UK University Rankings Ordered by Research Intensity 2018

From the Complete University Guide Published by the Independent

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* Schools within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

Rank		University Name	Entry Standards	Student Satisfaction	Research Quality	Graduate Prospects	Overall Score	Research Intensity
1st	0	University of Cambridge	592	4.14	3.33	87.8	1000	0.95
36th	3	Queen's, University, Belfast	389	4.19	2.99	80.5	768	0.95
5th	1	Imperial College London	552	3.99	3.36	90.3	925	0.92
17th	7	University of Bristol	485	4.05	3.18	78.9	834	0.91
7th	3	University College London	501	3.97	3.22	87.2	909	0.91
26th	9	University of Southampton	390	4.06	3.15	78.4	792	0.90
10th	3	Loughborough University	400	4.18	2.95	85.1	883	0.88
2nd	0	University of Oxford	570	4.13	3.34	83.7	998	0.87
25th	2	University of Kent	353	4.13	2.95	80.5	803	0.85
51st	0	Goldsmiths, University of London	342	3.98	2.90	59.8	703	0.85
47th	5	Brunel University London	345	4.06	2.67	70.6	722	0.85
4th	1	London School of Economics and Political Science	537	3.75	3.35	84.4	952	0.85
45th	3	University of Strathclyde	480	4.03	3.04	76.3	724	0.84
27th	2	University of Glasgow	485	4.10	3.10	81.4	791	0.84
71st	1	Ulster University	321	4.15	2.91	65.1	640	0.84
8th	0	The University of Warwick	478	4.12	3.22	80.3	896	0.83
23rd	4	The University of Edinburgh	483	3.85	3.18	72.7	805	0.83
27th	0	University of Reading	367	4.08	3.03	73.5	791	0.83
3rd	2	University of St Andrews	525	4.38	3.13	83.3	962	0.82
30th	2	University of Leicester	374	4.11	2.93	75.2	786	0.82
14th	1	University of Exeter	471	4.20	3.08	80.1	850	0.82
29th	5	Heriot-Watt University	407	4.13	3.06	79.7	790	0.82
32nd	9	University of Essex	332	4.19	3.05	73.3	782	0.82
116th	New	Birkbeck, University of London	260	4.12	2.97	70.5	516	0.81
16th	1	University of Birmingham	421	4.09	3.07	85.4	836	0.81
21st	0	King's College London	432	3.91	3.23	87.7	811	0.80
23rd	2	Newcastle University	423	4.15	3.09	82.5	805	0.80
18th	3	The University of Nottingham	425	4.12	3.09	82.6	825	0.79
6th	0	Durham University	519	4.16	3.14	83.2	920	0.79
22nd	3	The University of Manchester	431	4.02	3.16	82.1	808	0.78
35th	2	Royal Holloway, University of London	389	4.13	3.09	69.1	773	0.77
9th	0	Lancaster University	402	4.17	3.15	82.6	889	0.77
68th	19	Aberystwyth University	296	4.20	2.84	67.9	645	0.76
38th	5	SOAS University of London	401	4.08	2.82	70.6	751	0.76
12th	2	University of East Anglia (UEA)	407	4.16	3.11	73.9	853	0.75
14th	2	University of Leeds	427	4.15	3.13	81.3	850	0.75
20th	0	University of York	422	4.20	3.17	76.9	814	0.75
32nd	5	The University of Sheffield	407	4.11	3.17	81.2	782	0.74
39th	0	University of Stirling	372	4.05	2.96	77.1	749	0.74
11th	0	University of Bath	479	4.16	3.17	84.9	868	0.74
34th	3	Queen Mary, University of London	393	4.02	3.18	79.7	776	0.74
13th	2	University of Surrey	438	4.20	2.98	81.0	851	0.73
19th	1	University of Sussex	366	4.09	3.01	85.9	818	0.73
40th	2	University of Aberdeen	432	4.03	2.97	78.6	747	0.73
44th	1	Swansea University	317	4.11	3.09	80.3	725	0.71
41st	3	University of Liverpool	387	4.07	3.06	76.5	741	0.70
30th	5	University of Dundee	403	4.24	3.03	80.9	786	0.68
69th	0	University of Roehampton	280	4.00	2.83	64.1	641	0.67
65th	3	Bangor University	338	4.23	2.99	66.1	654	0.63
37th	2	Cardiff University	399	4.04	3.27	72.3	765	0.62
48th	2	Keele University	340	4.30	2.88	78.7	713	0.59
49th	19	Aston University	342	4.16	3.05	82.3	712	0.57
74th	6	University of Hull	317	4.05	2.70	72.6	632	0.56
59th	24	Liverpool Hope University	304	4.39	2.21	78.0	674	0.53
42nd	2	City, University of London	373	4.14	2.95	82.9	734	0.53
53rd	9	St George's, University of London	408	3.83	2.99	95.1	687	0.52
77th	7	Plymouth University	325	4.06	2.74	68.3	622	0.50
108th	7	London South Bank University	269	3.98	2.52	74.9	537	0.41
50th	1	University of Lincoln	334	4.25	2.54	71.8	707	0.39
66th	1	Oxford Brookes University	327	4.11	2.66	70.8	653	0.39
102nd	1	University of Sunderland	282	4.02	2.12	66.5	561	0.39
88th	2	Abertay University	379	4.12	2.16	68.4	599	0.36
73rd	5	Middlesex University	300	4.04	2.58	70.3	633	0.35
98th	3	University of Salford	320	4.08	2.54	61.2	573	0.33
63rd	5	Falmouth University	318	4.14	2.04	79.3	662	0.33
105th	4	Staffordshire University	288	4.14	2.20	56.5	548	0.33
72nd	9	University of Huddersfield	334	4.17	2.65	72.7	635	0.32
104th	7	University of Worcester	301	4.11	2.08	67.6	559	0.30
90th	14	Bath Spa University	306	4.08	2.52	60.1	592	0.30
82nd	28	De Montfort University	282	4.07	2.67	75.3	615	0.30
85th	11	The University of Winchester	291	4.08	2.32	60.9	603	0.30
91st	3	University of Chester	303	4.13	2.08	64.2	589	0.29
57th	1	Bournemouth University	312	4.00	2.72	71.2	680	0.29
122nd	15	York St John University	302	4.04	2.04	61.3	493	0.29
55th	4	Northumbria University	369	4.09	2.71	71.5	682	0.29
60th	7	University of the West of England	322	4.16	2.70	76.3	673	0.29
95th	7	University of Westminster	319	3.99	2.74	58.0	581	0.29
118th	8	Anglia Ruskin University	257	4.15	2.37	56.3	506	0.27
56th	5	University of Portsmouth	317	4.14	2.75	71.7	681	0.27
109th	11	University of Bedfordshire	244	4.07	2.52	61.4	536	0.27
64th	7	Edge Hill University	325	4.22	2.22	70.8	656	0.27
75th	1	Liverpool John Moores University	343	4.10	2.79	66.0	627	0.26
107th	4	Royal Agricultural University	289	3.95	1.40	73.7	539	0.26
110th	23	University of Northampton	273	4.07	2.09	53.8	534	0.25
86th	6	University of Chichester	300	4.15	2.50	57.4	600	0.25
93rd	5	University of Greenwich	341	4.01	2.33	65.6	585	0.25
95th	4	University of Central Lancashire	341	4.03	2.51	63.5	581	0.24
79th	3	Glasgow Caledonian University	396	3.96	2.67	71.2	620	0.24
121st	7	Leeds Beckett University	287	4.04	2.16	65.9	495	0.24
62nd	5	Manchester Metropolitan University	346	4.08	2.74	66.6	664	0.24
52nd	11	Nottingham Trent University	345	4.18	2.59	72.9	700	0.23
120th	2	St Mary's University, Twickenham	307	4.07	1.98	70.0	499	0.23
106th	6	Canterbury Christ Church University	279	4.02	2.38	60.4	547	0.23
114th	12	University of East London	291	4.09	2.71	51.8	520	0.23
46th	0	Harper Adams University	338	4.23	2.66	72.5	723	0.23
58th	5	University of Bradford	329	4.02	2.95	78.6	675	0.23
100th	10	University of the West of Scotland	333	4.15	2.36	69.6	564	0.22
92nd	1	Queen Margaret University	339	4.09	2.65	57.7	586	0.22
79th	0	University of Hertfordshire	301	4.01	2.61	77.3	620	0.21
89th	1	University of Brighton	305	4.00	2.84	71.2	593	0.21
75th	11	Robert Gordon University	390	4.03	2.35	77.4	627	0.21
125th	3	University of Bolton	283	4.14	2.04	58.7	452	0.20
113th	4	Newman University	292	4.05	2.13	67.1	523	0.20
94th	2	Edinburgh Napier University	343	4.03	2.52	71.4	582	0.19
97th	6	University of Derby	289	4.14	2.07	63.6	576	0.19
84th	18	Norwich University of the Arts	349	4.04	2.69	57.2	605	0.18
86th	3	University of Gloucestershire	305	4.14	2.38	63.7	600	0.18
115th	4	Bishop Grosseteste University	282	4.21	1.96	67.1	517	0.17
112th	9	Leeds Trinity University	274	4.00	2.01	70.2	532	0.17
83rd	2	University of the Arts London (UAL)	313	3.93	3.12	61.0	614	0.17
102nd	7	Kingston University	308	3.96	2.70	64.4	561	0.16
110th	11	University of South Wales	321	4.01	2.51	56.1	534	0.16
128th	3	Wrexham Glyndŵr University	247	4.19	2.15	58.2	412	0.16
69th	3	Sheffield Hallam University	303	4.01	2.76	68.5	641	0.16
127th	0	London Metropolitan University	260	4.07	2.44	58.7	414	0.15
101st	6	Teesside University	300	4.13	2.58	65.8	562	0.14
99th	4	Birmingham City University	312	4.06	2.64	68.7	568	0.14
79th	27	University of West London	298	4.13	1.92	68.9	620	0.13
43rd	7	Coventry University	331	4.28	2.67	79.8	732	0.13
61st	15	Arts University Bournemouth	376	4.06	2.30	73.9	670	0.13
119th	4	University of Wales Trinity Saint David	294	4.12	2.39	43.6	501	0.12
54th	5	University for the Creative Arts	324	4.17	2.72	53.5	686	0.10
67th	5	Cardiff Metropolitan University	322	3.98	3.00	70.0	646	0.09
124th	11	Buckinghamshire New University	270	4.07	2.19	61.2	474	0.09
123rd	2	University of Cumbria	295	3.99	2.13	65.5	476	0.08
117th	2	Southampton Solent University	280	4.04	1.63	56.5	514	0.07
78th	23	The University of Buckingham	318	4.45	n/a	71.4	621	n/a
126th	2	Plymouth Marjon University	336	4.13	n/a	62.8	447	n/a
129th	New	University of Suffolk	276	4.04	n/a	60.4	337	n/a

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