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 2011 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 2011 rankings table. To see the full results, visit the Good University Guide website.

Rank	University	Rank	University	Rank	University
1	University of Oxford	11	University of Edinburgh	21	University of Sussex
2	University of Cambridge	12	University of Exeter	22	University of Birmingham
3	Imperial College London	13	University of Bath	=23	University of Glasgow
4	University of St Andrews	14	University of Bristol	=23	University of East Anglia
5	LSE	15	University of Leicester	25	Newcastle University
6	Durham University	=16	Loughborough University	26	University of Leeds
7	University College London	=16	King's College London	27	SOAS
8	University of Warwick	18	University of Sheffield	28	University of Liverpool
9	University of York	19	University of Southampton	29	Aston University
10	Lancaster University	20	University of Nottingham	30	University of Manchester

Source: Good University Guide

The Guardian 2012 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 2012 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	University of Exeter	21	University of Glasgow
2	University of Oxford	=11	University of Sussex	22	City University
3	University of St Andrews	13	SOAS	23	University of Kent
4	LSE	14	University of Bath	24	University of Birmingham
5	University College London	15	University of York	25	University of Bristol
6	University of Warwick	16	University of Edinburgh	26	University of Dundee
7	Lancaster University	17	University of Leicester	27	Heriot-Watt University
8	Durham University	18	University of East Anglia	28	University of Southampton
9	Loughborough University	=19	University of Nottingham	29	University of Strathclyde
10	Imperial College London	=19	University of Surrey	30	King's College London

Source: The Guardian

Rankings Table: Top Universities in UK

UK University Ranking Tables – Top Universities in UK

The Times 2011 Good University Guide Rankings

The Guardian 2012 University Rankings

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