CUG Rank

University Name

Entry Standards

Student Satisfaction

Research Quality

Graduate Prospects

Overall Score

2016

2015

1

1

Cambridge

619

3.97

3.42

95

100

2

4

Warwick

548

4.27

3.41

87

98

3

3

Oxford

596

4.11

3.44

81

97.5

4

2

London School of Economics

560

3.91

3.55

86

97

5

5

University College London

543

3.99

3.78

84

96.9

6

8

Bath

496

3.85

3.2

92

94.6

7

9

Durham

558

3.91

3.05

87

94.4

8

7

Bristol

521

3.93

3.32

79

93.2

9

6

Nottingham

482

3.99

3.05

84

92.6

10

10

Exeter

481

4.1

2.78

85

92.6

11

13

Edinburgh

467

3.98

3.14

83

91.8

12

16

Surrey

439

4.42

3.01

75

91.7

13

11

St Andrews

522

3.79

2.92

81

91.3

14

18

Leeds

446

4.03

3.18

80

91.3

15

22

Strathclyde

502

4.25

3.17

64

90.7

16

15

Lancaster

424

4

3.16

80

90.6

17

12

Queen Mary, University of London

425

4.07

2.98

78

89.9

18

14

York

441

3.89

2.93

83

89.8

19

38

Heriot-Watt

396

4.57

2.75

73

89.3

20

17

Birmingham

414

3.88

2.78

82

89.2

21

19

East Anglia

377

4.32

3.04

75

88.9

22

-

Aston

414

4.21

3.07

88.8

23

30

Loughborough

408

4.04

2.97

76

88.8

24

25

Cardiff

406

3.83

3.28

78

88.4

25

46

Reading

360

4.02

3.11

80

88.1

26

26

Kent

393

4.27

2.32

78

88.1

27

29

Sheffield

416

4.17

2.58

74

87.4

28

35

Newcastle

421

4.04

2.72

73

87.3

29

24

Aberdeen

397

3.94

2.48

79

87.1

30

20

Southampton

422

3.9

2.7

71

86.5

31

33

Royal Holloway, University of London

389

3.99

3.11

69

86.4

32

23

Manchester

428

3.7

2.89

71

86.1

33

-

Goldsmiths, University of London

3.95

2.5

85.6

34

40

Liverpool

382

3.91

2.92

72

85.5

35

21

Glasgow

427

3.67

2.86

69

85.5

36

28

Swansea

294

3.84

2.93

84

85.4

37

27

Leicester

349

4.15

2.59

71

85.3

38

58

Ulster

301

4.16

2.94

69

85.2

39

42

Sussex

370

3.97

2.84

69

85.2

40

36

Essex

304

4.22

3.25

61

84.4

41

45

Bournemouth

-　

4.05

2.65

-　

83.8

42

41

Queen's, Belfast

363

3.96

2.88

61

83.7

43

56

Dundee

433

3.94

2.3

63

83.6

44

57

Salford

318

4.33

2.66

-　

83.4

45

34

City

370

4.08

2.44

66

83.2

46

47

Portsmouth

300

3.97

2.74

75

82.9

47

53

Stirling

377

4.01

2.97

54

82.3

48

44

Bangor

296

3.91

2.81

-　

82.2

49

-

Westminster

-　

4.18

2.27

-　

81.7

50

61

Coventry

301

4.67

2.5

58

81.3

51

54

Hull

314

4.1

2.54

63

81.1

52

39

West of England, Bristol

305

3.93

2.59

70

81

53

37

Keele

314

4.01

2.4

65

80.9

54

68

Bradford

258

4.22

2.83

60

80

55

31

SOAS, University of London

420

3.65

-　

73

80

56

55

Brunel University London

318

4.06

2.2

56

79.7

57

51

Aberystwyth

285

3.88

2.52

61

79.2

58

60

Manchester Metropolitan

326

3.83

2.6

62

79.2

59

52

Oxford Brookes

314

3.97

2.65

57

78.7

60

62

Greenwich

303

4.38

2.21

52

78

61

73

Nottingham Trent

301

4.24

-　

62

77.2

62

63

Birmingham City

247

4.04

2.42

62

77.1

63

59

Plymouth

285

4

2.48

49

76.9

64

65

Central Lancashire

291

4.03

2.4

54

76.9

65

67

De Montfort

263

4.13

-　

68

76.9

66

50

Buckingham

311

4.15

-　

-　

76.8

67

66

Hertfordshire

293

3.88

2.05

59

75.8

68

-

Worcester

-　

3.88

1.65

-　

75.5

69

69

Sheffield Hallam

308

3.9

-　

59

75

70

71

Cardiff Metropolitan

261

4.13

-　

-　

74.8

71

72

Kingston

247

3.79

2.78

48

74.5

72

78

Middlesex

242

4.15

2.72

39

74.2

73

74

Northampton

229

4.14

-　

-　

73.6

74

75

East London

252

4.15

2.26

45

73.5

75

70

Leeds Beckett

235

3.74

-　

58

71.8

76

76

London Metropolitan

210

4.08

-　

43

69.6

77

77

Anglia Ruskin

205

4.09

-　

38

68.3