University League Tables 2020
Our League Tables rank UK universities both nationally and in 70 subjects. You can sort each table on the measure important to you and compare universities. Read university profiles for more information about the institutions or search for courses. We also rank 12 specialist colleges and conservatoires separately in the Arts, Drama & Music League Table.
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| Rank | University Name | Entry Standards |
Student Satisfaction
Student Satisfaction
A guide to how satisfied students are with the quality of teaching they receive. Maximum score: 5.00 Read more |
Research Quality
Research Quality
A measure of the quality of the research undertaken in the university. Maximum score: 4.00 Read more |
Graduate Prospects
Graduate Prospects
A guide to the success of graduates on completion of their courses at the university. Maximum score: 100.0 Read more |
Overall Score
Overall Score
The total score calculated by our independent and trusted methodology, comprising entry standards, student satisfaction, research assessment (quality and intensity), graduate prospects, student–staff ratio, academic services spend, facilities spend, good honours, and degree completion. Maximum score: 1000 Read more |
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| 1st | 0 | Cambridge | 224 | 4.09 | 3.33 | 86.7 | 1000 | Profile | |
| 2nd | 0 | Oxford | 215 | 4.10 | 3.34 | 83.4 | 989 | Profile | |
| 3rd | 2 | St Andrews | 207 | 4.26 | 3.13 | 79.7 | 944 | Profile | |
| 4th | 1 | London School of Economics | 189 | 3.67 | 3.35 | 86.1 | 934 | Profile | |
| 5th | 1 | Imperial College London | 205 | 4.02 | 3.36 | 90.4 | 933 | Profile | |
| 6th | 0 | Durham | 194 | 4.01 | 3.14 | 84.8 | 915 | Profile | |
| 7th | 1 | Lancaster | 156 | 4.14 | 3.15 | 89.2 | 914 | Profile | |
| 8th | 1 | Loughborough | 157 | 4.18 | 2.95 | 86.8 | 905 | Profile | |
| 9th | 2 | Bath | 183 | 4.05 | 3.17 | 87.4 | 882 | Profile Clearing | |
| 10th | 0 | University College London | 187 | 3.87 | 3.22 | 83.8 | 880 | Profile | |
| 11th | 1 | Exeter | 171 | 4.08 | 3.08 | 85.5 | 868 | Profile | |
| 11th | 2 | Warwick | 171 | 4.05 | 3.22 | 83.2 | 868 | Profile | |
| 13th | 2 | Birmingham | 163 | 4.01 | 3.07 | 85.3 | 841 | Profile | |
| 14th | 1 | Leeds | 164 | 4.09 | 3.13 | 81.2 | 838 | Profile | |
| 15th | 3 | Manchester | 168 | 3.98 | 3.16 | 80.4 | 827 | Profile | |
| 16th | 7 | Edinburgh | 189 | 3.84 | 3.18 | 77.3 | 826 | Profile | |
| 16th | 1 | Bristol | 177 | 3.95 | 3.18 | 80.5 | 826 | Profile | |
| 18th | 6 | Glasgow | 196 | 4.06 | 3.10 | 85.4 | 823 | Profile | |
| 19th | 2 | Nottingham | 162 | 4.02 | 3.09 | 86.0 | 814 | Profile | |
| 20th | 0 | Southampton | 161 | 4.03 | 3.15 | 82.1 | 804 | Profile Clearing | |
| 21st | 7 | East Anglia (UEA) | 147 | 4.01 | 3.11 | 77.0 | 802 | Profile Clearing | |
| 22nd | 0 | Newcastle | 160 | 4.03 | 3.09 | 85.8 | 800 | Profile Clearing | |
| 23rd | 5 | Royal Holloway, University of London | 141 | 4.02 | 3.09 | 73.5 | 798 | Profile Clearing | |
| 23rd | 4 | Surrey | 156 | 4.04 | 2.98 | 80.6 | 798 | Profile | |
| 25th | 1 | King's College London | 171 | 3.84 | 3.23 | 84.7 | 795 | Profile Clearing | |
| 26th | 7 | Cardiff | 158 | 3.99 | 3.27 | 81.9 | 786 | Profile | |
| 27th | 21 | Harper Adams | 134 | 4.09 | 2.66 | 72.5 | 785 | Profile Clearing | |
| 28th | 8 | Liverpool | 145 | 4.08 | 3.06 | 85.3 | 776 | Profile | |
| 29th | 1 | Aberdeen | 183 | 4.08 | 2.97 | 81.0 | 774 | Profile Clearing | |
| 30th | 9 | York | 157 | 4.09 | 3.17 | 81.6 | 773 | Profile | |
| 31st | 0 | Dundee | 168 | 4.16 | 3.03 | 81.4 | 772 | Profile Clearing | |
| 32nd | 7 | Sussex | 148 | 3.91 | 3.01 | 80.4 | 768 | Profile Clearing | |
| 33rd | 3 | Sheffield | 157 | 4.04 | 3.17 | 84.3 | 767 | Profile | |
| 34th | 11 | Aston | 131 | 4.02 | 3.05 | 79.2 | 763 | Profile Clearing | |
| 35th | 4 | Swansea | 130 | 4.08 | 3.09 | 85.3 | 756 | Profile Clearing | |
| 35th | 0 | Heriot-Watt | 162 | 3.94 | 3.06 | 79.2 | 756 | Profile Clearing | |
| 37th | 1 | Queen's, Belfast | 150 | 3.97 | 2.99 | 82.4 | 755 | Profile | |
| 38th | 4 | Nottingham Trent | 134 | 4.14 | 2.59 | 81.7 | 753 | Profile | |
| 39th | 1 | Strathclyde | 198 | 3.95 | 3.04 | 79.7 | 747 | Profile Clearing | |
| 40th | 8 | Reading | 132 | 3.85 | 3.03 | 75.8 | 746 | Profile | |
| 41st | 3 | Queen Mary, University of London | 144 | 3.88 | 3.18 | 78.6 | 742 | Profile Clearing | |
| 42nd | 1 | Lincoln | 128 | 4.17 | 2.54 | 81.5 | 735 | Profile Clearing | |
| 43rd | 3 | Stirling | 162 | 3.97 | 2.96 | 78.2 | 732 | Profile Clearing | |
| 44th | 18 | Essex | 111 | 4.08 | 3.05 | 73.8 | 726 | Profile Clearing | |
| 44th | 2 | SOAS University of London | 154 | 3.95 | 2.82 | 69.8 | 726 | Profile Clearing | |
| 44th | 10 | Leicester | 133 | 3.97 | 2.93 | 74.9 | 726 | Profile Clearing | |
| 47th | 5 | St George's, University of London | 159 | 3.83 | 2.99 | 94.0 | 725 | Profile Clearing | |
| 48th | 7 | University for the Creative Arts | 140 | 4.17 | 2.72 | 72.9 | 723 | Profile Clearing | |
| 49th | 5 | Kent | 134 | 3.99 | 2.95 | 78.0 | 715 | Profile Clearing | |
| 50th | 6 | Northumbria | 143 | 4.03 | 2.71 | 75.1 | 703 | Profile Clearing | |
| 51st | 15 | Oxford Brookes | 130 | 4.03 | 2.66 | 77.2 | 702 | Profile Clearing | |
| 52nd | 2 | Keele | 127 | 4.15 | 2.88 | 81.7 | 699 | Profile Clearing | |
| 53rd | 6 | Coventry | 126 | 4.13 | 2.67 | 80.5 | 698 | Profile | |
| 53rd | 2 | Portsmouth | 115 | 4.11 | 2.75 | 85.2 | 698 | Profile Clearing | |
| 55th | 3 | West of England, Bristol | 125 | 4.18 | 2.70 | 76.1 | 693 | Profile Clearing | |
| 56th | 1 | Manchester Metropolitan | 133 | 4.02 | 2.74 | 71.1 | 688 | Profile Clearing | |
| 57th | 9 | City, University of London | 142 | 4.05 | 2.95 | 72.9 | 680 | Profile Clearing | |
| 58th | 15 | Ulster | 128 | 4.14 | 2.91 | 70.9 | 676 | Profile Clearing | |
| 58th | 13 | Edge Hill | 133 | 4.11 | 2.22 | 76.9 | 676 | Profile Clearing | |
| 58th | 15 | Staffordshire | 119 | 4.18 | 2.20 | 80.7 | 676 | Profile Clearing | |
| 61st | 23 | University of the Arts, London | 133 | 3.91 | 3.12 | 72.1 | 675 | Profile | |
| 62nd | 9 | Liverpool Hope | 118 | 4.21 | 2.21 | 83.7 | 674 | Profile Clearing | |
| 63rd | 2 | Bradford | 132 | 3.91 | 2.95 | 82.8 | 671 | Profile Clearing | |
| 64th | 4 | Huddersfield | 130 | 4.07 | 2.65 | 80.0 | 668 | Profile Clearing | |
| 65th | 16 | Arts University Bournemouth | 154 | 4.07 | 2.30 | 80.3 | 667 | Profile Clearing | |
| 66th | 7 | Liverpool John Moores | 141 | 4.05 | 2.79 | 74.7 | 661 | Profile Clearing | |
| 67th | 3 | De Montfort | 110 | 4.13 | 2.67 | 83.2 | 655 | Profile Clearing | |
| 68th | 7 | Queen Margaret | 149 | 3.98 | 2.65 | 72.9 | 652 | Profile | |
| 69th | 19 | Brunel University London | 126 | 3.88 | 2.67 | 70.7 | 651 | Profile Clearing | |
| 70th | 4 | Bournemouth | 122 | 3.95 | 2.72 | 68.2 | 649 | Profile Clearing | |
| 71st | 6 | Aberystwyth | 120 | 4.24 | 2.84 | 77.7 | 644 | Profile Clearing | |
| 72nd | 10 | Goldsmiths, University of London | 130 | 3.88 | 2.90 | 58.1 | 640 | Profile Clearing | |
| 73rd | 4 | Sheffield Hallam | 119 | 4.07 | 2.76 | 73.5 | 637 | Profile Clearing | |
| 74th | 12 | Hertfordshire | 116 | 4.04 | 2.61 | 80.4 | 634 | Profile Clearing | |
| 75th | 27 | Central Lancashire | 132 | 4.00 | 2.51 | 76.9 | 633 | Profile Clearing | |
| 76th | 12 | Norwich University of the Arts | 135 | 4.06 | 2.69 | 60.5 | 630 | Profile Clearing | |
| 77th | 8 | Glasgow Caledonian | 163 | 3.99 | 2.67 | 72.1 | 628 | Profile Clearing | |
| 77th | 0 | Plymouth | 135 | 4.10 | 2.74 | 73.5 | 628 | Profile Clearing | |
| 77th | 13 | Falmouth | 130 | 4.01 | 2.04 | 76.9 | 628 | Profile Clearing | |
| 80th | 1 | Salford | 130 | 4.08 | 2.54 | 73.1 | 626 | Profile Clearing | |
| 81st | 10 | Roehampton | 111 | 3.98 | 2.83 | 71.5 | 622 | Profile Clearing | |
| 81st | 13 | Hull | 126 | 3.96 | 2.70 | 76.0 | 622 | Profile Clearing | |
| 83rd | 21 | Bangor | 125 | 4.16 | 2.99 | 67.4 | 619 | Profile Clearing | |
| 83rd | 13 | Greenwich | 136 | 4.00 | 2.33 | 70.2 | 619 | Profile Clearing | |
| 85th | 2 | Robert Gordon | 153 | 4.04 | 2.35 | 81.1 | 616 | Profile Clearing | |
| 86th | 15 | Edinburgh Napier | 143 | 3.85 | 2.52 | 73.4 | 615 | Profile | |
| 87th | 6 | London South Bank | 115 | 3.95 | 2.52 | 87.7 | 613 | Profile Clearing | |
| 88th | 2 | Chichester | 122 | 4.07 | 2.50 | 64.8 | 612 | Profile Clearing | |
| 89th | 16 | Middlesex | 122 | 3.92 | 2.58 | 73.5 | 606 | Profile Clearing | |
| 90th | 11 | West London | 116 | 4.02 | 1.92 | 73.8 | 605 | Profile Clearing | |
| 91st | 6 | Birmingham City | 123 | 4.07 | 2.64 | 76.4 | 604 | Profile Clearing | |
| 92nd | 10 | Westminster | 126 | 3.92 | 2.74 | 70.0 | 602 | Profile | |
| 93rd | 2 | Kingston | 123 | 4.02 | 2.70 | 64.1 | 601 | Profile Clearing | |
| 94th | 9 | Bath Spa | 116 | 3.96 | 2.52 | 66.5 | 596 | Profile Clearing | |
| 94th | 13 | Leeds Arts University | 156 | 4.21 | n/a | 57.1 | 596 | Profile Clearing | |
| 96th | 19 | Cardiff Metropolitan | 122 | 3.98 | 3.00 | 65.5 | 593 | Profile Clearing | |
| 97th | 7 | St Mary's, Twickenham | 118 | 4.13 | 1.98 | 72.3 | 584 | Profile Clearing | |
| 97th | 8 | Derby | 122 | 4.11 | 2.07 | 75.8 | 584 | Profile Clearing | |
| 99th | 11 | Gloucestershire | 120 | 4.09 | 2.38 | 72.6 | 583 | Profile Clearing | |
| 100th | 8 | Teesside | 117 | 4.08 | 2.58 | 80.9 | 581 | Profile Clearing | |
| 101st | 3 | Chester | 113 | 4.10 | 2.08 | 70.1 | 577 | Profile Clearing | |
| 102nd | 13 | University of Wales Trinity Saint David | 111 | 4.18 | 2.39 | 66.0 | 576 | Profile Clearing | |
| 103rd | 4 | Abertay | 137 | 4.02 | 2.16 | 73.4 | 569 | Profile | |
| 104th | 10 | West of Scotland | 136 | 4.08 | 2.36 | 80.2 | 567 | Profile Clearing | |
| 105th | 7 | Solent | 118 | 4.10 | 1.63 | 70.2 | 565 | Profile Clearing | |
| 106th | 15 | Winchester | 112 | 4.04 | 2.32 | 64.2 | 564 | Profile Clearing | |
| 107th | 8 | Sunderland | 116 | 4.05 | 2.12 | 66.4 | 563 | Profile Clearing | |
| 107th | 31 | Buckingham | 121 | 4.24 | n/a | 81.5 | 563 | Profile Clearing | |
| 109th | 1 | Worcester | 118 | 4.11 | 2.08 | 74.7 | 556 | Profile Clearing | |
| 110th | 3 | Northampton | 105 | 4.01 | 2.09 | 67.8 | 553 | Profile Clearing | |
| 111th | 12 | York St John | 114 | 4.08 | 2.04 | 73.4 | 543 | Profile Clearing | |
| 112th | 4 | Leeds Trinity | 108 | 4.11 | 2.01 | 67.9 | 541 | Profile Clearing | |
| 113th | 6 | South Wales | 125 | 4.06 | 2.51 | 63.2 | 537 | Profile Clearing | |
| 114th | 8 | Brighton | 117 | 3.94 | 2.84 | 66.8 | 534 | Profile Clearing | |
| 115th | 7 | Buckinghamshire New | 115 | 4.10 | 2.19 | 67.6 | 528 | Profile Clearing | |
| 116th | 7 | East London | 107 | 4.11 | 2.71 | 65.0 | 526 | Profile Clearing | |
| 117th | 6 | Canterbury Christ Church | 108 | 3.99 | 2.38 | 64.4 | 522 | Profile Clearing | |
| 118th | 2 | Anglia Ruskin | 110 | 4.08 | 2.37 | 68.1 | 510 | Profile Clearing | |
| 119th | 1 | Bishop Grosseteste | 110 | 3.94 | 1.96 | 72.7 | 507 | Profile Clearing | |
| 120th | 3 | Cumbria | 123 | 3.92 | 2.13 | 72.4 | 502 | Profile Clearing | |
| 121st | 0 | Leeds Beckett | 112 | 4.06 | 2.16 | 63.1 | 498 | Profile Clearing | |
| 122nd | 4 | Bedfordshire | 98 | 4.07 | 2.52 | 70.2 | 492 | Profile Clearing | |
| 123rd | 6 | Royal Agricultural University | 118 | 3.90 | 1.40 | 63.3 | 490 | Profile Clearing | |
| 124th | 5 | Wolverhampton | 110 | 4.03 | 2.31 | 68.7 | 483 | Profile Clearing | |
| 125th | 6 | Newman | 117 | 4.02 | 2.13 | 64.2 | 475 | Profile Clearing | |
| 126th | 5 | London Metropolitan | 99 | 4.00 | 2.44 | 69.1 | 473 | Profile Clearing | |
| 127th | 3 | Plymouth Marjon | 120 | 4.23 | n/a | 63.6 | 470 | Profile Clearing | |
| 128th | 2 | Bolton | 115 | 4.21 | 2.04 | 56.5 | 447 | Profile Clearing | |
| 129th | 1 | Suffolk | 116 | 3.90 | n/a | 64.2 | 421 | Profile Clearing | |
| 130th | 3 | Wrexham Glyndŵr | 94 | 4.00 | 2.15 | 63.1 | 417 | Profile Clearing | |
| 131st | New | Ravensbourne | 110 | 3.82 | n/a | 68.7 | 339 | Profile Clearing | |
Notes
This table was revised on 28 May 2019 and includes one minor correction reported to us by a university after the original publication. The ranking of one institution has changed as a result.
Read University and Subject League Table Methodology to find where the data comes from, how the tables are compiled, and explanations of the measures used.
Measures
The maximum scores for the measures shown are as follows:
- Entry Standards: No maximum
- Student Satisfaction: 5.00
- Research Quality: 4.00
- Graduate Prospects: 100.0
- Overall Score: 1000
All measures used to compile the tables are available on the full table.