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The Guardian university league tables cover full-time, undergraduate courses at higher education institutions in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and are aimed at those wanting to start university in the 2014 academic year.
Rating |
Previous Year Rating |
Name of Institution |
Guardian score /100 |
Satisfied overall (%) |
Satisfied with teaching (%) |
Student: staff ratio |
Ave entry tariff |
Career after 6 mths |
1 |
2 |
Cambridge |
100.0 |
91 |
90 |
11.7 |
556 |
82 |
2 |
1 |
Oxford |
97.9 |
94 |
93 |
10.8 |
535 |
81 |
3 |
4 |
St Andrews |
85.3 |
93 |
95 |
13.3 |
484 |
73 |
4 |
8 |
London School of Economics |
84.7 |
80 |
81 |
11.8 |
512 |
81 |
5 |
5 |
UCL |
82.5 |
87 |
87 |
9.7 |
474 |
77 |
6 |
3 |
Warwick |
81.8 |
89 |
88 |
14.1 |
480 |
69 |
7 |
6 |
Lancaster |
79.1 |
87 |
88 |
13.8 |
407 |
68 |
8 |
17 |
Durham |
77.2 |
88 |
87 |
15.3 |
485 |
76 |
9 |
9 |
Loughborough |
75.5 |
89 |
88 |
17.1 |
389 |
67 |
10 |
7 |
Imperial College |
74.1 |
85 |
84 |
10.9 |
514 |
83 |
11 |
14 |
Exeter |
73.8 |
90 |
91 |
20.0 |
437 |
64 |
11 |
15 |
Sussex |
73.8 |
91 |
92 |
16.1 |
378 |
66 |
13 |
11 |
SOAS |
73.7 |
84 |
88 |
11.1 |
418 |
62 |
14 |
13 |
Bath |
73.6 |
86 |
86 |
16.1 |
456 |
75 |
15 |
9 |
York |
72.7 |
87 |
90 |
14.9 |
434 |
64 |
16 |
15 |
Edinburgh |
70.6 |
85 |
87 |
14.4 |
437 |
70 |
17 |
12 |
Leicester |
70.4 |
89 |
88 |
14.7 |
398 |
67 |
18 |
19 |
UEA |
69.8 |
90 |
90 |
14.9 |
381 |
61 |
19 |
21 |
Nottingham |
69.5 |
87 |
87 |
14.2 |
426 |
74 |
19 |
20 |
Surrey |
69.5 |
83 |
84 |
19.0 |
388 |
74 |
21 |
23 |
Glasgow |
69.2 |
89 |
90 |
14.5 |
405 |
69 |
22 |
24 |
City |
68.8 |
80 |
80 |
17.6 |
359 |
65 |
23 |
27 |
Kent |
68.3 |
87 |
86 |
14.4 |
328 |
65 |
24 |
30 |
Birmingham |
68.1 |
87 |
88 |
15.4 |
420 |
67 |
25 |
33 |
Bristol |
67.9 |
84 |
89 |
13.5 |
465 |
75 |
26 |
22 |
Dundee |
67.8 |
87 |
88 |
14.3 |
347 |
65 |
27 |
32 |
Heriot-Watt |
67.7 |
87 |
84 |
19.1 |
334 |
68 |
28 |
18 |
Southampton |
67.1 |
86 |
86 |
13.6 |
427 |
63 |
29 |
25 |
Strathclyde |
66.9 |
85 |
85 |
18.0 |
391 |
66 |
30 |
25 |
King's College London |
66.6 |
85 |
87 |
12.0 |
444 |
79 |
31 |
37 |
Newcastle |
66.3 |
87 |
87 |
15.3 |
409 |
72 |
32 |
45 |
Reading |
65.4 |
87 |
86 |
15.5 |
367 |
63 |
33 |
31 |
Sheffield |
64.5 |
88 |
88 |
14.9 |
425 |
69 |
34 |
36 |
Aston |
64.2 |
83 |
81 |
17.1 |
369 |
73 |
35 |
41 |
Royal Holloway |
63.7 |
85 |
87 |
15.7 |
378 |
59 |
36 |
46 |
Queen Mary |
63.6 |
85 |
84 |
13.6 |
385 |
67 |
37 |
35 |
Leeds |
63.0 |
83 |
85 |
14.9 |
408 |
63 |
38 |
27 |
Robert Gordon |
62.6 |
83 |
83 |
19.0 |
294 |
76 |
39 |
46 |
Cardiff |
61.5 |
86 |
87 |
15.0 |
404 |
71 |
39 |
43 |
Essex |
61.5 |
87 |
86 |
15.6 |
304 |
54 |
41 |
51 |
Manchester |
61.4 |
80 |
83 |
15.4 |
421 |
67 |
42 |
38 |
Bournemouth |
60.8 |
77 |
82 |
23.6 |
295 |
58 |
42 |
48 |
Oxford Brookes |
60.8 |
85 |
86 |
18.1 |
307 |
59 |
44 |
27 |
Stirling |
60.7 |
89 |
88 |
19.3 |
296 |
60 |
45 |
33 |
Aberdeen |
60.3 |
88 |
87 |
15.8 |
330 |
67 |
46 |
40 |
Falmouth |
60.2 |
77 |
82 |
23.5 |
279 |
47 |
47 |
49 |
Plymouth |
60.1 |
78 |
83 |
16.5 |
294 |
61 |
48 |
52 |
Sunderland |
59.7 |
82 |
83 |
15.8 |
244 |
51 |
49 |
39 |
Liverpool |
59.3 |
83 |
84 |
13.2 |
399 |
66 |
50 |
56 |
Queen's, Belfast |
58.8 |
85 |
86 |
14.8 |
361 |
63 |
50 |
49 |
Aberystwyth |
58.8 |
92 |
92 |
18.1 |
297 |
51 |
52 |
55 |
Edinburgh Napier |
58.5 |
80 |
81 |
21.6 |
296 |
66 |
53 |
54 |
Huddersfield |
58.0 |
78 |
81 |
18.4 |
266 |
64 |
54 |
44 |
Keele |
57.3 |
89 |
88 |
14.5 |
309 |
62 |
55 |
67 |
Northumbria |
56.9 |
82 |
82 |
20.3 |
298 |
65 |
56 |
63 |
Queen Margaret |
56.5 |
|
|
21.7 |
304 |
59 |
57 |
72 |
Lincoln |
56.3 |
83 |
84 |
19.7 |
288 |
53 |
58 |
42 |
Chichester |
56.2 |
84 |
87 |
16.6 |
286 |
51 |
59 |
62 |
UWE Bristol |
55.5 |
80 |
83 |
20.7 |
276 |
58 |
60 |
79 |
Teesside |
55.2 |
82 |
82 |
19.5 |
266 |
57 |
61 |
64 |
Gloucestershire |
55.1 |
78 |
82 |
20.6 |
258 |
55 |
62 |
58 |
Goldsmiths |
54.9 |
81 |
88 |
17.6 |
325 |
48 |
63 |
87 |
Coventry |
54.5 |
78 |
80 |
15.7 |
294 |
56 |
63 |
94 |
Northampton |
54.5 |
82 |
84 |
22.9 |
236 |
49 |
65 |
71 |
Sheffield Hallam |
54.2 |
79 |
81 |
19.8 |
286 |
57 |
65 |
67 |
Bath Spa |
54.2 |
79 |
86 |
21.1 |
290 |
43 |
67 |
53 |
Nottingham Trent |
53.9 |
80 |
78 |
19.7 |
286 |
57 |
69 |
96 |
Winchester |
53.6 |
79 |
83 |
17.7 |
274 |
49 |
70 |
69 |
Central Lancashire |
53.4 |
83 |
83 |
18.4 |
259 |
55 |
71 |
57 |
UWIC |
53.1 |
82 |
81 |
20.7 |
266 |
51 |
72 |
60 |
Hertfordshire |
52.9 |
82 |
83 |
18.5 |
242 |
54 |
73 |
78 |
Brighton |
52.8 |
80 |
82 |
18.8 |
288 |
53 |
74 |
79 |
Glasgow Caledonian |
52.5 |
83 |
82 |
20.9 |
299 |
53 |
75 |
59 |
Hull |
52.2 |
87 |
87 |
20.1 |
306 |
60 |
75 |
112 |
Middlesex |
52.2 |
78 |
78 |
21.0 |
206 |
51 |
77 |
69 |
Staffordshire |
51.9 |
82 |
82 |
21.7 |
238 |
56 |
78 |
88 |
Edge Hill |
50.9 |
83 |
86 |
18.5 |
258 |
59 |
79 |
65 |
Bangor |
50.8 |
86 |
87 |
20.7 |
286 |
54 |
80 |
79 |
Chester |
50.5 |
78 |
82 |
17.2 |
270 |
58 |
81 |
77 |
University of West London |
50.2 |
67 |
73 |
|
217 |
49 |
82 |
86 |
St Mary's UC, Twickenham |
50.1 |
84 |
89 |
22.1 |
244 |
57 |
82 |
75 |
Brunel |
50.1 |
75 |
76 |
20.2 |
325 |
54 |
84 |
110 |
Leeds Trinity University College |
50.0 |
84 |
88 |
22.8 |
246 |
66 |
85 |
85 |
Portsmouth |
49.9 |
84 |
85 |
20.5 |
282 |
52 |
86 |
74 |
Bradford |
49.4 |
83 |
80 |
17.5 |
264 |
66 |
87 |
105 |
Westminster |
49.0 |
73 |
75 |
17.1 |
271 |
49 |
88 |
79 |
Ulster |
48.9 |
82 |
80 |
17.0 |
264 |
51 |
89 |
83 |
Cumbria |
48.7 |
70 |
78 |
15.3 |
259 |
63 |
90 |
66 |
Birmingham City |
48.4 |
73 |
78 |
20.9 |
261 |
65 |
91 |
84 |
Anglia Ruskin |
47.8 |
70 |
77 |
22.7 |
252 |
50 |
92 |
98 |
Kingston |
47.5 |
80 |
81 |
19.9 |
241 |
48 |
93 |
73 |
De Montfort |
47.3 |
82 |
82 |
17.5 |
256 |
47 |
94 |
91 |
Derby |
47.1 |
79 |
82 |
20.5 |
247 |
48 |
94 |
93 |
Swansea |
47.1 |
84 |
84 |
16.5 |
311 |
56 |
96 |
90 |
York St John |
46.5 |
81 |
84 |
21.2 |
280 |
48 |
97 |
89 |
Newman University College |
45.8 |
83 |
86 |
17.7 |
235 |
63 |
97 |
106 |
Roehampton |
45.8 |
79 |
82 |
18.8 |
258 |
54 |
99 |
102 |
Greenwich |
45.7 |
84 |
84 |
23.3 |
209 |
50 |
100 |
114 |
London South Bank |
45.3 |
81 |
82 |
23.3 |
198 |
44 |
101 |
- |
Trinity Saint David |
45.2 |
78 |
83 |
18.7 |
248 |
58 |
102 |
103 |
Bedfordshire |
44.5 |
76 |
81 |
19.1 |
186 |
57 |
102 |
95 |
Glyndŵr |
44.5 |
74 |
81 |
22.5 |
219 |
62 |
102 |
101 |
Leeds Met |
44.5 |
77 |
78 |
20.6 |
267 |
51 |
105 |
92 |
Worcester |
44.2 |
78 |
81 |
21.9 |
265 |
53 |
106 |
110 |
Abertay Dundee |
43.2 |
|
|
19.4 |
242 |
55 |
107 |
107 |
Canterbury Christ Church |
43.1 |
82 |
84 |
18.6 |
246 |
60 |
108 |
104 |
Manchester Met |
42.7 |
75 |
79 |
20.6 |
270 |
52 |
109 |
108 |
Marjon (St Mark and St John) |
41.7 |
83 |
86 |
26.2 |
237 |
59 |
109 |
100 |
Salford |
41.7 |
78 |
80 |
23.8 |
278 |
51 |
111 |
109 |
Liverpool John Moores |
40.6 |
77 |
77 |
20.9 |
258 |
48 |
112 |
113 |
Bucks New University |
39.4 |
69 |
75 |
22.3 |
210 |
46 |
112 |
115 |
Southampton Solent |
39.4 |
76 |
79 |
21.5 |
262 |
42 |
114 |
99 |
Newport |
39.1 |
72 |
78 |
22.5 |
249 |
51 |
115 |
117 |
East London |
36.9 |
76 |
77 |
23.3 |
197 |
43 |
116 |
116 |
Bolton |
35.7 |
78 |
82 |
20.4 |
221 |
40 |
117 |
- |
UC Suffolk |
35.6 |
71 |
80 |
25.4 |
232 |
53 |
118 |
- |
West of Scotland |
34.5 |
|
|
20.1 |
239 |
54 |
119 |
118 |
London Met |
29.2 |
67 |
72 |
19.7 |
216 |
39 |