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2024	UNIVERSITY	2024	SATISFACTION	REFLECTIONS	OUTCOMES	RESEARCH QUALITY
1st	Sheffield Hallam Uni Sheffield Hallam University View All Courses	1st	4.19 / 5	87 / 100	84 / 100	7.52
2nd	Uni of Portsmouth University of Portsmouth View All Courses	2nd	4.13 / 5	84 / 100	82 / 100	—
3rd	Uni of Warwick University of Warwick View All Courses	3rd	4.03 / 5	85 / 100	84 / 100	5.19
4th	Uni of Greenwich University of Greenwich View All Courses	4th	4.01 / 5	84 / 100	81 / 100	—
5th	Uni of Worcester University of Worcester View All Courses	5th	4.02 / 5	89 / 100	94 / 100	15.47
6th	Uni of Birmingham University of Birmingham View All Courses	6th	4.25 / 5	87 / 100	87 / 100	5.56
7th	Anglia Ruskin Uni Anglia Ruskin University ARU View All Courses	7th	4.20 / 5	86 / 100	88 / 100	—
8th	Uni of Surrey University of Surrey View All Courses	8th	4.21 / 5	88 / 100	88 / 100	—
9th	Uni of Sheffield University of Sheffield View All Courses	9th	4.32 / 5	86 / 100	81 / 100	4.60
10th	Uni of Glasgow University of Glasgow View All Courses	10th	4.12 / 5	85 / 100	85 / 100	9.89
11th	Uni of Sussex University of Sussex View All Courses	11th	4.07 / 5	82 / 100	75 / 100	5.14
12th	Uni of Exeter University of Exeter View All Courses	12th	4.23 / 5	85 / 100	88 / 100	3.34
13th	Keele Uni Keele University View All Courses	13th	3.99 / 5	87 / 100	91 / 100	15.62
14th	Uni of Reading University of Reading View All Courses	14th	4.17 / 5	87 / 100	86 / 100	17.83
15th	Uni of Liverpool University of Liverpool View All Courses	15th	4.36 / 5	85 / 100	87 / 100	—
16th	Uni of Leeds University of Leeds View All Courses	16th	4.20 / 5	84 / 100	93 / 100	3.85
17th	Cardiff Uni Cardiff University View All Courses	17th	4.23 / 5	86 / 100	86 / 100	3.48
18th	Newman Uni Newman University View All Courses	18th	4.16 / 5	90 / 100	100 / 100	—
19th	Uni of Essex University of Essex View All Courses	19th	3.95 / 5	83 / 100	87 / 100	6.73
20th	Queens Uni Queen's University, Belfast View All Courses	20th	4.04 / 5	87 / 100	89 / 100	—
21st	Uni of Oxford University of Oxford View All Courses	21st	4.26 / 5	86 / 100	88 / 100	1.15
22nd	Liverpool JM Liverpool John Moores University View All Courses	22nd	4.28 / 5	86 / 100	88 / 100	—
23rd	Loughborough Uni Loughborough University View All Courses	23rd	4.23 / 5	86 / 100	92 / 100	—
24th	Nottingham Trent Nottingham Trent University View All Courses	24th	4.32 / 5	83 / 100	85 / 100	—
25th	Ulster Uni Ulster University View All Courses	25th	4.18 / 5	89 / 100	91 / 100	—
26th	Heriot-Watt Uni Heriot-Watt University View All Courses	26th	3.82 / 5	84 / 100	100 / 100	—
27th	Swansea Uni Swansea University View All Courses	27th	4.26 / 5	85 / 100	88 / 100	—
28th	Manchester Met Uni Manchester Metropolitan University View All Courses	28th	4.08 / 5	84 / 100	96 / 100	—
29th	Northumbria Uni Northumbria University View All Courses	29th	4.23 / 5	85 / 100	89 / 100	—
30th	Middlesex Uni Middlesex University View All Courses	30th	4.07 / 5	86 / 100	80 / 100	—
31st	Aston Uni Aston University View All Courses	31st	4.19 / 5	87 / 100	80 / 100	—
32nd	Cardiff Met Uni Cardiff Metropolitan University View All Courses	32nd	4.21 / 5	89 / 100	87 / 100	—
33rd	Uni of Bristol University of Bristol View All Courses	33rd	4.21 / 5	83 / 100	84 / 100	5.01
34th	Newcastle Uni Newcastle University View All Courses	34th	4.17 / 5	85 / 100	79 / 100	5.99
35th	Bath Spa Uni Bath Spa University View All Courses	35th	4.03 / 5	83 / 100	67 / 100	—
36th	Uni of York University of York View All Courses	36th	4.16 / 5	83 / 100	88 / 100	5.04
37th	UCL UCL, University of London View All Courses	37th	4.12 / 5	87 / 100	86 / 100	2.02
38th	Oxford Brookes Oxford Brookes University View All Courses	38th	4.04 / 5	84 / 100	91 / 100	6.99
39th	Uni of Nottingham University of Nottingham View All Courses	39th	4.20 / 5	87 / 100	88 / 100	3.42
40th	Aberystwyth Uni Aberystwyth University View All Courses	40th	4.14 / 5	82 / 100	93 / 100	—
41st	Uni of Chester University of Chester View All Courses	41st	4.13 / 5	87 / 100	94 / 100	13.40
42nd	Uni of Hull University of Hull View All Courses	42nd	3.98 / 5	87 / 100	86 / 100	—
43rd	Uni of Strathclyde University of Strathclyde View All Courses	43rd	4.03 / 5	87 / 100	93 / 100	—
44th	Uni of Leicester University of Leicester View All Courses	44th	4.06 / 5	85 / 100	87 / 100	5.46
45th	Uni of C.Lancashire University of Central Lancashire View All Courses	45th	4.03 / 5	85 / 100	100 / 100	—
46th	Edge Hill Uni Edge Hill University View All Courses	46th	4.19 / 5	90 / 100	90 / 100	25.79
47th	Uni of Edinburgh University of Edinburgh View All Courses	47th	4.05 / 5	85 / 100	86 / 100	2.55
48th	Liverpool Hope Uni Liverpool Hope University View All Courses	48th	4.11 / 5	88 / 100	75 / 100	—
49th	Birmingham City Uni Birmingham City University View All Courses	49th	4.08 / 5	85 / 100	100 / 100	—
50th	Bournemouth Uni Bournemouth University View All Courses	50th	4.14 / 5	84 / 100	91 / 100	—
51st	Uni of Lincoln University of Lincoln View All Courses	51st	4.05 / 5	83 / 100	81 / 100	—
52nd	Queen MaryUOL Queen Mary, University of London View All Courses	52nd	4.01 / 5	86 / 100	88 / 100	6.22
53rd	Uni of Plymouth University of Plymouth View All Courses	53rd	4.10 / 5	87 / 100	85 / 100	—
54th	UWEBristol Bristol, University of the West of England (UWE) View All Courses	54th	4.04 / 5	83 / 100	89 / 100	—
55th	Open Uni Open University View All Courses	55th	3.86 / 5	84 / 100	89 / 100	—
56th	Uni of Dundee University of Dundee View All Courses	56th	3.86 / 5	87 / 100	88 / 100	5.12
57th	Bangor Uni Bangor University View All Courses	57th	3.99 / 5	84 / 100	84 / 100	—
58th	Uni of Brighton University of Brighton View All Courses	58th	3.92 / 5	86 / 100	86 / 100	—
59th	Canterbury Uni Canterbury Christ Church University View All Courses	59th	3.75 / 5	88 / 100	93 / 100	11.95
60th	Uni of Northampton University of Northampton View All Courses	60th	3.84 / 5	86 / 100	89 / 100	24.56
61st	Uni of Manchester The University of Manchester View All Courses	61st	3.91 / 5	85 / 100	83 / 100	2.49
62nd	Uni of Southampton University of Southampton View All Courses	62nd	4.07 / 5	85 / 100	90 / 100	7.30
63rd	UEA University of East Anglia (UEA) View All Courses	63rd	3.99 / 5	85 / 100	91 / 100	4.58
64th	Uni of Roehampton University of Roehampton View All Courses	64th	3.88 / 5	82 / 100	91 / 100	—
65th	Uni of Bath University of Bath View All Courses	65th	4.12 / 5	86 / 100	88 / 100	6.93
66th	The Uni of Salford University of Salford View All Courses	66th	4.03 / 5	84 / 100	84 / 100	—
67th	Uni of Hertfordshire University of Hertfordshire View All Courses	67th	3.93 / 5	84 / 100	71 / 100	—
68th	Uni of Aberdeen University of Aberdeen View All Courses	68th	4.01 / 5	85 / 100	83 / 100	18.00
69th	Uni of Bolton University of Bolton View All Courses	69th	3.88 / 5	88 / 100	63 / 100	—
70th	Uni of Gloucestershire University of Gloucestershire View All Courses	70th	3.90 / 5	84 / 100	93 / 100	—
71st	Durham Uni Durham University View All Courses	71st	4.02 / 5	85 / 100	85 / 100	6.38
72nd	Uni of Huddersfield University of Huddersfield View All Courses	72nd	3.94 / 5	85 / 100	93 / 100	9.03
73rd	LSBU London South Bank University View All Courses	73rd	3.90 / 5	84 / 100	60 / 100	—
74th	Uni of Westminster University of Westminster View All Courses	74th	3.93 / 5	82 / 100	88 / 100	—
75th	Uni of Kent University of Kent View All Courses	75th	3.98 / 5	82 / 100	86 / 100	11.25
76th	Edinburgh Napier Edinburgh Napier University View All Courses	76th	3.84 / 5	85 / 100	94 / 100	—
77th	Lancaster Uni Lancaster University View All Courses	77th	3.95 / 5	85 / 100	92 / 100	—
78th	Glasgow Caledonian Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) View All Courses	78th	3.96 / 5	88 / 100	80 / 100	—
79th	Uni of Derby University of Derby View All Courses	79th	3.91 / 5	86 / 100	86 / 100	—
80th	Kingston Uni Kingston University View All Courses	80th	3.80 / 5	82 / 100	92 / 100	—
81st	Uni of Wolverhampton University of Wolverhampton View All Courses	81st	3.78 / 5	87 / 100	81 / 100	—
82nd	Coventry Uni Coventry University View All Courses	82nd	3.90 / 5	83 / 100	94 / 100	—
83rd	London Met Uni London Metropolitan University View All Courses	83rd	3.82 / 5	82 / 100	100 / 100	—
84th	Uni of Bedfordshire University of Bedfordshire View All Courses	84th	3.72 / 5	86 / 100	81 / 100	—
85th	Royal Holloway Royal Holloway, University of London View All Courses	85th	3.93 / 5	83 / 100	89 / 100	11.15
86th	Teesside Uni Teesside University View All Courses	86th	3.69 / 5	88 / 100	82 / 100	—
87th	Uni of West Scotland University of the West of Scotland View All Courses	87th	3.61 / 5	84 / 100	88 / 100	—
88th	university-of-st-andrews University of St. Andrews View All Courses	88th	3.61 / 5	84 / 100	100 / 100	5.45
89th	USW University of South Wales View All Courses	89th	3.69 / 5	86 / 100	87 / 100	—
90th	Uni of Stirling University of Stirling View All Courses	90th	3.49 / 5	86 / 100	90 / 100	—

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