Top Universities 2009 League Table
Institution | Satis | Res | Stud:staff | Ser | Entry | Complet | Good hons | Prosp | Total |
1 Oxford | 84% | 6.2 | 11.6 | 2884 | 502 | 98.6 | 90.1 | 83.9 | 1000 |
2 Cambridge | 6.5 | 12.2 | 2299 | 518 | 97.9 | 85.4 | 88.4 | 950 | |
3 Imperial College | 76% | 5.8 | 10.4 | 3218 | 473 | 96 | 69.1 | 89.3 | 865 |
4 London School of Economics | 74% | 6.3 | 12.6 | 1562 | 469 | 96.9 | 75.2 | 87.7 | 818 |
5 St Andrews | 82% | 5.3 | 12.6 | 1162 | 446 | 94.8 | 83.9 | 73.7 | 791 |
6 Warwick | 76% | 5.6 | 13.6 | 1881 | 448 | 96.7 | 79.4 | 74.9 | 775 |
7 University College London | 76% | 5.5 | 9.1 | 1702 | 434 | 94.3 | 75.1 | 81.5 | 767 |
8 Durham | 78% | 5.2 | 15.4 | 1375 | 447 | 96.4 | 78.8 | 75.9 | 760 |
9 York | 77% | 5.5 | 13.1 | 1313 | 423 | 95.2 | 74.7 | 70.5 | 736 |
10 Bristol | 75% | 5.2 | 14.7 | 1535 | 430 | 95.8 | 78.4 | 81.5 | 724 |
11 King's College London | 77% | 4.7 | 11.9 | 1696 | 406 | 93.2 | 72.1 | 80.4 | 715 |
12 Loughborough | 83% | 4.3 | 17.1 | 1293 | 361 | 94 | 67.4 | 73.2 | 709 |
13 Exeter | 81% | 4.7 | 16.8 | 1183 | 381 | 94.8 | 79.8 | 68.5 | 708 |
14 Leicester | 83% | 4.5 | 14.5 | 1329 | 360 | 92.9 | 69 | 72.3 | 706 |
15 Bath | 75% | 5.2 | 16.6 | 1291 | 428 | 95.3 | 77.3 | 81 | 701 |
16 Nottingham | 75% | 5 | 13.8 | 1390 | 403 | 96.2 | 75.7 | 76 | 696 |
16 Southampton | 79% | 5.4 | 16.3 | 1479 | 389 | 90.7 | 74.8 | 71.8 | 696 |
18 Edinburgh | 73% | 5 | 13.3 | 1294 | 430 | 92.2 | 79.9 | 74.9 | 682 |
19 Lancaster | 78% | 5.4 | 12.7 | 1227 | 375 | 92.5 | 68.8 | 60.9 | 680 |
20 Newcastle | 75% | 4.4 | 14.9 | 1481 | 394 | 92.3 | 71.1 | 75.3 | 657 |
20 Glasgow | 78% | 4.3 | 13.4 | 1373 | 396 | 85.5 | 68.4 | 75 | 657 |
22 Sheffield | 76% | 4.5 | 14.5 | 1140 | 403 | 92.4 | 71.9 | 73.7 | 650 |
23 East Anglia | 82% | 5 | 17.9 | 1127 | 359 | 91.2 | 67.5 | 63 | 647 |
24 SOAS | 71% | 5.3 | 10.5 | 1746 | 368 | 84.4 | 73.4 | 68 | 646 |
25 Birmingham | 77% | 4.3 | 15.3 | 1342 | 402 | 92.4 | 68.4 | 70.4 | 643 |
26 Aberdeen | 80% | 4 | 13.5 | 1168 | 350 | 78.8 | 69.7 | 76.2 | 640 |
27 Manchester | 73% | 5.1 | 12.8 | 1378 | 412 | 92.3 | 70.5 | 67.4 | 638 |
28 Aston | 76% | 3.9 | 17.4 | 1607 | 351 | 88.4 | 65.8 | 76.4 | 637 |
29 Cardiff | 77% | 4.5 | 14.3 | 1085 | 381 | 90.1 | 67.6 | 73.5 | 628 |
30 Royal Holloway | 74% | 5.2 | 14.7 | 1244 | 361 | 88.2 | 66.4 | 66.9 | 626 |
31 Leeds | 75% | 4.5 | 14.6 | 1014 | 385 | 92.1 | 71.8 | 67.3 | 619 |
31 Reading | 78% | 4.9 | 16.2 | 1012 | 340 | 91.7 | 71.7 | 63.3 | 619 |
31 Queen's Belfast | 77% | 4.3 | 15.3 | 1222 | 364 | 86.6 | 70.3 | 76.1 | 619 |
34 Liverpool | 75% | 4.6 | 13.3 | 1013 | 377 | 90 | 67.6 | 70.7 | 610 |
35 Strathclyde | 76% | 3.6 | 16.8 | 1219 | 367 | 81.8 | 74.6 | 76.4 | 604 |
36 Kent | 79% | 4 | 16.3 | 1143 | 307 | 87 | 59.7 | 70.5 | 601 |
37 Queen Mary, London | 75% | 4.7 | 12.8 | 1173 | 340 | 88.5 | 60.8 | 75.1 | 594 |
38 Sussex | 69% | 5.1 | 15 | 1136 | 387 | 88.3 | 79.5 | 62 | 593 |
39 Surrey | 72% | 4.7 | 16.3 | 1156 | 339 | 86.8 | 61.9 | 77.3 | 582 |
40 Stirling | 3.9 | 15.4 | 964 | 288 | 89.9 | 67.9 | 71.8 | 581 | |
41 Keele | 75% | 4 | 15.3 | 1048 | 313 | 84.3 | 64 | 77.6 | 578 |
42 Essex | 75% | 4.8 | 14.1 | 1149 | 309 | 83.4 | 60.4 | 62.8 | 576 |
43 Aberystwyth | 81% | 4 | 19 | 997 | 296 | 89.8 | 61.8 | 56.2 | 560 |
44 Dundee | 78% | 4.2 | 13.7 | 971 | 373 | 68.7 | 66.3 | 73.9 | 559 |
45 Hull | 80% | 3.2 | 18.6 | 934 | 297 | 83.9 | 56.4 | 71 | 550 |
46 Goldsmiths College | 73% | 4.9 | 15.5 | 793 | 307 | 82.2 | 64.8 | 63.6 | 546 |
47 Heriot-Watt | 75% | 4.2 | 16.6 | 1115 | 343 | 82.3 | 55 | 72.1 | 542 |
48 Swansea | 77% | 4.4 | 15.1 | 1010 | 295 | 88.3 | 49.9 | 61.4 | 531 |
49 Bradford | 76% | 3.4 | 15 | 1167 | 280 | 82.2 | 60.5 | 73.9 | 528 |
50 City | 72% | 3.7 | 18.1 | 878 | 321 | 85 | 63.7 | 77.1 | 509 |
51 Bangor | 77% | 3.9 | 18.4 | 1023 | 279 | 77 | 55.6 | 65.9 | 502 |
52 Brunel | 69% | 3.1 | 16.3 | 1475 | 313 | 85.4 | 63.7 | 63.6 | 498 |
53 Ulster | 75% | 2.4 | 16.4 | 1462 | 278 | 77 | 60.1 | 62.1 | 487 |
54 Robert Gordon | 0.9 | 17.9 | 1070 | 321 | 79.8 | 58.8 | 77.6 | 480 | |
55 Oxford Brookes | 76% | 1.6 | 18.2 | 944 | 300 | 84.9 | 59.1 | 65.9 | 471 |
56 Nottingham Trent | 70% | 1.4 | 18 | 990 | 269 | 89.1 | 56.4 | 74 | 460 |
57 Bournemouth | 72% | 0.7 | 19.5 | 967 | 287 | 85.2 | 57 | 70.8 | 445 |
58 Gloucestershire | 73% | 1.7 | 17.2 | 1074 | 258 | 80.5 | 54.9 | 60.2 | 436 |
59 Chichester | 78% | 1.7 | 19.6 | 733 | 253 | 88 | 46.7 | 55.5 | 434 |
60 Brighton | 73% | 1.7 | 19.6 | 806 | 288 | 83 | 58.8 | 67.7 | 432 |
61 Portsmouth | 75% | 1.7 | 19.4 | 917 | 272 | 81.4 | 49.3 | 65.4 | 428 |
62 Plymouth | 74% | 1.6 | 16.4 | 1000 | 277 | 81.2 | 60.2 | 55.3 | 425 |
63 Central Lancashire | 75% | 0.9 | 17.5 | 984 | 271 | 76.9 | 50.9 | 64.4 | 421 |
64 Napier | 0.8 | 17.9 | 915 | 257 | 73.3 | 60.8 | 77.9 | 420 | |
65 West of England | 74% | 1.6 | 18.8 | 906 | 261 | 80.6 | 55.9 | 64.4 | 415 |
66 Winchester | 75% | 1.5 | 17.9 | 796 | 267 | 84.5 | 57.4 | 49.7 | 411 |
67 Staffordshire | 76% | 1.1 | 17.6 | 1000 | 251 | 79.8 | 52.5 | 53.8 | 410 |
68 Glasgow Caledonian | 74% | 1.2 | 19.8 | 850 | 311 | 74.8 | 65.7 | 60.5 | 408 |
68 Queen Margaret Edinburgh |
1.5 | 20.2 | 831 | 286 | 77.7 | 58.5 | 69.8 | 408 | |
70 Lampeter | 74% | 4.4 | 25 | 480 | 274 | 76.9 | 56.1 | 58.8 | 403 |
71 Birmingham City | 71% | 0.8 | 15.8 | 1138 | 268 | 77.3 | 56.6 | 63.8 | 401 |
72 Bath Spa | 72% | 1.5 | 19.5 | 563 | 274 | 85.7 | 64.7 | 55.2 | 400 |
73 Northumbria | 73% | 1.1 | 21 | 1010 | 292 | 80.7 | 49.9 | 66.4 | 395 |
74 Coventry | 76% | 1 | 20.2 | 1004 | 261 | 73.7 | 60.4 | 62 | 394 |
75 University of the Arts,London | 62% | 4.4 | 20.8 | 870 | 304 | 87.1 | 58.8 | 51.5 | 392 |
76 Sheffield Hallam | 72% | 1.1 | 19.9 | 938 | 269 | 85 | 58.1 | 60.6 | 391 |
77 Glamorgan | 75% | 1.3 | 15.9 | 1123 | 237 | 69.3 | 51.8 | 58.4 | 388 |
77 De Montfort | 72% | 1.4 | 17.4 | 831 | 250 | 80.6 | 49 | 64.8 | 388 |
79 Hertfordshire | 72% | 1.4 | 15.6 | 1087 | 256 | 75.9 | 47.7 | 62.1 | 383 |
80 Canterbury Christ Church | 74% | 1.1 | 17.8 | 559 | 247 | 83.5 | 47 | 63.2 | 382 |
81 Worcester | 76% | 0.8 | 19.7 | 814 | 245 | 80.8 | 45.6 | 62.7 | 380 |
82 Sunderland | 73% | 1.7 | 16.1 | 737 | 249 | 77 | 47.7 | 59.3 | 379 |
83 Salford | 71% | 2.1 | 18.4 | 923 | 269 | 73.2 | 54.1 | 63.5 | 377 |
84 Northampton | 76% | 1 | 19 | 786 | 225 | 80 | 55.2 | 56.3 | 376 |
85 UWIC,Cardiff | 72% | 0.8 | 19.9 | 1112 | 246 | 85.1 | 48.6 | 55.3 | 375 |
86 Roehampton | 71% | 1.9 | 21 | 1308 | 224 | 79.5 | 52.1 | 56.9 | 372 |
86 Chester | 74% | 0.5 | 17.9 | 734 | 274 | 76.1 | 54.3 | 57.6 | 372 |
88 Teesside | 77% | 0.7 | 19.5 | 750 | 253 | 74.4 | 50.2 | 57.3 | 360 |
89 Bedfordshire | 73% | 0.6 | 21.2 | 1685 | 220 | 75.4 | 47 | 59.6 | 356 |
90 Huddersfield | 75% | 0.9 | 19.8 | 616 | 262 | 78.9 | 53.3 | 53.2 | 353 |
91 York St John | 72% | 0.4 | 22.3 | 841 | 281 | 85.4 | 50.7 | 55.2 | 347 |
92 Manchester Metropolitan |
71% | 1.2 | 20.2 | 937 | 272 | 75.2 | 51.3 | 59.4 | 345 |
93 Kingston | 71% | 1.2 | 19.8 | 966 | 236 | 78.6 | 50 | 60.2 | 340 |
94 Liverpool John Moores | 71% | 1.2 | 19.5 | 902 | 250 | 77.1 | 45.1 | 61.3 | 336 |
95 Derby | 73% | 0.9 | 19.8 | 1054 | 267 | 77 | 47.8 | 49.5 | 334 |
96 UWCN, Newport | 71% | 0.5 | 20.1 | 890 | 219 | 74.9 | 50.7 | 60.4 | 327 |
97 Southampton Solent | 71% | 0.5 | 20.5 | 980 | 229 | 78.2 | 43.1 | 55.7 | 326 |
98 Edge Hill | 76% | 0.4 | 22.1 | 597 | 250 | 78.3 | 44.4 | 57 | 322 |
99 Cumbria | 68% | 0.6 | 20.4 | 685 | 267 | 76.6 | 47.5 | 72.8 | 320 |
100 Abertay | 0.7 | 20.3 | 1671 | 264 | 64 | 47.6 | 51.4 | 317 | |
Satis=student satisfaction
Res=research assessment
Stud:staff=student-staff ratio
Ser=Services/Facilities Spend
Entry=entry standards
Complet=completion
Good hons=good honours
Prosp=graduate prospects
Total=Total Score