CUG Rank

University Name

Entry Standards

Student Satisfaction

Research Assessment

Graduate Prospects

Overall Score

2015

2014

1

1

Cambridge

631

4.16

3.35

94

100.0

2

2

Imperial College London

571

4.39

3.20

94

98.4

3

3

Oxford

647

4.12

3.15

86

97.5

4

15

St Andrews

512

4.70

2.70

100

96.7

5

14

Durham

530

4.30

2.80

89

93.2

6

8

University College London

515

3.92

3.15

89

92.2

7

7

Birmingham

432

4.31

3.00

94

91.8

8

5

Bristol

494

4.01

2.95

93

91.7

9

6

Exeter

2.65

94

91.7

10

4

Glasgow

434

4.20

3.10

90

91.0

11

13

Bath

480

4.03

2.95

90

90.7

12

10

Warwick

508

3.83

2.75

94

90.4

13

11

Southampton

466

4.00

3.20

84

90.1

14

12

Edinburgh

489

3.83

3.20

84

90.0

15

9

York

454

4.10

2.95

85

89.2

16

16

Manchester

444

4.06

3.15

79

88.4

17

17

Sheffield

422

4.15

2.75

89

88.1

18

20

Newcastle

406

4.14

2.90

87

87.8

19

18

Leeds

417

3.95

3.05

84

87.3

20

19

Liverpool

400

4.03

3.05

84

87.2

21

33

Lancaster

416

4.05

3.05

79

86.8

22

23

Leicester

374

3.99

2.80

91

86.1

23

24

Nottingham

405

3.81

3.10

83

86.1

24

29

Aberdeen

392

4.00

2.90

84

85.9

25

21

King's College London

419

3.96

2.70

85

85.7

26

25

Kent

379

4.04

2.75

86

85.3

27

38

Heriot-Watt

419

4.06

2.65

81

85.2

28

22

Strathclyde

435

4.02

2.55

81

85.0

29

26

Loughborough

372

4.11

2.60

86

84.6

30

37

Queen's, Belfast

386

3.99

2.65

83

84.1

31

27

Cardiff

383

3.97

2.85

79

84.0

32

31

Surrey

394

4.16

2.35

83

83.7

33

30

Sussex

384

3.93

2.85

78

83.6

34

43

Essex

324

4.20

2.75

79

82.7

35

36

Queen Mary

377

3.86

3.00

72

82.5

36

34

Royal Holloway

365

4.07

2.80

73

82.4

37

28

Dundee

367

4.05

2.75

72

81.9

38

42

East Anglia

384

3.83

2.75

74

81.7

39

32

Swansea

306

3.59

2.90

90

81.6

40

40

Stirling

390

3.99

2.75

65

80.9

41

39

Reading

355

3.76

2.15

92

80.8

42

45

Lincoln

340

4.04

2.50

76

80.4

43

53

City

380

3.77

2.60

73

80.1

44

47

Birkbeck

3.70

2.75

80.0

45

48

Brunel

354

3.95

2.55

72

79.8

46

35

Aberystwyth

304

3.71

2.95

76

79.5

47

49

Oxford Brookes

419

3.66

2.50

69

79.5

48

46

Aston

362

4.00

2.30

74

79.5

49

44

Plymouth

311

3.82

3.00

70

79.4

50

51

Robert Gordon

347

3.98

2.35

74

79.0

51

50

Bournemouth

334

3.82

2.25

82

78.8

52

41

Goldsmiths, University of London

299

3.98

2.70

71

78.6

53

52

West of England, Bristol

314

3.97

2.40

76

78.5

54

54

Northumbria

331

4.00

2.40

67

77.4

55

60

Liverpool John Moores

321

4.00

2.50

63

76.7

56

59

Brighton

268

3.88

2.60

71

76.3

57

64

Salford

364

3.90

2.40

59

76.3

58

72

Edinburgh Napier

340

4.05

2.09

66

76.1

59

62

De Montfort

302

4.04

2.40

64

75.9

60

55

Hull

325

4.17

79

75.9

61

69

Coventry

286

4.14

2.05

72

75.8

62

56

Nottingham Trent

296

3.79

2.15

77

75.6

63

61

Ulster

311

3.84

2.55

61

75.3

64

93

Glyndwr

333

4.10

2.35

55

75.2

65

68

Keele

380

4.11

68

75.2

66

63

Manchester Metropolitan

329

3.93

2.15

65

75.1

67

-

South Wales

319

3.93

2.25

63

74.9

68

74

Bradford

289

3.97

2.35

64

74.8

69

65

Hertfordshire

308

3.84

2.60

56

74.3

70

58

Bangor

261

3.62

2.50

72

74.2

71

73

Abertay

368

3.99

68

74.0

72

57

Huddersfield

318

3.72

2.05

70

74.0

73

66

Teesside

359

3.92

2.50

45

73.8

74

67

Staffordshire

296

3.95

2.05

65

73.5

75

79

Central Lancashire

346

4.06

65

73.0

76

77

Sunderland

330

4.08

1.90

56

72.8

77

70

Sheffield Hallam

301

3.86

1.90

67

72.8

78

86

Newman

4.00

70

72.5

79

85

Edge Hill

302

4.20

72.0

80

81

Greenwich

303

4.24

1.90

52

71.9

81

82

Derby

325

3.70

73

71.8

82

90

Middlesex

247

4.19

2.25

53

71.7

83

78

Glasgow Caledonian

326

3.93

1.80

58

71.6

84

71

Portsmouth

311

3.94

1.90

56

71.3

85

88

Northampton

286

4.16

64

71.2

86

75

Kingston

273

3.81

2.20

57

71.0

87

80

Westminster

273

3.79

2.05

54

69.4

88

84

Chester

289

3.95

69.4

89

89

Cardiff Metropolitan

275

4.08

59

69.3

90

96

Anglia Ruskin

249

3.95

64

68.6

91

94

Birmingham City

315

3.96

51

68.3

92

97

Worcester

266

3.92

60

68.3

93

87

Gloucestershire

261

3.71

67

68.3

94

92

Southampton Solent

255

3.72

64

67.5

95

98

West of Scotland

290

3.83

2.00

41

67.3

96

99

West London

3.83

1.65

52

67.1

97

95

Leeds Metropolitan

248

3.90

58

67.1

98

101

Bedfordshire

223

3.82

2.10

49

67.0

99

83

London South Bank

204

3.89

2.15

47

66.6

100

-

Highlands & Islands

4.15

45

66.6

101

102

Canterbury Christ Church

235

3.83

65.9

102

105

Buckinghamshire New

227

3.73

64.7

103

103

London Metropolitan

211

4.00

1.50

45

63.5

104

91

Bolton

297

3.82

35

63.4

105

104

East London

235

3.86

36

61.7