University League Tables 2016
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 |
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| 1st | 0 | Cambridge | 601 | 4.18 | 3.33 | 88.3 | 1000 | Profile | |
| 2nd | 0 | Oxford | 571 | 4.17 | 3.34 | 81.9 | 989 | Profile | |
| 3rd | 0 | London School of Economics | 532 | 3.95 | 3.35 | 83.0 | 953 | Profile | |
| 4th | 2 | Imperial College London | 566 | 4.10 | 3.36 | 89.9 | 943 | Profile | |
| 5th | 0 | Durham | 521 | 4.16 | 3.14 | 79.5 | 926 | Profile | |
| 5th | 1 | St Andrews | 516 | 4.25 | 3.13 | 78.5 | 926 | Profile | |
| 7th | 0 | Warwick | 480 | 4.12 | 3.22 | 77.6 | 909 | Profile | |
| 8th | 4 | Surrey | 424 | 4.24 | 2.98 | 81.2 | 885 | Profile Clearing | |
| 9th | 2 | Lancaster | 434 | 4.10 | 3.15 | 78.1 | 882 | Profile Clearing | |
| 10th | 0 | Exeter | 463 | 4.22 | 3.08 | 79.4 | 876 | Profile Clearing | |
| 11th | 3 | Bath | 476 | 4.24 | 3.17 | 85.1 | 874 | Profile Clearing | |
| 11th | 2 | Loughborough | 397 | 4.19 | 2.95 | 79.9 | 874 | Profile Clearing | |
| 13th | 4 | University College London | 500 | 3.96 | 3.22 | 81.3 | 873 | Profile | |
| 14th | 2 | Southampton | 408 | 4.05 | 3.15 | 77.7 | 842 | Profile Clearing | |
| 15th | 3 | Bristol | 486 | 3.99 | 3.18 | 80.2 | 834 | Profile | |
| 16th | 1 | East Anglia (UEA) | 406 | 4.19 | 3.11 | 70.1 | 828 | Profile Clearing | |
| 17th | 3 | York | 436 | 4.06 | 3.17 | 73.6 | 824 | Profile | |
| 18th | 1 | Birmingham | 425 | 4.08 | 3.07 | 84.0 | 823 | Profile | |
| 19th | 4 | Leeds | 430 | 4.09 | 3.13 | 74.5 | 821 | Profile | |
| 20th | 1 | Edinburgh | 482 | 3.86 | 3.18 | 77.9 | 818 | Profile | |
| 21st | 17 | Sussex | 385 | 4.05 | 3.01 | 74.9 | 812 | Profile Clearing | |
| 22nd | 0 | Kent | 359 | 4.13 | 2.95 | 75.2 | 811 | Profile Clearing | |
| 23rd | 5 | King's College London | 453 | 3.95 | 3.23 | 79.6 | 805 | Profile | |
| 24th | 5 | Leicester | 386 | 4.08 | 2.93 | 73.6 | 799 | Profile Clearing | |
| 25th | 2 | Nottingham | 426 | 4.05 | 3.09 | 79.2 | 795 | Profile | |
| 26th | 6 | Newcastle | 425 | 4.13 | 3.09 | 78.7 | 791 | Profile Clearing | |
| 27th | 1 | Sheffield | 427 | 4.07 | 3.17 | 76.9 | 786 | Profile | |
| 28th | 0 | Manchester | 433 | 4.02 | 3.16 | 75.5 | 785 | Profile | |
| 29th | 8 | Reading | 371 | 4.10 | 3.03 | 71.5 | 783 | Profile Clearing | |
| 30th | 0 | Glasgow | 465 | 4.11 | 3.10 | 79.9 | 782 | Profile | |
| 31st | 8 | Cardiff | 425 | 4.05 | 3.27 | 81.5 | 777 | Profile Clearing | |
| 32nd | 5 | Aston | 368 | 4.12 | 3.05 | 76.6 | 771 | Profile Clearing | |
| 33rd | 3 | Queen Mary, University of London | 408 | 4.04 | 3.18 | 69.4 | 760 | Profile | |
| 34th | 1 | Royal Holloway, University of London | 398 | 4.12 | 3.09 | 62.2 | 759 | Profile Clearing | |
| 34th | 5 | Essex | 309 | 4.20 | 3.05 | 64.2 | 759 | Profile Clearing | |
| 36th | 5 | Queen's, Belfast | 380 | 4.10 | 2.99 | 74.9 | 755 | Profile | |
| 37th | 4 | Heriot-Watt | 411 | 4.15 | 3.06 | 73.2 | 753 | Profile Clearing | |
| 38th | 3 | Strathclyde | 473 | 4.02 | 3.04 | 77.6 | 748 | Profile Clearing | |
| 39th | 8 | Liverpool | 403 | 3.97 | 3.06 | 72.8 | 747 | Profile | |
| 40th | 4 | Aberdeen | 445 | 3.95 | 2.97 | 74.2 | 733 | Profile Clearing | |
| 41st | 1 | City, University of London | 377 | 3.99 | 2.95 | 73.7 | 725 | Profile Clearing | |
| 42nd | 7 | Dundee | 398 | 4.13 | 3.03 | 70.3 | 716 | Profile Clearing | |
| 43rd | 8 | SOAS University of London | 407 | 3.97 | 2.82 | 62.6 | 713 | Profile Clearing | |
| 43rd | 3 | St George's, University of London | 419 | 3.91 | 2.99 | 89.4 | 713 | Profile Clearing | |
| 45th | 3 | Swansea | 325 | 4.01 | 3.09 | 78.7 | 711 | Profile Clearing | |
| 46th | 3 | Keele | 358 | 4.22 | 2.88 | 71.9 | 704 | Profile Clearing | |
| 47th | 2 | Stirling | 371 | 3.98 | 2.96 | 70.1 | 700 | Profile Clearing | |
| 48th | 3 | Coventry | 309 | 4.27 | 2.67 | 70.8 | 690 | Profile Clearing | |
| 49th | 2 | Brunel University London | 351 | 4.14 | 2.67 | 59.5 | 687 | Profile Clearing | |
| 50th | 0 | Goldsmiths, University of London | 352 | 3.98 | 2.90 | 55.4 | 680 | Profile Clearing | |
| 51st | 4 | Lincoln | 334 | 4.09 | 2.54 | 67.4 | 664 | Profile Clearing | |
| 52nd | 10 | University for the Creative Arts | 325 | 3.95 | 2.72 | 49.3 | 657 | Profile Clearing | |
| 53rd | 1 | Nottingham Trent | 309 | 4.09 | 2.59 | 63.3 | 655 | Profile Clearing | |
| 54th | 17 | De Montfort | 305 | 4.08 | 2.67 | 68.7 | 651 | Profile Clearing | |
| 54th | 11 | Bournemouth | 327 | 3.89 | 2.72 | 62.9 | 651 | Profile Clearing | |
| 54th | 6 | Oxford Brookes | 345 | 4.10 | 2.66 | 66.7 | 651 | Profile Clearing | |
| 57th | 0 | Arts University Bournemouth | 318 | 4.08 | 2.30 | 65.9 | 650 | Profile Clearing | |
| 58th | 6 | Bangor | 323 | 4.19 | 2.99 | 66.1 | 647 | Profile Clearing | |
| 59th | 4 | Portsmouth | 306 | 4.08 | 2.75 | 66.2 | 642 | Profile Clearing | |
| 60th | 24 | Harper Adams | 331 | 4.11 | 2.66 | 67.0 | 637 | Profile Clearing | |
| 60th | 2 | Northumbria | 360 | 4.01 | 2.71 | 61.7 | 637 | Profile Clearing | |
| 62nd | 9 | West of England, Bristol | 324 | 3.97 | 2.70 | 68.2 | 633 | Profile Clearing | |
| 63rd | 14 | Bradford | 312 | 3.97 | 2.95 | 72.1 | 632 | Profile Clearing | |
| 63rd | 3 | Hull | 326 | 4.11 | 2.70 | 63.1 | 632 | Profile Clearing | |
| 63rd | 9 | Robert Gordon | 382 | 4.05 | 2.35 | 80.2 | 632 | Profile Clearing | |
| 66th | 27 | Roehampton | 284 | 4.10 | 2.83 | 56.3 | 625 | Profile Clearing | |
| 66th | 18 | Ulster | 308 | 4.09 | 2.91 | 56.5 | 625 | Profile Clearing | |
| 68th | 13 | Liverpool John Moores | 342 | 4.07 | 2.79 | 61.1 | 624 | Profile Clearing | |
| 69th | 8 | Buckingham | 299 | 4.26 | n/a | 75.3 | 623 | Profile Clearing | |
| 70th | 1 | Bath Spa | 315 | 4.11 | 2.52 | 55.4 | 622 | Profile Clearing | |
| 70th | 15 | Falmouth | 307 | 4.07 | 2.04 | 69.8 | 622 | Profile Clearing | |
| 72nd | 6 | Sheffield Hallam | 317 | 4.02 | 2.76 | 59.2 | 619 | Profile Clearing | |
| 73rd | 0 | Manchester Metropolitan | 345 | 3.99 | 2.74 | 60.0 | 618 | Profile Clearing | |
| 74th | 4 | Huddersfield | 324 | 4.12 | 2.65 | 69.2 | 613 | Profile Clearing | |
| 75th | 15 | Hertfordshire | 316 | 3.92 | 2.61 | 67.9 | 612 | Profile Clearing | |
| 76th | 3 | Brighton | 315 | 4.00 | 2.84 | 64.4 | 608 | Profile Clearing | |
| 77th | 1 | Chichester | 306 | 4.14 | 2.50 | 56.8 | 604 | Profile Clearing | |
| 78th | 2 | Queen Margaret | 340 | 4.03 | 2.65 | 62.4 | 603 | Profile Clearing | |
| 79th | 19 | Cardiff Metropolitan | 314 | 4.03 | 3.00 | 58.2 | 601 | Profile Clearing | |
| 80th | 11 | Gloucestershire | 312 | 4.06 | 2.38 | 57.9 | 595 | Profile Clearing | |
| 80th | 14 | University of the Arts, London | 311 | 3.85 | 3.12 | 54.5 | 595 | Profile Clearing | |
| 82nd | 7 | Edge Hill | 317 | 4.16 | 2.22 | 58.2 | 592 | Profile Clearing | |
| 83rd | 11 | Glasgow Caledonian | 370 | 3.93 | 2.67 | 67.9 | 591 | Profile Clearing | |
| 83rd | 10 | Northampton | 281 | 4.18 | 2.09 | 59.3 | 591 | Profile Clearing | |
| 85th | 2 | Royal Agricultural University | 306 | 3.81 | 1.40 | 71.6 | 579 | Profile Clearing | |
| 86th | 1 | Aberystwyth | 310 | 3.92 | 2.84 | 52.6 | 570 | Profile Clearing | |
| 86th | 27 | Winchester | 305 | 4.09 | 2.32 | 51.1 | 570 | Profile Clearing | |
| 88th | 6 | Birmingham City | 298 | 4.04 | 2.64 | 62.4 | 568 | Profile Clearing | |
| 89th | 5 | Middlesex | 271 | 4.07 | 2.58 | 56.4 | 565 | Profile Clearing | |
| 90th | 11 | Plymouth | 308 | 4.03 | 2.74 | 57.4 | 561 | Profile Clearing | |
| 91st | 1 | Central Lancashire | 311 | 4.04 | 2.51 | 58.6 | 560 | Profile Clearing | |
| 92nd | 9 | Edinburgh Napier | 333 | 4.02 | 2.52 | 61.0 | 555 | Profile Clearing | |
| 93rd | 15 | Chester | 299 | 4.13 | 2.08 | 65.3 | 554 | Profile Clearing | |
| 94th | 7 | Derby | 288 | 4.12 | 2.07 | 54.0 | 541 | Profile Clearing | |
| 95th | 4 | Abertay | 334 | 3.95 | 2.16 | 60.5 | 536 | Profile Clearing | |
| 96th | 12 | Salford | 328 | 3.93 | 2.54 | 56.0 | 534 | Profile Clearing | |
| 97th | New | Liverpool Hope | 302 | 4.01 | 2.21 | 52.0 | 531 | Profile Clearing | |
| 98th | 2 | Teesside | 303 | 4.09 | 2.58 | 57.0 | 529 | Profile Clearing | |
| 99th | 4 | York St John | 291 | 4.03 | 2.04 | 64.4 | 528 | Profile Clearing | |
| 100th | 4 | Westminster | 309 | 3.96 | 2.74 | 50.1 | 525 | Profile Clearing | |
| 101st | 12 | Leeds Trinity | 281 | 4.15 | 2.01 | 65.1 | 519 | Profile Clearing | |
| 102nd | 2 | South Wales | 319 | 3.96 | 2.51 | 54.6 | 513 | Profile Clearing | |
| 103rd | 2 | Staffordshire | 268 | 4.04 | 2.20 | 54.7 | 512 | Profile Clearing | |
| 104th | 3 | Kingston | 297 | 3.90 | 2.70 | 53.8 | 511 | Profile Clearing | |
| 105th | 1 | Worcester | 296 | 3.98 | 2.08 | 60.4 | 509 | Profile Clearing | |
| 106th | 3 | Canterbury Christ Church | 270 | 4.03 | 2.38 | 59.8 | 507 | Profile Clearing | |
| 107th | 8 | Greenwich | 309 | 4.08 | 2.33 | 48.6 | 505 | Profile Clearing | |
| 108th | 2 | West London | 257 | 4.00 | 1.92 | 67.1 | 492 | Profile Clearing | |
| 109th | New | St Mary's, Twickenham | 287 | 4.07 | 1.98 | 62.9 | 486 | Profile Clearing | |
| 110th | 7 | Bedfordshire | 227 | 4.04 | 2.52 | 59.3 | 484 | Profile Clearing | |
| 111th | 1 | Cumbria | 292 | 4.11 | 2.13 | 61.2 | 475 | Profile Clearing | |
| 112th | 3 | Plymouth Marjon | 313 | 4.11 | n/a | 63.5 | 470 | Profile Clearing | |
| 113th | 2 | Buckinghamshire New | 256 | 3.88 | 2.19 | 52.8 | 467 | Profile Clearing | |
| 114th | 12 | Leeds Beckett | 284 | 3.93 | 2.16 | 55.2 | 460 | Profile Clearing | |
| 115th | 1 | Anglia Ruskin | 249 | 4.10 | 2.37 | 58.3 | 453 | Profile Clearing | |
| 116th | 8 | Sunderland | 293 | 4.02 | 2.12 | 50.5 | 440 | Profile Clearing | |
| 117th | 1 | Bishop Grosseteste | 282 | 4.12 | 1.96 | 66.8 | 435 | Profile Clearing | |
| 118th | 1 | West of Scotland | 297 | 3.96 | 2.36 | 57.9 | 430 | Profile Clearing | |
| 119th | 1 | London South Bank | 244 | 3.94 | 2.52 | 48.6 | 429 | Profile Clearing | |
| 120th | 14 | Newman | 291 | 4.07 | 2.13 | 56.2 | 425 | Profile Clearing | |
| 121st | 0 | Bolton | 282 | 4.03 | 2.04 | 57.0 | 424 | Profile Clearing | |
| 122nd | 8 | Southampton Solent | 272 | 3.91 | 1.63 | 50.0 | 412 | Profile Clearing | |
| 123rd | 13 | Wrexham Glyndŵr | 243 | 4.07 | 2.15 | 63.3 | 407 | Profile Clearing | |
| 124th | 2 | East London | 273 | 4.06 | 2.71 | 49.9 | 406 | Profile Clearing | |
| 125th | New | University of Wales Trinity Saint David | 263 | 4.06 | 2.39 | 50.2 | 405 | Profile Clearing | |
| 126th | 3 | London Metropolitan | 220 | 3.86 | 2.44 | 44.6 | 327 | 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.
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.