Politics
SUBJECT LEAGUE TABLE 2025
Politics students are taught about how the world's run today, and how it's been run over time. Politics can be paired with a wide range of subjects to prepare you for an array of different career options. The best Politics universities in the UK are ranked below and include courses like International Relations and Parliamentary Studies. You can use our Politics league table to find the top UK universities for Politics and see how they measure up on the factors most important to you. You can filter our rankings by region, entry standards, student satisfaction, graduate prospects, and more. This will then help you to choose the right course and university for you.
Politics students are taught about how the world's run today, and how it's been run over time. Politics can be paired with a wide range of subjects to prepare you for an array of different career options. The best Politics universities in the UK are ranked below and include courses like International Relations and Parliamentary Studies. You can use our Politics league table to find the top UK universities for Politics and see how they measure up on the factors most important to you. You can filter our rankings by region, entry standards, student satisfaction, graduate prospects, and more. This will then help you to choose the right course and university for you.
Politics students are taught about how the world's run today, and how it's been run over time. Politics can be paired with a wide range of subjects to prepare you for an array of different career options. The best Politics universities in the UK are ranked below and include courses like International Relations and Parliamentary Studies. You can use our Politics league table to find the top UK universities for Politics and see how they measure up on the factors most important to you. You can filter our rankings by region, entry standards, student satisfaction, graduate prospects, and more. This will then help you to choose the right course and university for you.
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University name
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Overall score/ Max 100
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Entry standards/ Max 215
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Student satisfaction/ Max 4
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Research quality/ Max 4
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Contin - uation/ Max 100
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Graduate prospects – outcomes/ Max 100
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Graduate prospects – on track/ Max 100
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4 158 126 927 129 237 360 767 370 176 277 378 1
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97.5 98%97.3 97%95.1 95%91.3 91%90.9 91%90.7 91%89.2 89%85.1 85%83.3 83%82.4 82%78.6 79%77.8 78%77.5 78%
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189 88%188 88%186 87%145 67%118 55%142 66%112 52%114 53%110 51%108 50%109 51%81 37%99 46%
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2.94 73%3.07 77%3.07 77%3.03 76%3.15 79%2.87 72%3.25 81%3.07 77%2.72 68%3.22 81%3.26 81%3.11 78%3.15 79%
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3.50 88%3.51 88%3.26 82%3.34 84%3.11 78%3.45 86%3.00 75%2.80 70%2.85 71%3.04 76%n/a2.30 58%n/a
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97.4 97%98.2 98%96.5 97%97.4 97%96.3 96%97 97%95.5 96%94.2 94%92.6 93%88 88%88.5 89%84.5 85%90.7 91%
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91.0 91%87.0 87%82.0 82%71.0 71%85.0 85%74.0 74%74.0 74%70.0 70%65.0 65%54.0 54%n/an/a69.0 69%
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81.0 81%76.0 76%73.0 73%78.0 78%74.0 74%72.0 72%78.0 78%61.0 61%64.0 64%62.0 62%n/an/a45.0 45%
This table was first published on 14 May 2024.
Read the University and subject tables methodology to find out where the data comes from, how the tables are compiled and explanations of the measures used.
All measures used to compile the tables are available on the full table view. Maximum scores for the measures:
Overall score: maximum score of 1000
Entry standards: no maximum score
Student satisfaction: maximum score of 4
Research quality: maximum score of 4
Continuation: maximum score of 100
Graduate prospects – outcomes: maximum score of 100
Graduate prospects – on track: maximum score of 100
The following institutions have courses in this subject but insufficient data to be included in the ranking:
- - Anglia Ruskin University
- - Bath Spa University
- - Buckinghamshire New University
- - St Mary's University, Twickenham
- - Teesside University
- - University of Bradford
- - University of Brighton
- - University of Buckingham
- - University of Chichester
- - University of Gloucestershire
- - University of Roehampton
- - University of West London
- - University of Wolverhampton
- - University of the West of Scotland
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