Business & Management Studies League Table 2018
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.
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 |
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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.