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Who's in the Top Ten for their Subjects

The table below shows how many times the universities listed are ranked first in one of our Subject Tables and how often they appear in the top ten.

    Appearances in Subject Tables Top Places Times in Top Ten Percentage in Top Ten
1 Cambridge 46 34 46 100
2 Imperial College London 14 0 14 100
3 London School of Economics 12 1 12 100
4 Durham 30 2 28 93
5 Oxford 37 6 34 92
6 St Andrews 25 0 22 88
7 Warwick 27 3 20 74
8 University College London 36 0 25 69
9 Bath 26 2 18 69
10 Bristol 38 0 26 68
11 Exeter 34 0 20 59
12 Edinburgh 48 2 25 52
13 Leeds 52 0 25 48
14 Newcastle 38 1 18 47
15 King's College London 26 1 12 46
16 Glasgow 46 1 20 43
17 Lancaster 30 1 13 43
18 York 26 0 11 42
19 Sheffield 44 0 18 41
20 Manchester 52 3 20 38
21 Cardiff 47 1 18 38
22 Birmingham 48 2 17 35
23 Loughborough 29 1 10 34
24 Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 3 0 1 33
25 Surrey 30 0 10 33
26 Nottingham 49 2 16 33
27 Reading 33 0 10 30
28 Southampton 37 0 10 27
29 Harper Adams 4 0 1 25
30 Robert Gordon 29 1 7 24
31 Strathclyde 34 1 8 24
32 SOAS 13 0 3 23
33 Sussex 31 0 6 19
34 Glasgow Caledonian 23 0 4 17
35 Liverpool 46 0 8 17
36 Aberystwyth 31 0 5 16
37 Queen Mary 27 1 4 15
38 Queen's, Belfast 41 0 6 15
39 Kent 36 0 5 14
40 Aston 22 0 3 14
41 Ulster 44 1 6 14

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