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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.

1st

10
University of Liverpool
(4.36)
4.13
4.30
4.69
4.30
100%

2nd

6
University of Sheffield
(4.32)
4.16
4.22
4.63
4.29
99%

3rd

1
Nottingham Trent University
(4.32)
4.05
4.38
4.59
4.26
99%

4th

5
Liverpool John Moores University
(4.28)
4.03
4.39
4.44
4.25
98%

5th

8
Swansea University
(4.26)
4.11
4.28
4.38
4.29
100%

6th

3
University of Oxford
(4.26)
3.94
4.32
4.15
4.62
100%

7th

3
University of Birmingham
(4.25)
4.04
4.25
4.41
4.28
99%

8th

19
Northumbria University
(4.23)
4.02
4.26
4.56
4.09
98%

9th

8
University of Exeter
(4.23)
4.14
4.29
4.27
4.21
100%

10th

24
Cardiff University
(4.23)
3.77
4.30
4.57
4.27
98%

11th

10
Loughborough University
(4.23)
4.17
4.20
4.23
4.29
98%

12th

28
King's College London, UOL
(4.21)
3.85
4.26
4.27
4.48
98%

13th

6
University of Bristol
(4.21)
3.97
4.22
4.43
4.23
98%

14th

7
Cardiff Metropolitan University
(4.21)
3.83
4.27
4.44
4.31
100%

15th

64
University of Surrey
(4.21)
4.16
4.26
4.05
4.36
99%

16th

11
University of Leeds
(4.20)
4.09
4.05
4.58
4.08
94%

17th

4
University of Nottingham
(4.20)
4.00
4.20
4.44
4.16
99%

18th

82
Anglia Ruskin University
(4.20)
4.11
4.37
4.21
4.11
100%

19th

1
Sheffield Hallam University
(4.19)
4.00
4.20
4.36
4.20
98%

20th

—
Edge Hill University
(4.19)
4.32
4.21
4.03
4.19
100%

21st

17
Aston University
(4.19)
3.86
4.27
4.35
4.26
96%

22nd

43
Ulster University
(4.18)
3.92
4.31
4.22
4.27
95%

23rd

11
Newcastle University
(4.17)
4.16
4.01
4.54
3.98
97%

24th

5
Leeds Beckett University
(4.17)
3.96
4.30
4.41
4.01
97%

25th

5
University of Reading
(4.17)
4.13
4.21
4.23
4.09
97%

26th

50
Birmingham Newman University
(4.16)
3.81
4.44
4.04
4.34
100%

27th

1
University of York
(4.16)
3.91
4.27
4.35
4.10
98%

28th

59
Aberystwyth University
(4.14)
4.24
4.23
4.10
4.00
95%

29th

45
Bournemouth University
(4.14)
4.05
4.10
4.40
4.01
100%

30th

1
University of Portsmouth
(4.13)
3.93
4.16
4.33
4.10
98%

31st

40
University of Chester
(4.13)
3.94
4.35
4.06
4.19
95%

32nd

7
UCL, University of London
(4.12)
3.83
4.09
4.18
4.40
94%

33rd

1
York St John University
(4.12)
3.92
4.27
4.26
4.03
100%

34th

16
University of Glasgow
(4.12)
3.60
4.29
4.40
4.18
100%

35th

20
University of Bath
(4.12)
3.91
4.19
3.98
4.38
97%

36th

81
Liverpool Hope University
(4.11)
4.10
4.16
4.18
4.02
94%

37th

29
University of Plymouth
(4.10)
4.01
4.07
4.33
4.01
100%

38th

24
University of Cambridge
(4.09)
4.13
4.21
3.78
4.25
95%

39th

2
Manchester Metropolitan University
(4.08)
3.72
4.22
4.30
4.09
99%

40th

2
Birmingham City University
(4.08)
3.77
4.27
4.14
4.15
92%

41st

20
University of Sussex
(4.07)
3.89
4.07
4.46
3.87
97%

42nd

19
University of Southampton
(4.07)
3.92
4.12
4.10
4.14
100%

43rd

81
Middlesex University
(4.07)
3.88
4.20
4.02
4.16
100%

44th

58
University of Leicester
(4.06)
4.01
4.17
4.12
3.95
90%

45th

1
De Montfort University (DMU)
(4.06)
4.04
4.05
4.10
4.03
90%

46th

10
University of Edinburgh
(4.05)
3.66
4.12
4.33
4.11
100%

47th

12
University of Lincoln
(4.05)
4.03
4.03
4.21
3.93
95%

48th

15
Queen's University, Belfast
(4.04)
3.92
4.05
4.15
4.04
96%

49th

27
University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol
(4.04)
3.69
4.13
4.25
4.08
92%

50th

47
Oxford Brookes University
(4.04)
3.84
4.20
4.01
4.10
100%

51st

4
The University of Salford
(4.03)
3.84
4.12
4.04
4.14
92%

52nd

16
University of Central Lancashire
(4.03)
3.89
4.14
4.04
4.07
89%

53rd

33
Solent University
(4.03)
3.71
4.11
4.35
3.96
100%

54th

1
University of Strathclyde
(4.03)
3.67
4.07
4.23
4.16
100%

55th

37
Bath Spa University
(4.03)
4.03
4.15
4.03
3.90
100%

56th

12
University of Warwick
(4.03)
3.97
4.22
3.74
4.19
97%

57th

1
London School of Economics
(4.02)
3.71
4.33
3.65
4.41
100%

58th

42
Durham University
(4.02)
3.83
4.05
3.95
4.26
92%

59th

8
University of Worcester
(4.02)
3.67
4.31
3.96
4.11
100%

60th

18
Queen Mary, University of London
(4.01)
3.79
4.15
4.00
4.11
98%

61st

58
University of Greenwich
(4.01)
3.70
4.38
3.84
4.14
93%

62nd

17
University of Aberdeen
(4.01)
3.73
4.25
3.96
4.09
100%

63rd

58
University College Birmingham
(4.00)
3.82
4.00
4.07
4.09
100%

64th

8
Keele University
(3.99)
3.68
4.26
4.02
4.02
96%

65th

16
Bangor University
(3.99)
4.06
4.22
3.93
3.76
100%

66th

15
University of East Anglia (UEA)
(3.99)
3.70
4.11
4.12
4.01
98%

67th

19
University of Kent
(3.98)
3.98
4.14
4.01
3.82
96%

68th

44
University of Hull
(3.98)
3.98
4.01
3.92
4.03
100%

69th

36
Staffordshire University
(3.98)
3.64
4.28
3.79
4.22
90%

70th

10
Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU)
(3.96)
3.58
4.17
3.84
4.23
100%

71st

2
University of Essex
(3.95)
3.70
4.20
4.02
3.89
91%

72nd

31
Lancaster University
(3.95)
3.97
3.94
3.84
4.05
93%

73rd

14
University of Sunderland
(3.94)
3.87
4.19
3.72
3.98
92%

74th

68
Imperial College London
(3.94)
3.70
4.14
3.65
4.27
100%

75th

11
University of Huddersfield
(3.94)
3.85
4.10
3.93
3.86
90%

76th

22
University of Hertfordshire
(3.93)
3.52
4.27
3.72
4.23
92%

77th

6
University of Westminster
(3.93)
3.71
4.19
3.96
3.87
92%

78th

21
Royal Holloway, University of London
(3.93)
4.00
3.96
3.75
4.01
100%

79th

25
University of Brighton
(3.92)
3.55
4.03
4.22
3.89
91%

80th

37
Leeds Arts University
(3.91)
3.57
3.93
4.13
4.02
100%

81st

12
The University of Manchester
(3.91)
3.16
4.04
4.32
4.12
96%

82nd

43
University of Derby
(3.91)
3.86
4.16
3.82
3.80
96%

83rd

24
London South Bank University
(3.90)
3.31
4.08
3.94
4.28
95%

84th

9
Coventry University
(3.90)
3.66
4.17
3.78
4.00
97%

85th

7
University of Gloucestershire
(3.90)
4.08
3.97
3.94
3.59
100%

86th

5
St Mary's University, Twickenham
(3.89)
3.60
4.15
3.77
4.05
80%

87th

8
University of Winchester
(3.89)
4.01
3.95
3.53
4.06
96%

88th

2
University of Roehampton
(3.88)
3.71
4.10
3.97
3.73
100%

89th

27
University of Bolton
(3.88)
3.53
4.11
3.92
3.94
100%

90th

11
Abertay University
(3.86)
3.67
4.13
3.87
3.79
100%

91st

28
University of Dundee
(3.86)
3.55
4.08
4.35
3.45
100%

92nd

4
Open University
(3.86)
3.51
4.44
3.17
4.31
100%

93rd

31
University of Chichester
(3.84)
3.64
4.15
3.66
3.92
100%

94th

47
Edinburgh Napier University
(3.84)
3.41
3.79
4.14
4.04
91%

95th

19
University of Northampton
(3.84)
3.45
4.11
3.73
4.06
100%

96th

13
City, University of London
(3.83)
3.33
4.11
3.64
4.22
93%

97th

36
London Metropolitan University
(3.82)
3.35
4.22
3.82
3.91
100%

98th

46
Heriot-Watt University
(3.82)
3.66
3.91
3.65
4.05
100%

99th

41
Falmouth University
(3.81)
3.81
4.06
3.78
3.59
100%

100th

13
Brunel University London
(3.80)
3.53
3.81
4.00
3.86
95%

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