UK University Rankings - Overall Rankings 2015
By the Guardian
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| Rank 2015 | Rank 2014 | Institution | Guardian score/100 | Satisfied with course | Satisfied with teaching | Satisfied with feedback | Student to staff ratio | Spend per student/10 | Average entry tariff | Value added score/10 | Career after 6 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | University of Cambridge | 100 | 90.2 | 91.1 | 72.4 | 11.6 | 9.7 | 615.8 | 6 | 85.8 |
| 2 | (2) | University of Oxford | 94.4 | 90.6 | 92.5 | 71.4 | 11 | 9.9 | 580.1 | 7.3 | 78.7 |
| 3 | (4) | University of St Andrews | 92.4 | 92 | 94.1 | 75.7 | 11.8 | 7.5 | 523.3 | 7.7 | 79.6 |
| 4 | (7) | University of Bath | 83.4 | 93.7 | 92.5 | 74.4 | 16.6 | 5.9 | 489.4 | 6.3 | 83.4 |
| 5 | (9) | Imperial College London | 82.9 | 87.3 | 88.2 | 69.2 | 11.7 | 8.4 | 576.3 | 6.4 | 87.8 |
| 6 | (8) | University of Surrey | 82.5 | 90.9 | 91.4 | 74.1 | 15.4 | 7.5 | 422.3 | 6.7 | 73.3 |
| 7 | (3) | London School of Economics and Political Science | 82 | 88.3 | 85.1 | 71.4 | 11.8 | 7.3 | 537.8 | 5 | 76.3 |
| 8 | (6) | Durham University | 81.7 | 90 | 89.8 | 71.8 | 15.6 | 5.7 | 526.7 | 6.4 | 83.2 |
| 9 | (10) | The University of Warwick | 80.7 | 87.1 | 87.8 | 66.7 | 13.9 | 8.6 | 509.6 | 6 | 79.1 |
| 10 | (11) | Lancaster University | 80.5 | 88.5 | 90.2 | 72.1 | 14.9 | 7.6 | 448.5 | 5.8 | 73.2 |
| 11 | (5) | University College London | 80.2 | 83.3 | 85.8 | 62.2 | 10.2 | 8.8 | 521.2 | 6.7 | 81.3 |
| 12 | (12) | University of Exeter | 79.6 | 90.3 | 91.8 | 74 | 17.2 | 6.6 | 459 | 6.8 | 78.3 |
| 13 | (18) | Heriot-Watt University | 79.5 | 91.3 | 88 | 77.2 | 16.4 | 7.6 | 423.5 | 5.9 | 78.2 |
| 14 | (17) | University of East Anglia | 76.1 | 90.7 | 91.7 | 69.8 | 13 | 7.3 | 430.8 | 5.9 | 69.2 |
| 15 | (14) | Loughborough University | 74.5 | 88.4 | 86.8 | 72.3 | 15.6 | 6.5 | 406.5 | 5.9 | 75.9 |
| 16 | (16) | The University of York | 74 | 87.8 | 88.8 | 68.5 | 15 | 6.5 | 446.3 | 5.6 | 75.2 |
| 17 | (15) | University of Birmingham | 73.5 | 87.5 | 89.6 | 69.6 | 14.5 | 7.5 | 439 | 5.8 | 80.3 |
| 18 | (19) | The University of Edinburgh | 72.7 | 82 | 84.8 | 55.5 | 13.8 | 9.2 | 489.2 | 6.5 | 75.6 |
| 19 | (24) | University of Southampton | 72.5 | 88.9 | 88.6 | 67.1 | 12.8 | 6.6 | 431.1 | 6.3 | 76.1 |
| 20 | (20) | University of Kent | 71.9 | 87.5 | 87 | 69 | 13.6 | 5.8 | 372 | 6.2 | 71.1 |
| 21 | (13) | University of Leicester | 71 | 88.9 | 89 | 72.8 | 12.9 | 7.2 | 401.3 | 6 | 71.2 |
| 22 | (30) | Aston University | 70.4 | 87 | 86.5 | 72.5 | 16.2 | 5.8 | 381.4 | 6.2 | 73.5 |
| 22 | (28) | The University of Nottingham | 70.4 | 87.6 | 88.1 | 68.6 | 14.1 | 6.7 | 442 | 5.9 | 77.4 |
| 24 | (22) | The School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London | 69.4 | 88 | 89.9 | 66.7 | 11.6 | 6 | 422.4 | 7.1 | 66.9 |
| 25 | (21) | University of Glasgow | 69.3 | 89.9 | 91.7 | 68.2 | 15.2 | 6.2 | 487.4 | 4.5 | 75 |
| 26 | (29) | Cardiff University | 69 | 89.1 | 88.2 | 67.4 | 13 | 7.5 | 423.4 | 5.7 | 77.9 |
| 27 | (33) | Coventry University | 68.9 | 88.6 | 90.9 | 80.1 | 15.3 | 3.7 | 313.2 | 6.4 | 71.9 |
| 28 | (34) | University of Leeds | 68.6 | 87.1 | 89.1 | 71.5 | 14.7 | 6.6 | 434.1 | 6.4 | 70.1 |
| 28 | (27) | Newcastle University | 68.6 | 89.9 | 89.2 | 71.1 | 15.2 | 5.3 | 438.1 | 5.5 | 80.3 |
| 30 | (38) | University of Reading | 68.3 | 87.4 | 88.2 | 67.7 | 14.7 | 6.8 | 375.5 | 5 | 69.6 |
| 31 | (53) | University of the Arts, London | 67.4 | 70.5 | 77.2 | 69.1 | 18.7 | 9.9 | 343.1 | 6.2 | 54.4 |
| 32 | (36) | Queen Mary, University of London | 67.2 | 88.2 | 88.2 | 69.8 | 12 | 7.3 | 424.5 | 4.8 | 70 |
| 33 | (31) | The University of Manchester | 66.2 | 84 | 87.2 | 68.7 | 13.9 | 7.2 | 442.4 | 5 | 72.1 |
| 34 | (23) | University of Bristol | 66.1 | 86.2 | 89.2 | 66.7 | 14.1 | 5.3 | 482.8 | 5.9 | 79.5 |
| 35 | (37) | City University London | 66 | 87.4 | 85.7 | 71.7 | 17.5 | 6.8 | 394.6 | 5.9 | 71.1 |
| 36 | (38) | Royal Holloway, University of London | 65.2 | 88.9 | 90.3 | 70.4 | 15.4 | 4.3 | 405.1 | 5.2 | 63.7 |
| 37 | (38) | The University of Sheffield | 65.1 | 89.9 | 90.2 | 70 | 14.9 | 5.7 | 438.8 | 5.5 | 72.2 |
| 38 | (26) | University of Strathclyde | 64.8 | 87.2 | 88 | 63.5 | 19.3 | 6 | 470.2 | 5.3 | 75 |
| 39 | (35) | Oxford Brookes University | 64.6 | 85.5 | 89.3 | 73.2 | 16.9 | 5.6 | 369.5 | 6.2 | 63.5 |
| 40 | (32) | King's College London | 64.5 | 82.9 | 87 | 65.4 | 11.4 | 6.6 | 469.7 | 6.2 | 82.2 |
| 41 | (43) | University of Aberdeen | 62.5 | 88 | 88.9 | 67.1 | 15.5 | 4.9 | 444.3 | 5.3 | 76.6 |
| 41 | (45) | Keele University | 62.5 | 91.9 | 90.5 | 73.1 | 15.2 | 3.7 | 383.5 | 5.6 | 69.3 |
| 43 | (50) | University of Sussex | 61.9 | 88.7 | 88.5 | 65 | 16.5 | 6 | 408.6 | 5.5 | 54.9 |
| 44 | (47) | The University of Northampton | 61.7 | 86.8 | 89.1 | 77.4 | 19.8 | 6.3 | 280.2 | 6.5 | 58.4 |
| 45 | (54) | University of Liverpool | 61.3 | 88.3 | 87.4 | 68.4 | 12.7 | 6.6 | 414.2 | 5.7 | 72.2 |
| 46 | (48) | Queen's University, Belfast | 60.8 | 87.9 | 89.6 | 72.9 | 15.5 | 4.6 | 391.1 | 5 | 75.3 |
| 47 | (41) | University of Dundee | 60.5 | 90.3 | 89.7 | 69.8 | 14.9 | 5.7 | 408.7 | 5.8 | 71.5 |
| 48 | (51) | Goldsmiths, University of London | 60 | 88.5 | 91.3 | 70.3 | 16.3 | 3.8 | 345.8 | 6.5 | 53.4 |
| 49 | (64) | University of the West of England, Bristol | 59.7 | 88 | 88.9 | 71 | 20 | 3.3 | 339.2 | 7.7 | 68.5 |
| 50 | (79) | University of Derby | 59.3 | 86.5 | 88.5 | 76.2 | 16.8 | 5.1 | 305.8 | 5.2 | 56.4 |
| 51 | (55) | Robert Gordon University | 59.1 | 87.9 | 86.3 | 70.4 | 19.3 | 3.6 | 384.2 | 4.8 | 82.4 |
| 52 | (44) | Brunel University London | 58.7 | 86.7 | 84.4 | 72.5 | 16.9 | 5.8 | 352.2 | 4.5 | 60.7 |
| 53 | (76) | Falmouth University | 58.6 | 70.5 | 79.1 | 65.6 | 23 | 6.4 | 316.2 | 5.5 | 61.8 |
| 54 | (63) | University of Essex | 58.5 | 86.3 | 85.9 | 72.1 | 16.1 | 4.7 | 343 | 4.7 | 52.4 |
| 55 | (48) | University of Portsmouth | 58.4 | 87.4 | 86.9 | 70.4 | 18.6 | 4.9 | 314 | 7.2 | 63.2 |
| 56 | (42) | University of Huddersfield | 58.3 | 86.2 | 87.5 | 78.6 | 18.3 | 3.7 | 334.6 | 5.6 | 67.3 |
| 57 | (73) | Nottingham Trent University | 57.8 | 86.3 | 85.1 | 72.8 | 17.2 | 4.4 | 320 | 5.6 | 62.6 |
| 57 | (60) | Swansea University | 57.8 | 84.5 | 85.9 | 68.8 | 15.5 | 4.8 | 340.4 | 5.7 | 77.8 |
| 59 | (66) | The University of Winchester | 57.6 | 89.4 | 91.5 | 77.7 | 17.3 | 3 | 322.3 | 6.4 | 53.9 |
| 60 | (58) | Northumbria University | 57.4 | 87.1 | 86.5 | 72.8 | 18.5 | 4.3 | 365.5 | 5.7 | 62.1 |
| 61 | (46) | University of Chester | 57.3 | 86.7 | 87.2 | 74.6 | 16.9 | 4.4 | 302.4 | 4.5 | 70.8 |
| 62 | (68) | University of Brighton | 56.9 | 83.2 | 84.7 | 70.7 | 18.3 | 4 | 315.7 | 6.1 | 59.1 |
| 63 | (56) | University of Stirling | 56.6 | 85.8 | 87.8 | 66.5 | 15.7 | 4.2 | 380.2 | 3.9 | 64.3 |
| 64 | (108) | Glyndŵr University | 55.7 | 80.8 | 83.3 | 75.2 | 20.1 | 3.9 | 287.4 | 4.7 | 62.5 |
| 65 | (56) | University of Lincoln | 55.3 | 84.4 | 85.1 | 72 | 18.6 | 4.1 | 337.7 | 3.4 | 69.5 |
| 66 | (82) | University of Hertfordshire | 55.2 | 81.8 | 82.6 | 66.5 | 18.3 | 4.9 | 343.9 | 6.8 | 62 |
| 67 | (87) | University of Central Lancashire | 55.1 | 85.7 | 85.7 | 75.1 | 17.2 | 5.8 | 336.9 | 4.2 | 55.6 |
| 68 | (59) | Plymouth University | 54.8 | 85.3 | 87.5 | 70.3 | 16.2 | 6 | 315.7 | 5.1 | 58.2 |
| 69 | (78) | Bath Spa University | 54.5 | 87.8 | 89.7 | 75.7 | 20 | 4.5 | 331.8 | 5.7 | 58 |
| 69 | (81) | Queen Margaret University | 54.5 | 83.7 | 88.1 | 61.9 | 20.5 | 2.9 | 338.8 | 6.9 | 68.4 |
| 71 | (52) | Bournemouth University | 53.8 | 79.4 | 83.7 | 68.9 | 21.6 | 5.8 | 336.4 | 5.5 | 64.2 |
| 71 | (93) | Manchester Metropolitan University | 53.8 | 82.1 | 83.3 | 71.2 | 18.2 | 3.2 | 343.7 | 5.8 | 58.3 |
| 73 | (72) | Sheffield Hallam University | 53.5 | 81.8 | 84.5 | 69.2 | 18.4 | 4.8 | 321.1 | 6.6 | 57.8 |
| 74 | (80) | University of Gloucestershire | 53.3 | 82.4 | 84.9 | 73.2 | 23.6 | 4.8 | 295.1 | 7.4 | 61.3 |
| 75 | (70) | Edge Hill University | 53 | 87 | 88 | 78 | 16.8 | 3.8 | 307.8 | 4.4 | 61 |
| 75 | (62) | The University of Hull | 53 | 89.5 | 89.4 | 73.3 | 17.8 | 4.2 | 332.8 | 5.4 | 55.5 |
| 77 | (65) | University of Sunderland | 52.9 | 82.5 | 85.6 | 72.9 | 17.9 | 6.9 | 302.7 | 4.3 | 49.7 |
| 78 | (98) | University Campus Suffolk | 52.6 | 82.8 | 84.5 | 74.8 | 19.2 | – | 338.1 | 4 | 60.9 |
| 78 | (85) | Edinburgh Napier University | 52.6 | 83.7 | 86.9 | 70.9 | 21.6 | 3.8 | 348 | 7 | 63.3 |
| 80 | (77) | University of Chichester | 52.5 | 87.4 | 89.5 | 74.4 | 18.7 | 3.3 | 305.7 | 5.3 | 61.1 |
| 80 | (69) | Liverpool John Moores University | 52.5 | 81.8 | 84.3 | 74 | 19.7 | 3.8 | 335.9 | 6.8 | 55.4 |
| 82 | (74) | Bangor University | 52.4 | 83.9 | 85.6 | 71.1 | 17.8 | 4.7 | 305.5 | 4.4 | 65.6 |
| 83 | (90) | University of Bradford | 52.1 | 82.3 | 81.4 | 68.6 | 18.6 | 4.7 | 319.9 | 5.8 | 69.4 |
| 84 | (75) | Teesside University | 51.8 | 84.7 | 85.4 | 78.4 | 18.8 | 4.6 | 323.6 | 4.7 | 53.6 |
| 85 | (83) | De Montfort University | 51.7 | 83.2 | 84.8 | 71.3 | 18.1 | 3.5 | 312.7 | 6 | 54.4 |
| 86 | (103) | Middlesex University | 51.6 | 79.6 | 82.9 | 72.9 | 20.5 | 6.2 | 287.1 | 5.3 | 53.7 |
| 87 | (70) | University of Greenwich | 51.3 | 83.9 | 85.4 | 71.9 | 21.5 | 3.8 | 312.1 | 6.6 | 53.6 |
| 88 | (61) | Birmingham City University | 50.2 | 82.5 | 83.3 | 72.2 | 21.2 | 4.2 | 316.6 | 6.1 | 63.2 |
| 89 | (94) | York St John University | 49.8 | 86.1 | 89 | 77.2 | 21.1 | 4.1 | 302.2 | 4.9 | 62 |
| 90 | (92) | Staffordshire University | 48.8 | 83.6 | 85.9 | 71.1 | 17.7 | 5.1 | 273.1 | 4.2 | 55.3 |
| 91 | (96) | Glasgow Caledonian University | 48.3 | 82.2 | 83.3 | 61.4 | 20.9 | 4 | 370.3 | 6.1 | 64.3 |
| 92 | (104) | Canterbury Christ Church University | 48.1 | 85.1 | 86.7 | 71.4 | 18.9 | 3 | 276.6 | 6.5 | 58.2 |
| 93 | (97) | Ulster University | 47.8 | 87.7 | 86.4 | 73.7 | 19.2 | 3.5 | 309.3 | 5.9 | 51.2 |
| 94 | (85) | University of Salford | 47.6 | 79.9 | 83.3 | 68.3 | 17 | 3.8 | 340.5 | 4.9 | 60.2 |
| 95 | (99) | University of Westminster | 47.5 | 80.2 | 79.9 | 65.1 | 20.3 | 4.6 | 317.1 | 6.5 | 54.2 |
| 96 | (89) | St Mary's University, Twickenham | 47.2 | 86.4 | 87.6 | 72.7 | 22.4 | 3 | 293.7 | 4.4 | 66.4 |
| 97 | (84) | University of West London | 47.1 | 76.4 | 81.9 | 69.3 | 18.3 | 5.4 | 255.7 | 3.3 | 62.8 |
| 98 | (100) | Kingston University | 47 | 80.3 | 82.4 | 66.5 | 19.4 | 4.9 | 298.3 | 4 | 57.8 |
| 98 | (105) | Cardiff Metropolitan University | 47 | 82.8 | 84.2 | 74 | 20.3 | 3.5 | 303.8 | 5 | 53.1 |
| 100 | (101) | University of Roehampton | 46.4 | 85.8 | 87.2 | 72 | 20.2 | 3.6 | 286.5 | 5.3 | 53.8 |
| 101 | (114) | Abertay University | 46.3 | 83.6 | 86.3 | 59.6 | 21.3 | 2.4 | 330 | 6.6 | 67.7 |
| 102 | ( – ) | University of South Wales | 46.1 | 80.5 | 82.4 | 69.8 | 22.9 | 4.5 | 321.3 | 4.8 | 56.2 |
| 103 | (95) | University of Worcester | 44.7 | 84.2 | 85.5 | 69.8 | 21.1 | 3.3 | 300.1 | 5.4 | 64.3 |
| 104 | (109) | University of Cumbria | 44.5 | 82.3 | 87.3 | 77.2 | 20.8 | 2.6 | 288.2 | 6.1 | 59.5 |
| 105 | (67) | Anglia Ruskin University | 44.1 | 80.6 | 85.8 | 71.6 | 23 | 7.8 | 251.9 | 3.4 | 61.8 |
| 106 | (88) | Aberystwyth University | 43.8 | 82.1 | 84.2 | 65.1 | 20 | 4.5 | 325 | 4.5 | 54 |
| 107 | (111) | Southampton Solent University | 43.2 | 77.7 | 79.8 | 67.5 | 18.8 | 3.5 | 298.6 | 5 | 48.5 |
| 108 | (107) | Leeds Metropolitan University | 42.6 | 83.3 | 85.5 | 69.6 | 19.9 | 3.2 | 280 | 5 | 60.7 |
| 109 | (117) | University of East London | 41 | 77.8 | 81.7 | 70.4 | 26.3 | 5.8 | 278.2 | 5.9 | 44.6 |
| 110 | (105) | University of the West of Scotland | 40.1 | 84 | 82.9 | 67.8 | 22 | 3.5 | 298.5 | 5 | 56.7 |
| 111 | (111) | Leeds Trinity University | 39.8 | 86.3 | 88.1 | 76.9 | 23.6 | 2.3 | 279.6 | 3.2 | 57.9 |
| 112 | (113) | London South Bank University | 37.1 | 80.3 | 80.7 | 65.8 | 24.2 | 3.8 | 233.3 | 5.5 | 56.5 |
| 113 | (115) | University of Bolton | 35.4 | 77.6 | 83.4 | 71.2 | 19.9 | 3.4 | 275.4 | 3.2 | 53.7 |
| 114 | (119) | Buckinghamshire New University | 32 | 77.8 | 81.8 | 69.8 | 22.2 | 3.1 | 249.7 | 4 | 44.5 |
| 115 | (110) | University of Bedfordshire | 30.7 | 81.4 | 81.3 | 71.5 | 20.9 | 4.4 | 224.7 | 3.9 | 53.8 |
| 116 | (116) | London Metropolitan University | 29.9 | 74.2 | 79.6 | 66.9 | 21.5 | 2.2 | 238.8 | 4.3 | 46.2 |
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