East London | 2.24 | 269 | 3.96 | 42.7 | 372 |
120 | 119 | London South Bank University | 2.24 | 231 | 3.91 | 55.0 | 421 |
63 | 68 | University of Portsmouth | 2.24 | 311 | 4.05 | 63.2 | 632 |
96 | 87 | University of Westminster | 2.23 | 314 | 3.89 | 52.8 | 540 |
48 | 45 | Oxford Brookes University | 2.20 | 361 | 4.07 | 63.4 | 680 |
55 | 60 | Falmouth University | 2.20 | 310 | 3.94 | 60.1 | 654 |
93 | 84 | University of Roehampton | 2.20 | 283 | 4.01 | 52.3 | 558 |
53 | 56 | University of the West of England | 2.20 | 337 | 4.02 | 67.5 | 661 |
65 | 59 | Bournemouth University | 2.18 | 331 | 3.91 | 63.4 | 621 |
94 | 93 | Middlesex University | 2.18 | 284 | 4.01 | 52.3 | 556 |
79 | 71 | Plymouth University | 2.18 | 313 | 4.03 | 57.0 | 589 |
52 | 61 | Nottingham Trent University | 2.16 | 316 | 4.03 | 61.1 | 665 |
59 | 69 | The University of Winchester | 2.16 | 318 | 4.14 | 52.0 | 644 |
73 | 88 | Manchester Metropolitan University | 2.16 | 340 | 3.98 | 57.6 | 608 |
81 | 82 | Liverpool John Moores University | 2.15 | 327 | 4.04 | 54.2 | 586 |
58 | 64 | Northumbria University | 2.15 | 362 | 4.02 | 61.4 | 645 |
70 | 63 | University of Huddersfield | 2.10 | 326 | 4.12 | 67.4 | 613 |
100 | - | University of South Wales | 2.09 | 319 | 3.96 | 55.5 | 536 |
117 | 107 | University of Bedfordshire | 2.09 | 225 | 3.92 | 53.1 | 439 |
116 | 105 | Anglia Ruskin University | 2.07 | 248 | 3.95 | 60.7 | 445 |
54 | 53 | Robert Gordon University | 2.06 | 379 | 4.03 | 81.4 | 656 |
102 | 101 | Leeds Beckett University | 2.05 | 277 | 3.93 | 59.9 | 531 |
66 | 76 | Sheffield Hallam University | 2.05 | 318 | 3.95 | 57.3 | 618 |
107 | 101 | Kingston University | 2.04 | 295 | 3.89 | 56.4 | 510 |
72 | 80 | Glasgow Caledonian University | 2.01 | 366 | 3.93 | 65.0 | 609 |
96 | 97 | Teesside University | 1.99 | 316 | 4.10 | 53.6 | 540 |
90 | 92 | University of Central Lancashire | 1.96 | 332 | 4.01 | 53.6 | 566 |
76 | 76 | University of Chichester | 1.96 | 303 | 4.10 | 58.8 | 606 |
87 | 103 | University of Derby | 1.96 | 299 | 4.13 | 55.1 | 580 |
84 | 89 | Harper Adams University | 1.95 | 342 | 4.09 | 67.3 | 582 |
55 | 52 | University of Lincoln | 1.90 | 336 | 4.05 | 68.1 | 654 |
99 | 95 | University of Greenwich | 1.90 | 304 | 4.06 | 52.5 | 538 |
62 | 86 | University for the Creative Arts | 1.90 | 320 | 3.84 | 51.0 | 635 |
69 | 79 | Bath Spa University | 1.89 | 329 | 4.05 | 56.8 | 614 |
98 | 96 | Cardiff Metropolitan University | 1.88 | 301 | 4.03 | 50.4 | 539 |
108 | 110 | University of Sunderland | 1.86 | 298 | 4.02 | 49.2 | 509 |
113 | 108 | Leeds Trinity University | 1.86 | 277 | 4.06 | 57.9 | 486 |
51 | 58 | Coventry University | 1.85 | 309 | 4.20 | 70.5 | 672 |
123 | 121 | London Metropolitan University | 1.84 | 232 | 3.83 | 44.6 | 329 |
119 | 120 | University of the West of Scotland | 1.84 | 293 | 3.95 | 56.2 | 426 |
91 | 111 | Abertay University | 1.83 | 325 | 3.92 | 65.8 | 563 |
101 | 98 | Edinburgh Napier University | 1.83 | 339 | 3.97 | 62.3 | 534 |
103 | 99 | Canterbury Christ Church University | 1.79 | 270 | 4.01 | 57.6 | 526 |
121 | 121 | University of Bolton | 1.75 | 266 | 3.98 | 52.9 | 411 |
78 | 71 | University of Chester | 1.74 | 301 | 4.11 | 68.6 | 594 |
91 | 94 | University of Gloucestershire | 1.72 | 288 | 3.97 | 60.1 | 563 |
73 | 62 | The University of Northampton | 1.69 | 280 | 4.14 | 57.2 | 608 |
110 | 115 | Glyndŵr University | 1.69 | 271 | 4.11 | 60.6 | 496 |
110 | 118 | University of West London | 1.67 | 250 | 3.96 | 62.1 | 496 |
115 | 104 | Buckinghamshire New University | 1.67 | 247 | 3.87 | 42.9 | 460 |
105 | 113 | Staffordshire University | 1.62 | 268 | 4.02 | 53.6 | 513 |
104 | 109 | University of Worcester | 1.54 | 297 | 4.00 | 62.9 | 518 |
106 | 106 | Newman University | 1.52 | 300 | 4.15 | 59.6 | 512 |
83 | 51 | Royal Agricultural University | 1.50 | 305 | 3.91 | 57.4 | 584 |
89 | 85 | Edge Hill University | 1.50 | 306 | 4.15 | 59.6 | 569 |
114 | 113 | Southampton Solent University | 1.49 | 293 | 3.86 | 48.1 | 475 |
95 | 99 | York St John University | 1.40 | 302 | 4.14 | 61.1 | 544 |
80 | 90 | Queen Margaret University | 1.37 | 339 | 3.97 | 69.6 | 587 |
112 | 112 | University of Cumbria | 1.23 | 285 | 4.04 | 58.8 | 487 |
57 | 75 | Arts University Bournemouth | 1.20 | 325 | 4.13 | 68.4 | 652 |
118 | 116 | Bishop Grosseteste University | 1.19 | 272 | 4.14 | 66.4 | 429 |
109 | 116 | University of St Mark and St John | 1.08 | 271 | 4.14 | 63.5 | 502 |
61 | 57 | The University of Buckingham | 325 | 4.34 | 83.1 | 638 |
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