CUG Rank

University Name

Entry Standards

Student Satisfaction

Research Assessment

Graduate Prospects

Overall Score

2015

2014

1

1

Cambridge

646

4.05

3.35

94

100.0

2

2

Imperial College London

580

4.17

3.05

86

95.7

3

3

Bristol

515

3.84

2.95

94

94.0

4

7

Sheffield

486

4.16

3.00

90

93.8

5

13

Leeds

438

4.43

2.90

90

93.0

6

4

Bath

514

4.29

2.60

88

92.8

7

6

Surrey

449

4.26

2.90

90

92.7

8

19

Nottingham

467

3.98

2.95

90

92.4

9

5

Southampton

482

3.95

2.70

90

91.6

10

9

Strathclyde

501

4.02

2.52

90

91.5

11

8

Loughborough

448

4.11

2.85

88

91.5

12

11

Oxford

-

3.81

3.10

-

90.9

13

21

Lancaster

457

4.06

2.55

90

90.7

14

14

Heriot-Watt

444

4.14

2.60

88

90.4

15

12

Cardiff

418

4.15

2.80

86

90.2

16

20

Birmingham

434

3.78

2.80

90

90.2

17

17

Manchester

436

3.91

2.90

82

89.5

18

10

Newcastle

423

3.88

2.75

86

89.2

19

16

Edinburgh

504

3.38

2.70

84

89.0

20

25

Dundee

398

4.27

2.30

90

88.7

21

15

Queen's, Belfast

385

4.10

2.75

82

88.1

22

30

Robert Gordon

402

3.90

2.10

96

87.9

23

27

Sussex

369

3.90

2.65

88

87.8

24

18

Aberdeen

430

3.71

2.60

84

87.7

25

23

Swansea

337

4.09

2.50

90

87.3

26

24

University College London

522

3.43

2.65

72

87.0

27

22

Glasgow

464

3.95

2.40

76

87.0

28

28

Ulster

291

4.08

2.50

92

86.5

29

29

Liverpool

411

3.93

2.70

74

86.4

30

39

Liverpool John Moores

324

4.17

2.70

80

86.1

31

31

West of England, Bristol

345

3.71

2.55

88

86.0

32

32

Huddersfield

341

3.93

2.30

86

85.2

33

35

Brunel

377

4.18

2.50

72

85.1

34

38

Coventry

339

4.33

1.90

86

84.8

35

-

Exeter

433

4.15

-

86

84.7

36

37

Oxford Brookes

447

3.74

2.20

74

84.5

37

33

Plymouth

313

4.07

2.05

84

83.4

38

44

Queen Mary

417

4.10

2.30

64

83.4

39

43

Aston

346

3.91

2.30

76

83.2

40

-

South Wales

-

3.48

2.45

-

82.8

41

42

Brighton

312

3.82

2.70

70

82.5

42

40

Hull

307

4.23

2.35

70

82.3

43

51

Northumbria

345

3.97

2.40

68

82.2

44

50

Harper Adams

319

4.24

-

86

81.9

45

45

De Montfort

269

4.16

2.45

72

81.9

46

49

City

337

4.09

2.45

64

81.8

47

53

Manchester Metropolitan

328

4.05

2.15

72

81.8

48

36

Portsmouth

305

3.97

2.35

72

81.7

49

48

Hertfordshire

327

3.84

2.40

70

81.7

50

47

London South Bank

251

3.73

2.60

-

81.0

51

26

Greenwich

301

3.94

2.95

54

80.6

52

59

Staffordshire

273

3.95

2.45

68

80.5

53

41

Salford

-

3.77

2.45

62

80.4

54

63

Central Lancashire

366

4.52

-

66

80.1

55

52

Bradford

288

4.04

2.40

62

79.7

56

46

Teesside

327

4.18

-

74

79.5

57

58

Derby

283

4.29

-

78

79.5

58

54

Sheffield Hallam

281

3.70

2.15

72

79.3

59

56

Kingston

294

3.62

1.95

68

77.7

60

-

Glasgow Caledonian

337

3.76

-

-

77.4

61

57

Sunderland

294

3.92

1.45

66

76.1

62

60

Birmingham City

268

3.70

-

70

75.5

63

62

Anglia Ruskin

223

4.22

-

-

75.5

64

55

West of Scotland

324

3.65

-

60

74.8

65

64

Bolton

207

3.92

2.10

34

.2