Rankings Table: Top Universities in UK

UK University Ranking Tables – Top Universities in UK

Our aim is to help you find the ideal university to study at and the UK university ranking tables can help you do that. Each year a number of British newspapers compile tables of the top universities in the UK, based on academic reputation and previous results.

If you are still unsure of which university you will choose these tables can be useful as they are a good indicator of which establishments are the most respected. Some of the results might even surprise you and lead you to consider a university that you hadn’t thought of before.

UK university ranking tables are released annually by several respected newspapers so it is wise to look through the results, but it is important only to use them as a guide when you come to make your choice. They will show you the top universities in the UK but you should consider your course and find out more about how it is run at the establishments that you are interested in.

Browse the current UK university ranking tables on this page and hopefully it will help guide you towards the perfect university.

 

The Times 2013 Good University Guide Rankings

The Times is one of the most popular daily newspapers in Britain. It does a lot of research into Higher Education in the UK and each year it releases a highly respected set of league tables. It bases its rankings on eight different criteria, including student satisfaction, research, facilities and graduate prospects.

Below is the Top 30 in The Times 2013 rankings table. To see the full results, visit the Good University Guide website (though you have to pay to see full content).

 Rank  

  University

  Rank  

  University

  Rank  

  University

1

 University of Oxford

11

 University of Bristol

21

 University of Sheffield

2

 University of Cambridge

12

 Lancaster University

22

 King's College London

3

 LSE 

13

 University of York

23

 Newcastle University

4

 Imperial College London

14

 University of Edinburgh

=24

 University of Reading

5

 Durham University

15

 University of Glasgow

=24

 University of Birmingham

6

 University of St Andrews

16

 Loughborough University

26

 University of Surrey

7

 University College London

17

 University of Leicester

27

 Royal Holloway

8

 University of Warwick

=18

 University of Sussex

28

 University of East Anglia

9

 University of Bath

=18

 University of Southampton

29

 University of Liverpool

10 

 University of Exeter

20

 University of Nottingham

30

 University of Leeds

Source: Good University Guide

The Guardian 2014 University Rankings

The Guardian is another well respected newspaper in the UK that also produces a university rankings table each year. The tables are based on six criteria: Overall Quality, Teaching Quality, Student Satisfaction, Spending per Student, Staff/Student Ratio, Job Prospects, Entry Score and Value Added. Importantly, the Guardian’s rankings do not take research output into consideration, meaning it is more focused on the actual student experience.

Below is the Top 30 universities in the 2014 league table. To see the full results and specific course results, visit the Guardian website.

 Rank  

  University

  Rank  

  University

  Rank  

  University

1

 University of Cambridge

11

 Lancaster University

21

 University of Glasgow

2

 University of Oxford

12

 University of Exeter

22

 SOAS 

3

 LSE

13

 University of Leicester

23

 University of Bristol

4

 University of St Andrews

14

 Loughborough University

24

 University of Southampton

5

 University College London

15

 University of Birmingham

25

 University of Buckingham

6

 Durham University

16

 University of York

26

 University of Strathclyde

7

 University of Bath

17

 University of East Anglia

27

 Newcastle University

8

 University of Surrey

18

 Heriot-Watt University

28

 University of Nottingham 

9

 Imperial College London

19

 University of Edinburgh

29

 Cardiff University

10

 University of Warwick

20

 University of Kent

30

 Aston University

Source: The Guardian

Share this