English League Table 2020
From Shakespearean sonnets to Scots literature, there are many areas of English to study. These rankings include Comparative Literary Studies and English Language.
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Guide to English – studying, courses, careers
| Rank | University Name | Entry Standards |
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 | Durham | 206 | 4.13 | 3.42 | 82 | 100.0 | Profile | |
| 2nd | 1 | Cambridge | 201 | 4.07 | 3.14 | 82 | 99.1 | Profile | |
| 3rd | 1 | Oxford | 200 | 4.21 | 3.26 | 77 | 98.7 | Profile | |
| 4th | 2 | St Andrews | 200 | 4.30 | 3.40 | 72 | 98.6 | Profile | |
| 5th | 3 | York | 163 | 4.22 | 3.49 | 83 | 98.1 | Profile | |
| 6th | 0 | Exeter | 172 | 4.22 | 3.07 | 82 | 97.6 | Profile Clearing | |
| 7th | 2 | University College London | 188 | 4.27 | 3.36 | 68 | 97.2 | Profile | |
| 8th | 1 | Lancaster | 159 | 4.23 | 3.14 | 81 | 96.8 | Profile Clearing | |
| 9th | 2 | Birmingham | 164 | 4.17 | 3.19 | 81 | 96.5 | Profile | |
| 10th | 3 | Bristol | 178 | 4.02 | 2.72 | 81 | 96.4 | Profile | |
| 11th | 6 | Glasgow | 184 | 3.97 | 3.18 | 73 | 96.3 | Profile | |
| 12th | 2 | Newcastle | 158 | 4.11 | 3.46 | 77 | 96.2 | Profile Clearing | |
| 13th | 6 | Nottingham | 161 | 3.94 | 3.27 | 79 | 96.1 | Profile | |
| 14th | 7 | Sheffield | 156 | 4.16 | 3.20 | 79 | 95.9 | Profile | |
| 15th | 3 | Aberdeen | 163 | 4.50 | 3.24 | 67 | 95.9 | Profile Clearing | |
| 16th | 4 | Manchester | 165 | 4.02 | 3.19 | 76 | 95.8 | Profile | |
| 17th | 2 | King's College London | 170 | 3.98 | 3.23 | 73 | 95.4 | Profile | |
| 18th | 4 | Warwick | 167 | 3.89 | 3.53 | 71 | 95.4 | Profile | |
| 19th | 3 | Sussex | 153 | 4.08 | 3.28 | 76 | 95.2 | Profile Clearing | |
| 20th | 0 | Loughborough | 148 | 4.08 | 2.80 | 82 | 95.0 | Profile | |
| 21st | 2 | Leeds | 160 | 4.00 | 3.19 | 73 | 94.4 | Profile | |
| 22nd | 5 | Stirling | 165 | 4.10 | 3.00 | 70 | 94.3 | Profile Clearing | |
| 23rd | 1 | Southampton | 153 | 4.13 | 3.13 | 70 | 93.9 | Profile Clearing | |
| 24th | 2 | Surrey | 144 | 4.13 | 3.01 | 73 | 93.9 | Profile Clearing | |
| 25th | 3 | Royal Holloway, University of London | 142 | 4.09 | 3.19 | 70 | 93.7 | Profile Clearing | |
| 26th | 1 | Edinburgh | 182 | 3.73 | 3.11 | 64 | 93.6 | Profile | |
| 27th | 1 | Kent | 129 | 4.04 | 3.03 | 76 | 93.6 | Profile Clearing | |
| 28th | 5 | Aberystwyth | 120 | 4.42 | 2.87 | 76 | 93.6 | Profile Clearing | |
| 29th | 13 | Liverpool Hope | 118 | 4.03 | 2.55 | 87 | 93.3 | Profile Clearing | |
| 30th | 4 | Liverpool | 140 | 4.01 | 3.18 | 69 | 93.1 | Profile | |
| 31st | 8 | Swansea | 124 | 4.07 | 3.36 | 74 | 93.1 | Profile Clearing | |
| 32nd | 4 | Cardiff | 151 | 3.97 | 3.27 | 68 | 92.9 | Profile Clearing | |
| 33rd | 3 | Leicester | 127 | 4.00 | 3.06 | 71 | 92.6 | Profile Clearing | |
| 34th | 3 | Strathclyde | 181 | 4.05 | 2.93 | 53 | 92.6 | Profile Clearing | |
| 35th | 6 | Queen Mary, University of London | 128 | 3.90 | 3.41 | 66 | 92.3 | Profile Clearing | |
| 36th | 11 | Oxford Brookes | 123 | 4.16 | 3.05 | 71 | 92.1 | Profile Clearing | |
| 37th | 2 | Edinburgh Napier | 177 | 4.29 | 2.87 | 47 | 92.0 | Profile Clearing | |
| 38th | 13 | Huddersfield | 128 | 4.29 | 2.89 | 67 | 92.0 | Profile Clearing | |
| 39th | 1 | Queen's, Belfast | 147 | 3.99 | 3.19 | 59 | 92.0 | Profile | |
| 40th | 20 | Plymouth | 130 | 4.28 | 2.69 | 67 | 91.9 | Profile Clearing | |
| 41st | 0 | Nottingham Trent | 118 | 4.18 | 2.81 | 72 | 91.9 | Profile | |
| 42nd | 2 | Coventry | 114 | 4.21 | 2.98 | 76 | 91.8 | Profile Clearing | |
| 43rd | 12 | East Anglia (UEA) | 150 | 3.89 | 3.27 | 61 | 91.6 | Profile Clearing | |
| 44th | 12 | Dundee | 139 | 4.26 | 2.98 | 59 | 91.5 | Profile Clearing | |
| 45th | 1 | De Montfort | 103 | 4.21 | 2.84 | 77 | 91.5 | Profile Clearing | |
| 46th | 10 | Teesside | 101 | 4.50 | 2.51 | 76 | 91.4 | Profile Clearing | |
| 47th | 3 | Essex | 113 | 3.91 | 3.01 | 72 | 91.2 | Profile Clearing | |
| 48th | 6 | Lincoln | 124 | 4.18 | 2.51 | 70 | 91.0 | Profile Clearing | |
| 49th | 1 | Northumbria | 138 | 4.22 | 2.95 | 59 | 90.9 | Profile Clearing | |
| 50th | 7 | Keele | 125 | 3.97 | 2.83 | 67 | 90.9 | Profile Clearing | |
| 51st | 7 | Edge Hill | 125 | 4.17 | 2.40 | 73 | 90.9 | Profile Clearing | |
| 52nd | 22 | Staffordshire | 100 | 4.35 | 1.86 | 87 | 90.8 | Profile Clearing | |
| 53rd | 12 | West of England, Bristol | 112 | 4.31 | 2.81 | 64 | 90.8 | Profile Clearing | |
| 54th | 15 | Bangor | 116 | 4.14 | 3.05 | 60 | 90.6 | Profile Clearing | |
| 55th | 6 | Bedfordshire | 95 | 4.22 | 3.23 | 66 | 90.6 | Profile Clearing | |
| 56th | 4 | Sunderland | 106 | 4.11 | 2.22 | 76 | 90.6 | Profile Clearing | |
| 57th | 7 | Reading | 128 | 3.90 | 2.98 | 63 | 90.6 | Profile Clearing | |
| 58th | 3 | Manchester Metropolitan | 121 | 4.20 | 3.07 | 62 | 90.5 | Profile Clearing | |
| 59th | 7 | Liverpool John Moores | 126 | 4.17 | 2.88 | 65 | 90.4 | Profile Clearing | |
| 60th | 10 | Newman | 118 | 4.38 | 2.28 | 70 | 90.2 | Profile Clearing | |
| 61st | 2 | Bolton | 81 | 4.56 | 2.41 | 77 | 90.0 | Profile Clearing | |
| 62nd | 1 | Portsmouth | 101 | 4.07 | 2.61 | 75 | 90.0 | Profile Clearing | |
| 63rd | 6 | Birmingham City | 107 | 4.35 | 2.99 | 57 | 89.5 | Profile Clearing | |
| 64th | 38 | London South Bank | 102 | 4.28 | 2.42 | 70 | 89.5 | Profile | |
| 65th | 20 | Aston | 122 | 3.93 | 2.80 | 63 | 89.3 | Profile Clearing | |
| 66th | 13 | Greenwich | 120 | 4.40 | 2.48 | 58 | 89.2 | Profile Clearing | |
| 67th | 5 | Derby | 113 | 4.20 | 2.63 | 65 | 89.1 | Profile Clearing | |
| 68th | 19 | Hertfordshire | 109 | 4.08 | 2.46 | 73 | 89.1 | Profile Clearing | |
| 69th | 6 | Roehampton | 109 | 3.97 | 2.92 | 65 | 89.0 | Profile Clearing | |
| 70th | 3 | Central Lancashire | 120 | 4.26 | 2.60 | 62 | 89.0 | Profile Clearing | |
| 71st | 14 | Salford | 116 | 4.23 | 2.45 | 67 | 89.0 | Profile Clearing | |
| 72nd | 29 | Brunel University London | 113 | 3.95 | 2.55 | 61 | 88.7 | Profile Clearing | |
| 73rd | 2 | Buckingham | 125 | 4.20 | n/a | 71 | 88.6 | Profile Clearing | |
| 74th | 6 | Ulster | 116 | 4.39 | 2.88 | 45 | 88.6 | Profile Clearing | |
| 75th | 11 | Hull | 118 | 3.76 | 2.80 | 62 | 88.4 | Profile Clearing | |
| 76th | 20 | Solent | 124 | 4.43 | n/a | 65 | 88.2 | Profile Clearing | |
| 77th | 5 | Bournemouth | 110 | 4.04 | 3.10 | 59 | 88.2 | Profile Clearing | |
| 78th | 4 | Bath Spa | 117 | 3.84 | 2.72 | 59 | 88.1 | Profile Clearing | |
| 79th | 1 | Winchester | 111 | 4.18 | 2.59 | 59 | 88.0 | Profile Clearing | |
| 80th | 12 | Westminster | 100 | 4.05 | 3.11 | 56 | 87.9 | Profile Clearing | |
| 81st | 10 | South Wales | 121 | 3.89 | 2.56 | 61 | 87.9 | Profile Clearing | |
| 82nd | 6 | Northampton | 103 | 4.06 | 2.46 | 57 | 87.7 | Profile Clearing | |
| 83rd | 3 | Sheffield Hallam | 110 | 4.12 | 2.58 | 57 | 87.6 | Profile Clearing | |
| 84th | 7 | St Mary's, Twickenham | 107 | 4.24 | 2.30 | 60 | 87.6 | Profile Clearing | |
| 85th | 8 | Wolverhampton | 97 | 4.22 | 2.01 | 68 | 87.5 | Profile Clearing | |
| 86th | 15 | Falmouth | 104 | 3.96 | 2.14 | 71 | 87.3 | Profile Clearing | |
| 87th | 7 | Leeds Trinity | 99 | 4.35 | 1.96 | 62 | 87.3 | Profile Clearing | |
| 88th | 5 | Chichester | 102 | 4.05 | 2.58 | 58 | 87.2 | Profile Clearing | |
| 89th | 12 | Worcester | 114 | 3.89 | 2.21 | 64 | 87.1 | Profile Clearing | |
| 90th | 2 | Chester | 113 | 4.18 | 2.30 | 57 | 87.1 | Profile Clearing | |
| 91st | 9 | Bishop Grosseteste | 101 | 4.17 | 2.12 | 64 | 87.1 | Profile Clearing | |
| 92nd | 3 | York St John | 107 | 4.29 | 2.14 | 59 | 87.0 | Profile Clearing | |
| 93rd | 26 | Goldsmiths, University of London | 119 | 3.78 | 2.91 | 46 | 87.0 | Profile Clearing | |
| 94th | 4 | Gloucestershire | 111 | 4.10 | 2.07 | 60 | 87.0 | Profile Clearing | |
| 95th | 7 | Kingston | 102 | 3.99 | 2.84 | 57 | 86.8 | Profile Clearing | |
| 96th | 1 | Anglia Ruskin | 106 | 3.86 | 2.43 | 53 | 86.0 | Profile Clearing | |
| 97th | New | Highlands & Islands | 97 | 4.50 | n/a | n/a | 85.9 | Profile Clearing | |
| 98th | 0 | Leeds Beckett | 101 | 4.13 | n/a | 63 | 85.7 | Profile Clearing | |
| 99th | 18 | Brighton | 112 | 3.97 | 2.90 | 42 | 85.1 | Profile Clearing | |
| 100th | 16 | Middlesex | 99 | 3.95 | 2.54 | 51 | 85.0 | Profile Clearing | |
| 101st | 12 | Canterbury Christ Church | 96 | 4.12 | 2.41 | 50 | 84.8 | Profile Clearing | |
| 102nd | 1 | Cardiff Metropolitan | 98 | 4.23 | n/a | 55 | 84.5 | Profile Clearing | |
| 103rd | 2 | Suffolk | 105 | 4.59 | n/a | 41 | 83.8 | Profile Clearing | |
| 104th | 5 | London Metropolitan | n/a | 4.11 | n/a | 51 | 83.4 | Profile Clearing | |
| 105th | 2 | Plymouth Marjon | n/a | 4.12 | n/a | 48 | 82.8 | Profile Clearing | |
| 106th | New | University of Wales Trinity Saint David | 80 | 3.96 | n/a | n/a | 82.3 | Profile Clearing | |
| 107th | 1 | Cumbria | n/a | 4.24 | n/a | 42 | 82.0 | Profile Clearing | |
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.
The following institutions have courses in this subject but insufficient data to be included in the ranking: SOAS University of London, West of Scotland and Wrexham Glyndŵr.
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.