CUG Rank

University Name

Entry Standards

Student Satisfaction

Research Quality

Graduate Prospects

Overall Score

2016

2015

1

1

Cambridge

577

4.4

3.31

87

100

2

2

Oxford

561

4.16

3.23

85

97.5

3

4

Durham

563

4.15

3.34

86

96.9

4

3

London School of Economics

562

3.96

3.4

83

96.5

5

5

University College London

538

4.02

3.32

82

95.6

6

7

Nottingham

494

4.2

3.17

83

95

7

6

Glasgow

523

3.95

2.96

88

94.7

8

8

King's College London

544

4.04

3.44

79

94.6

9

10

Edinburgh

499

3.94

3.18

86

94

10

11

Bristol

486

4.02

3.25

81

93.6

11

12

Aberdeen

480

4.15

2.76

83

92.7

12

31

York

476

4.15

3.32

79

92.7

13

13

Newcastle

459

4.2

2.81

82

92.6

14

9

Queen Mary, University of London

483

4.26

3.09

72

91.5

15

14

Strathclyde

507

3.84

2.83

78

91.4

16

21

Warwick

481

3.86

3.23

76

91.1

17

17

Lancaster

429

4.14

3.06

76

91

18

22

Leeds

437

4.06

3.27

76

90.9

19

16

Exeter

474

3.9

3.07

79

90.6

20

24

East Anglia

410

4.35

2.97

75

90.6

21

27

Leicester

388

4.09

2.92

83

90.4

22

18

Kent

369

4.18

3.14

79

90.4

23

25

Manchester

435

4.09

2.96

77

90.4

24

19

Birmingham

429

4.02

2.97

78

90.3

25

15

Queen's, Belfast

410

4.1

3.17

74

89.9

26

20

Reading

408

4.2

2.85

73

89.8

27

23

Cardiff

412

4.06

3.2

76

89.5

28

28

Dundee

463

4.12

2.79

70

88.9

29

26

SOAS, University of London

417

4.2

2.91

70

88.7

30

29

Southampton

428

4.06

2.74

73

88.4

31

43

Robert Gordon

406

4.22

2.18

82

88.3

32

38

Portsmouth

315

4.16

2.89

80

88.2

33

30

Surrey

397

4.23

2.54

77

88.2

34

34

Sheffield

419

3.99

3.23

69

88.2

35

32

Liverpool

398

3.94

2.91

74

87.4

36

40

Stirling

402

3.99

2.68

71

87

37

35

Keele

343

4.09

2.88

73

87

38

33

Sussex

381

4.17

2.68

68

86.9

39

36

Swansea

325

4

2.7

81

86.9

40

-

Aston

375

4.07

3.07

86.7

41

42

Brunel University London

362

4.23

2.53

63

85.9

42

49

Essex

330

4.16

2.92

66

85.8

43

48

Manchester Metropolitan

331

4.04

2.83

72

85.1

44

44

Oxford Brookes

366

4.27

2.28

66

84.7

45

56

Salford

309

4.42

2.66

67

84.4

46

71

Brighton

307

4.12

2.84

72

84.1

47

79

Bangor

319

4.34

2.34

65

84

48

53

Lincoln

321

4.19

2.32

71

83.9

49

45

City

347

3.93

2.75

70

83.9

50

52

Abertay

365

4.34

1.63

68

83.7

51

62

Bournemouth

334

3.89

2.65

73

83.7

52

39

Buckingham

310

4.17

-　

86

83.3

53

55

Aberystwyth

322

3.88

2.61

69

83.2

54

63

Coventry

289

4.18

2.01

73

83.1

55

46

Central Lancashire

311

4.07

2.36

71

82.9

56

61

Northumbria

366

4.01

2.48

66

82.9

57

60

Middlesex

251

4.12

2.76

67

82.8

58

47

West of England, Bristol

327

3.93

2.38

72

82.6

59

54

Nottingham Trent

303

4.13

2.37

71

82.5

60

37

Hull

318

3.96

2.5

62

81.9

61

86

Bradford

303

3.88

2.83

66

81.8

62

41

Westminster

310

3.91

2.5

67

81.7

63

78

Teesside

273

4.31

2.99

55

81.6

64

57

Ulster

324

4.17

3.33

41

81.4

65

65

Glasgow Caledonian

418

4.08

2.29

52

81.3

66

58

Chester

308

4.35

-　

70

80.9

67

59

Edinburgh Napier

365

4.34

-　

62

80.8

68

64

De Montfort

285

4.22

2.42

59

80.5

69

67

Derby

304

4.03

2.1

66

80.5

70

77

Liverpool John Moores

339

4.09

2.48

56

80.5

71

51

Huddersfield

333

4.2

-　

68

80.4

72

87

Anglia Ruskin

240

4.49

2.08

55

79.7

73

82

Birmingham City

266

4.06

2.25

64

79.6

74

90

London South Bank

214

4.24

2.67

52

79.2

75

91

Gloucestershire

300

4.43

-　

60

79.1

76

89

Plymouth

304

4.13

2.48

46

78.9

77

69

Greenwich

333

4.38

1.65

49

78.8

78

84

Edge Hill

282

4.17

2.37

45

78.3

79

50

Hertfordshire

312

3.83

-　

68

77.7

80

80

Staffordshire

250

3.94

2.33

59

77.5

81

74

East London

243

4.01

2.59

51

77.3

82

-

Liverpool Hope

275

4.25

-　

-　

77

83

98

Bedfordshire

197

4.3

1.87

55

76.7

84

68

Cumbria

272

4.17

-　

58

76.4

85

66

Sheffield Hallam

319

3.96

-　

55

75.9

86

88

Leeds Beckett

261

3.87

-　

62

75.2

87

92

Northampton

245

4.16

-　

55

75

88

85

Buckinghamshire New

240

4.3

-　

51

74.7

89

94

St Mary's, Twickenham

240

4.1

-　

56

74.7

90

70

Winchester

295

3.97

-　

51

74.5

91

75

London Metropolitan

221

4.05

1.37

59

74.4

92

76

Kingston

299

3.83

-　

54

74.4

93

93

West London

255

3.88

-　

58

74.3

94

72

South Wales

300

3.97

-　

48

74

95

73

Bolton

238

3.99

-　

53

73.4

96

81

Sunderland

247

3.93

1.63

41

72.4

97

96

Southampton Solent

247

3.75

-　

53

72.3

98

-

Roehampton

268

4.1

-　

40

72.1

99

95

Canterbury Christ Church

267

4.03

-　

40

71.7

100

97

West of Scotland

277

3.82

-　

34

69.6