University League Tables 2016

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Our League Tables rank UK universities both nationally and in 70 subjects. You can sort each table on the measure important to you and compare universities. Read university profiles for more information about the institutions or search for courses. We also rank 12 specialist colleges and conservatoires separately in the Arts, Drama & Music League Table.

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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: 100.0 Read more	Overall Score Overall Score The total score calculated by our independent and trusted methodology, comprising entry standards, student satisfaction, research assessment (quality and intensity), graduate prospects, student–staff ratio, academic services spend, facilities spend, good honours, and degree completion. Maximum score: 1000 Read more	Next Steps
1st	0	Cambridge	601	4.18	3.33	88.3	1000	Profile Courses
2nd	0	Oxford	571	4.17	3.34	81.9	989	Profile Courses
3rd	0	London School of Economics	532	3.95	3.35	83.0	953	Profile Courses
4th	2	Imperial College London	566	4.10	3.36	89.9	943	Profile Courses
5th	0	Durham	521	4.16	3.14	79.5	926	Profile Courses
5th	1	St Andrews	516	4.25	3.13	78.5	926	Profile Courses

7th	0	Warwick	480	4.12	3.22	77.6	909	Profile Courses
8th	4	Surrey	424	4.24	2.98	81.2	885	Profile Courses
9th	2	Lancaster	434	4.10	3.15	78.1	882	Profile Courses
10th	0	Exeter	463	4.22	3.08	79.4	876	Profile Courses
11th	3	Bath	476	4.24	3.17	85.1	874	Profile Courses
11th	2	Loughborough	397	4.19	2.95	79.9	874	Profile Courses
13th	4	University College London	500	3.96	3.22	81.3	873	Profile Courses
14th	2	Southampton	408	4.05	3.15	77.7	842	Profile Courses
15th	3	Bristol	486	3.99	3.18	80.2	834	Profile Courses
16th	1	East Anglia (UEA)	406	4.19	3.11	70.1	828	Profile Courses

17th	3	York	436	4.06	3.17	73.6	824	Profile Courses
18th	1	Birmingham	425	4.08	3.07	84.0	823	Profile Courses
19th	4	Leeds	430	4.09	3.13	74.5	821	Profile Courses
20th	1	Edinburgh	482	3.86	3.18	77.9	818	Profile Courses
21st	17	Sussex	385	4.05	3.01	74.9	812	Profile Courses
22nd	0	Kent	359	4.13	2.95	75.2	811	Profile Courses
23rd	5	King's College London	453	3.95	3.23	79.6	805	Profile Courses
24th	5	Leicester	386	4.08	2.93	73.6	799	Profile Courses
25th	2	Nottingham	426	4.05	3.09	79.2	795	Profile Courses
26th	6	Newcastle	425	4.13	3.09	78.7	791	Profile Courses
27th	1	Sheffield	427	4.07	3.17	76.9	786	Profile Courses
28th	0	Manchester	433	4.02	3.16	75.5	785	Profile Courses
29th	8	Reading	371	4.10	3.03	71.5	783	Profile Courses
30th	0	Glasgow	465	4.11	3.10	79.9	782	Profile Courses
31st	8	Cardiff	425	4.05	3.27	81.5	777	Profile Courses
32nd	5	Aston	368	4.12	3.05	76.6	771	Profile Courses
33rd	3	Queen Mary, University of London	408	4.04	3.18	69.4	760	Profile Courses
34th	1	Royal Holloway, University of London	398	4.12	3.09	62.2	759	Profile Courses
34th	5	Essex	309	4.20	3.05	64.2	759	Profile Courses
36th	5	Queen's, Belfast	380	4.10	2.99	74.9	755	Profile Courses
37th	4	Heriot-Watt	411	4.15	3.06	73.2	753	Profile Courses
38th	3	Strathclyde	473	4.02	3.04	77.6	748	Profile Courses
39th	8	Liverpool	403	3.97	3.06	72.8	747	Profile Courses
40th	4	Aberdeen	445	3.95	2.97	74.2	733	Profile Courses
41st	1	City, University of London	377	3.99	2.95	73.7	725	Profile Courses
42nd	7	Dundee	398	4.13	3.03	70.3	716	Profile Courses
43rd	8	SOAS University of London	407	3.97	2.82	62.6	713	Profile Courses
43rd	3	St George's, University of London	419	3.91	2.99	89.4	713	Profile Courses
45th	3	Swansea	325	4.01	3.09	78.7	711	Profile Courses
46th	3	Keele	358	4.22	2.88	71.9	704	Profile Courses
47th	2	Stirling	371	3.98	2.96	70.1	700	Profile Courses
48th	3	Coventry	309	4.27	2.67	70.8	690	Profile Courses
49th	2	Brunel University London	351	4.14	2.67	59.5	687	Profile Courses
50th	0	Goldsmiths, University of London	352	3.98	2.90	55.4	680	Profile Courses
51st	4	Lincoln	334	4.09	2.54	67.4	664	Profile Courses
52nd	10	University for the Creative Arts	325	3.95	2.72	49.3	657	Profile Courses
53rd	1	Nottingham Trent	309	4.09	2.59	63.3	655	Profile Courses
54th	17	De Montfort	305	4.08	2.67	68.7	651	Profile Courses
54th	11	Bournemouth	327	3.89	2.72	62.9	651	Profile Courses
54th	6	Oxford Brookes	345	4.10	2.66	66.7	651	Profile Courses
57th	0	Arts University Bournemouth	318	4.08	2.30	65.9	650	Profile Courses
58th	6	Bangor	323	4.19	2.99	66.1	647	Profile Courses
59th	4	Portsmouth	306	4.08	2.75	66.2	642	Profile Courses
60th	24	Harper Adams	331	4.11	2.66	67.0	637	Profile Courses
60th	2	Northumbria	360	4.01	2.71	61.7	637	Profile Courses
62nd	9	West of England, Bristol	324	3.97	2.70	68.2	633	Profile Courses
63rd	14	Bradford	312	3.97	2.95	72.1	632	Profile Courses
63rd	3	Hull	326	4.11	2.70	63.1	632	Profile Courses
63rd	9	Robert Gordon	382	4.05	2.35	80.2	632	Profile Courses
66th	27	Roehampton	284	4.10	2.83	56.3	625	Profile Courses
66th	18	Ulster	308	4.09	2.91	56.5	625	Profile Courses
68th	13	Liverpool John Moores	342	4.07	2.79	61.1	624	Profile Courses
69th	8	Buckingham	299	4.26	n/a	75.3	623	Profile Courses
70th	1	Bath Spa	315	4.11	2.52	55.4	622	Profile Courses
70th	15	Falmouth	307	4.07	2.04	69.8	622	Profile Courses
72nd	6	Sheffield Hallam	317	4.02	2.76	59.2	619	Profile Courses
73rd	0	Manchester Metropolitan	345	3.99	2.74	60.0	618	Profile Courses
74th	4	Huddersfield	324	4.12	2.65	69.2	613	Profile Courses
75th	15	Hertfordshire	316	3.92	2.61	67.9	612	Profile Courses
76th	3	Brighton	315	4.00	2.84	64.4	608	Profile Courses
77th	1	Chichester	306	4.14	2.50	56.8	604	Profile Courses
78th	2	Queen Margaret	340	4.03	2.65	62.4	603	Profile Courses
79th	19	Cardiff Metropolitan	314	4.03	3.00	58.2	601	Profile Courses
80th	11	Gloucestershire	312	4.06	2.38	57.9	595	Profile Courses
80th	14	University of the Arts, London	311	3.85	3.12	54.5	595	Profile Courses
82nd	7	Edge Hill	317	4.16	2.22	58.2	592	Profile Courses
83rd	11	Glasgow Caledonian	370	3.93	2.67	67.9	591	Profile Courses
83rd	10	Northampton	281	4.18	2.09	59.3	591	Profile Courses
85th	2	Royal Agricultural University	306	3.81	1.40	71.6	579	Profile Courses
86th	1	Aberystwyth	310	3.92	2.84	52.6	570	Profile Courses
86th	27	Winchester	305	4.09	2.32	51.1	570	Profile Courses
88th	6	Birmingham City	298	4.04	2.64	62.4	568	Profile Courses
89th	5	Middlesex	271	4.07	2.58	56.4	565	Profile Courses
90th	11	Plymouth	308	4.03	2.74	57.4	561	Profile Courses
91st	1	Central Lancashire	311	4.04	2.51	58.6	560	Profile Courses
92nd	9	Edinburgh Napier	333	4.02	2.52	61.0	555	Profile Courses
93rd	15	Chester	299	4.13	2.08	65.3	554	Profile Courses
94th	7	Derby	288	4.12	2.07	54.0	541	Profile Courses
95th	4	Abertay	334	3.95	2.16	60.5	536	Profile Courses
96th	12	Salford	328	3.93	2.54	56.0	534	Profile Courses
97th	New	Liverpool Hope	302	4.01	2.21	52.0	531	Profile Courses
98th	2	Teesside	303	4.09	2.58	57.0	529	Profile Courses
99th	4	York St John	291	4.03	2.04	64.4	528	Profile Courses
100th	4	Westminster	309	3.96	2.74	50.1	525	Profile Courses
101st	12	Leeds Trinity	281	4.15	2.01	65.1	519	Profile Courses
102nd	2	South Wales	319	3.96	2.51	54.6	513	Profile Courses
103rd	2	Staffordshire	268	4.04	2.20	54.7	512	Profile Courses
104th	3	Kingston	297	3.90	2.70	53.8	511	Profile Courses
105th	1	Worcester	296	3.98	2.08	60.4	509	Profile Courses
106th	3	Canterbury Christ Church	270	4.03	2.38	59.8	507	Profile Courses
107th	8	Greenwich	309	4.08	2.33	48.6	505	Profile Courses
108th	2	West London	257	4.00	1.92	67.1	492	Profile Courses
109th	New	St Mary's, Twickenham	287	4.07	1.98	62.9	486	Profile Courses
110th	7	Bedfordshire	227	4.04	2.52	59.3	484	Profile Courses
111th	1	Cumbria	292	4.11	2.13	61.2	475	Profile Courses
112th	3	Plymouth Marjon	313	4.11	n/a	63.5	470	Profile Courses
113th	2	Buckinghamshire New	256	3.88	2.19	52.8	467	Profile Courses
114th	12	Leeds Beckett	284	3.93	2.16	55.2	460	Profile Courses
115th	1	Anglia Ruskin	249	4.10	2.37	58.3	453	Profile Courses
116th	8	Sunderland	293	4.02	2.12	50.5	440	Profile Courses
117th	1	Bishop Grosseteste	282	4.12	1.96	66.8	435	Profile Courses
118th	1	West of Scotland	297	3.96	2.36	57.9	430	Profile Courses
119th	1	London South Bank	244	3.94	2.52	48.6	429	Profile Courses
120th	14	Newman	291	4.07	2.13	56.2	425	Profile Courses
121st	0	Bolton	282	4.03	2.04	57.0	424	Profile Courses
122nd	8	Southampton Solent	272	3.91	1.63	50.0	412	Profile Courses
123rd	13	Wrexham Glyndŵr	243	4.07	2.15	63.3	407	Profile Courses
124th	2	East London	273	4.06	2.71	49.9	406	Profile Courses
125th	New	University of Wales Trinity Saint David	263	4.06	2.39	50.2	405	Profile Courses
126th	3	London Metropolitan	220	3.86	2.44	44.6	327	Profile Courses

Notes

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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: 100.0
Overall Score: 1000

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

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