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University rankings 2023
See full list| Rank | University | Total |
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| 1 | University of St Andrews | 1000 |
| 2 | London School of Economics and Political Science | 996 |
| 3 | Imperial College London | 983 |
| 4 | University of Cambridge | 957 |
| 5 | University of Oxford | 925 |
| 6 | Durham University | 914 |
| 7 | University of Warwick | 904 |
| 8 | University of Bath | 868 |
| 9 | University of Strathclyde | 857 |
| 10 | University of Bristol | 845 |
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University of St Andrews | 90.8 | 90 | 53.8 | 211 | 82.7 | 90.6 | 97.1 | 1000 |  |
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-1
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London School of Economics and Political Science | 87.6 | 85.7 | 68 | 181 | 88.4 | 90.2 | 97.5 | 996 | |
| 3
+3
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Imperial College London | 87.4 | 86.8 | 73.9 | 198 | 93 | 90.4 | 95.9 | 983 | |
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University of Cambridge | 87.3 | 79.9 | 69.7 | 207 | 86.3 | 90 | 99.2 | 957 | |
| 5
-1
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University of Oxford | 88.2 | 76.6 | 67 | 197 | 84.1 | 92.3 | 98.1 | 925 | |
| 6
-3
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Durham University | 88.6 | 84.8 | 55.9 | 174 | 82.8 | 90.1 | 97.3 | 914 | |
| 7
+1
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University of Warwick | 87.3 | 87.1 | 60.9 | 168 | 83.4 | 87.8 | 97.6 | 904 | |
| 8
-1
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University of Bath | 85.9 | 84.4 | 53 | 171 | 83.6 | 89.5 | 97.7 | 868 | |
| 9
+2
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University of Strathclyde | 88.1 | 85.8 | 53.1 | 198 | 80.4 | 84.7 | 92.8 | 857 | |
| 10
-
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University of Bristol | 85.3 | 83.8 | 66.2 | 162 | 79.4 | 87.6 | 98.4 | 845 | |
| 11
+2
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University of Sheffield | 87.3 | 86.4 | 59.1 | 156 | 79.9 | 85.8 | 97 | 840 | |
| 12
+4
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University of Birmingham | 87.9 | 87.3 | 61.9 | 146 | 79.5 | 83.3 | 97 | 830 | |
| 13
-1
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Loughborough University | 86.9 | 87.6 | 52.5 | 147 | 79.5 | 83.7 | 97.7 | 829 | |
| 14
-5
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University College London | 83.6 | 82.1 | 66.8 | 166 | 81.4 | 87.3 | 97.4 | 818 | |
| 15
+7
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University of Glasgow | 83.5 | 80.2 | 61.2 | 203 | 77.7 | 85.2 | 95.2 | 802 | |
| 16
-2
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University of Exeter | 84.4 | 84 | 57.5 | 152 | 78.8 | 86.5 | 96.8 | 800 | |
| 17
+8
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University of Edinburgh | 81.7 | 78.5 | 61.5 | 190 | 78.5 | 89.1 | 96.9 | 799 | |
| 18=
-1
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University of Southampton | 84.8 | 84.7 | 60.1 | 146 | 78.3 | 83 | 97.4 | 771 | |
| 18=
+2
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University of York | 84.3 | 82.7 | 62.8 | 142 | 76.4 | 83.8 | 97 | 771 | |
| 20
+3
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University of Dundee | 87 | 80.6 | 51.1 | 179 | 80.9 | 83 | 93.3 | 769 | |
| 21
-3
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University of Liverpool | 86 | 86 | 55.6 | 137 | 78.1 | 84.6 | 96.5 | 767 | |
| 22
+4
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University of Leeds | 84.1 | 84 | 57 | 148 | 77.2 | 85.5 | 96.5 | 761 | |
| 23
+4
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University of Manchester | 82.5 | 81.9 | 64.4 | 159 | 74.7 | 86.8 | 96.5 | 744 | |
| 24
+6
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University of Nottingham | 84.8 | 82.1 | 56.1 | 141 | 80.6 | 81.9 | 96.8 | 740 | |
| 25
+6
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University of Surrey | 88.4 | 87.7 | 53.3 | 128 | 76.7 | 73.1 | 95.4 | 739 | |
| 26
-11
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Lancaster University | 85.4 | 82.5 | 57.4 | 138 | 75.1 | 81.6 | 95.8 | 738 | |
| 27
-6
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Queen’s University, Belfast | 84.4 | 83.7 | 52 | 146 | 80.9 | 79.6 | 95.5 | 730 | |
| 28
-5
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University of Aberdeen | 85.7 | 84.9 | 38.7 | 175 | 74.7 | 78.9 | 96.7 | 726 | |
| 29
-10
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King’s College London | 83 | 80 | 64.2 | 153 | 78.2 | 85.9 | 95 | 725 | |
| 30
+4
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Newcastle University | 83.3 | 82.9 | 53.6 | 139 | 77.4 | 83.8 | 96.8 | 717 | |
| 31
-3
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University of Leicester | 86.7 | 86.2 | 53.6 | 120 | 73.4 | 80.5 | 96.7 | 714 | |
| 32
-4
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Cardiff University | 83.6 | 82.4 | 56.7 | 144 | 78.1 | 79.5 | 96.3 | 709 | |
| 33
-1
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Royal Holloway, University of London | 86.2 | 84.3 | 53.6 | 119 | 68.7 | 82 | 94 | 694 | |
| 34
+15
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Ulster University | 86.7 | 84.4 | 47.8 | 119 | 74.8 | 84.6 | 91.6 | 692 | |
| 35
-2
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University of Reading | 86.5 | 85.9 | 51.1 | 120 | 70.1 | 81.3 | 93.7 | 691 | |
| 36
-1
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Queen Mary University of London | 84.5 | 83.7 | 58.7 | 145 | 68.6 | 85.5 | 94.4 | 681 | |
| 37
+18
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University of Stirling | 85.5 | 81.5 | 43.8 | 164 | 74.5 | 76.1 | 91.8 | 671 | |
| 38=
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Manchester Metropolitan University | 87.9 | 85.8 | 43.7 | 122 | 68.7 | 79.3 | 92.1 | 670 | |
| 38=
-1
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Swansea University | 87.6 | 85.3 | 47.5 | 120 | 72.2 | 79.2 | 92.8 | 670 | |
| 40
-
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University of East Anglia | 86 | 84.4 | 58 | 123 | 75.9 | 74.7 | 92.8 | 667 | |
| 41
-2
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Heriot-Watt University | 82.8 | 81.5 | 48.7 | 163 | 75.3 | 83 | 88.4 | 660 | |
| 42
+9
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Edinburgh Napier University | 84 | 81.6 | 32.9 | 152 | 75.4 | 86.1 | 91.4 | 650 | |
| 43
-7
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Glasgow Caledonian University | 83.6 | 79.5 | 38.5 | 159 | 75.8 | 84 | 91.1 | 644 | |
| 44=
+9
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University of the Arts London | 86.3 | 82.4 | 46 | 143 | 55.6 | 82.1 | 93.4 | 642 | |
| 44=
+2
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Nottingham Trent University | 88.6 | 85.7 | 41.9 | 112 | 67.7 | 76.5 | 92.1 | 642 | |
| 46
-3
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Keele University | 86.5 | 84.5 | 42 | 117 | 75.8 | 79.5 | 93.5 | 641 | |
| 47=
-3
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University of Essex | 87.6 | 85.5 | 50 | 108 | 68.6 | 78.6 | 90.4 | 631 | |
| 47=
-2
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University of Sussex | 85.5 | 85.5 | 52.9 | 120 | 63.7 | 78.6 | 95.4 | 631 | |
| 49
-8
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Aston University | 85.5 | 84.9 | 40.9 | 120 | 73.8 | 73.5 | 94.4 | 626 | |
| 50
+10
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University of Hull | 87 | 83.8 | 42.4 | 119 | 77.5 | 74.3 | 90.5 | 624 | |
| 51
+36
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University of Staffordshire | 91 | 88.1 | 30 | 119 | 67.8 | 79.3 | 90.3 | 621 | |
| 52
-5
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Northumbria University | 84.2 | 83.6 | 40.6 | 122 | 72.1 | 82.1 | 90 | 619 | |
| 53
+6
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Bangor University | 86.9 | 83 | 51.3 | 119 | 72 | 73 | 90.3 | 617 | |
| 54
+7
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Liverpool John Moores University | 87.4 | 86.3 | 32.8 | 120 | 69.2 | 74.6 | 92.5 | 616 | |
| 55
-5
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Robert Gordon University | 87.2 | 81.4 | 20.8 | 153 | 77.4 | 75.4 | 91.9 | 613 | |
| 56
-8
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City St George’s, University of London | 84.2 | 81.7 | 51 | 123 | 75.1 | 78.3 | 92.7 | 609 | |
| 57
-3
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University of Chichester | 89 | 82.1 | 20.1 | 119 | 70.3 | 76.8 | 93.4 | 606 | |
| 58
+56
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University of East London | 89.9 | 86.3 | 22.8 | 111 | 70.1 | 83.6 | 88.6 | 604 | |
| 59
+8
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University of Hertfordshire | 87.9 | 86.5 | 39.2 | 112 | 69.2 | 77 | 92.2 | 595 | |
| 60
+2
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Abertay University | 88.9 | 84.2 | 24.6 | 152 | 61.6 | 79.4 | 89.3 | 586 | |
| 61
-9
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University of Portsmouth | 86.1 | 82.6 | 39.1 | 103 | 67 | 78.5 | 93.8 | 583 | |
| 62
+2
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University of Lincoln | 85.1 | 81.8 | 38.4 | 108 | 68.5 | 76.8 | 92.5 | 580 | |
| 63
-21
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Aberystwyth University | 88.5 | 86.5 | 38.7 | 110 | 62.6 | 72.3 | 92.8 | 578 | |
| 64
-8
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University of Kent | 83.2 | 80.6 | 52.9 | 115 | 64.8 | 76.3 | 92.7 | 572 | |
| 65
-8
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University of the West of England | 86.1 | 82.3 | 35.7 | 116 | 69.4 | 75.8 | 92.5 | 569 | |
| 66
-
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Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh | 83.4 | 76.4 | 27.3 | 164 | 70.1 | 83.5 | 93.8 | 567 | |
| 67
+12
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Harper Adams University | 83.9 | 77.6 | 19.5 | 122 | 75.6 | 71.9 | 95 | 566 | |
| 68
+16
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Teesside University | 89.4 | 83.6 | 28 | 114 | 74.2 | 75.8 | 85.4 | 560 | |
| 69
-11
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University of Plymouth | 84.2 | 79.4 | 38.6 | 126 | 74.6 | 75.7 | 93.5 | 559 | |
| 70
-7
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Edge Hill University | 86.3 | 84.4 | 26.3 | 116 | 73.9 | 74.8 | 91.6 | 556 | |
| 71
+7
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Coventry University | 88.3 | 84.5 | 33.8 | 113 | 67.4 | 82.1 | 85.5 | 554 | |
| 72
+29
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Hartpury University | 88.8 | 84.7 | 15.8 | 118 | 62.3 | 65.2 | 94.4 | 552 | |
| 73
+10
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Leeds Beckett University | 87.8 | 85.4 | 26.7 | 106 | 65.9 | 75.5 | 92.1 | 549 | |
| 74
+30
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Norwich University of the Arts | 86.2 | 82.9 | 38.8 | 126 | 56.8 | 72.8 | 92.7 | 543 | |
| 75=
+7
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University of South Wales | 86.6 | 79.6 | 27.5 | 115 | 67 | 79.4 | 89.3 | 541 | |
| 75=
-11
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University of West London | 88.4 | 85.8 | 28.7 | 110 | 65.2 | 78.2 | 89.1 | 541 | |
| 77
+13
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University of Brighton | 85.1 | 81.5 | 41.4 | 111 | 66.6 | 73.1 | 91.9 | 540 | |
| 78=
-7
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Cardiff Metropolitan University | 85.6 | 82.5 | 32 | 116 | 69 | 72.3 | 89.5 | 538 | |
| 78=
+16
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Kingston University | 85.7 | 82.1 | 34.6 | 113 | 65.2 | 74.9 | 93.7 | 538 | |
| 80
+27
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Birmingham Newman University | 93.3 | 90.2 | 13.3 | 105 | 70.9 | 68.6 | 86.6 | 530 | |
| 81
-9
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University of Salford | 85.1 | 79.7 | 37.8 | 124 | 68.5 | 73.5 | 91.3 | 527 | |
| 82
+5
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Goldsmiths, University of London | 84.8 | 77.5 | 45.5 | 120 | 57 | 89.8 | 82.1 | 525 | |
| 83
+12
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Sheffield Hallam University | 83.4 | 78 | 36 | 116 | 72.2 | 74.7 | 91.2 | 524 | |
| 84=
+6
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Liverpool Hope University | 88.1 | 83.3 | 22.3 | 113 | 63.7 | 73.7 | 90.7 | 523 | |
| 84=
+40
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University of Roehampton | 87.3 | 84.4 | 45.9 | 87 | 61.7 | 74 | 90 | 523 | |
| 86
+20
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University of Winchester | 85.5 | 79.4 | 22 | 108 | 67.8 | 80.1 | 93.3 | 519 | |
| 87
+21
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De Montfort University | 85.9 | 84.2 | 27.4 | 100 | 69.9 | 72.1 | 91.8 | 518 | |
| 88
+22
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University of the West of Scotland | 87.1 | 80.7 | 19.2 | 123 | 75.5 | 79.6 | 84.3 | 516 | |
| 89
-2
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Falmouth University | 83.8 | 77.4 | 48.8 | 129 | 55.1 | 77.4 | 90.2 | 514 | |
| 90
-16
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Lincoln Bishop University | 90.5 | 85.7 | 11.3 | 103 | 74.7 | 67.8 | 91 | 511 | |
| 91
+25
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Middlesex University | 87 | 83.5 | 30.4 | 100 | 67.4 | 77.6 | 84.8 | 508 | |
| 92
+17
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University of Chester | 85.7 | 79.4 | 21.1 | 117 | 69.9 | 78.7 | 89.8 | 504 | |
| 93
-7
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University of Bradford | 83 | 79.8 | 29.9 | 130 | 72.2 | 79.9 | 90.5 | 503 | |
| 94
+17
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London South Bank University | 86.5 | 82.9 | 28.8 | 104 | 67.3 | 80.4 | 89.4 | 500 | |
| 95
+7
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University of Huddersfield | 84.8 | 80.2 | 31.1 | 117 | 68.6 | 74.6 | 91.3 | 499 | |
| 96
-
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University of Derby | 87.6 | 81.3 | 21 | 109 | 71.9 | 74.3 | 88.9 | 498 | |
| 97
+2
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University of Wales Trinity Saint David | 92.2 | 88.6 | 23.8 | 116 | 52.7 | 68.6 | 87.8 | 497 | |
| 98
-
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University of Worcester | 87.5 | 84.2 | 15.3 | 112 | 80.1 | 60.2 | 90.1 | 492 | |
| 99
+14
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Birmingham City University | 86.7 | 84 | 29 | 108 | 66.4 | 70.1 | 90.4 | 490 | |
| 100
-7
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University of Lancashire | 85.3 | 79.5 | 30.4 | 117 | 69.7 | 73.4 | 87.5 | 489 | |
| 101
-1
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University of Greenwich | 86 | 83 | 32.9 | 105 | 62.7 | 76.8 | 90.8 | 484 | |
| 102
-32
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Plymouth Marjon University | 87.3 | 80.2 | 17.4 | 93 | 73.1 | 80.2 | 84.6 | 480 | |
| 103
-22
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Canterbury Christ Church University | 89.9 | 86.6 | 26.1 | 110 | 68.2 | 70.9 | 82.7 | 477 | |
| 104=
-20
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University of Gloucestershire | 85.1 | 76.3 | 21 | 110 | 70.4 | 71.6 | 92 | 475 | |
| 104=
+17
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University of Wolverhampton | 88 | 83.8 | 21.6 | 107 | 71.4 | 68.2 | 88.2 | 475 | |
| 106
-1
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University of Sunderland | 88.5 | 84.4 | 30.5 | 120 | 65.1 | 71.8 | 85.3 | 474 | |
| 107=
-28
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Bournemouth University | 80.5 | 78.5 | 30.7 | 107 | 70.3 | 74.4 | 91.1 | 470 | |
| 107=
+8
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University of Westminster | 83.9 | 83.1 | 39.7 | 106 | 58.9 | 72.6 | 90.7 | 470 | |
| 107=
+5
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York St John University | 87.7 | 83.2 | 19.6 | 112 | 65.9 | 67.9 | 91 | 470 | |
| 110=
-37
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Arts University Bournemouth | 83.8 | 75.1 | 23 | 140 | 50.3 | 75.4 | 95.3 | 467 | |
| 110=
-41
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Oxford Brookes University | 86.8 | 82.1 | 32.8 | 110 | 70.1 | 65.2 | 84.6 | 467 | |
| 112
-37
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SOAS University of London | 79.9 | 74.7 | 51.9 | 121 | 60.6 | 76.1 | 91.8 | 465 | |
| 113
-45
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St Mary’s University, Twickenham | 88.4 | 84.2 | 29.4 | 108 | 72.6 | 67.6 | 73.8 | 464 | |
| 114
+8
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Wrexham University | 84.2 | 78.4 | 13.3 | 107 | 67.9 | 72.5 | 85.5 | 459 | |
| 115
+14
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University of Cumbria | 82.4 | 78.7 | 13.6 | 110 | 83.2 | 72.6 | 88.5 | 458 | |
| 116
+1
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Brunel University of London | 84.3 | 80.6 | 34 | 113 | 64.5 | 68.7 | 90.6 | 452 | |
| 117
+6
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Anglia Ruskin University | 86.2 | 81.6 | 30.2 | 105 | 66.1 | 67.1 | 87.2 | 444 | |
| 118
-21
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University of Suffolk | 93.1 | 90 | 21.8 | 106 | 53 | 73 | 84.3 | 442 | |
| 119
-1
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University of Northampton | 86.1 | 82.7 | 13.8 | 94 | 69.9 | 73.1 | 88.2 | 434 | |
| 120
+4
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London Metropolitan University | 86.5 | 82.5 | 29.2 | 96 | 55.8 | 79.4 | 82.8 | 433 | |
| 121
-45
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Southampton Solent University | 85.9 | 81.3 | 12.6 | 107 | 62.6 | 76.2 | 88.6 | 431 | |
| 122
-4
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University of Bedfordshire | 87.6 | 83.8 | 30 | 101 | 58.9 | 69.4 | 87.8 | 418 | |
| 123
-46
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Bath Spa University | 88.3 | 84 | 29.3 | 111 | 53.1 | 69.5 | 83.6 | 409 | |
| 124
-21
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Leeds Arts University | 87.3 | 81.7 | 6 | 138 | 45.5 | 65.9 | 94.8 | 402 | |
| 125
-35
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Leeds Trinity University | 95 | 93.2 | 15.1 | 105 | 49.4 | 64.7 | 78.7 | 401 | |
| 126
+1
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University for the Creative Arts | 85.8 | 78.5 | 41.2 | 121 | 46.5 | 72.8 | 81.8 | 389 | |
| 127
+3
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Royal Agricultural University | 77.4 | 77.2 | 24.2 | 108 | 78 | 59.2 | 91.1 | 382 | |
| 128
-
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University of Buckingham | 80.1 | 69 | n/a | 115 | 74.4 | 83.8 | 91.9 | 348 | |
| 129
-3
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University of Greater Manchester | 85.3 | 76.5 | 10.6 | 114 | 64.5 | 70.8 | 78.6 | 279 | |
| 130
-10
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Buckinghamshire New University | 90.4 | 86.5 | 17.6 | 101 | 43 | 60 | 82.1 | 267 | |
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