CUG Rank

University Name

Entry Standards

Student Satisfaction

Research Quality

Graduate Prospects

Overall Score

2016

2015

1

1

Cambridge

639

4.1

3.48

96

100

2

2

Imperial College London

563

4.19

3.46

90

96

3

3

Southampton

487

4.24

3.3

96

93.8

4

5

Glasgow

491

4.19

3.25

90

92

5

12

Strathclyde

465

4.24

3.1

90

90.8

6

10

University College London

486

4.17

3.37

80

90.4

7

7

Bristol

465

4.08

3.3

88

90.2

8

4

Surrey

422

4.3

3.08

94

89.9

9

22

Heriot-Watt

421

4.45

3.3

86

89.6

10

8

Leeds

410

4.24

3.41

90

88.8

11

13

Edinburgh

474

3.79

3.3

86

88.7

12

9

Sheffield

386

4.32

3.22

92

88.6

13

11

Bath

441

4.42

3.04

84

88.3

14

19

Birmingham

404

4.26

2.97

92

87.9

15

43

Exeter

431

4.06

3.18

86

87.3

16

6

Manchester

426

4.24

3.14

82

87.1

17

14

Newcastle

389

4.13

3.09

90

86.7

18

18

Queen's, Belfast

419

4.02

3.19

82

86.5

19

32

Dundee

-　

4.29

3.31

-　

86.2

20

15

Oxford

-　

3.78

3.58

-　

86.2

21

28

Lancaster

408

4

3.08

-　

85.7

22

39

Cardiff

400

4.16

3.31

84

85.7

23

24

Loughborough

368

4.22

2.65

90

84.9

24

17

York

391

4.34

2.91

80

84.4

25

27

Nottingham

389

3.93

3.16

80

83.9

26

21

Liverpool

378

3.96

3.02

82

83.3

27

51

Swansea

346

3.89

3.29

82

82.9

28

33

Reading

373

4.19

2.76

82

82.2

29

34

Brunel University London

353

4.18

2.7

78

81.5

30

26

Robert Gordon

387

3.72

2.58

90

81

31

42

Queen Mary, University of London

406

3.56

3.19

70

80.9

32

36

Ulster

299

4.03

2.89

88

80.8

33

45

Aston

326

3.9

2.86

84

80.5

34

30

Kent

307

4.24

2.78

76

79.9

35

16

Aberdeen

-　

3.77

2.94

-　

79.7

36

37

Sussex

341

3.65

2.97

82

79.6

37

20

Bangor

281

4.27

2.89

76

79.3

38

49

Portsmouth

319

3.88

2.81

90

79.3

39

48

Sheffield Hallam

307

4.11

2.55

78

78.8

40

25

Essex

302

4.01

2.89

-　

78.6

41

53

Derby

302

4.17

1.67

88

77.9

42

41

West of England, Bristol

308

3.66

2.85

88

77.9

43

38

City

356

4.29

2.85

60

77.9

44

-

Leicester

301

3.84

2.99

70

77.4

45

44

Northumbria

345

3.86

2.8

62

77

46

46

Coventry

282

4.3

2.62

74

76.8

47

23

Hull

306

4.11

2.82

66

75.9

48

-

Trinity Saint David

-

4.16

1.75

-　

75.5

49

62

Sunderland

287

4.31

2.03

-　

75.4

50

-

Bournemouth

-　

3.89

2.31

-　

74.9

51

59

Central Lancashire

299

4.02

2.36

68

74.8

52

54

Manchester Metropolitan

331

3.7

2.69

66

74.7

53

29

Staffordshire

240

3.98

2.26

86

74.2

54

52

Liverpool John Moores

313

3.83

2.69

66

73.7

55

-

Glyndwr

-

3.34

2.57

-　

73.5

56

61

Plymouth

309

3.94

2.81

60

73.4

57

56

Salford

318

3.89

2.69

56

73

58

47

Huddersfield

318

4.21

-　

74

72.7

59

57

Glasgow Caledonian

331

3.6

2.4

68

72.4

60

55

De Montfort

293

3.74

2.29

60

71.8

61

50

Hertfordshire

272

3.98

2.52

56

71.8

62

68

Brighton

241

4.09

2.67

-　

71.6

63

40

Greenwich

311

4.06

2.39

52

70.5

64

71

East London

271

4.23

2.05

-　

70.5

65

35

South Wales

281

4.01

2.47

60

70.5

66

64

Teesside

299

4.04

2.63

52

70.4

67

67

Bedfordshire

-　

4.16

2.33

48

69.9

68

66

Bradford

316

3.9

-　

-　

68.6

69

-

Bolton

-　

4.2

-　

60

68.3

70

58

London South Bank

251

3.91

2.59

40

67.5

71

63

Birmingham City

297

3.89

-　

60

67.3

72

60

Westminster

290

3.72

2.03

56

67.2

73

70

Southampton Solent

239

4.06

-　

64

66.7

74

65

London Metropolitan

217

4.33

-　

46

63.2

75

69

Anglia Ruskin

233

3.8

-　

54

63

76

72

Highlands & Islands

-　

3.99

-　

40

61.2