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UNIVERSITY 2025
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Queen's Uni

1st

0

3.68 / 5

87 / 100

91 / 100

29.80
Uni of Birmingham

2nd

1

4.08 / 5

87 / 100

89 / 100

20.63
Uni of Bristol

3rd

-1

3.74 / 5

83 / 100

87 / 100

26.48
Uni of Reading

4th

1

3.83 / 5

87 / 100

86 / 100

17.42
Brunel Uni London

5th

1

3.36 / 5

82 / 100

83 / 100

27.73
Uni of Nottingham

6th

2

4.19 / 5

87 / 100

89 / 100

9.70
Open Uni

7th

9

4.02 / 5

84 / 100

85 / 100

12.73
Uni of Manchester

8th

10

3.99 / 5

85 / 100

86 / 100

10.44
UEA

9th

10

3.97 / 5

85 / 100

80 / 100

11.02
Uni of Greenwich

10th

1

3.68 / 5

84 / 100

85 / 100

12.70
University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol

11th

1

3.85 / 5

87 / 100

86 / 100

7.24
Edge Hill Uni

12th

12

4.20 / 5

90 / 100

86 / 100

Uni of Sussex

13th

1

3.78 / 5

82 / 100

84 / 100

12.43
Goldsmiths, UOL

14th

3

3.27 / 5

83 / 100

88 / 100

15.43
Uni of Kent

15th

-6

3.35 / 5

82 / 100

87 / 100

15.36
Uni of Surrey

16th

4

4.07 / 5

88 / 100

91 / 100

Aston Uni

17th

-2

3.96 / 5

87 / 100

96 / 100

Keele Uni

18th

21

4.07 / 5

87 / 100

92 / 100

Uni of Worcester

19th

13

4.02 / 5

89 / 100

89 / 100

Durham Uni

20th

-7

3.48 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

9.79
Uni of Cambridge

21st

1

3.86 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

7.63
Ulster Uni

22nd

-1

3.91 / 5

89 / 100

89 / 100

Nottingham Trent

23rd

14

4.36 / 5

83 / 100

89 / 100

Manchester Met Uni

24th

19

4.11 / 5

84 / 100

93 / 100

Loughborough Uni

25th

6

4.08 / 5

86 / 100

89 / 100

Sheffield Hallam Uni

26th

2

3.96 / 5

87 / 100

90 / 100

Uni of Leicester

27th

28

4.13 / 5

85 / 100

89 / 100

Cardiff Met Uni

28th

-3

3.89 / 5

89 / 100

87 / 100

Northumbria Uni

29th

0

4.00 / 5

85 / 100

91 / 100

Uni of Exeter

30th

3

4.08 / 5

85 / 100

89 / 100

Uni of Edinburgh

31st

-8

3.58 / 5

85 / 100

90 / 100

5.09
Cardiff Uni

32nd

6

4.07 / 5

86 / 100

87 / 100

Uni of Strathclyde

33rd

1

3.74 / 5

87 / 100

92 / 100

Uni of Sheffield

34th

-8

3.96 / 5

86 / 100

89 / 100

Uni of Chester

35th

19

4.10 / 5

87 / 100

83 / 100

Swansea Uni

36th

-6

3.96 / 5

85 / 100

90 / 100

Newcastle Uni

37th

20

4.21 / 5

85 / 100

84 / 100

Uni of Hull

38th

11

3.83 / 5

87 / 100

88 / 100

Leeds Beckett Uni

39th

3

3.98 / 5

85 / 100

89 / 100

Uni of Leeds

40th

6

4.09 / 5

84 / 100

88 / 100

Uni of York

41st

3

4.00 / 5

83 / 100

92 / 100

Bournemouth Uni

42nd

19

4.14 / 5

84 / 100

86 / 100

Uni of Winchester

43rd

22

3.86 / 5

85 / 100

91 / 100

Uni of Derby

44th

37

4.08 / 5

86 / 100

83 / 100

Middlesex Uni

45th

30

4.26 / 5

86 / 100

78 / 100

Edinburgh Napier

46th

24

3.79 / 5

85 / 100

91 / 100

The Uni of Salford

47th

24

4.07 / 5

84 / 100

86 / 100

Uni of Plymouth

48th

-1

3.86 / 5

87 / 100

85 / 100

Uni of Brighton

49th

14

3.78 / 5

86 / 100

89 / 100

Uni of Lincoln

50th

14

3.99 / 5

83 / 100

89 / 100

York St John Uni

51st

-24

3.50 / 5

86 / 100

95 / 100

Uni of Bath

52nd

-17

3.65 / 5

86 / 100

91 / 100

USW

53rd

21

3.58 / 5

86 / 100

92 / 100

Uni of Glasgow

54th

-3

3.83 / 5

85 / 100

87 / 100

UWE, Bristol

55th

11

3.90 / 5

83 / 100

89 / 100

Birmingham City Uni

56th

3

3.84 / 5

85 / 100

87 / 100

Anglia Ruskin Uni

57th

-9

3.89 / 5

86 / 100

83 / 100

Uni of Portsmouth

58th

-2

3.86 / 5

84 / 100

88 / 100

Lancaster Uni

59th

1

3.65 / 5

85 / 100

91 / 100

Uni of Oxford

60th

-50

3.17 / 5

86 / 100

86 / 100

6.68
Oxford Brookes

61st

11

3.96 / 5

84 / 100

84 / 100

Uni of West Scotland

62nd

32

3.66 / 5

84 / 100

92 / 100

Uni of Warwick

63rd

4

3.81 / 5

85 / 100

86 / 100

Abertay Uni

64th

-19

3.32 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

Canterbury Uni

65th

20

3.64 / 5

88 / 100

83 / 100

Queen Margaret Uni

66th

3

2.96 / 5

88 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Wolverhampton

67th

22

3.75 / 5

87 / 100

82 / 100

De Montfort

68th

15

4.00 / 5

82 / 100

85 / 100

Uni of Gloucestershire

69th

4

3.58 / 5

84 / 100

89 / 100

Royal Holloway

70th

12

3.71 / 5

83 / 100

88 / 100

Uni of Chichester

71st

25

3.82 / 5

86 / 100

79 / 100

Liverpool Hope Uni

72nd

-36

3.32 / 5

88 / 100

87 / 100

Uni of Cumbria

73rd

5

3.42 / 5

88 / 100

83 / 100

Queen Mary, UOL

74th

10

3.76 / 5

86 / 100

78 / 100

Uni of Huddersfield

75th

13

3.72 / 5

85 / 100

81 / 100

Kingston Uni

76th

21

3.66 / 5

82 / 100

88 / 100

Heriot-Watt Uni

77th

-25

2.97 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

City, UOL

78th

20

3.62 / 5

85 / 100

81 / 100

Bangor Uni

79th

7

3.67 / 5

84 / 100

82 / 100

Uni of Bolton

80th

-18

3.17 / 5

88 / 100

86 / 100

Staffordshire Uni

81st

-40

3.02 / 5

87 / 100

92 / 100

Bath Spa Uni

82nd

-5

3.58 / 5

83 / 100

85 / 100

Robert Gordon Uni

83rd

22

2.91 / 5

88 / 100

92 / 100

Solent Uni

84th

-31

3.17 / 5

80 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Westminster

85th

17

3.73 / 5

82 / 100

80 / 100

Glasgow Caledonian

86th

1

3.46 / 5

88 / 100

75 / 100

Uni of Southampton

87th

-29

3.18 / 5

85 / 100

87 / 100

Uni of East London

88th

16

3.39 / 5

85 / 100

82 / 100

Coventry Uni

89th

2

3.40 / 5

83 / 100

85 / 100

Uni of Aberdeen

90th

-86

1.00 / 5

85 / 100

81 / 100

26.87
Uni of Bedfordshire

91st

2

3.16 / 5

86 / 100

85 / 100

Aberystwyth Uni

92nd

-42

3.17 / 5

82 / 100

92 / 100

Leeds Trinity Uni

93rd

8

3.10 / 5

86 / 100

85 / 100

Uni of Stirling

94th

6

2.82 / 5

86 / 100

90 / 100

LSBU

95th

-5

3.23 / 5

84 / 100

83 / 100

Uni of Essex

96th

-17

3.15 / 5

83 / 100

87 / 100

Uni of West London

97th

6

3.21 / 5

84 / 100

83 / 100

Uni College Birmingham

98th

-3

3.35 / 5

82 / 100

81 / 100

Uni of Hertfordshire

99th

-31

2.81 / 5

84 / 100

91 / 100

Uni of Northampton

100th

-20

2.85 / 5

86 / 100

85 / 100

Teesside Uni

101st

-2

2.90 / 5

88 / 100

79 / 100

Bucks New Uni

102nd

9

2.91 / 5

85 / 100

82 / 100

Uni of Roehampton

103rd

3

3.07 / 5

82 / 100

79 / 100

LSE

104th

-97

1.01 / 5

86 / 100

91 / 100

13.79
UWTSD

105th

8

2.94 / 5

82 / 100

77 / 100

Uni of Sunderland

106th

-14

2.53 / 5

85 / 100

80 / 100

London Met Uni

107th

0

2.56 / 5

82 / 100

78 / 100

St Mary's, Twickenham

108th

4

3.20 / 5

91 / 100

33 / 100

Bradford College

109th

-1

0.77 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

Newman Uni

110th

-70

1.04 / 5

90 / 100

80 / 100

Plymouth Marjon Uni

111th

-35

0.94 / 5

89 / 100

83 / 100

Wrexham Uni

112th

-2

0.80 / 5

84 / 100

88 / 100

Newcastle College

113th

-4

0.84 / 5

82 / 100

89 / 100

Uni of Law

114th

0

3.37 / 5

87 / 100

Bedford

115th

0

3.12 / 5

90 / 100

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