RANK  

  LAST YEAR RANK  

UNIVERSITY

1

2

University of St Andrews

2

1

University of Oxford

3

3

University of Cambridge

4

4

London School of Economics and Political Science      

5

5

Imperial College London

6

7

University College London

7

6

Durham University

8

8

University of Bath

9

9

University of Warwick

10

11

Loughborough University

11

13

University of Exeter

12

14

University of Glasgow

13

10

University of Edinburgh

14

12

Lancaster University

15

17

University of York

16

15

University of Bristol

17

16

University of Southampton

18

20=

University of Sheffield

19

19

University of Aberdeen

20

18

University of Strathclyde

21

22

University of Surrey

22

20=

University of Birmingham

23

24

University of Manchester

24

23

University of Leeds

25

25

Cardiff University 

26

27

University of East Anglia

27

26

King's College London

28

37

SOAS University of London

29=

33=

University of Liverpool

29=

29

Royal Holloway, University of London

31

28

Queen's University, Belfast

32

30=

University of Nottingham

33

32

University of Dundee

34=

30=

University of Reading

34=

35

University of Leicester

36

47

Harper Adams University

37

33=

Newcastle University

38

45=

Aston University

39

41

Aberystwyth University

40

38=

Ulster University

41

42=

Swansea University

42

56

University of the Arts, London

43

42=

Nottingham Trent University

44

45=

Bangor University

45

51

St Mary's University, Twickenham

46

36

Queen Mary, University of London

47

40

University of West London

48

50

University of Sussex

49

49

Northumbria University

50

52

Glasgow Caledonian University

51

42=

Falmouth University

52

48

University of Kent

53=

38=

University of Stirling

53=

66

University of Chichester

55

53

University of Lincoln

56=

85

University of Buckingham

56=

54

University of Essex

58

55

Coventry University

59

60

Manchester Metropolitan University

60

59

Edinburgh Napier University

61

57=

Oxford Brookes University

62

65

Robert Gordon University

63

67=

Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh

64

57=

Heriot-Watt University

65

62

University of Portsmouth

66

69

City, University of London

67

67=

University of Hull

68

64

Keele University

69

78

Edge Hill University

70=

74

University of Plymouth

70=

71=

Liverpool John Moores University

72

61

University of the West of England

73

63

University for the Creative Arts

74

77

Bath Spa University

75

70

Norwich University of the Arts

76

73

University of Huddersfield

77

79

York St John University

78

93

Cardiff Metropolitan University

79

82=

St George's, University of London

80

76

Arts University Bournemouth

81

89=

Bournemouth University

82=

96

University of Derby

83

80=

Plymouth Marjon University

84

89=

Abertay University

85=

87

University of Winchester

85=

82=

Sheffield Hallam University

87

98=

University of Brighton

88

80=

Liverpool Hope University

89=

71=

Leeds Arts University

89=

75

Bishop Grosseteste University

91

88

University of Salford

92

100

Leeds Trinity University

93=

106

Staffordshire University

93=

98=

University of Sunderland

95

91

University of Hertfordshire

96

108

Goldsmiths, University of London

97

103

University of South Wales

98

92

Kingston University

99

101

University of Roehampton

100

97

University of Chester

101

113

Leeds Beckett University

102

86

Teesside University

103

110=

University of Worcester

104

102

Royal Agricultural University

105

84

University of Greenwich

106=

124

University of Bolton

106=

115=

University of Suffolk

108

95

University of Bradford

109

114

Solent University

110

94

Birmingham City University

111

107

University of Central Lancashire

112

105

Hartpury University

113

112

University of Gloucestershire

114

119

Canterbury Christ Church University

115=

109

Anglia Ruskin University

115=

126

London South Bank University

115=

104

University of Wales Trinity St David

118

127

University of Wolverhampton

119

110=

Brunel University London

120

122=

De Montfort University

121

115=

Middlesex University

122=

120

Wrexham Glyndŵr University

122=

115=

University of Westminster

124

128

London Metropolitan University

125

118

Birmingham Newman University

126

122=

University of the West of Scotland

127

121

Buckinghamshire New University

128

125

University of Northampton

129

129

University of Cumbria

130

132

University of Bedfordshire

131

131

University of East London