UK University Rankings Ordered by Academic Services Spend 2018
From the Complete University Guide Published by the Independent
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| Rank | University Name | Entry Standards | Student Satisfaction | Research Quality | Graduate Prospects | Overall Score | Academic Services Spend | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73rd | 5 | Middlesex University | 300 | 4.04 | 2.58 | 70.3 | 633 | 2,622 |
| 2nd | 0 | University of Oxford | 570 | 4.13 | 3.34 | 83.7 | 998 | 2,608 |
| 1st | 0 | University of Cambridge | 592 | 4.14 | 3.33 | 87.8 | 1000 | 2,604 |
| 54th | 5 | University for the Creative Arts | 324 | 4.17 | 2.72 | 53.5 | 686 | 2,585 |
| 5th | 1 | Imperial College London | 552 | 3.99 | 3.36 | 90.3 | 925 | 2,425 |
| 53rd | 9 | St George's, University of London | 408 | 3.83 | 2.99 | 95.1 | 687 | 2,356 |
| 7th | 3 | University College London | 501 | 3.97 | 3.22 | 87.2 | 909 | 2,345 |
| 4th | 1 | London School of Economics and Political Science | 537 | 3.75 | 3.35 | 84.4 | 952 | 2,254 |
| 14th | 2 | University of Leeds | 427 | 4.15 | 3.13 | 81.3 | 850 | 2,185 |
| 3rd | 2 | University of St Andrews | 525 | 4.38 | 3.13 | 83.3 | 962 | 2,034 |
| 16th | 1 | University of Birmingham | 421 | 4.09 | 3.07 | 85.4 | 836 | 1,929 |
| 9th | 0 | Lancaster University | 402 | 4.17 | 3.15 | 82.6 | 889 | 1,917 |
| 107th | 4 | Royal Agricultural University | 289 | 3.95 | 1.40 | 73.7 | 539 | 1,868 |
| 30th | 2 | University of Leicester | 374 | 4.11 | 2.93 | 75.2 | 786 | 1,808 |
| 13th | 2 | University of Surrey | 438 | 4.20 | 2.98 | 81.0 | 851 | 1,781 |
| 8th | 0 | The University of Warwick | 478 | 4.12 | 3.22 | 80.3 | 896 | 1,765 |
| 22nd | 3 | The University of Manchester | 431 | 4.02 | 3.16 | 82.1 | 808 | 1,748 |
| 38th | 5 | SOAS University of London | 401 | 4.08 | 2.82 | 70.6 | 751 | 1,747 |
| 42nd | 2 | City, University of London | 373 | 4.14 | 2.95 | 82.9 | 734 | 1,728 |
| 11th | 0 | University of Bath | 479 | 4.16 | 3.17 | 84.9 | 868 | 1,703 |
| 32nd | 9 | University of Essex | 332 | 4.19 | 3.05 | 73.3 | 782 | 1,694 |
| 27th | 2 | University of Glasgow | 485 | 4.10 | 3.10 | 81.4 | 791 | 1,676 |
| 91st | 3 | University of Chester | 303 | 4.13 | 2.08 | 64.2 | 589 | 1,660 |
| 19th | 1 | University of Sussex | 366 | 4.09 | 3.01 | 85.9 | 818 | 1,658 |
| 12th | 2 | University of East Anglia (UEA) | 407 | 4.16 | 3.11 | 73.9 | 853 | 1,646 |
| 105th | 4 | Staffordshire University | 288 | 4.14 | 2.20 | 56.5 | 548 | 1,643 |
| 27th | 0 | University of Reading | 367 | 4.08 | 3.03 | 73.5 | 791 | 1,641 |
| 69th | 3 | Sheffield Hallam University | 303 | 4.01 | 2.76 | 68.5 | 641 | 1,639 |
| 109th | 11 | University of Bedfordshire | 244 | 4.07 | 2.52 | 61.4 | 536 | 1,633 |
| 32nd | 5 | The University of Sheffield | 407 | 4.11 | 3.17 | 81.2 | 782 | 1,621 |
| 6th | 0 | Durham University | 519 | 4.16 | 3.14 | 83.2 | 920 | 1,615 |
| 14th | 1 | University of Exeter | 471 | 4.20 | 3.08 | 80.1 | 850 | 1,614 |
| 41st | 3 | University of Liverpool | 387 | 4.07 | 3.06 | 76.5 | 741 | 1,612 |
| 108th | 7 | London South Bank University | 269 | 3.98 | 2.52 | 74.9 | 537 | 1,611 |
| 18th | 3 | The University of Nottingham | 425 | 4.12 | 3.09 | 82.6 | 825 | 1,605 |
| 21st | 0 | King's College London | 432 | 3.91 | 3.23 | 87.7 | 811 | 1,594 |
| 26th | 9 | University of Southampton | 390 | 4.06 | 3.15 | 78.4 | 792 | 1,588 |
| 69th | 0 | University of Roehampton | 280 | 4.00 | 2.83 | 64.1 | 641 | 1,583 |
| 29th | 5 | Heriot-Watt University | 407 | 4.13 | 3.06 | 79.7 | 790 | 1,566 |
| 40th | 2 | University of Aberdeen | 432 | 4.03 | 2.97 | 78.6 | 747 | 1,556 |
| 114th | 12 | University of East London | 291 | 4.09 | 2.71 | 51.8 | 520 | 1,556 |
| 10th | 3 | Loughborough University | 400 | 4.18 | 2.95 | 85.1 | 883 | 1,550 |
| 60th | 7 | University of the West of England | 322 | 4.16 | 2.70 | 76.3 | 673 | 1,540 |
| 34th | 3 | Queen Mary, University of London | 393 | 4.02 | 3.18 | 79.7 | 776 | 1,540 |
| 67th | 5 | Cardiff Metropolitan University | 322 | 3.98 | 3.00 | 70.0 | 646 | 1,522 |
| 46th | 0 | Harper Adams University | 338 | 4.23 | 2.66 | 72.5 | 723 | 1,521 |
| 47th | 5 | Brunel University London | 345 | 4.06 | 2.67 | 70.6 | 722 | 1,508 |
| 95th | 4 | University of Central Lancashire | 341 | 4.03 | 2.51 | 63.5 | 581 | 1,506 |
| 101st | 6 | Teesside University | 300 | 4.13 | 2.58 | 65.8 | 562 | 1,497 |
| 64th | 7 | Edge Hill University | 325 | 4.22 | 2.22 | 70.8 | 656 | 1,494 |
| 74th | 6 | University of Hull | 317 | 4.05 | 2.70 | 72.6 | 632 | 1,492 |
| 56th | 5 | University of Portsmouth | 317 | 4.14 | 2.75 | 71.7 | 681 | 1,492 |
| 17th | 7 | University of Bristol | 485 | 4.05 | 3.18 | 78.9 | 834 | 1,490 |
| 102nd | 7 | Kingston University | 308 | 3.96 | 2.70 | 64.4 | 561 | 1,482 |
| 30th | 5 | University of Dundee | 403 | 4.24 | 3.03 | 80.9 | 786 | 1,478 |
| 44th | 1 | Swansea University | 317 | 4.11 | 3.09 | 80.3 | 725 | 1,477 |
| 20th | 0 | University of York | 422 | 4.20 | 3.17 | 76.9 | 814 | 1,473 |
| 95th | 7 | University of Westminster | 319 | 3.99 | 2.74 | 58.0 | 581 | 1,467 |
| 23rd | 2 | Newcastle University | 423 | 4.15 | 3.09 | 82.5 | 805 | 1,466 |
| 110th | 23 | University of Northampton | 273 | 4.07 | 2.09 | 53.8 | 534 | 1,465 |
| 102nd | 1 | University of Sunderland | 282 | 4.02 | 2.12 | 66.5 | 561 | 1,447 |
| 79th | 27 | University of West London | 298 | 4.13 | 1.92 | 68.9 | 620 | 1,447 |
| 84th | 18 | Norwich University of the Arts | 349 | 4.04 | 2.69 | 57.2 | 605 | 1,437 |
| 51st | 0 | Goldsmiths, University of London | 342 | 3.98 | 2.90 | 59.8 | 703 | 1,437 |
| 43rd | 7 | Coventry University | 331 | 4.28 | 2.67 | 79.8 | 732 | 1,431 |
| 83rd | 2 | University of the Arts London (UAL) | 313 | 3.93 | 3.12 | 61.0 | 614 | 1,429 |
| 45th | 3 | University of Strathclyde | 480 | 4.03 | 3.04 | 76.3 | 724 | 1,425 |
| 37th | 2 | Cardiff University | 399 | 4.04 | 3.27 | 72.3 | 765 | 1,417 |
| 68th | 19 | Aberystwyth University | 296 | 4.20 | 2.84 | 67.9 | 645 | 1,409 |
| 49th | 19 | Aston University | 342 | 4.16 | 3.05 | 82.3 | 712 | 1,408 |
| 23rd | 4 | The University of Edinburgh | 483 | 3.85 | 3.18 | 72.7 | 805 | 1,401 |
| 62nd | 5 | Manchester Metropolitan University | 346 | 4.08 | 2.74 | 66.6 | 664 | 1,389 |
| 58th | 5 | University of Bradford | 329 | 4.02 | 2.95 | 78.6 | 675 | 1,388 |
| 72nd | 9 | University of Huddersfield | 334 | 4.17 | 2.65 | 72.7 | 635 | 1,385 |
| 36th | 3 | Queen's, University, Belfast | 389 | 4.19 | 2.99 | 80.5 | 768 | 1,378 |
| 35th | 2 | Royal Holloway, University of London | 389 | 4.13 | 3.09 | 69.1 | 773 | 1,367 |
| 57th | 1 | Bournemouth University | 312 | 4.00 | 2.72 | 71.2 | 680 | 1,364 |
| 128th | 3 | Wrexham Glyndŵr University | 247 | 4.19 | 2.15 | 58.2 | 412 | 1,362 |
| 97th | 6 | University of Derby | 289 | 4.14 | 2.07 | 63.6 | 576 | 1,362 |
| 82nd | 28 | De Montfort University | 282 | 4.07 | 2.67 | 75.3 | 615 | 1,348 |
| 86th | 3 | University of Gloucestershire | 305 | 4.14 | 2.38 | 63.7 | 600 | 1,339 |
| 78th | 23 | The University of Buckingham | 318 | 4.45 | n/a | 71.4 | 621 | 1,326 |
| 79th | 3 | Glasgow Caledonian University | 396 | 3.96 | 2.67 | 71.2 | 620 | 1,307 |
| 93rd | 5 | University of Greenwich | 341 | 4.01 | 2.33 | 65.6 | 585 | 1,293 |
| 100th | 10 | University of the West of Scotland | 333 | 4.15 | 2.36 | 69.6 | 564 | 1,286 |
| 71st | 1 | Ulster University | 321 | 4.15 | 2.91 | 65.1 | 640 | 1,286 |
| 90th | 14 | Bath Spa University | 306 | 4.08 | 2.52 | 60.1 | 592 | 1,273 |
| 55th | 4 | Northumbria University | 369 | 4.09 | 2.71 | 71.5 | 682 | 1,266 |
| 117th | 2 | Southampton Solent University | 280 | 4.04 | 1.63 | 56.5 | 514 | 1,255 |
| 112th | 9 | Leeds Trinity University | 274 | 4.00 | 2.01 | 70.2 | 532 | 1,243 |
| 110th | 11 | University of South Wales | 321 | 4.01 | 2.51 | 56.1 | 534 | 1,227 |
| 119th | 4 | University of Wales Trinity Saint David | 294 | 4.12 | 2.39 | 43.6 | 501 | 1,215 |
| 48th | 2 | Keele University | 340 | 4.30 | 2.88 | 78.7 | 713 | 1,214 |
| 79th | 0 | University of Hertfordshire | 301 | 4.01 | 2.61 | 77.3 | 620 | 1,213 |
| 124th | 11 | Buckinghamshire New University | 270 | 4.07 | 2.19 | 61.2 | 474 | 1,209 |
| 98th | 3 | University of Salford | 320 | 4.08 | 2.54 | 61.2 | 573 | 1,206 |
| 113th | 4 | Newman University | 292 | 4.05 | 2.13 | 67.1 | 523 | 1,200 |
| 50th | 1 | University of Lincoln | 334 | 4.25 | 2.54 | 71.8 | 707 | 1,200 |
| 99th | 4 | Birmingham City University | 312 | 4.06 | 2.64 | 68.7 | 568 | 1,198 |
| 77th | 7 | Plymouth University | 325 | 4.06 | 2.74 | 68.3 | 622 | 1,184 |
| 52nd | 11 | Nottingham Trent University | 345 | 4.18 | 2.59 | 72.9 | 700 | 1,179 |
| 106th | 6 | Canterbury Christ Church University | 279 | 4.02 | 2.38 | 60.4 | 547 | 1,160 |
| 92nd | 1 | Queen Margaret University | 339 | 4.09 | 2.65 | 57.7 | 586 | 1,155 |
| 118th | 8 | Anglia Ruskin University | 257 | 4.15 | 2.37 | 56.3 | 506 | 1,151 |
| 75th | 11 | Robert Gordon University | 390 | 4.03 | 2.35 | 77.4 | 627 | 1,133 |
| 94th | 2 | Edinburgh Napier University | 343 | 4.03 | 2.52 | 71.4 | 582 | 1,125 |
| 75th | 1 | Liverpool John Moores University | 343 | 4.10 | 2.79 | 66.0 | 627 | 1,116 |
| 65th | 3 | Bangor University | 338 | 4.23 | 2.99 | 66.1 | 654 | 1,107 |
| 25th | 2 | University of Kent | 353 | 4.13 | 2.95 | 80.5 | 803 | 1,092 |
| 122nd | 15 | York St John University | 302 | 4.04 | 2.04 | 61.3 | 493 | 1,080 |
| 88th | 2 | Abertay University | 379 | 4.12 | 2.16 | 68.4 | 599 | 1,065 |
| 66th | 1 | Oxford Brookes University | 327 | 4.11 | 2.66 | 70.8 | 653 | 1,044 |
| 61st | 15 | Arts University Bournemouth | 376 | 4.06 | 2.30 | 73.9 | 670 | 1,038 |
| 63rd | 5 | Falmouth University | 318 | 4.14 | 2.04 | 79.3 | 662 | 1,031 |
| 123rd | 2 | University of Cumbria | 295 | 3.99 | 2.13 | 65.5 | 476 | 1,024 |
| 121st | 7 | Leeds Beckett University | 287 | 4.04 | 2.16 | 65.9 | 495 | 1,022 |
| 85th | 11 | The University of Winchester | 291 | 4.08 | 2.32 | 60.9 | 603 | 1,019 |
| 39th | 0 | University of Stirling | 372 | 4.05 | 2.96 | 77.1 | 749 | 988 |
| 89th | 1 | University of Brighton | 305 | 4.00 | 2.84 | 71.2 | 593 | 931 |
| 120th | 2 | St Mary's University, Twickenham | 307 | 4.07 | 1.98 | 70.0 | 499 | 891 |
| 59th | 24 | Liverpool Hope University | 304 | 4.39 | 2.21 | 78.0 | 674 | 877 |
| 86th | 6 | University of Chichester | 300 | 4.15 | 2.50 | 57.4 | 600 | 837 |
| 116th | New | Birkbeck, University of London | 260 | 4.12 | 2.97 | 70.5 | 516 | 800 |
| 126th | 2 | Plymouth Marjon University | 336 | 4.13 | n/a | 62.8 | 447 | 776 |
| 125th | 3 | University of Bolton | 283 | 4.14 | 2.04 | 58.7 | 452 | 753 |
| 104th | 7 | University of Worcester | 301 | 4.11 | 2.08 | 67.6 | 559 | 741 |
| 127th | 0 | London Metropolitan University | 260 | 4.07 | 2.44 | 58.7 | 414 | 740 |
| 115th | 4 | Bishop Grosseteste University | 282 | 4.21 | 1.96 | 67.1 | 517 | 600 |
| 129th | New | University of Suffolk | 276 | 4.04 | n/a | 60.4 | 337 | 543 |
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