University League Tables 2020

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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 Entry Standards The average UCAS tariff score of new students entering the university. Read more	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	Next Steps
1st	0	Cambridge	224	4.09	3.33	86.7	1000	Profile Courses
2nd	0	Oxford	215	4.10	3.34	83.4	989	Profile Courses
3rd	2	St Andrews	207	4.26	3.13	79.7	944	Profile Courses
4th	1	London School of Economics	189	3.67	3.35	86.1	934	Profile Courses
5th	1	Imperial College London	205	4.02	3.36	90.4	933	Profile Courses
6th	0	Durham	194	4.01	3.14	84.8	915	Profile Courses

7th	1	Lancaster	156	4.14	3.15	89.2	914	Profile Courses
8th	1	Loughborough	157	4.18	2.95	86.8	905	Profile Courses
9th	2	Bath	183	4.05	3.17	87.4	882	Profile Courses
10th	0	University College London	187	3.87	3.22	83.8	880	Profile Courses
11th	1	Exeter	171	4.08	3.08	85.5	868	Profile Courses
11th	2	Warwick	171	4.05	3.22	83.2	868	Profile Courses
13th	2	Birmingham	163	4.01	3.07	85.3	841	Profile Courses
14th	1	Leeds	164	4.09	3.13	81.2	838	Profile Courses
15th	3	Manchester	168	3.98	3.16	80.4	827	Profile Courses
16th	7	Edinburgh	189	3.84	3.18	77.3	826	Profile Courses

16th	1	Bristol	177	3.95	3.18	80.5	826	Profile Courses
18th	6	Glasgow	196	4.06	3.10	85.4	823	Profile Courses
19th	2	Nottingham	162	4.02	3.09	86.0	814	Profile Courses
20th	0	Southampton	161	4.03	3.15	82.1	804	Profile Courses
21st	7	East Anglia (UEA)	147	4.01	3.11	77.0	802	Profile Courses
22nd	0	Newcastle	160	4.03	3.09	85.8	800	Profile Courses
23rd	5	Royal Holloway, University of London	141	4.02	3.09	73.5	798	Profile Courses
23rd	4	Surrey	156	4.04	2.98	80.6	798	Profile Courses
25th	1	King's College London	171	3.84	3.23	84.7	795	Profile Courses
26th	7	Cardiff	158	3.99	3.27	81.9	786	Profile Courses
27th	21	Harper Adams	134	4.09	2.66	72.5	785	Profile Courses
28th	8	Liverpool	145	4.08	3.06	85.3	776	Profile Courses
29th	1	Aberdeen	183	4.08	2.97	81.0	774	Profile Courses
30th	9	York	157	4.09	3.17	81.6	773	Profile Courses
31st	0	Dundee	168	4.16	3.03	81.4	772	Profile Courses
32nd	7	Sussex	148	3.91	3.01	80.4	768	Profile Courses
33rd	3	Sheffield	157	4.04	3.17	84.3	767	Profile Courses
34th	11	Aston	131	4.02	3.05	79.2	763	Profile Courses
35th	4	Swansea	130	4.08	3.09	85.3	756	Profile Courses
35th	0	Heriot-Watt	162	3.94	3.06	79.2	756	Profile Courses
37th	1	Queen's, Belfast	150	3.97	2.99	82.4	755	Profile Courses
38th	4	Nottingham Trent	134	4.14	2.59	81.7	753	Profile Courses
39th	1	Strathclyde	198	3.95	3.04	79.7	747	Profile Courses
40th	8	Reading	132	3.85	3.03	75.8	746	Profile Courses
41st	3	Queen Mary, University of London	144	3.88	3.18	78.6	742	Profile Courses
42nd	1	Lincoln	128	4.17	2.54	81.5	735	Profile Courses
43rd	3	Stirling	162	3.97	2.96	78.2	732	Profile Courses
44th	18	Essex	111	4.08	3.05	73.8	726	Profile Courses
44th	2	SOAS University of London	154	3.95	2.82	69.8	726	Profile Courses
44th	10	Leicester	133	3.97	2.93	74.9	726	Profile Courses
47th	5	St George's, University of London	159	3.83	2.99	94.0	725	Profile Courses
48th	7	University for the Creative Arts	140	4.17	2.72	72.9	723	Profile Courses
49th	5	Kent	134	3.99	2.95	78.0	715	Profile Courses
50th	6	Northumbria	143	4.03	2.71	75.1	703	Profile Courses
51st	15	Oxford Brookes	130	4.03	2.66	77.2	702	Profile Courses
52nd	2	Keele	127	4.15	2.88	81.7	699	Profile Courses
53rd	6	Coventry	126	4.13	2.67	80.5	698	Profile Courses
53rd	2	Portsmouth	115	4.11	2.75	85.2	698	Profile Courses
55th	3	West of England, Bristol	125	4.18	2.70	76.1	693	Profile Courses
56th	1	Manchester Metropolitan	133	4.02	2.74	71.1	688	Profile Courses
57th	9	City, University of London	142	4.05	2.95	72.9	680	Profile Courses
58th	15	Ulster	128	4.14	2.91	70.9	676	Profile Courses
58th	13	Edge Hill	133	4.11	2.22	76.9	676	Profile Courses
58th	15	Staffordshire	119	4.18	2.20	80.7	676	Profile Courses
61st	23	University of the Arts, London	133	3.91	3.12	72.1	675	Profile Courses
62nd	9	Liverpool Hope	118	4.21	2.21	83.7	674	Profile Courses
63rd	2	Bradford	132	3.91	2.95	82.8	671	Profile Courses
64th	4	Huddersfield	130	4.07	2.65	80.0	668	Profile Courses
65th	16	Arts University Bournemouth	154	4.07	2.30	80.3	667	Profile Courses
66th	7	Liverpool John Moores	141	4.05	2.79	74.7	661	Profile Courses
67th	3	De Montfort	110	4.13	2.67	83.2	655	Profile Courses
68th	7	Queen Margaret	149	3.98	2.65	72.9	652	Profile Courses
69th	19	Brunel University London	126	3.88	2.67	70.7	651	Profile Courses
70th	4	Bournemouth	122	3.95	2.72	68.2	649	Profile Courses
71st	6	Aberystwyth	120	4.24	2.84	77.7	644	Profile Courses
72nd	10	Goldsmiths, University of London	130	3.88	2.90	58.1	640	Profile Courses
73rd	4	Sheffield Hallam	119	4.07	2.76	73.5	637	Profile Courses
74th	12	Hertfordshire	116	4.04	2.61	80.4	634	Profile Courses
75th	27	Central Lancashire	132	4.00	2.51	76.9	633	Profile Courses
76th	12	Norwich University of the Arts	135	4.06	2.69	60.5	630	Profile Courses
77th	8	Glasgow Caledonian	163	3.99	2.67	72.1	628	Profile Courses
77th	0	Plymouth	135	4.10	2.74	73.5	628	Profile Courses
77th	13	Falmouth	130	4.01	2.04	76.9	628	Profile Courses
80th	1	Salford	130	4.08	2.54	73.1	626	Profile Courses
81st	10	Roehampton	111	3.98	2.83	71.5	622	Profile Courses
81st	13	Hull	126	3.96	2.70	76.0	622	Profile Courses
83rd	21	Bangor	125	4.16	2.99	67.4	619	Profile Courses
83rd	13	Greenwich	136	4.00	2.33	70.2	619	Profile Courses
85th	2	Robert Gordon	153	4.04	2.35	81.1	616	Profile Courses
86th	15	Edinburgh Napier	143	3.85	2.52	73.4	615	Profile Courses
87th	6	London South Bank	115	3.95	2.52	87.7	613	Profile Courses
88th	2	Chichester	122	4.07	2.50	64.8	612	Profile Courses
89th	16	Middlesex	122	3.92	2.58	73.5	606	Profile Courses
90th	11	West London	116	4.02	1.92	73.8	605	Profile Courses
91st	6	Birmingham City	123	4.07	2.64	76.4	604	Profile Courses
92nd	10	Westminster	126	3.92	2.74	70.0	602	Profile Courses
93rd	2	Kingston	123	4.02	2.70	64.1	601	Profile Courses
94th	9	Bath Spa	116	3.96	2.52	66.5	596	Profile Courses
94th	13	Leeds Arts University	156	4.21	n/a	57.1	596	Profile Courses
96th	19	Cardiff Metropolitan	122	3.98	3.00	65.5	593	Profile Courses
97th	7	St Mary's, Twickenham	118	4.13	1.98	72.3	584	Profile Courses
97th	8	Derby	122	4.11	2.07	75.8	584	Profile Courses
99th	11	Gloucestershire	120	4.09	2.38	72.6	583	Profile Courses
100th	8	Teesside	117	4.08	2.58	80.9	581	Profile Courses
101st	3	Chester	113	4.10	2.08	70.1	577	Profile Courses
102nd	13	University of Wales Trinity Saint David	111	4.18	2.39	66.0	576	Profile Courses
103rd	4	Abertay	137	4.02	2.16	73.4	569	Profile Courses
104th	10	West of Scotland	136	4.08	2.36	80.2	567	Profile Courses
105th	7	Solent	118	4.10	1.63	70.2	565	Profile Courses
106th	15	Winchester	112	4.04	2.32	64.2	564	Profile Courses
107th	8	Sunderland	116	4.05	2.12	66.4	563	Profile Courses
107th	31	Buckingham	121	4.24	n/a	81.5	563	Profile Courses
109th	1	Worcester	118	4.11	2.08	74.7	556	Profile Courses
110th	3	Northampton	105	4.01	2.09	67.8	553	Profile Courses
111th	12	York St John	114	4.08	2.04	73.4	543	Profile Courses
112th	4	Leeds Trinity	108	4.11	2.01	67.9	541	Profile Courses
113th	6	South Wales	125	4.06	2.51	63.2	537	Profile Courses
114th	8	Brighton	117	3.94	2.84	66.8	534	Profile Courses
115th	7	Buckinghamshire New	115	4.10	2.19	67.6	528	Profile Courses
116th	7	East London	107	4.11	2.71	65.0	526	Profile Courses
117th	6	Canterbury Christ Church	108	3.99	2.38	64.4	522	Profile Courses
118th	2	Anglia Ruskin	110	4.08	2.37	68.1	510	Profile Courses
119th	1	Bishop Grosseteste	110	3.94	1.96	72.7	507	Profile Courses
120th	3	Cumbria	123	3.92	2.13	72.4	502	Profile Courses
121st	0	Leeds Beckett	112	4.06	2.16	63.1	498	Profile Courses
122nd	4	Bedfordshire	98	4.07	2.52	70.2	492	Profile Courses
123rd	6	Royal Agricultural University	118	3.90	1.40	63.3	490	Profile Courses
124th	5	Wolverhampton	110	4.03	2.31	68.7	483	Profile Courses
125th	6	Newman	117	4.02	2.13	64.2	475	Profile Courses
126th	5	London Metropolitan	99	4.00	2.44	69.1	473	Profile Courses
127th	3	Plymouth Marjon	120	4.23	n/a	63.6	470	Profile Courses
128th	2	Bolton	115	4.21	2.04	56.5	447	Profile Courses
129th	1	Suffolk	116	3.90	n/a	64.2	421	Profile Courses
130th	3	Wrexham Glyndŵr	94	4.00	2.15	63.1	417	Profile Courses
131st	New	Ravensbourne	110	3.82	n/a	68.7	339	Profile Courses

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.

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