CUG Rank

University Name

Entry Standards

Student Satisfaction

Research Quality

Graduate Prospects

Overall Score

2016

2015

1

1

Cambridge

642

4.21

3.36

91

100

2

2

Oxford

628

4.16

3.55

86

99

3

3

Imperial College London

613

4.11

3.34

85

97.5

4

7

St Andrews

546

4.2

3.16

91

96.7

5

4

Warwick

563

4.14

3.35

86

96.5

6

5

Durham

587

4.18

3.06

84

96

7

6

Bath

522

4.25

3.12

85

94.4

8

25

Dundee

452

4.4

3.21

82

93.7

9

9

Bristol

523

3.94

3.29

81

93.5

10

10

London School of Economics

553

3.94

2.95

81

92.4

11

11

Lancaster

445

4.23

3.29

81

92.3

12

8

University College London

541

4.03

3.08

75

92.1

13

15

Exeter

476

4.1

3.01

80

91.5

14

13

Nottingham

487

4.08

3.19

76

91.5

15

19

Glasgow

459

4.06

3.08

78

91

16

16

Southampton

432

3.98

3.1

81

90.6

17

12

Heriot-Watt

418

4.25

3.14

77

90.6

18

14

Edinburgh

513

3.65

3.14

77

90.4

19

20

Surrey

436

4.19

2.89

79

90.3

20

24

Loughborough

419

4.35

2.86

77

90.1

21

17

Birmingham

420

4.17

2.87

80

90

22

34

Strathclyde

456

4.02

2.86

77

89.8

23

26

Cardiff

437

3.99

3.08

79

89.7

24

18

Newcastle

427

4.07

3.16

78

89.6

25

23

Leeds

459

3.89

3.21

72

89

26

22

Queen's, Belfast

413

4.14

2.7

78

88.9

27

31

Leicester

377

3.99

2.69

85

88.8

28

30

Manchester

463

3.97

3.27

66

88.4

29

27

Sheffield

427

3.97

3.09

73

88.3

30

28

York

434

3.84

2.97

77

88

31

21

King's College London

467

4.16

2.94

63

87.8

32

32

East Anglia

381

4.3

2.92

69

87.8

33

48

Reading

351

4.2

3

71

87

34

50

Royal Holloway, University of London

408

4.08

3.14

65

86.8

35

36

Sussex

367

4.03

2.8

74

86.5

36

43

Kent

338

3.82

2.82

80

86.3

37

33

Keele

365

4.36

2.79

70

86.2

38

59

Coventry

310

4.32

2.88

78

85.7

39

40

Aberdeen

414

4.05

2.9

62

85.7

40

29

Swansea

322

4.07

2.49

80

85.4

41

58

Stirling

361

4.19

2.58

72

85

42

41

South Wales

354

4.47

2.3

70

84.8

43

37

Aston

351

3.92

2.77

71

84.3

44

35

Liverpool

391

3.81

2.93

63

84.1

45

39

Northumbria

361

4.06

2.5

68

83.9

46

45

Queen Mary, University of London

370

3.78

3.01

64

83.9

47

47

Brunel University London

331

4.1

2.71

63

83.3

48

57

Chester

294

4.3

2.04

74

83.2

49

38

Portsmouth

283

4.16

2.68

70

82.6

50

62

Hertfordshire

283

4.08

2.7

66

82.2

51

44

Oxford Brookes

340

4.39

2.56

57

82.2

52

55

Aberystwyth

340

4.04

2.57

58

81.6

53

49

City

362

3.94

2.93

51

81.4

54

56

Brighton

293

4.35

2.52

65

81.3

55

51

Nottingham Trent

300

4.48

2.6

55

80.9

56

53

Plymouth

338

4.2

2.42

59

80.5

57

61

West of England, Bristol

296

3.91

2.85

63

80.4

58

42

Sheffield Hallam

299

4.26

-　

74

80.3

59

52

Liverpool John Moores

334

4.2

-　

71

80.3

60

64

Essex

356

4.12

2.89

41

80.1

61

60

Manchester Metropolitan

334

4.01

2.44

62

79.7

62

46

Salford

333

3.76

2.66

-　

79.5

63

54

Greenwich

279

4.53

2.08

59

78.8

64

63

Derby

278

4.13

1.91

66

78.4

65

67

Bolton

273

4.25

-　

62

77.2

66

66

Kingston

272

4.08

-　

60

76

67

65

London Metropolitan

213

4

2.46

42

74.3

68

68

Central Lancashire

314

4.14

-　

39

72.9