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University League Table 2019

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Our University League Tables rank UK universities nationally and in 70 subject tables. Order each table on the measure that matters to you, compare universities, read university profiles and search for courses. We rank 13 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	226	n/a	3.33	87.3	1000	Profile Courses
2nd	0	Oxford	217	n/a	3.34	85.0	997	Profile Courses
3rd	1	London School of Economics	200	3.71	3.35	87.1	935	Profile Courses
4th	1	Imperial College London	219	4.07	3.36	90.5	930	Profile Courses
5th	2	St Andrews	206	4.32	3.13	81.6	928	Profile Courses
6th	0	Durham	197	4.13	3.14	84.0	895	Profile Courses

7th	3	Loughborough	162	4.24	2.95	82.2	883	Profile Courses
8th	1	Lancaster	157	4.20	3.15	85.0	881	Profile Courses
9th	1	Warwick	181	4.13	3.22	80.6	874	Profile Courses
10th	3	University College London	191	n/a	3.22	82.0	870	Profile Courses
11th	0	Bath	186	4.11	3.17	85.2	836	Profile Courses
12th	2	Exeter	176	4.11	3.08	84.1	828	Profile Courses
13th	1	Leeds	166	4.12	3.13	81.1	820	Profile Courses
14th	2	East Anglia (UEA)	154	4.09	3.11	77.4	816	Profile Courses
15th	2	Bristol	184	n/a	3.18	80.2	800	Profile Courses
15th	1	Birmingham	164	4.06	3.07	85.9	800	Profile Courses

17th	1	Nottingham	165	4.09	3.09	83.3	796	Profile Courses
18th	4	Manchester	169	n/a	3.16	82.4	792	Profile Courses
19th	6	Surrey	166	4.12	2.98	76.4	779	Profile Courses
20th	6	Southampton	160	4.00	3.15	80.1	776	Profile Courses
21st	1	York	159	4.18	3.17	81.1	770	Profile Courses
22nd	1	Newcastle	161	4.09	3.09	81.5	763	Profile Courses
23rd	0	Edinburgh	180	3.93	3.18	74.9	762	Profile Courses
24th	3	Glasgow	200	4.08	3.10	83.3	757	Profile Courses
25th	6	Sussex	146	4.05	3.01	80.2	746	Profile Courses
26th	6	Essex	116	4.08	3.05	79.3	742	Profile Courses
26th	5	King's College London	172	n/a	3.23	84.1	742	Profile Courses
28th	7	Royal Holloway, University of London	143	4.05	3.09	71.8	740	Profile Courses
28th	12	Aberdeen	185	4.08	2.97	77.0	740	Profile Courses
30th	2	Sheffield	156	n/a	3.17	82.5	735	Profile Courses
31st	1	Dundee	177	4.15	3.03	85.3	730	Profile Courses
32nd	5	Reading	138	3.98	3.03	75.2	724	Profile Courses
33rd	4	Cardiff	154	3.99	3.27	79.2	723	Profile Courses
34th	4	Leicester	136	4.05	2.93	75.6	722	Profile Courses
35th	6	Heriot-Watt	163	3.98	3.06	76.6	713	Profile Courses
36th	0	Queen's, Belfast	152	4.05	2.99	80.0	705	Profile Courses
36th	5	Liverpool	147	n/a	3.06	78.5	705	Profile Courses
38th	4	Queen Mary, University of London	148	3.97	3.18	73.7	696	Profile Courses
39th	5	Swansea	129	4.09	3.09	82.2	690	Profile Courses
40th	5	Strathclyde	201	3.99	3.04	80.0	687	Profile Courses
40th	1	Stirling	158	3.99	2.96	73.9	687	Profile Courses
42nd	10	Nottingham Trent	143	4.16	2.59	76.4	682	Profile Courses
43rd	7	Lincoln	129	4.15	2.54	76.0	676	Profile Courses
44th	19	Kent	137	4.04	2.95	82.4	675	Profile Courses
45th	4	Aston	136	4.14	3.05	79.4	670	Profile Courses
46th	8	SOAS University of London	148	n/a	2.82	69.3	663	Profile Courses
47th	4	Coventry	126	4.15	2.67	81.1	659	Profile Courses
48th	2	Harper Adams	128	4.18	2.66	68.9	652	Profile Courses
49th	12	Arts University Bournemouth	161	4.09	2.30	79.2	647	Profile Courses
50th	3	Brunel University London	131	3.99	2.67	72.8	646	Profile Courses
51st	5	Portsmouth	120	4.10	2.75	80.0	642	Profile Courses
52nd	1	St George's, University of London	164	3.89	2.99	93.6	638	Profile Courses
53rd	6	Liverpool Hope	116	4.30	2.21	80.5	637	Profile Courses
54th	6	Keele	128	4.15	2.88	78.9	636	Profile Courses
55th	1	University for the Creative Arts	139	4.07	2.72	61.1	634	Profile Courses
56th	1	Northumbria	144	4.05	2.71	72.1	631	Profile Courses
57th	5	Manchester Metropolitan	135	4.03	2.74	69.6	621	Profile Courses
58th	2	West of England, Bristol	127	4.15	2.70	76.9	620	Profile Courses
59th	16	Liverpool John Moores	141	4.12	2.79	72.5	619	Profile Courses
60th	12	Huddersfield	129	4.11	2.65	77.9	617	Profile Courses
61st	3	Bradford	131	4.02	2.95	80.5	616	Profile Courses
62nd	3	Bangor	132	4.19	2.99	68.7	610	Profile Courses
62nd	11	Goldsmiths, University of London	130	3.97	2.90	55.2	610	Profile Courses
64th	20	Norwich University of the Arts	143	4.15	2.69	66.8	609	Profile Courses
65th	3	Aberystwyth	120	4.23	2.84	74.0	600	Profile Courses
66th	0	Oxford Brookes	129	4.01	2.66	72.1	599	Profile Courses
66th	24	City, University of London	142	4.01	2.95	68.5	599	Profile Courses
66th	9	Bournemouth	123	3.94	2.72	69.6	599	Profile Courses
69th	0	Sheffield Hallam	124	4.05	2.76	69.2	584	Profile Courses
70th	12	De Montfort	113	4.13	2.67	80.4	583	Profile Courses
71st	2	Roehampton	109	3.95	2.83	69.4	580	Profile Courses
71st	7	Edge Hill	131	4.07	2.22	70.0	580	Profile Courses
73rd	2	Ulster	126	4.06	2.91	67.3	578	Profile Courses
73rd	32	Staffordshire	114	4.16	2.20	79.3	578	Profile Courses
75th	17	Queen Margaret	144	3.87	2.65	76.7	576	Profile Courses
76th	2	Buckingham	128	4.33	n/a	73.4	572	Profile Courses
77th	10	Cardiff Metropolitan	126	4.07	3.00	62.9	569	Profile Courses
77th	0	Plymouth	129	4.05	2.74	71.3	569	Profile Courses
79th	19	Salford	128	4.07	2.54	70.5	562	Profile Courses
79th	0	West London	120	4.17	1.92	70.1	562	Profile Courses
81st	New	Leeds Arts University	165	4.26	n/a	56.5	560	Profile Courses
82nd	13	Westminster	124	3.97	2.74	65.9	554	Profile Courses
83rd	8	Robert Gordon	157	4.06	2.35	77.5	546	Profile Courses
84th	1	University of the Arts, London	135	3.94	3.12	56.5	543	Profile Courses
85th	6	Glasgow Caledonian	164	3.91	2.67	69.6	542	Profile Courses
86th	0	Chichester	121	4.14	2.50	60.9	536	Profile Courses
86th	7	Hertfordshire	119	4.02	2.61	78.4	536	Profile Courses
88th	2	Gloucestershire	123	4.10	2.38	68.7	535	Profile Courses
89th	8	Derby	119	4.09	2.07	73.8	530	Profile Courses
90th	27	Falmouth	120	4.06	2.04	71.6	527	Profile Courses
91st	6	Winchester	113	4.02	2.32	63.3	525	Profile Courses
92nd	9	Teesside	119	4.04	2.58	79.1	524	Profile Courses
93rd	15	London South Bank	108	4.02	2.52	81.7	523	Profile Courses
94th	20	Hull	123	4.01	2.70	75.9	522	Profile Courses
95th	7	Kingston	125	3.99	2.70	63.7	521	Profile Courses
96th	3	Greenwich	135	3.98	2.33	66.1	520	Profile Courses
97th	2	Birmingham City	128	4.02	2.64	70.0	517	Profile Courses
98th	7	Chester	114	4.09	2.08	69.5	515	Profile Courses
99th	3	Sunderland	120	4.00	2.12	67.8	513	Profile Courses
99th	11	Abertay	155	4.03	2.16	66.1	513	Profile Courses
101st	7	Edinburgh Napier	146	3.94	2.52	65.5	510	Profile Courses
102nd	7	Central Lancashire	129	4.02	2.51	69.9	509	Profile Courses
103rd	13	Bath Spa	122	4.00	2.52	64.1	507	Profile Courses
104th	16	St Mary's, Twickenham	119	4.08	1.98	73.8	502	Profile Courses
105th	32	Middlesex	119	4.00	2.58	59.0	501	Profile Courses
106th	17	Brighton	117	4.00	2.84	68.4	494	Profile Courses
107th	3	South Wales	129	3.97	2.51	62.1	484	Profile Courses
108th	4	Leeds Trinity	100	4.15	2.01	68.0	482	Profile Courses
109th	5	East London	112	4.08	2.71	61.3	476	Profile Courses
110th	6	Worcester	119	4.08	2.08	65.7	473	Profile Courses
111th	5	Canterbury Christ Church	108	3.98	2.38	63.7	471	Profile Courses
112th	5	Solent	116	4.03	1.63	63.1	468	Profile Courses
113th	3	Northampton	107	4.00	2.09	62.8	467	Profile Courses
114th	14	West of Scotland	138	4.00	2.36	71.7	464	Profile Courses
115th	4	University of Wales Trinity Saint David	113	4.12	2.39	52.7	458	Profile Courses
116th	2	Anglia Ruskin	105	4.10	2.37	67.6	439	Profile Courses
117th	10	Royal Agricultural University	122	3.98	1.40	63.8	432	Profile Courses
118th	9	Bedfordshire	95	4.01	2.52	67.8	422	Profile Courses
119th	6	Newman	119	3.97	2.13	62.3	414	Profile Courses
120th	5	Bishop Grosseteste	110	4.02	1.96	69.8	411	Profile Courses
121st	0	Leeds Beckett	114	4.01	2.16	62.8	400	Profile Courses
122nd	2	Buckinghamshire New	111	3.97	2.19	62.1	383	Profile Courses
123rd	0	Cumbria	118	3.87	2.13	68.0	381	Profile Courses
123rd	1	York St John	113	4.04	2.04	55.0	381	Profile Courses
125th	9	Birkbeck, University of London	94	3.95	2.97	72.4	379	Profile Courses
126th	1	Bolton	112	4.09	2.04	64.2	368	Profile Courses
127th	1	Wrexham Glyndwr	101	4.06	2.15	62.3	357	Profile Courses
128th	1	Suffolk	118	3.96	n/a	65.5	354	Profile Courses
129th	New	Wolverhampton	108	4.01	2.31	65.6	348	Profile Courses
130th	4	Plymouth Marjon	125	4.08	n/a	59.9	336	Profile Courses
131st	4	London Metropolitan	101	4.00	2.44	63.7	309	Profile

Notes

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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