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University rankings 2023
See full list| Rank | University | Total |
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| 1 | University of Oxford | 1000 |
| 2 | University of St Andrews | 992 |
| 3 | University of Cambridge | 991 |
| 4 | London School of Economics and Political Science | 954 |
| 5 | Imperial College London | 939 |
| 6 | Durham University | 880 |
| 7 | University College London | 878 |
| 8 | University of Bath | 868 |
| 9 | University of Warwick | 863 |
| 10 | University of Edinburgh | 827 |
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| 1 | 2 | University of Oxford | n/a | n/a | 67 | 198 | 91.6 | 94.5 | 99 | 10.5 | 1000 | |
| 2 | 1 | University of St Andrews | 84 | 80.5 | 53.8 | 204 | 86.9 | 92.6 | 95.9 | 11.8 | 992 | |
| 3 | 3 | University of Cambridge | n/a | n/a | 69.7 | 206 | 92.6 | 93.5 | 99 | 11.6 | 991 | |
| 4 | 5 | London School of Economics and Political Science | 74.5 | 73.3 | 68 | 181 | 89.1 | 93.6 | 96.7 | 13.4 | 954 | |
| 5 | 4 | Imperial College London | 74.9 | 77.2 | 73.9 | 197 | 95.2 | 92.4 | 97.9 | 11.7 | 939 | |
| 6 | 6 | Durham University | 74.9 | 70.8 | 55.9 | 183 | 87.3 | 92.6 | 97.2 | 13.7 | 880 | |
| 7 | 7 | University College London | 73.8 | 73.8 | 66.8 | 178 | 86.4 | 91.4 | 94.8 | 11.1 | 878 | |
| 8 | 9 | University of Bath | 76.7 | 79.7 | 53 | 170 | 90.9 | 90 | 96.2 | 15.4 | 868 | |
| 9 | 8 | University of Warwick | 77 | 75.1 | 60.9 | 170 | 86.3 | 88 | 95.6 | 14.2 | 863 | |
| 10 | 13 | University of Edinburgh | 68.6 | 67 | 61.5 | 188 | 84.6 | 91.5 | 94.3 | 11.5 | 827 | |
| 11 | 10 | Loughborough University | 75.7 | 79.2 | 52.5 | 153 | 85.4 | 85.8 | 93.4 | 13.8 | 814 | |
| 12 | 11 | Lancaster University | 77.6 | 76.6 | 57.4 | 146 | 82.6 | 82.9 | 94.1 | 14.1 | 805 | |
| 13 | 21 | University of Exeter | 75.3 | 75.5 | 57.5 | 157 | 83.8 | 88.8 | 94.9 | 15.8 | 804 | |
| 14 | 12 | University of Glasgow | 73.3 | 71.7 | 61.2 | 203 | 81.4 | 86.1 | 89.9 | 13.7 | 798 | |
| 15 | 14 | University of Bristol | 71.2 | 69 | 66.2 | 165 | 84.7 | 91.2 | 95.9 | 14.1 | 790 | |
| 16 | 16 | University of Southampton | 75.4 | 74.1 | 60.1 | 152 | 80.7 | 87.2 | 93.3 | 12.6 | 787 | |
| 17 | 19 | University of York | 75.9 | 73.6 | 62.8 | 149 | 82 | 83.9 | 93.9 | 15.1 | 780 | |
| 18 | 17 | University of Strathclyde | 76.7 | 75.1 | 53.1 | 202 | 83.8 | 84.6 | 91.1 | 19.1 | 779 | |
| 19 | 20 | University of Aberdeen | 79.4 | 78.6 | 38.7 | 185 | 79.9 | 88.3 | 89.9 | 15 | 770 | |
| 20= | 25 | University of Birmingham | 71.3 | 70.4 | 61.9 | 154 | 84.2 | 88.3 | 95.4 | 14.9 | 748 | |
| 20= | 22 | University of Sheffield | 76.3 | 75 | 59.1 | 150 | 80.1 | 84.7 | 93.1 | 14.9 | 748 | |
| 22 | 32 | University of Surrey | 78.6 | 79.2 | 53.3 | 138 | 84.4 | 81.1 | 90.4 | 16 | 742 | |
| 23 | 15 | University of Leeds | 69 | 66.7 | 57 | 160 | 81.6 | 89 | 94 | 13.8 | 723 | |
| 24 | 23 | University of Manchester | 69.5 | 66.3 | 64.4 | 162 | 83 | 84.8 | 93.9 | 14.3 | 714 | |
| 25 | 35= | Cardiff University | 73 | 70.1 | 56.7 | 146 | 84.3 | 83.2 | 92.8 | 14.5 | 706 | |
| 26 | 18 | King’s College London | 69.6 | 66.3 | 64.2 | 164 | 86.2 | 87.3 | 92.6 | 13.9 | 705 | |
| 27 | 27 | University of East Anglia | 72.7 | 69.2 | 58 | 134 | 82.4 | 86.7 | 89.7 | 14.2 | 699 | |
| 28 | 24 | Queen’s University, Belfast | 73 | 71.3 | 52 | 148 | 84.5 | 85.5 | 92.3 | 15.9 | 693 | |
| 29 | 26 | Royal Holloway, University of London | 74.1 | 72.7 | 53.6 | 129 | 73.8 | 84.2 | 92.7 | 16.2 | 691 | |
| 30= | 28 | University of Nottingham | 71.9 | 69.5 | 56.1 | 148 | 83.8 | 85.3 | 93.9 | 15.8 | 685 | |
| 30= | 34 | University of Reading | 75.1 | 74.5 | 51.1 | 124 | 77.4 | 83.6 | 92.3 | 16.6 | 685 | |
| 32 | 35= | University of Dundee | 74.5 | 70.1 | 51.1 | 178 | 82 | 79.7 | 89.4 | 14.9 | 681 | |
| 33= | 42 | Newcastle University | 68.8 | 66.7 | 53.6 | 145 | 82.3 | 84.4 | 94.5 | 14.7 | 665 | |
| 33= | 30= | University of Liverpool | 71 | 69 | 55.6 | 141 | 78.8 | 81.8 | 92.5 | 13.8 | 665 | |
| 35 | 37 | University of Leicester | 73 | 72 | 53.6 | 129 | 75.3 | 81.2 | 91.4 | 13.7 | 659 | |
| 36 | 40 | Queen Mary, University of London | 70.3 | 68.4 | 58.7 | 146 | 75.9 | 88.3 | 93 | 14.6 | 650 | |
| 37 | 33 | SOAS University of London | 68.5 | 62.7 | 51.9 | 145 | 74.6 | 84 | 84.9 | 14.6 | 636 | |
| 38= | 44 | Ulster University | 78.2 | 75.7 | 47.8 | 128 | 75.6 | 80.6 | 88.2 | 20.3 | 635 | |
| 38= | 41 | University of Stirling | 76.2 | 72.8 | 43.8 | 169 | 73.7 | 76.9 | 85.9 | 18.6 | 635 | |
| 40 | 74 | University of West London | 84.3 | 81.4 | 28.7 | 119 | 69 | 77.3 | 77.2 | 12.9 | 634 | |
| 41 | 38 | Aberystwyth University | 83.7 | 80.5 | 38.7 | 121 | 66 | 72.5 | 85.2 | 15.6 | 631 | |
| 42= | 87 | Falmouth University | 79 | 72.9 | 48.8 | 125 | 60.6 | 77.6 | n/a | 14.8 | 630 | |
| 42= | 70 | Nottingham Trent University | 78.1 | 76.1 | 41.9 | 121 | 71 | 72.1 | 88.9 | 15.3 | 630 | |
| 42= | 39 | Swansea University | 74 | 70.4 | 47.5 | 131 | 78.1 | 80.3 | 89.9 | 16.2 | 630 | |
| 45= | 45 | Aston University | 72.8 | 72.8 | 40.9 | 128 | 79.6 | 84.3 | 91.1 | 17 | 626 | |
| 45= | 64 | Bangor University | 78.5 | 74.5 | 51.3 | 123 | 71 | 75.3 | 82.3 | 15.1 | 626 | |
| 47 | 29 | Harper Adams University | 76.8 | 75.9 | 19.5 | 123 | 71.6 | 73.2 | 92.2 | 13.8 | 616 | |
| 48 | 46 | University of Kent | 71.9 | 69.2 | 52.9 | 125 | 74.2 | 81.1 | 89.7 | 17.7 | 615 | |
| 49 | 62= | Northumbria University | 74.1 | 70.1 | 40.6 | 137 | 78.2 | 80 | 83.4 | 15.7 | 612 | |
| 50 | 47 | University of Sussex | 71.6 | 69.6 | 52.9 | 136 | 70.6 | 78.4 | 92.3 | 17.3 | 609 | |
| 51 | 67 | St Mary’s University, Twickenham | 82.4 | 78.9 | 29.4 | 109 | 68.8 | 77 | 78.8 | 16 | 606 | |
| 52 | 60 | Glasgow Caledonian University | 75.1 | 72.2 | 38.5 | 168 | 78.6 | 82.5 | 86.4 | 22.9 | 603 | |
| 53 | 49 | University of Lincoln | 75.8 | 73.5 | 38.4 | 120 | 70.2 | 77.6 | 88.8 | 16.1 | 599 | |
| 54 | 43 | University of Essex | 73.3 | 72.5 | 50 | 114 | 72.6 | 79.7 | 87.6 | 16 | 598 | |
| 55 | 51 | Coventry University | 78.6 | 76.7 | 33.8 | 115 | 71 | 76.8 | 80.1 | 13.8 | 595 | |
| 56 | 52= | University of the Arts, London | 72.6 | 63 | 46 | 139 | 59.3 | 75.4 | 86.4 | 11.9 | 593 | |
| 57= | 30= | Heriot-Watt University | 66.5 | 66.7 | 48.7 | 172 | 79.3 | 81.9 | 86 | 18 | 592 | |
| 57= | 54 | Oxford Brookes University | 72.5 | 70 | 32.8 | 117 | 74.6 | 79.1 | 90.8 | 14 | 592 | |
| 59 | 57 | Edinburgh Napier University | 77.3 | 74.4 | 32.9 | 150 | 77.7 | 81.3 | 82.7 | 22.1 | 590 | |
| 60 | 71 | Manchester Metropolitan University | 76.7 | 73.3 | 43.7 | 126 | 67.9 | 76.1 | 86.1 | 17.5 | 579 | |
| 61 | 73 | University of the West of England | 75.5 | 72.4 | 35.7 | 123 | 76.3 | 77 | 83.4 | 15.7 | 575 | |
| 62 | 88 | University of Portsmouth | 77.2 | 73.2 | 39.1 | 112 | 73.7 | 76.3 | 84.9 | 16.8 | 574 | |
| 63 | 69 | University for the Creative Arts | 77.2 | 68.7 | 41.2 | 134 | 52.2 | 78.3 | 84.7 | 13.8 | 573 | |
| 64 | 48 | Keele University | 72.3 | 69.9 | 42 | 123 | 79.3 | 78.9 | 89.2 | 15.3 | 572 | |
| 65 | 62= | Robert Gordon University | 81.2 | 76 | 20.8 | 156 | 77.6 | 72.9 | 85.2 | 20.8 | 569 | |
| 66 | 50 | University of Chichester | 78 | 74.6 | 20.1 | 125 | 64.9 | 77.1 | 86.4 | 15.2 | 568 | |
| 67= | 66 | Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh | 76.8 | 73.1 | 27.3 | 162 | 68.3 | 79.9 | 83.7 | 21.9 | 561 | |
| 67= | 52= | University of Hull | 76.1 | 72.1 | 42.4 | 125 | 75.2 | 76 | 81.5 | 16.2 | 561 | |
| 69 | 55 | City, University of London | 67.5 | 66.7 | 51.5 | 132 | 77.6 | 80.5 | 90.2 | 19.4 | 559 | |
| 70 | 56 | Norwich University of the Arts | 76.6 | 67.9 | 38.8 | 130 | 65.6 | 72.2 | 84.5 | 15.5 | 555 | |
| 71= | 103= | Leeds Arts University | 77.1 | 71.7 | 6 | 149 | 62.4 | 80.1 | 93.1 | 16.1 | 553 | |
| 71= | 93 | Liverpool John Moores University | 75.2 | 74.1 | 32.8 | 139 | 71 | 75.4 | 83.8 | 18 | 553 | |
| 73 | 75 | University of Huddersfield | 75.9 | 72.1 | 31.1 | 122 | 67.6 | 77.2 | 84.5 | 14.7 | 551 | |
| 74 | 58= | University of Plymouth | 75.3 | 72 | 38.6 | 127 | 77.7 | 76.5 | 85.3 | 17.3 | 547 | |
| 75 | 82 | Bishop Grosseteste University | 82.5 | 77 | 11.3 | 107 | 73.4 | 70.4 | 88.6 | 19.8 | 537 | |
| 76 | 79= | Arts University Bournemouth | 76.2 | 70.3 | 23 | 145 | 57.4 | 70.4 | 88.5 | 14.5 | 536 | |
| 77 | 103= | Bath Spa University | 77.7 | 71.5 | 29.3 | 112 | 61.9 | 79.1 | 83.7 | 16.6 | 529 | |
| 78 | 58= | Edge Hill University | 74 | 71.9 | 26.3 | 128 | 70.9 | 74 | 86.7 | 15.5 | 528 | |
| 79 | 83= | York St John University | 80 | 75.1 | 19.6 | 110 | 66.6 | 76.5 | 85.1 | 18 | 527 | |
| 80= | 81 | Liverpool Hope University | 78.5 | 73.4 | 22.3 | 114 | 64.8 | 74.3 | 82.9 | 16.3 | 524 | |
| 80= | 101= | Plymouth Marjon University | 81.6 | 77.3 | 17.4 | 119 | 68.8 | 75.8 | 80 | 19.2 | 524 | |
| 82= | 72 | Sheffield Hallam University | 72.3 | 66.4 | 36 | 116 | 75.1 | 77.6 | 85.5 | 17.7 | 514 | |
| 82= | 78 | St George’s, University of London | 65.6 | 60.9 | 48.8 | 144 | 91.7 | 80 | 93.7 | 13.1 | 514 | |
| 84 | 89= | University of Greenwich | 76.7 | 73.4 | 32.9 | 117 | 70.2 | 77.5 | 83.4 | 19.5 | 512 | |
| 85 | 89= | University of Buckingham | 75.5 | 71.3 | n/a | 117 | 79.9 | 69.1 | 85.7 | n/a | 509 | |
| 86 | 118 | Teesside University | 78.3 | 73.7 | 28 | 117 | 78.1 | 73 | 77.1 | 17.1 | 508 | |
| 87 | 106= | University of Winchester | 75.4 | 72.2 | 22 | 111 | 68.2 | 74.6 | 85.4 | 18.1 | 506 | |
| 88 | 98 | University of Salford | 73.6 | 68.7 | 37.8 | 125 | 71.4 | 76.6 | 81.3 | 17.9 | 503 | |
| 89= | 94= | Abertay University | 78.7 | 73.2 | 24.6 | 148 | 70.5 | 78 | 76.3 | 24.2 | 501 | |
| 89= | 106= | Bournemouth University | 71.8 | 68.7 | 30.7 | 112 | 76.9 | 78.7 | 82.9 | 19.2 | 501 | |
| 91 | 96= | University of Hertfordshire | 75.6 | 71.8 | 39.2 | 106 | 72.4 | 70.6 | 83.4 | 16.5 | 499 | |
| 92 | 101= | Kingston University | 75.4 | 72.1 | 34.6 | 118 | 70.3 | 72.5 | 82.5 | 17 | 498 | |
| 93 | 79= | Cardiff Metropolitan University | 72.3 | 69.2 | 32 | 124 | 71.6 | 75.1 | 80 | 18.1 | 497 | |
| 94 | 83= | Birmingham City University | 75.4 | 70.3 | 29 | 120 | 70.3 | 72.8 | 84 | 17.2 | 492 | |
| 95 | 89= | University of Bradford | 70.6 | 70.2 | 29.9 | 125 | 76.8 | 83 | 86.1 | 19.1 | 491 | |
| 96 | 94= | University of Derby | 78.8 | 74 | 21 | 118 | 68.9 | 68.4 | 80.1 | 15.8 | 490 | |
| 97 | 68 | University of Chester | 74.4 | 65.2 | 21.1 | 120 | 72 | 74.1 | 83.2 | 15.1 | 489 | |
| 98= | 117 | University of Brighton | 71.4 | 64.8 | 41.4 | 111 | 73.6 | 72.2 | 83.9 | 17 | 487 | |
| 98= | 77 | University of Sunderland | 78.5 | 73.5 | 30.5 | 120 | 66.1 | 66.7 | 78.3 | 15.9 | 487 | |
| 100 | 124 | Leeds Trinity University | 78.2 | 76.2 | 15.1 | 107 | 65.5 | 79.7 | 78.3 | 21.5 | 486 | |
| 101 | 65 | University of Roehampton | 74.9 | 72.4 | 45.9 | 102 | 62.4 | 70.6 | 78.6 | 18.3 | 482 | |
| 102 | 116 | Royal Agricultural University | 75.8 | 78.7 | 24.2 | 114 | 67.6 | 66.9 | 90.4 | 21.5 | 481 | |
| 103 | 99 | University of South Wales | 75.8 | 69.6 | 27.5 | 119 | 66.5 | 72.3 | 81.7 | 16.1 | 478 | |
| 104 | 83= | University of Wales Trinity St David | 77.8 | 71.6 | 23.8 | 136 | 62.6 | 76.5 | 77.7 | 21.1 | 477 | |
| 105 | 112= | Hartpury University | 82.2 | 76.9 | 15.8 | 121 | 66.2 | 62.5 | n/a | 23.6 | 475 | |
| 106 | 76 | Staffordshire University | 76 | 69.9 | 30 | 118 | 66.6 | 74.8 | 78.2 | 17.7 | 467 | |
| 107 | 108= | University of Central Lancashire | 74 | 68.9 | 30.4 | 125 | 72.9 | 73.3 | 74.8 | 16.2 | 463 | |
| 108 | 61 | Goldsmiths, University of London | 63.8 | 54.7 | 45.5 | 127 | 65.5 | 83.6 | 78.6 | 13.9 | 462 | |
| 109 | 115 | Anglia Ruskin University | 76.8 | 71.4 | 30.2 | 110 | 67.4 | 76 | 79.3 | 19.4 | 457 | |
| 110= | 121 | Brunel University London | 68.3 | 66.8 | 34 | 120 | 69 | 77.1 | 88.1 | 17.9 | 455 | |
| 110= | 86 | University of Worcester | 74.2 | 71.9 | 15.3 | 117 | 74.6 | 66.7 | 85.2 | 17.5 | 455 | |
| 112 | 96= | University of Gloucestershire | 72.4 | 68.6 | 21 | 118 | 67.4 | 72.2 | 81.1 | 17.2 | 454 | |
| 113 | 112= | Leeds Beckett University | 74.9 | 70.8 | 26.7 | 107 | 69.7 | 75.2 | 79.9 | 21.7 | 452 | |
| 114 | 112= | Solent University | 76.8 | 71.7 | 12.6 | 112 | 63.3 | 73.1 | 77.8 | 17.5 | 436 | |
| 115= | 123 | Middlesex University | 73.5 | 70.2 | 30.4 | 107 | 72.7 | 72.6 | 76 | 17.1 | 432 | |
| 115= | 105 | University of Suffolk | 74.4 | 66.2 | 21.8 | 113 | 81 | 70.3 | 65.6 | 15 | 432 | |
| 115= | 129 | University of Westminster | 70 | 70 | 39.7 | 117 | 64.8 | 69.3 | 81.8 | 19.9 | 432 | |
| 118 | 122 | Newman University | 77.8 | 72.4 | 13.3 | 105 | 69.7 | 67.7 | 76.7 | 18 | 431 | |
| 119 | 119= | Canterbury Christ Church University | 74.9 | 66.9 | 26.1 | 101 | 76.1 | 68.5 | 79.5 | 18.2 | 428 | |
| 120 | 110= | Wrexham Glyndwr University | 81.6 | 74.6 | 13.3 | 115 | 69 | 71.6 | 74 | 24.9 | 422 | |
| 121 | 119= | Buckinghamshire New University | 81.1 | 75.9 | 17.6 | 111 | 66.5 | 57.9 | 72.3 | 15.4 | 417 | |
| 122= | 126 | De Montfort University | 70.8 | 67.6 | 27.4 | 106 | 69.3 | 73.7 | 81.6 | 18.5 | 413 | |
| 122= | 110= | University of the West of Scotland | 74.9 | 67 | 19.2 | 139 | 70.7 | 74.2 | 78.3 | 23.5 | 413 | |
| 124 | 89= | University of Bolton | 80.8 | 76.8 | 10.6 | 117 | 64.9 | 66.1 | 76.3 | 16.4 | 404 | |
| 125 | 108= | University of Northampton | 74 | 69.3 | 13.8 | 107 | 70.2 | 69.6 | 81.5 | 17.7 | 402 | |
| 126 | 127 | London South Bank University | 72.8 | 67.9 | 28.8 | 107 | 66.4 | 74.1 | 78.5 | 17.5 | 401 | |
| 127 | 128 | University of Wolverhampton | 75.8 | 71.2 | 21.6 | 109 | 67.9 | 68.8 | 71.8 | 16.5 | 387 | |
| 128 | 100 | London Metropolitan University | 81.4 | 77.9 | 29.2 | 101 | 60.2 | 64.5 | 68.7 | 22.7 | 379 | |
| 129 | 125 | University of Cumbria | 72.7 | 67.5 | 13.6 | 121 | 68.2 | 66.6 | 82.8 | 18.7 | 366 | |
| 130 | 131 | Ravensbourne University, London | 70 | 58.6 | 13.5 | 113 | 64 | 81.5 | 79.5 | 24.6 | 343 | |
| 131 | 130 | University of East London | 73.6 | 69.6 | 22.8 | 101 | 64.3 | 72.1 | 77.3 | 26.2 | 334 | |
| 132 | 132 | University of Bedfordshire | 76.4 | 71.5 | 30 | 107 | 68.5 | 64.8 | 56.2 | 27.4 | 308 | |