University Rankings & League Tables 2023/2024

Our list of the top UK university rankings is back for 2023/2024. We’ve put together the ultimate league table of the best universities in the UK. Our rankings are based on more than 65,000 data points from 13,000+ students throughout the UK.

How We Ranked The Best Universities In The UK

We use a qualitative system to determine the score of a university and then use a quantitative system to make sure we’re totally accurate. We reduce our scores to two decimal points and ensure that even those with a smaller sample size are weighted accurately.

UK University Rankings for 2023/2024

2023
University (Score)
Accom.
Quali.
Social
Careers
Rec.
4.13
4.30
4.69
4.30
100%
4.16
4.22
4.63
4.29
99%
4.05
4.38
4.59
4.26
99%
4.03
4.39
4.44
4.25
98%
4.11
4.28
4.38
4.29
100%
3.94
4.32
4.15
4.62
100%
4.04
4.25
4.41
4.28
99%
4.02
4.26
4.56
4.09
98%
4.14
4.29
4.27
4.21
100%

10th

24
3.77
4.30
4.57
4.27
98%
4.17
4.20
4.23
4.29
98%
3.85
4.26
4.27
4.48
98%
3.97
4.22
4.43
4.23
98%
3.83
4.27
4.44
4.31
100%
4.16
4.26
4.05
4.36
99%

16th

11
4.09
4.05
4.58
4.08
94%
4.00
4.20
4.44
4.16
99%
4.11
4.37
4.21
4.11
100%
4.00
4.20
4.36
4.20
98%

20th

4.32
4.21
4.03
4.19
100%

21st

17
3.86
4.27
4.35
4.26
96%

22nd

43
3.92
4.31
4.22
4.27
95%
4.16
4.01
4.54
3.98
97%
3.96
4.30
4.41
4.01
97%
4.13
4.21
4.23
4.09
97%
3.81
4.44
4.04
4.34
100%
3.91
4.27
4.35
4.10
98%
4.24
4.23
4.10
4.00
95%
4.05
4.10
4.40
4.01
100%
3.93
4.16
4.33
4.10
98%
3.94
4.35
4.06
4.19
95%
3.83
4.09
4.18
4.40
94%
3.92
4.27
4.26
4.03
100%
3.60
4.29
4.40
4.18
100%

35th

20
3.91
4.19
3.98
4.38
97%
4.10
4.16
4.18
4.02
94%
4.01
4.07
4.33
4.01
100%
4.13
4.21
3.78
4.25
95%
3.72
4.22
4.30
4.09
99%
3.77
4.27
4.14
4.15
92%
3.89
4.07
4.46
3.87
97%
3.92
4.12
4.10
4.14
100%
3.88
4.20
4.02
4.16
100%
4.01
4.17
4.12
3.95
90%
4.04
4.05
4.10
4.03
90%
3.66
4.12
4.33
4.11
100%
4.03
4.03
4.21
3.93
95%
3.92
4.05
4.15
4.04
96%
3.84
4.20
4.01
4.10
100%
3.84
4.12
4.04
4.14
92%
3.89
4.14
4.04
4.07
89%

53rd

33
3.71
4.11
4.35
3.96
100%
3.67
4.07
4.23
4.16
100%

55th

37
4.03
4.15
4.03
3.90
100%
3.97
4.22
3.74
4.19
97%
3.71
4.33
3.65
4.41
100%

58th

42
3.83
4.05
3.95
4.26
92%
3.67
4.31
3.96
4.11
100%
3.79
4.15
4.00
4.11
98%
3.70
4.38
3.84
4.14
93%
3.73
4.25
3.96
4.09
100%
3.82
4.00
4.07
4.09
100%

64th

8
3.68
4.26
4.02
4.02
96%

65th

16
4.06
4.22
3.93
3.76
100%
3.70
4.11
4.12
4.01
98%

67th

19
3.98
4.14
4.01
3.82
96%

68th

44
3.98
4.01
3.92
4.03
100%
3.64
4.28
3.79
4.22
90%
3.58
4.17
3.84
4.23
100%
3.70
4.20
4.02
3.89
91%
3.97
3.94
3.84
4.05
93%
3.87
4.19
3.72
3.98
92%
3.70
4.14
3.65
4.27
100%
3.85
4.10
3.93
3.86
90%
3.52
4.27
3.72
4.23
92%
3.71
4.19
3.96
3.87
92%
4.00
3.96
3.75
4.01
100%
3.55
4.03
4.22
3.89
91%
3.57
3.93
4.13
4.02
100%
3.16
4.04
4.32
4.12
96%

82nd

43
3.86
4.16
3.82
3.80
96%
3.31
4.08
3.94
4.28
95%
3.66
4.17
3.78
4.00
97%
4.08
3.97
3.94
3.59
100%
3.60
4.15
3.77
4.05
80%
4.01
3.95
3.53
4.06
96%
3.71
4.10
3.97
3.73
100%
3.53
4.11
3.92
3.94
100%

90th

11
3.67
4.13
3.87
3.79
100%
3.55
4.08
4.35
3.45
100%

92nd

4
3.51
4.44
3.17
4.31
100%
3.64
4.15
3.66
3.92
100%
3.41
3.79
4.14
4.04
91%
3.45
4.11
3.73
4.06
100%
3.33
4.11
3.64
4.22
93%
3.35
4.22
3.82
3.91
100%
3.66
3.91
3.65
4.05
100%

99th

41
3.81
4.06
3.78
3.59
100%
3.53
3.81
4.00
3.86
95%

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