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In this section you can see the position of the best universities in the UK lists the top three world rankings 2018-2019: QS, Times Higher Education, Shanghai ranking and in the ranking of the British edition of The Complete University Guide, in which British universities "compete" with each other.
British universities traditionally are the leaders in world rankings, second only to the US universities. In the top ten of all ratings are always Oxford and Cambridge, and one or more of the London universities - with the exception of the Shanghai ranking, which is one of the best universities of London - University College London - presented at 17-th position.
World Rank |
Institution |
Score
|
Entry Standards
|
Student Satisfaction
|
Research Quality
|
Graduate Prospects
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1st | University of Cambridge | 1000 | 592 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 87.8 |
2nd | Oxford, University of | 998 | 570 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 83.7 |
3rd | Saint Andrews, University of | 962 | 525 | 4.4 | 3.1 | 83.3 |
4th | London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London | 952 | 537 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 84.4 |
5th | Imperial College London | 925 | 552 | 4 | 3.4 | 90.3 |
6th | Durham University | 920 | 519 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 83.2 |
7th | University College London (UCL), University of London | 909 | 501 | 4 | 3.2 | 87.2 |
8th | University of Warwick | 896 | 478 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 80.3 |
9th | Lancaster University | 889 | 402 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 82.6 |
10th | Loughborough University | 883 | 400 | 4.2 | 3 | 85.1 |
11th | University of Bath | 868 | 479 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 84.9 |
12th | University of East Anglia (UEA) | 853 | 407 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 73.9 |
13th | University of Surrey | 851 | 438 | 4.2 | 3 | 81 |
14th | University of Exeter | 850 | 471 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 80.1 |
14th | University of Leeds | 850 | 427 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 81.3 |
16th | University of Birmingham | 836 | 421 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 85.4 |
17th | Bristol, University of | 834 | 485 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 78.9 |
18th | Nottingham, University of | 825 | 425 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 82.6 |
19th | University of Sussex | 818 | 366 | 4.1 | 3 | 85.9 |
20th | University of York | 814 | 422 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 76.9 |
21st | King's College London | 811 | 432 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 87.7 |
22nd | Manchester, University of | 808 | 431 | 4 | 3.2 | 82.1 |
23rd | Edinburgh, University of | 805 | 483 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 72.7 |
23rd | Newcastle University | 805 | 423 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 82.5 |
25th | University of Kent | 803 | 353 | 4.1 | 3 | 80.5 |
26th | University of Southampton | 792 | 390 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 78.4 |
27th | Henley Business School at the University of Reading | 791 | 367 | 4.1 | 3 | 73.5 |
27th | University of Glasgow | 791 | 485 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 81.4 |
29th | Heriot-Watt University | 790 | 407 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 79.7 |
30th | Leicester, University of | 786 | 374 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 75.2 |
30th | University of Dundee | 786 | 403 | 4.2 | 3 | 80.9 |
32nd | Sheffield, University of | 782 | 407 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 81.2 |
32nd | University of Essex | 782 | 332 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 73.3 |
34th | Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) | 776 | 393 | 4 | 3.2 | 79.7 |
35th | Royal Holloway, University of London | 773 | 389 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 69.1 |
36th | Queen's University Belfast | 768 | 389 | 4.2 | 3 | 80.5 |
37th | Cardiff University | 765 | 399 | 4 | 3.3 | 72.3 |
39th | Stirling, University of | 749 | 372 | 4.1 | 3 | 77.1 |
40th | Aberdeen, University of | 747 | 432 | 4 | 3 | 78.6 |
41st | Liverpool, University of | 741 | 387 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 76.5 |
42nd | City University London | 734 | 373 | 4.1 | 3 | 82.9 |
43rd | Coventry University | 732 | 331 | 4.3 | 2.7 | 79.8 |
44th | Swansea University | 725 | 317 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 80.3 |
45th | Strathclyde, University of | 724 | 480 | 4 | 3 | 76.3 |
46th | Harper Adams University College | 723 | 338 | 4.2 | 2.7 | 72.5 |
47th | Brunel University London | 722 | 345 | 4.1 | 2.7 | 70.6 |
48th | Keele University | 713 | 340 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 78.7 |
49th | Aston University | 712 | 342 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 82.3 |
50th | University of Lincoln | 707 | 334 | 4.3 | 2.5 | 71.8 |
51st | Goldsmiths, University of London | 703 | 342 | 4 | 2.9 | 59.8 |
52nd | Nottingham Trent University | 700 | 345 | 4.2 | 2.6 | 72.9 |
53rd | Saint George's, University of London | 687 | 408 | 3.8 | 3 | 95.1 |
54th | Creative Arts, University | 686 | 324 | 4.2 | 2.7 | 53.5 |
55th | Northumbria University | 682 | 369 | 4.1 | 2.7 | 71.5 |
56th | University of Portsmouth | 681 | 317 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 71.7 |
57th | Bournemouth University | 680 | 312 | 4 | 2.7 | 71.2 |
58th | University of Bradford | 675 | 329 | 4 | 3 | 78.6 |
59th | Liverpool Hope University | 674 | 304 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 78 |
60th | Bristol, University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) | 673 | 322 | 4.2 | 2.7 | 76.3 |
61st | AUB | 670 | 376 | 4.1 | 2.3 | 73.9 |
62nd | Manchester Metropolitan University | 664 | 346 | 4.1 | 2.7 | 66.6 |
63rd | Falmouth University | 662 | 318 | 4.1 | 2 | 79.3 |
64th | Edge Hill University | 656 | 325 | 4.2 | 2.2 | 70.8 |
65th | Bangor University | 654 | 338 | 4.2 | 3 | 66.1 |
66th | Oxford Brookes University | 653 | 327 | 4.1 | 2.7 | 70.8 |
67th | Cardiff Metropolitan University (former University of Wales Institute, Cardiff) | 646 | 322 | 4 | 3 | 70 |
68th | Aberystwyth University | 645 | 296 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 67.9 |
69th | Sheffield Hallam University | 641 | 303 | 4 | 2.8 | 68.5 |
69th | University of Roehampton | 641 | 280 | 4 | 2.8 | 64.1 |
71st | Ulster, University of | 640 | 321 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 65.1 |
72nd | University of Huddersfield | 635 | 334 | 4.2 | 2.7 | 72.7 |
73rd | Middlesex University | 633 | 300 | 4 | 2.6 | 70.3 |
74th | University of Hull | 632 | 317 | 4.1 | 2.7 | 72.6 |
75th | Robert Gordon University | 627 | 390 | 4 | 2.4 | 77.4 |
75th | Liverpool John Moores University | 627 | 343 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 66 |
77th | Plymouth University | 622 | 325 | 4.1 | 2.7 | 68.3 |
78th | Buckingham, University of | 621 | 318 | 4.5 | 0 | 71.4 |
79th | Hertfordshire, University of | 620 | 301 | 4 | 2.6 | 77.3 |
79th | Glasgow Caledonian University | 620 | 396 | 4 | 2.7 | 71.2 |
79th | UWL | 620 | 298 | 4.1 | 1.9 | 68.9 |
82nd | De Montfort University (DMU) | 615 | 282 | 4.1 | 2.7 | 75.3 |
83rd | University of the Arts London (UAL) | 614 | 313 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 61 |
84th | Norwich University College of the Arts | 605 | 349 | 4 | 2.7 | 57.2 |
85th | University of Winchester | 603 | 291 | 4.1 | 2.3 | 60.9 |
86th | University of Chichester | 600 | 300 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 57.4 |
86th | University of Gloucestershire | 600 | 305 | 4.1 | 2.4 | 63.7 |
88th | University of Abertay Dundee | 599 | 379 | 4.1 | 2.2 | 68.4 |
89th | University of Brighton | 593 | 305 | 4 | 2.8 | 71.2 |
90th | Bath Spa University | 592 | 306 | 4.1 | 2.5 | 60.1 |
91st | University of Chester | 589 | 303 | 4.1 | 2.1 | 64.2 |
92nd | Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh | 586 | 339 | 4.1 | 2.7 | 57.7 |
93rd | University of Greenwich | 585 | 341 | 4 | 2.3 | 65.6 |
94th | Edinburgh Napier University | 582 | 343 | 4 | 2.5 | 71.4 |
95th | University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) | 581 | 341 | 4 | 2.5 | 63.5 |
95th | Westminster, University of | 581 | 319 | 4 | 2.7 | 58 |
97th | University of Derby | 576 | 289 | 4.1 | 2.1 | 63.6 |
98th | University of Salford | 573 | 320 | 4.1 | 2.5 | 61.2 |
99th | Birmingham City University | 568 | 312 | 4.1 | 2.6 | 68.7 |
100th | West of Scotland, University of the | 564 | 333 | 4.2 | 2.4 | 69.6 |
101st | Teesside University | 562 | 300 | 4.1 | 2.6 | 65.8 |
Annually, competent in the sphere of higher education in the UK media summarize the school year, publishing independent ratings of universities. Although these results are not official, every UK University ranking compiled by the newspaper The Times, The Guardian or The Independent, is, perhaps, one of the most anticipated events, contributing to the formation of opinions and preferences of students and their parents.
Undoubtedly, the ratings assist in the selection of the University. The electronic version on the websites of the publications allow you to rank educational institutions according to the degree of significance personally for the student. For example, to build a ranking of universities in England, the most successful in your studies and have the best material-technical base. But you should not rely on them entirely, because even the most eminent universities can not be equally strong in all subject areas and aspects of our research and educational activities. Read about the rankings in this section.
British newspaper the Daily Mail, commenting on the results, which showed UK universities in world rankings 2016-2017, pay attention that the positions of most of the leading universities in the country this year declined slightly, but the number of universities represented in the top 50, top 100 and top 400 remained unchanged - and this demonstrates the great resource of the British educational system. As the reasons for the fluctuations in the ranking of British universities, the paper calls a decrease in state funding and the number of teachers from abroad.
The main competitors of British universities are universities in the US and Asia - particularly China.