CUG Rank

University Name

Entry Standards

Student Satisfaction

Research Quality

Graduate Prospects

Overall Score

2016

2015

1

2

Bath

490

4.27

3.2

91

100

2

3

St Andrews

521

4.25

3.14

82

99.5

3

4

London School of Economics

520

3.89

3.46

83

97.9

4

5

Warwick

471

4.11

3.15

86

97

5

8

Loughborough

418

4.36

2.97

90

96.7

6

6

Durham

471

3.86

3.05

95

95.9

7

17

University College London

472

4.05

3.03

82

95.5

8

12

King's College London

476

4.14

3.12

76

95.2

9

10

Exeter

471

4.13

2.85

82

94.9

10

7

Lancaster

424

4.05

3.16

84

94.2

11

9

Strathclyde

505

4.05

3.17

65

93.8

12

11

Leeds

443

4.08

3.18

77

93.6

13

13

Birmingham

405

3.86

2.84

90

92.3

14

15

Cardiff

399

4.16

3.28

75

91.5

15

20

Surrey

410

4.21

2.69

77

90.9

16

22

Nottingham

398

4.08

2.92

76

90.8

17

24

Edinburgh

450

3.77

3.04

74

90.1

18

14

City

457

3.83

3.23

68

89.9

19

34

Bristol

406

4.01

3.02

-　

89.8

20

37

Aberdeen

432

3.91

3.02

72

89.7

21

19

Newcastle

415

3.88

2.72

77

89.3

22

35

Kent

360

4.12

2.84

77

89.1

23

18

Aston

390

4.04

3.07

74

88.9

24

32

East Anglia

362

4.18

3.09

72

88.9

25

25

Heriot-Watt

399

4.22

2.75

68

88.9

26

26

Manchester

415

3.86

3.07

70

88.8

27

16

Reading

393

3.97

3.11

71

88.7

28

28

SOAS, University of London

381

4.2

2.64

68

88.6

29

36

Sussex

379

3.94

2.87

75

88.1

30

27

Southampton

386

3.59

2.9

84

87.9

31

23

Glasgow

445

3.73

2.81

68

87.8

32

30

Sheffield

381

3.72

3.12

78

87.8

33

21

York

389

3.92

2.87

70

87.3

34

31

Robert Gordon

405

3.86

2.53

80

86.7

35

39

Stirling

395

3.96

2.97

62

86.4

36

29

Leicester

368

3.77

2.66

74

86.3

37

38

Liverpool

390

3.92

2.92

65

86.1

38

42

Queen's, Belfast

377

3.81

2.88

64

85.7

39

33

Royal Holloway, University of London

372

4.04

2.96

58

85.3

40

45

Portsmouth

311

3.92

2.74

76

83.7

41

47

Dundee

387

4.12

2.3

55

83.6

42

51

Brunel University London

348

4.09

2.53

56

83.6

43

41

Swansea

316

3.73

2.93

72

83.2

44

49

Northumbria

352

3.97

2.54

69

83.2

45

43

Nottingham Trent

327

4

2.65

71

83

46

40

Keele

343

3.99

2.4

65

82.9

47

44

Essex

317

4.11

2.86

56

82.7

48

61

Lincoln

317

4.07

2.65

68

82.5

49

46

Bradford

308

4.03

2.83

65

82.3

50

54

Coventry

298

4.14

2.5

70

81.7

51

57

Bangor

307

4.04

2.81

55

81.5

52

48

Queen Mary, University of London

382

3.75

2.85

49

81.4

53

52

Edinburgh Napier

350

4.07

2.47

57

80.7

54

69

Huddersfield

313

4

2.44

64

80.3

55

55

Oxford Brookes

336

3.93

2.65

58

80.3

56

60

Manchester Metropolitan

329

3.94

2.6

60

80.2

57

59

Bournemouth

328

3.76

2.65

63

80.2

58

50

West of England, Bristol

312

3.77

2.59

66

79.8

59

67

Salford

311

4.17

2.66

51

79.5

60

63

De Montfort

281

4.09

2.74

56

79.4

61

56

Hull

300

4.02

2.54

54

79.1

62

58

Brighton

313

3.8

2.84

58

78.9

63

65

Glasgow Caledonian

371

3.82

2.29

54

78.8

64

86

Northampton

264

4.2

1.86

55

78.6

65

76

Ulster

289

4.01

2.97

35

77.6

66

62

Sheffield Hallam

310

4.08

2.32

53

77.5

67

53

Buckingham

302

4.14

-　

68

77.5

68

85

Chester

293

4.03

1.57

67

77.3

69

74

Plymouth

281

3.91

2.48

50

77

70

68

Bath Spa

293

4.22

-　

63

76.6

71

66

Central Lancashire

303

4.1

2.4

45

76.5

72

95

Leeds Trinity

256

4.25

-　

69

76.5

73

64

Hertfordshire

328

3.86

2.05

54

76.4

74

102

Edge Hill

296

4.26

2.03

42

76.1

75

82

Gloucestershire

297

3.86

-　

71

76

76

79

Aberystwyth

298

3.52

2.52

53

76

77

70

Kingston

283

3.97

2.78

43

75.8

78

83

Worcester

303

3.88

1.65

58

75.6

79

80

Liverpool John Moores

334

4.15

-　

51

75.3

80

-

Newman

296

4.29

-　

-　

75.1

81

99

Roehampton

257

4.05

2.23

49

75

82

72

Westminster

319

3.89

2.27

44

75

83

73

Birmingham City

269

4.08

2.42

47

74.9

84

91

Royal Agricultural University

294

3.84

-　

65

74.5

85

94

West of Scotland

291

3.9

2.28

46

74.4

86

108

Anglia Ruskin

229

4.18

2.42

45

73.8

87

84

Winchester

304

4.07

-　

50

73.3

88

100

York St John

260

3.92

1.34

59

73.3

89

78

Middlesex

253

3.94

2.72

38

73.2

90

96

Derby

277

3.93

1.93

47

72.9

91

-

University of the Arts London

368

3.84

-　

42

72.8

92

77

Teesside

265

3.92

2.23

45

72.7

93

89

Abertay

301

3.83

-　

55

72.6

94

87

Queen Margaret

308

3.96

-　

49

72.5

95

92

Greenwich

320

3.84

2.21

34

72.5

96

109

Buckinghamshire New

243

3.96

2.43

44

72.4

97

105

Staffordshire

239

3.96

2.33

43

72

98

116

Cumbria

226

4.04

2.35

40

71.7

99

107

St Mary's, Twickenham

260

4.08

-　

50

71.5

100

88

Leeds Beckett

250

3.7

1.92

53

71.3

101

114

East London

287

3.85

2.26

36

71.3

102

93

Chichester

259

3.96

-　

52

71

103

81

Glyndwr

233

3.84

-　

61

70.9

104

-

Liverpool Hope

272

3.99

-　

48

70.9

105

97

Cardiff Metropolitan

296

3.76

-　

48

70.5

106

104

Sunderland

282

3.91

1.32

44

70.3

107

103

Canterbury Christ Church

251

3.96

-　

49

70.1

108

112

London South Bank

223

4.06

1.83

38

69.8

109

101

University Campus Suffolk

243

4.17

-　

42

69.7

110

75

South Wales

323

3.82

1.44

35

69.7

111

113

Bedfordshire

205

3.96

2.36

37

69.4

112

111

London Metropolitan

198

3.84

2.31

45

69.3

113

110

Southampton Solent

252

3.85

-　

48

69.1

114

98

Highlands & Islands

-　

4.15

-　

31

68.1

115

106

West London

237

3.89

-　

44

67.9

116

115

Bolton

295

3.78

-　

33

67.3

117

-

Trinity Saint David

257

4.03

-　

32

67.2