CUG Rank

University Name

Entry Standards

Student Satisfaction

Research Assessment

Graduate Prospects

Overall Score

2015

2014

1

1

Cambridge

549

4.25

3.20

77

100.0

2

2

Oxford

564

4.30

3.10

70

99.0

3

3

Bath

511

4.25

3.10

75

98.4

4

5

Glasgow

510

4.22

2.80

68

96.0

5

4

University College London

519

4.00

3.00

63

95.1

6

8

St Andrews

517

3.99

2.85

65

94.9

7

6

Durham

488

4.07

2.70

69

94.8

8

7

Birmingham

439

4.08

3.05

67

94.2

9

11

Bristol

482

4.18

2.60

65

94.0

10

18

Edinburgh

480

3.84

2.70

68

93.6

11

10

Exeter

454

4.15

2.60

66

93.4

12

9

Cardiff

443

4.07

2.90

59

92.3

13

21

Kent

414

4.09

2.30

71

92.2

14

12

Royal Holloway

451

4.19

2.85

55

92.1

15

15

Lancaster

432

3.89

2.35

71

92.0

16

14

York

467

4.20

2.80

53

92.0

17

19

Nottingham

440

4.12

2.65

59

91.7

18

22

Warwick

472

3.93

2.65

58

91.6

19

24

Newcastle

448

4.05

2.35

61

91.1

20

27

Aberdeen

422

4.03

2.45

63

91.1

21

20

Surrey

439

4.14

2.35

60

91.0

22

16

Leeds

420

3.92

2.55

63

90.9

23

23

Southampton

418

4.10

2.70

55

90.5

24

25

Bangor

320

4.17

2.75

64

90.1

25

13

Sussex

430

3.81

2.70

56

89.9

26

17

Sheffield

443

3.93

2.70

52

89.9

27

26

Manchester

426

3.98

2.45

55

89.5

28

28

Swansea

365

3.90

2.20

68

89.4

29

35

Lincoln

350

4.36

2.00

63

89.1

30

32

Reading

401

3.98

2.65

53

89.1

31

30

Aston

378

4.13

2.50

54

88.8

32

31

Loughborough

399

4.02

1.75

65

88.7

33

29

City

366

4.33

2.45

51

88.5

34

34

Leicester

401

4.16

1.85

59

88.5

35

40

Portsmouth

335

4.24

2.05

61

88.1

36

33

Keele

375

4.13

1.90

60

88.1

37

44

Goldsmiths, University of London

325

4.06

2.50

58

87.9

38

43

Strathclyde

462

4.22

2.05

43

87.8

39

42

Stirling

414

4.06

1.90

52

87.3

40

61

Queen Mary

375

3.79

74

86.9

41

39

Essex

357

4.09

2.60

46

86.9

42

45

Liverpool

397

3.93

2.15

50

86.7

43

38

Dundee

373

4.02

2.25

48

86.4

44

54

Queen's, Belfast

386

3.96

2.15

48

86.2

45

46

East Anglia

422

4.12

1.75

46

86.1

46

56

Heriot-Watt

416

3.88

1.40

56

85.9

47

49

West of England, Bristol

377

3.68

2.25

51

85.8

48

37

Hull

316

3.91

2.20

55

85.7

49

47

Plymouth

326

4.03

2.20

51

85.7

50

36

Brunel

355

3.71

2.25

52

85.5

51

59

Coventry

311

4.00

1.32

67

85.5

52

50

Northumbria

372

3.72

2.15

49

85.1

53

41

Birkbeck

232

3.92

2.90

85.0

54

58

Hertfordshire

354

3.81

2.20

48

85.0

55

55

Oxford Brookes

367

4.17

2.00

42

84.9

56

84

Abertay

336

3.98

1.70

53

84.6

57

48

Central Lancashire

334

3.84

1.95

52

84.6

58

65

Salford

323

4.17

2.20

43

84.6

59

60

Nottingham Trent

324

4.14

1.65

52

84.5

60

52

Bath Spa

314

4.10

1.65

54

84.5

61

66

Middlesex

313

3.86

1.50

61

84.5

62

63

Manchester Metropolitan

335

3.89

2.01

48

84.2

63

71

Chester

307

4.28

59

84.2

64

70

Glasgow Caledonian

410

4.02

1.60

41

84.0

65

53

Bournemouth

321

4.11

2.25

40

83.9

66

67

Huddersfield

310

4.11

59

83.6

67

85

Buckingham

317

4.54

83.6

68

68

Greenwich

305

4.12

1.70

49

83.6

69

51

Westminster

300

3.90

1.75

53

83.6

70

69

Liverpool John Moores

332

4.03

2.00

42

83.5

71

77

Roehampton

279

3.88

1.90

48

82.4

72

86

York St John

310

4.20

1.05

49

82.1

73

87

West London

264

3.91

1.10

60

82.1

74

78

Aberystwyth

323

3.80

54

81.8

75

93

Derby

286

3.83

1.65

48

81.7

76

76

Edinburgh Napier

366

3.91

1.30

41

81.6

77

79

Sheffield Hallam

330

3.89

1.55

42

81.6

78

75

Worcester

292

3.90

1.40

49

81.5

79

-

South Wales

318

4.05

1.35

43

81.5

80

80

Anglia Ruskin

263

4.09

2.25

35

81.4

81

102

West of Scotland

323

4.35

39

81.0

82

88

Bradford

296

4.09

47

80.9

83

64

Staffordshire

265

3.87

1.88

42

80.9

84

90

Queen Margaret

326

4.17

41

80.8

85

98

Chichester

278

4.19

47

80.8

86

83

Teesside

306

4.10

45

80.8

87

72

Kingston

274

3.46

1.65

52

80.8

88

73

Leeds Trinity

260

4.16

1.40

44

80.8

89

92

Gloucestershire

287

4.07

1.35

43

80.7

90

57

Birmingham City

290

3.78

52

80.6

91

96

Winchester

332

3.88

44

80.5

92

101

De Montfort

305

4.20

41

80.4

93

95

East London

254

4.07

2.05

34

80.3

94

82

Ulster

297

4.11

2.00

28

80.3

95

91

Brighton

307

3.86

46

80.2

96

106

Cumbria

212

4.34

49

80.1

97

81

London South Bank

266

4.00

1.80

36

80.0

98

89

Edge Hill

300

4.31

37

79.9

99

100

London Metropolitan

246

3.74

1.60

46

79.8

100

105

Canterbury Christ Church

285

3.95

43

79.4