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Business & Management Studies League Table 2018

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A Business & Management Studies degree can help you towards a career in almost any industry. The skills you'll acquire from a business school are needed in most organisations! Our rankings include Project Management and Human Resource Management.

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Rank		University Name	Entry Standards Entry Standards The average UCAS tariff score of new students entering the university. This table uses the old UCAS tariff. 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 Read more	Overall Score Overall Score The total score calculated by our independent and trusted methodology. Maximum score: 100.0 Read more	Next Steps
1st	0	St Andrews	569	4.36	3.14	97	100.0	Profile Courses
2nd	0	Bath	527	4.20	3.20	90	96.1	Profile Courses
3rd	7	University College London	505	4.03	3.03	90	94.0	Profile Courses
4th	1	London School of Economics	527	3.72	3.46	90	94.0	Profile Courses
5th	1	Warwick	504	4.03	3.15	86	93.5	Profile Courses
6th	2	Exeter	487	4.14	2.85	91	93.3	Profile Courses

7th	2	Durham	473	4.18	3.05	89	92.7	Profile Courses
8th	1	Loughborough	410	4.19	2.97	92	91.7	Profile Courses
9th	4	Strathclyde	496	4.17	3.17	72	91.4	Profile Courses
10th	4	King's College London	450	3.98	3.12	87	91.3	Profile Courses
11th	2	Lancaster	380	4.28	3.16	90	91.3	Profile Courses
12th	13	Bristol	474	4.10	3.02	n/a	91.1	Profile Courses
13th	2	Leeds	419	4.13	3.18	83	90.4	Profile Courses
14th	0	Nottingham	401	4.17	2.92	81	88.9	Profile Courses
15th	15	Sussex	375	4.12	2.87	89	88.8	Profile Courses
16th	1	City, University of London	441	4.04	3.23	76	88.7	Profile Courses

17th	2	Birmingham	407	3.91	2.84	87	88.6	Profile Courses
18th	6	Surrey	444	4.13	2.69	77	88.2	Profile Courses
19th	9	Reading	385	4.00	3.11	84	88.0	Profile Courses
20th	2	Kent	361	4.17	2.84	85	87.9	Profile Courses
21st	2	Manchester	415	3.96	3.07	77	87.6	Profile Courses
22nd	7	York	376	4.23	2.87	78	87.2	Profile Courses
23rd	4	Sheffield	383	4.10	3.12	78	87.2	Profile Courses
24th	2	Newcastle	411	3.83	2.72	84	87.0	Profile Courses
25th	9	Glasgow	464	3.80	2.81	74	87.0	Profile Courses
26th	1	Queen's, Belfast	372	4.11	2.88	76	86.8	Profile Courses
27th	10	Heriot-Watt	407	4.21	2.75	72	86.7	Profile Courses
28th	3	Aston	350	4.18	3.07	80	86.4	Profile Courses
29th	9	Southampton	376	3.94	2.90	79	85.8	Profile Courses
30th	9	Aberdeen	409	4.10	3.02	67	85.7	Profile Courses
31st	34	Harper Adams	305	4.42	2.66	86	85.6	Profile Courses
32nd	14	Cardiff	388	3.91	3.28	72	85.6	Profile Courses
33rd	17	Edinburgh	461	3.68	3.04	66	85.1	Profile Courses
34th	4	Liverpool	387	4.06	2.92	70	84.9	Profile Courses
35th	1	Leicester	361	4.21	2.66	69	84.8	Profile Courses
36th	3	Stirling	388	3.97	2.97	70	84.7	Profile Courses
37th	11	Dundee	391	4.15	2.30	71	84.4	Profile Courses
38th	6	Robert Gordon	435	4.05	2.53	70	84.2	Profile Courses
39th	15	East Anglia (UEA)	383	3.93	3.09	66	83.9	Profile Courses
40th	1	Royal Holloway, University of London	424	4.03	2.96	56	83.8	Profile Courses
41st	1	Swansea	319	3.95	2.93	76	83.2	Profile Courses
42nd	8	Nottingham Trent	341	4.11	2.65	77	83.1	Profile Courses
43rd	8	SOAS University of London	363	4.13	2.64	61	82.9	Profile Courses
44th	New	Goldsmiths, University of London	318	3.89	2.98	n/a	82.9	Profile Courses
45th	4	Portsmouth	327	4.03	2.74	76	82.7	Profile Courses
46th	0	Keele	323	4.26	2.40	71	82.5	Profile Courses
47th	2	Coventry	317	4.27	2.50	76	82.2	Profile Courses
48th	4	Queen Mary, University of London	392	3.81	2.85	62	82.2	Profile Courses
49th	0	Lincoln	312	4.11	2.65	77	82.1	Profile Courses
50th	3	Bangor	348	4.07	2.81	61	82.0	Profile Courses
51st	9	Northumbria	355	3.95	2.54	74	81.8	Profile Courses
52nd	7	Essex	327	4.11	2.86	60	81.5	Profile Courses
53rd	10	De Montfort	262	4.17	2.74	77	81.4	Profile Courses
54th	1	Huddersfield	342	4.24	2.44	67	81.4	Profile Courses
55th	4	University of the Arts, London	338	3.93	3.12	52	80.8	Profile Courses
56th	11	Ulster	308	4.21	2.97	51	80.6	Profile Courses
57th	5	Bournemouth	314	4.06	2.65	68	80.5	Profile Courses
58th	4	West of England, Bristol	305	4.08	2.59	69	80.1	Profile Courses
59th	2	Buckingham	314	4.37	n/a	80	80.0	Profile Courses
60th	4	Oxford Brookes	313	4.11	2.65	66	80.0	Profile Courses
61st	12	Aberystwyth	301	4.11	2.52	63	79.9	Profile Courses
62nd	5	Hull	300	3.99	2.54	68	79.7	Profile Courses
63rd	5	Brunel University London	351	3.85	2.53	56	79.7	Profile Courses
64th	4	Glasgow Caledonian	422	3.81	2.29	59	79.6	Profile Courses
65th	10	Manchester Metropolitan	335	4.01	2.60	64	79.6	Profile Courses
66th	14	Bradford	326	3.89	2.83	63	79.6	Profile Courses
67th	1	Central Lancashire	325	4.02	2.40	65	79.1	Profile Courses
68th	6	Plymouth	273	4.13	2.48	63	78.8	Profile Courses
69th	5	Brighton	303	3.97	2.84	63	78.7	Profile Courses
70th	5	Abertay	356	4.16	n/a	70	78.4	Profile Courses
71st	8	Edinburgh Napier	355	3.95	2.47	57	78.1	Profile Courses
72nd	4	West of Scotland	344	4.01	2.28	58	77.9	Profile Courses
73rd	1	Hertfordshire	306	4.12	2.05	65	77.6	Profile Courses
74th	5	Edge Hill	320	4.35	2.03	50	77.3	Profile Courses
75th	6	Sheffield Hallam	300	3.90	2.32	67	77.1	Profile Courses
76th	0	Worcester	301	3.95	1.65	69	76.7	Profile Courses
77th	26	Anglia Ruskin	213	4.38	2.42	60	76.1	Profile Courses
78th	1	Salford	299	4.13	2.66	47	76.0	Profile Courses
79th	4	Westminster	349	3.93	2.27	50	75.9	Profile Courses
80th	2	Liverpool John Moores	337	4.14	n/a	60	75.6	Profile Courses
81st	11	Northampton	243	3.97	1.86	59	75.4	Profile Courses
82nd	New	Birkbeck, University of London	231	3.84	2.50	n/a	75.3	Profile Courses
83rd	25	Liverpool Hope	294	4.31	n/a	59	74.9	Profile Courses
84th	9	Roehampton	256	3.84	2.23	61	74.7	Profile Courses
85th	4	Middlesex	281	3.89	2.72	48	74.6	Profile Courses
86th	15	Chester	285	3.81	1.57	69	74.6	Profile Courses
87th	1	Greenwich	338	3.83	2.21	48	74.5	Profile Courses
88th	7	Derby	271	4.05	1.93	58	74.4	Profile Courses
89th	2	Kingston	281	3.81	2.78	49	74.4	Profile Courses
90th	20	Staffordshire	263	4.13	2.33	51	74.4	Profile Courses
91st	3	Sunderland	256	4.19	1.32	65	74.3	Profile Courses
92nd	3	Winchester	276	3.96	n/a	68	74.0	Profile Courses
93rd	8	Royal Agricultural University	274	3.84	n/a	71	73.8	Profile Courses
94th	12	York St John	272	4.06	1.34	60	73.8	Profile Courses
95th	4	Birmingham City	283	4.04	2.42	47	73.8	Profile Courses
96th	10	Cumbria	248	4.32	2.35	43	73.7	Profile Courses
97th	5	Bath Spa	280	4.09	n/a	61	73.5	Profile Courses
98th	1	Cardiff Metropolitan	299	3.86	n/a	64	73.5	Profile Courses
99th	15	Southampton Solent	265	4.18	n/a	60	73.3	Profile Courses
100th	6	West London	254	4.10	1.51	55	73.3	Profile Courses
101st	17	Leeds Trinity	271	4.14	n/a	60	73.3	Profile Courses
102nd	22	Falmouth	290	4.12	n/a	n/a	73.3	Profile Courses
103rd	3	Leeds Beckett	269	3.70	1.92	63	73.2	Profile Courses
104th	1	South Wales	337	4.04	1.44	47	72.9	Profile Courses
105th	7	Gloucestershire	294	3.75	n/a	65	72.9	Profile Courses
106th	2	Chichester	283	3.94	n/a	61	72.8	Profile Courses
107th	5	Teesside	265	3.93	2.23	50	72.7	Profile Courses
108th	18	Buckinghamshire New	273	3.91	2.43	45	72.4	Profile Courses
109th	0	London South Bank	237	4.08	1.83	51	72.2	Profile Courses
110th	14	London Metropolitan	242	3.95	2.31	50	72.0	Profile Courses
111th	14	St Mary's, Twickenham	276	4.15	n/a	50	71.6	Profile Courses
112th	1	Bolton	267	3.92	n/a	58	71.5	Profile Courses
113th	12	Newman	265	4.05	n/a	53	71.2	Profile Courses
114th	1	Bedfordshire	220	3.82	2.36	45	70.0	Profile Courses
115th	2	East London	284	3.79	2.26	37	70.0	Profile Courses
116th	2	Canterbury Christ Church	269	3.94	n/a	49	69.9	Profile Courses
117th	5	Queen Margaret	291	3.96	n/a	39	68.8	Profile Courses
118th	11	Wrexham Glyndŵr	221	3.82	n/a	54	68.5	Profile Courses
119th	0	University of Wales Trinity Saint David	248	4.22	n/a	31	67.3	Profile Courses
120th	9	Suffolk	225	3.85	n/a	46	67.3	Profile Courses
121st	5	Highlands & Islands	218	3.83	n/a	38	65.3	Profile Courses

Notes

This table was revised on 24 May 2017 and includes corrections and omissions reported to us by universities after publication in April. The rankings of some institutions have 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
Overall Score: 100.0

All measures used to compile the tables are available on the full table.

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