UK University Rankings - Overall Rankings 2020

From the Complete University Guide Published by the Independent

* Schools within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

Rank	University Name	Entry Standards	Student Satisfaction	Research Quality	Graduate Prospects	Overall Score
1st	University of Cambridge	224	4.09	3.33	86.7	1000
2nd	University of Oxford	215	4.10	3.34	83.4	989
3rd	University of St Andrews	207	4.26	3.13	79.7	944
4th	London School of Economics and Political Science	189	3.67	3.35	86.1	934
5th	Imperial College London	205	4.02	3.36	90.4	933
6th	Durham University	194	4.01	3.14	84.8	915
7th	Lancaster University	156	4.14	3.15	89.2	914
8th	Loughborough University	157	4.18	2.95	86.8	905
9th	University of Bath	183	4.05	3.17	87.4	882
10th	University College London	187	3.87	3.22	83.8	880
11th	University of Exeter	171	4.08	3.08	85.5	868
11th	The University of Warwick	171	4.05	3.22	83.2	868
13th	University of Birmingham	163	4.01	3.07	85.3	841
14th	University of Leeds	164	4.09	3.13	81.2	838
15th	The University of Manchester	168	3.98	3.16	80.4	827
16th	The University of Edinburgh	189	3.84	3.18	77.3	826
16th	University of Bristol	177	3.95	3.18	80.5	826
18th	University of Glasgow	196	4.06	3.10	85.4	823
19th	The University of Nottingham	162	4.02	3.09	86.0	814
20th	University of Southampton	161	4.03	3.15	82.1	804
21st	University of East Anglia (UEA)	147	4.01	3.11	77.0	802
22nd	Newcastle University	160	4.03	3.09	85.8	800
23rd	Royal Holloway, University of London	141	4.02	3.09	73.5	798
23rd	University of Surrey	156	4.04	2.98	80.6	798
25th	King's College London	171	3.84	3.23	84.7	795
26th	Cardiff University	158	3.99	3.27	81.9	786
27th	Harper Adams University	134	4.09	2.66	72.5	785
28th	University of Liverpool	145	4.08	3.06	85.3	776
29th	University of Aberdeen	183	4.08	2.97	81.0	774
30th	University of York	157	4.09	3.17	81.6	773
31st	University of Dundee	168	4.16	3.03	81.4	772
32nd	University of Sussex	148	3.91	3.01	80.4	768
33rd	The University of Sheffield	157	4.04	3.17	84.3	767
34th	Aston University	131	4.02	3.05	79.2	763
35th	Swansea University	130	4.08	3.09	85.3	756
35th	Heriot-Watt University	162	3.94	3.06	79.2	756
37th	Queen's University, Belfast	150	3.97	2.99	82.4	755
38th	Nottingham Trent University	134	4.14	2.59	81.7	753
39th	University of Strathclyde	198	3.95	3.04	79.7	747
40th	University of Reading	132	3.85	3.03	75.8	746
41st	Queen Mary, University of London	144	3.88	3.18	78.6	742
42nd	University of Lincoln	128	4.17	2.54	81.5	735
43rd	University of Stirling	162	3.97	2.96	78.2	732
44th	University of Essex	111	4.08	3.05	73.8	726
44th	SOAS University of London	154	3.95	2.82	69.8	726
44th	University of Leicester	133	3.97	2.93	74.9	726
47th	St George's, University of London	159	3.83	2.99	94.0	725
48th	University for the Creative Arts	140	4.17	2.72	72.9	723
49th	University of Kent	134	3.99	2.95	78.0	715
50th	Northumbria University	143	4.03	2.71	75.1	703
51st	Oxford Brookes University	130	4.03	2.66	77.2	702
52nd	Keele University	127	4.15	2.88	81.7	699
53rd	Coventry University	126	4.13	2.67	80.5	698
53rd	University of Portsmouth	115	4.11	2.75	85.2	698
55th	University of the West of England	125	4.18	2.70	76.1	693
56th	Manchester Metropolitan University	133	4.02	2.74	71.1	688
57th	City, University of London	142	4.05	2.95	72.9	680
58th	Ulster University	128	4.14	2.91	70.9	676
58th	Edge Hill University	133	4.11	2.22	76.9	676
58th	Staffordshire University	119	4.18	2.20	80.7	676
61st	University of the Arts London (UAL)	133	3.91	3.12	72.1	675
62nd	Liverpool Hope University	118	4.21	2.21	83.7	674
63rd	University of Bradford	132	3.91	2.95	82.8	671
64th	University of Huddersfield	130	4.07	2.65	80.0	668
65th	Arts University Bournemouth	154	4.07	2.30	80.3	667
66th	Liverpool John Moores University	141	4.05	2.79	74.7	661
67th	De Montfort University	110	4.13	2.67	83.2	655
68th	Queen Margaret University	149	3.98	2.65	72.9	652
69th	Brunel University London	126	3.88	2.67	70.7	651
70th	Bournemouth University	122	3.95	2.72	68.2	649
71st	Aberystwyth University	120	4.24	2.84	77.7	644
72nd	Goldsmiths, University of London	130	3.88	2.90	58.1	640
73rd	Sheffield Hallam University	119	4.07	2.76	73.5	637
74th	University of Hertfordshire	116	4.04	2.61	80.4	634
75th	University of Central Lancashire	132	4.00	2.51	76.9	633
76th	Norwich University of the Arts	135	4.06	2.69	60.5	630
77th	Glasgow Caledonian University	163	3.99	2.67	72.1	628
77th	University of Plymouth	135	4.10	2.74	73.5	628
77th	Falmouth University	130	4.01	2.04	76.9	628
80th	University of Salford	130	4.08	2.54	73.1	626
81st	University of Roehampton	111	3.98	2.83	71.5	622
81st	University of Hull	126	3.96	2.70	76.0	622
83rd	Bangor University	125	4.16	2.99	67.4	619
83rd	University of Greenwich	136	4.00	2.33	70.2	619
85th	Robert Gordon University	153	4.04	2.35	81.1	616
86th	Edinburgh Napier University	143	3.85	2.52	73.4	615
87th	London South Bank University	115	3.95	2.52	87.7	613
88th	University of Chichester	122	4.07	2.50	64.8	612
89th	Middlesex University	122	3.92	2.58	73.5	606
90th	University of West London	116	4.02	1.92	73.8	605
91st	Birmingham City University	123	4.07	2.64	76.4	604
92nd	University of Westminster	126	3.92	2.74	70.0	602
93rd	Kingston University	123	4.02	2.70	64.1	601
94th	Bath Spa University	116	3.96	2.52	66.5	596
94th	Leeds Arts University	156	4.21	n/a	57.1	596
96th	Cardiff Metropolitan University	122	3.98	3.00	65.5	593
97th	St Mary's University, Twickenham	118	4.13	1.98	72.3	584
97th	University of Derby	122	4.11	2.07	75.8	584
99th	University of Gloucestershire	120	4.09	2.38	72.6	583
100th	Teesside University	117	4.08	2.58	80.9	581
101st	University of Chester	113	4.10	2.08	70.1	577
102nd	University of Wales Trinity Saint David	111	4.18	2.39	66.0	576
103rd	Abertay University	137	4.02	2.16	73.4	569
104th	University of the West of Scotland	136	4.08	2.36	80.2	567
105th	Solent University	118	4.10	1.63	70.2	565
106th	The University of Winchester	112	4.04	2.32	64.2	564
107th	University of Sunderland	116	4.05	2.12	66.4	563
107th	The University of Buckingham	121	4.24	n/a	81.5	563
109th	University of Worcester	118	4.11	2.08	74.7	556
110th	University of Northampton	105	4.01	2.09	67.8	553
111th	York St John University	114	4.08	2.04	73.4	543
112th	Leeds Trinity University	108	4.11	2.01	67.9	541
113th	University of South Wales	125	4.06	2.51	63.2	537
114th	University of Brighton	117	3.94	2.84	66.8	534
115th	Buckinghamshire New University	115	4.10	2.19	67.6	528
116th	University of East London	107	4.11	2.71	65.0	526
117th	Canterbury Christ Church University	108	3.99	2.38	64.4	522
118th	Anglia Ruskin University	110	4.08	2.37	68.1	510
119th	Bishop Grosseteste University	110	3.94	1.96	72.7	507
120th	University of Cumbria	123	3.92	2.13	72.4	502
121st	Leeds Beckett University	112	4.06	2.16	63.1	498
122nd	University of Bedfordshire	98	4.07	2.52	70.2	492
123rd	Royal Agricultural University	118	3.90	1.40	63.3	490
124th	University of Wolverhampton	110	4.03	2.31	68.7	483
125th	Newman University	117	4.02	2.13	64.2	475
126th	London Metropolitan University	99	4.00	2.44	69.1	473
127th	Plymouth Marjon University	120	4.23	n/a	63.6	470
128th	University of Bolton	115	4.21	2.04	56.5	447
129th	University of Suffolk	116	3.90	n/a	64.2	421
130th	Wrexham Glyndŵr University	94	4.00	2.15	63.1	417
131st	Ravensbourne University London	110	3.82	n/a	68.7	339

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