Top universities for Archaeology

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UNIVERSITY 2024
SATISFACTION
REFLECTIONS
OUTCOMES
RESEARCH QUALITY
De Montfort

1st

4.06 / 5

82 / 100

89 / 100

Uni of Sheffield

2nd

4.32 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

19.60
Uni of York

3rd

4.16 / 5

83 / 100

86 / 100

11.84
Cardiff Uni

4th

4.23 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

20.61
Uni of Liverpool

5th

4.36 / 5

85 / 100

86 / 100

8.85
Uni of Exeter

6th

4.23 / 5

85 / 100

86 / 100

21.31
Uni of Reading

7th

4.17 / 5

87 / 100

81 / 100

19.47
Northumbria Uni

8th

4.23 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

Edge Hill Uni

9th

4.19 / 5

90 / 100

80 / 100

Sheffield Hallam Uni

10th

4.19 / 5

87 / 100

71 / 100

Uni of Portsmouth

11th

4.13 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

Newman Uni

12th

4.16 / 5

90 / 100

86 / 100

Uni of Birmingham

13th

4.25 / 5

87 / 100

86 / 100

Nottingham Trent

14th

4.32 / 5

83 / 100

85 / 100

Swansea Uni

15th

4.26 / 5

85 / 100

86 / 100

Loughborough Uni

16th

4.23 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

Uni of Strathclyde

17th

4.03 / 5

87 / 100

88 / 100

Liverpool JM

18th

4.28 / 5

86 / 100

82 / 100

Newcastle Uni

19th

4.17 / 5

85 / 100

84 / 100

17.45
The Uni of Salford

20th

4.03 / 5

84 / 100

75 / 100

Uni of Sussex

21st

4.07 / 5

82 / 100

82 / 100

Uni of Oxford

22nd

4.26 / 5

86 / 100

77 / 100

7.08
Ulster Uni

23rd

4.18 / 5

89 / 100

71 / 100

Bournemouth Uni

24th

4.14 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

13.72
Uni of Plymouth

25th

4.10 / 5

87 / 100

75 / 100

Uni of Nottingham

26th

4.20 / 5

87 / 100

86 / 100

Uni of Bristol

27th

4.21 / 5

83 / 100

85 / 100

Aberystwyth Uni

28th

4.14 / 5

82 / 100

89 / 100

Liverpool Hope Uni

29th

4.11 / 5

88 / 100

75 / 100

Leeds Beckett Uni

30th

4.17 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

Manchester Met Uni

31st

4.08 / 5

84 / 100

85 / 100

Uni of Edinburgh

32nd

4.05 / 5

85 / 100

89 / 100

Uni of Huddersfield

33rd

3.94 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

Anglia Ruskin Uni

34th

4.20 / 5

86 / 100

67 / 100

Bath Spa Uni

35th

4.03 / 5

83 / 100

71 / 100

Oxford Brookes

36th

4.04 / 5

84 / 100

85 / 100

Uni of Glasgow

37th

4.12 / 5

85 / 100

79 / 100

27.30
UWEBristol

38th

4.04 / 5

83 / 100

86 / 100

Uni of Leeds

39th

4.20 / 5

84 / 100

85 / 100

Uni of Aberdeen

40th

4.01 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

31.90
Uni of Essex

41st

3.95 / 5

83 / 100

85 / 100

Uni of Cambridge

42nd

4.09 / 5

85 / 100

76 / 100

7.55
York St John Uni

43rd

4.12 / 5

86 / 100

92 / 100

Uni of Chester

44th

4.13 / 5

87 / 100

84 / 100

41.00
Uni of Worcester

45th

4.02 / 5

89 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of C.Lancashire

46th

4.03 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

40.71
Queens Uni

47th

4.04 / 5

87 / 100

79 / 100

28.29
Uni of Southampton

48th

4.07 / 5

85 / 100

79 / 100

18.52
UCL

49th

4.12 / 5

87 / 100

84 / 100

5.53
Uni of Manchester

50th

3.91 / 5

85 / 100

82 / 100

Uni of Warwick

51st

4.03 / 5

85 / 100

85 / 100

LSE

52nd

4.02 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

Uni of Derby

53rd

3.91 / 5

86 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Greenwich

54th

4.01 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

Durham Uni

55th

4.02 / 5

85 / 100

81 / 100

11.97
Keele Uni

56th

3.99 / 5

87 / 100

90 / 100

Uni of Hull

57th

3.98 / 5

87 / 100

88 / 100

Uni of Kent

58th

3.98 / 5

82 / 100

83 / 100

Uni of Leicester

59th

4.06 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

13.31
Staffordshire Uni

60th

3.98 / 5

87 / 100

33 / 100

29.44
Uni of Westminster

61st

3.93 / 5

82 / 100

33 / 100

Lancaster Uni

62nd

3.95 / 5

85 / 100

95 / 100

Uni of Lincoln

63rd

4.05 / 5

83 / 100

88 / 100

88.00
Uni of Gloucestershire

64th

3.90 / 5

84 / 100

67 / 100

St Marys Twickenham

65th

3.89 / 5

91 / 100

67 / 100

Bangor Uni

66th

3.99 / 5

84 / 100

86 / 100

Royal Holloway

67th

3.93 / 5

83 / 100

86 / 100

Uni of Sunderland

68th

3.94 / 5

85 / 100

50 / 100

Queen MaryUOL

69th

4.01 / 5

86 / 100

85 / 100

Uni of Hertfordshire

70th

3.93 / 5

84 / 100

67 / 100

Uni of Brighton

71st

3.92 / 5

86 / 100

83 / 100

Uni of Dundee

72nd

3.86 / 5

87 / 100

83 / 100

Uni of Chichester

73rd

3.84 / 5

86 / 100

67 / 100

Uni of Winchester

74th

3.89 / 5

85 / 100

85 / 100

22.45
Coventry Uni

75th

3.90 / 5

83 / 100

83 / 100

Uni of Roehampton

76th

3.88 / 5

82 / 100

70 / 100

UEA

77th

3.99 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

LSBU

78th

3.90 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

City UOL

79th

3.83 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

Kingston Uni

80th

3.80 / 5

82 / 100

Open Uni

81st

3.86 / 5

84 / 100

73 / 100

Uni of Northampton

82nd

3.84 / 5

86 / 100

67 / 100

Uni of Cumbria

83rd

3.78 / 5

88 / 100

50 / 100

Uni of Wolverhampton

84th

3.78 / 5

87 / 100

83 / 100

Brunel Uni London

85th

3.80 / 5

82 / 100

100 / 100

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