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