Rank

Institution

Student satisfaction

Research quality

Entry standards

Graduate prospects

Overall Score

1

Cambridge

85%

5.5/9

567

94.0%

100.0

2

Southampton

83%

3.8/9

457

97.0%

90.2

3

Surrey

87%

4.2/9

436

87.0%

90.0

4

Imperial College

82%

3.7/9

491

87.0%

88.2

5

Sheffield

85%

3.3/9

377

89.0%

84.8

6

Glasgow

83%

3.5/9

411

84.0%

84.2

7

Loughborough

85%

3.1/9

340

91.0%

82.7

7

York

90%

2.6/9

387

78.0%

82.7

9

Bristol

76%

2.9/9

443

94.0%

82.6

10

The Queen's

82%

3.3/9

372

86.0%

82.5

11

Bath

80%

3.6/9

397

82.0%

82.3

12

Edinburgh

82%

3.0/9

384

88.0%

82.1

13

UCL

76%

3.7/9

454

77.0%

82.0

14

Newcastle

83%

3.0/9

342

91.0%

81.8

15

Essex

n/a

3.3/9

n/a

83.0%

80.7

16

Leeds

70%

4.4/9

399

80.0%

79.8

16

Nottingham

79%

2.9/9

353

90.0%

79.8

18

Strathclyde

77%

2.8/9

414

84.0%

79.6

19

Birmingham

79%

2.7/9

372

88.0%

79.4

20

Cardiff

78%

2.6/9

364

87.0%

78.1

21

Exeter

81%

2.7/9

353

82.0%

78.0

22

Manchester

71%

3.9/9

378

74.0%

76.7

23

Kent

81%

2.6/9

255

88.0%

75.8

24

Aberdeen

75%

3.2/9

292

81.0%

74.5

25

Heriot-Watt

77%

2.7/9

308

80.0%

74.1

26

Bangor

n/a

4.2/9

238

69.0%

74.0

27

Lancaster

70%

2.6/9

n/a

90.0%

73.6

28

King's

77%

1.9/9

364

77.0%

73.2

29

Salford

75%

3.2/9

295

72.0%

72.9

30

Brunel

78%

2.3/9

306

74.0%

72.4

30

Portsmouth

88%

1.5/9

233

80.0%

72.4

32

Reading

76%

1.9/9

329

81.0%

72.2

33

Liverpool

72%

2.9/9

335

69.0%

71.1

34

Sussex

75%

2.8/9

n/a

67.0%

70.4

35

Staffordshire

69%

2.2/9

n/a

85.0%

69.6

36

Queen Mary

78%

2.8/9

265

61.0%

69.4

37

Aston

77%

2.2/9

270

69.0%

68.9

38

West of England

72%

2.6/9

243

75.0%

68.1

39

Liverpool JM

72%

3.3/9

229

65.0%

67.9

40

Northumbria

74%

2.2/9

240

75.0%

67.7

41

Swansea

73%

1.9/9

330

67.0%

67.6

42

Plymouth

84%

1.4/9

268

61.0%

67.4

43

Hertfordshire

76%

2.7/9

202

61.0%

65.9

44

Robert Gordon

74%

n/a

302

89.0%

65.5

45

Central Lancs

78%

1.4/9

262

63.0%

64.9

45

Hull

73%

1.8/9

219

75.0%

64.9

47

Huddersfield

73%

1.9/9

279

59.0%

64.2

48

City

64%

2.4/9

263

73.0%

64.0

49

Coventry

71%

2.1/9

237

66.0%

63.6

50

Westminster

73%

0.9/9

302

64.0%

62.5

51

Manchester Met

69%

1.5/9

226

71.0%

61.5

52

Bradford

74%

0.8/9

n/a

66.0%

61.1

53

Glasgow Cal

68%

n/a

302

76.0%

59.9

54

Sheffield Hallam

67%

1.8/9

186

65.0%

58.7

55

London South Bank

65%

2.5/9

n/a

51.0%

58.2

56

Teesside

79%

n/a

251

52.0%

58.0

57

De Montfort

77%

1.8/9

207

37.0%

57.9

58

Derby

74%

n/a

248

62.0%

57.6

59

Soton Solent

72%

n/a

259

64.0%

57.5

60

Ulster

70%

n/a

224

66.0%

55.7

61

Birmingham City

67%

n/a

242

64.0%

54.5

62

Glamorgan

61%

2.1/9

256

33.0%

52.5

63

Oxford Brookes

66%

n/a

234

55.0%

51.7

64

Bolton

61%

n/a

199

50.0%

47.3