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2024	UNIVERSITY	2024	SATISFACTION	REFLECTIONS	OUTCOMES	RESEARCH QUALITY
1st	Nottingham Trent Nottingham Trent University View All Courses	1st	4.32 / 5	83 / 100	93 / 100	16.34
2nd	Uni of Reading University of Reading View All Courses	2nd	4.17 / 5	87 / 100	88 / 100	5.67
3rd	Uni of Liverpool University of Liverpool View All Courses	3rd	4.36 / 5	85 / 100	92 / 100	10.80
4th	Ulster Uni Ulster University View All Courses	4th	4.18 / 5	89 / 100	90 / 100	6.25
5th	Liverpool JM Liverpool John Moores University View All Courses	5th	4.28 / 5	86 / 100	94 / 100	8.03
6th	Uni of C.Lancashire University of Central Lancashire View All Courses	6th	4.03 / 5	85 / 100	88 / 100	—
7th	Uni of Bath University of Bath View All Courses	7th	4.12 / 5	86 / 100	92 / 100	—
8th	Uni of Sheffield University of Sheffield View All Courses	8th	4.32 / 5	86 / 100	89 / 100	4.68
9th	Northumbria Uni Northumbria University View All Courses	9th	4.23 / 5	85 / 100	97 / 100	5.60
10th	Uni of Nottingham University of Nottingham View All Courses	10th	4.20 / 5	87 / 100	87 / 100	—
11th	Cardiff Met Uni Cardiff Metropolitan University View All Courses	11th	4.21 / 5	89 / 100	100 / 100	—
12th	Birmingham City Uni Birmingham City University View All Courses	12th	4.08 / 5	85 / 100	90 / 100	26.05
13th	Manchester Met Uni Manchester Metropolitan University View All Courses	13th	4.08 / 5	84 / 100	86 / 100	—
14th	Anglia Ruskin Uni Anglia Ruskin University ARU View All Courses	14th	4.20 / 5	86 / 100	100 / 100	13.95
15th	Uni of Leeds University of Leeds View All Courses	15th	4.20 / 5	84 / 100	50 / 100	—
16th	Loughborough Uni Loughborough University View All Courses	16th	4.23 / 5	86 / 100	92 / 100	4.58
17th	UCL UCL, University of London View All Courses	17th	4.12 / 5	87 / 100	85 / 100	1.17
18th	Newcastle Uni Newcastle University View All Courses	18th	4.17 / 5	85 / 100	86 / 100	5.28
19th	Uni of Plymouth University of Plymouth View All Courses	19th	4.10 / 5	87 / 100	83 / 100	25.23
20th	Uni of Lincoln University of Lincoln View All Courses	20th	4.05 / 5	83 / 100	100 / 100	39.03
21st	Uni of Portsmouth University of Portsmouth View All Courses	21st	4.13 / 5	84 / 100	85 / 100	—
22nd	Sheffield Hallam Uni Sheffield Hallam University View All Courses	22nd	4.19 / 5	87 / 100	97 / 100	8.06
23rd	Leeds Beckett Uni Leeds Beckett University View All Courses	23rd	4.17 / 5	85 / 100	92 / 100	7.77
24th	Queens Uni Queen's University, Belfast View All Courses	24th	4.04 / 5	87 / 100	100 / 100	11.17
25th	Uni of Kent University of Kent View All Courses	25th	3.98 / 5	82 / 100	78 / 100	25.37
26th	Uni of Cambridge University of Cambridge View All Courses	26th	4.09 / 5	85 / 100	83 / 100	7.84
27th	UWEBristol Bristol, University of the West of England (UWE) View All Courses	27th	4.04 / 5	83 / 100	90 / 100	4.83
28th	Uni of Strathclyde University of Strathclyde View All Courses	28th	4.03 / 5	87 / 100	83 / 100	21.33
29th	Uni of Edinburgh University of Edinburgh View All Courses	29th	4.05 / 5	85 / 100	90 / 100	7.97
30th	Uni of Greenwich University of Greenwich View All Courses	30th	4.01 / 5	84 / 100	89 / 100	—
31st	The Uni of Salford University of Salford View All Courses	31st	4.03 / 5	84 / 100	91 / 100	7.42
32nd	Cardiff Uni Cardiff University View All Courses	32nd	4.23 / 5	86 / 100	90 / 100	10.93
33rd	De Montfort De Montfort University (DMU) View All Courses	33rd	4.06 / 5	82 / 100	88 / 100	9.71
34th	Oxford Brookes Oxford Brookes University View All Courses	34th	4.04 / 5	84 / 100	94 / 100	7.15
35th	Uni College Birmingham University College Birmingham View All Courses	35th	4.00 / 5	82 / 100	89 / 100	—
36th	Uni of Huddersfield University of Huddersfield View All Courses	36th	3.94 / 5	85 / 100	100 / 100	17.53
37th	Uni of Westminster University of Westminster View All Courses	37th	3.93 / 5	82 / 100	91 / 100	4.75
38th	Uni of Derby University of Derby View All Courses	38th	3.91 / 5	86 / 100	86 / 100	—
39th	Uni of Hertfordshire University of Hertfordshire View All Courses	39th	3.93 / 5	84 / 100	100 / 100	—
40th	Solent Uni Solent University View All Courses	40th	4.03 / 5	80 / 100	85 / 100	—
41st	Coventry Uni Coventry University View All Courses	41st	3.90 / 5	83 / 100	100 / 100	—
42nd	Uni of Dundee University of Dundee View All Courses	42nd	3.86 / 5	87 / 100	83 / 100	—
43rd	Uni of Brighton University of Brighton View All Courses	43rd	3.92 / 5	86 / 100	82 / 100	—
44th	LSBU London South Bank University View All Courses	44th	3.90 / 5	84 / 100	93 / 100	9.10
45th	Uni of Manchester The University of Manchester View All Courses	45th	3.91 / 5	85 / 100	50 / 100	12.36
46th	Uni of Gloucestershire University of Gloucestershire View All Courses	46th	3.90 / 5	84 / 100	67 / 100	14.61

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