Best universities for employability 2025

Want a university that keeps your career in mind? Here are the universities students rank best for employability!

UK university employability rankings

Our employability rankings take into account how universities help students get ready for life after graduation - whether it's placement years, industries connections or career support. It also uses the views of alumni who've shared how they found securing employment after graduation and the support they received after leaving.

Top universities for employability 2025

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UNIVERSITY 2025 OVERALL
SCORE
RECC
Nottingham Trent View All Courses

1st

19
4.36 4.34 99%
Liverpool JM View All Courses

2nd

20
4.30 4.31 99%
Open Uni View All Courses

3rd

6
4.02 4.29 100%
Uni of Derby View All Courses

4th

103
4.08 4.24 98%
Uni of Liverpool View All Courses

5th

5
4.29 4.23 100%
UCL View All Courses

6th

-2
3.85 4.22 96%
Manchester Met Uni View All Courses

7th

47
4.11 4.22 99%
Middlesex Uni View All Courses

8th

28
4.26 4.22 98%
Ravensbourne View All Courses

9th

143
4.05 4.21 94%
Loughborough Uni View All Courses

10th

1
4.08 4.21 98%
Keele Uni View All Courses

11th

61
4.07 4.21 97%
Uni of Cambridge View All Courses

12th

11
3.86 4.20 100%
Uni of Nottingham View All Courses

13th

25
4.19 4.19 99%
Uni of Chester View All Courses

14th

20
4.10 4.17 97%
Aston Uni View All Courses

15th

4
3.96 4.14 98%
De Montfort View All Courses

16th

53
4.00 4.13 92%
Uni of Surrey View All Courses

17th

-11
4.07 4.13 99%
The Uni of Salford View All Courses

18th

23
4.07 4.12 95%
Bournemouth Uni View All Courses

19th

62
4.14 4.11 100%
Uni of Leicester View All Courses

20th

71
4.13 4.09 92%
Uni of Winchester View All Courses

21st

41
3.86 4.09 97%
Cardiff Uni View All Courses

22nd

-5
4.07 4.07 97%
Uni of Wolverhampton View All Courses

23rd

48
3.75 4.04 96%
Queen Mary, UOL View All Courses

24th

22
3.76 4.03 100%
Uni of Bath View All Courses

25th

-20
3.65 4.02 96%
Durham Uni View All Courses

26th

-5
3.48 4.02 93%
Uni of Plymouth View All Courses

27th

53
3.86 4.02 100%
Birmingham City Uni View All Courses

28th

11
3.84 4.01 91%
Uni of Birmingham View All Courses

29th

-15
4.08 4.01 99%
Oxford Brookes View All Courses

30th

22
3.96 4.00 100%
Uni of West Scotland View All Courses

31st

53
3.66 4.00 91%
Uni of Reading View All Courses

32nd

23
3.83 4.00 97%
Uni of Worcester View All Courses

33rd

12
4.02 3.99 100%
Falmouth Uni View All Courses

34th

83
3.91 3.98 100%
Uni of Chichester View All Courses

35th

60
3.82 3.98 100%
Uni of Exeter View All Courses

36th

-6
4.08 3.98 100%
UEA View All Courses

37th

41
3.97 3.98 98%
Swansea Uni View All Courses

38th

-26
3.96 3.97 100%
Leeds Beckett Uni View All Courses

39th

37
3.98 3.96 100%
Edge Hill Uni View All Courses

40th

-8
4.20 3.96 100%
Uni of Leeds View All Courses

41st

18
4.09 3.96 96%
Uni of Westminster View All Courses

42nd

58
3.73 3.94 100%
Uni of Manchester View All Courses

43rd

1
3.99 3.94 97%
Northumbria Uni View All Courses

44th

13
4.00 3.94 98%
Uni of Lincoln View All Courses

45th

49
3.99 3.92 95%
Uni of Hull View All Courses

46th

24
3.83 3.90 100%
Uni of Warwick View All Courses

47th

-14
3.81 3.89 98%
Uni of Strathclyde View All Courses

48th

-11
3.74 3.89 100%
Anglia Ruskin Uni View All Courses

49th

-2
3.89 3.88 97%
Uni of Glasgow View All Courses

50th

-15
3.83 3.87 100%
Uni of Portsmouth View All Courses

51st

0
3.86 3.87 98%
Bishop Grosseteste Uni View All Courses

52nd

92
3.59 3.87 89%
Sheffield Hallam Uni View All Courses

53rd

-22
3.96 3.87 99%
UWE, Bristol View All Courses

54th

4
3.90 3.86 96%
Cardiff Met Uni View All Courses

55th

-47
3.89 3.86 100%
Uni of Gloucestershire View All Courses

56th

62
3.58 3.86 100%
Ulster Uni View All Courses

57th

-39
3.91 3.85 100%
Newcastle Uni View All Courses

58th

28
4.21 3.85 98%
Uni of York View All Courses

59th

-10
4.00 3.85 100%
Edinburgh Napier View All Courses

60th

7
3.79 3.84 94%
Kingston Uni View All Courses

61st

16
3.66 3.79 87%
Uni of Sheffield View All Courses

62nd

-49
3.96 3.79 99%
Uni of Huddersfield View All Courses

63rd

40
3.72 3.78 92%
City, UOL View All Courses

64th

-37
3.62 3.77 92%
Lancaster Uni View All Courses

65th

0
3.65 3.77 94%
Brunel Uni London View All Courses

66th

36
3.36 3.75 92%
USW View All Courses

67th

43
3.58 3.73 95%
Queen's Uni View All Courses

68th

-2
3.68 3.71 96%
Bath Spa Uni View All Courses

69th

28
3.58 3.68 100%
UCLan View All Courses

70th

-10
3.44 3.67 94%
Royal Holloway View All Courses

71st

8
3.71 3.64 100%
Uni of Bristol View All Courses

72nd

-47
3.74 3.63 97%
Uni of Edinburgh View All Courses

73rd

-25
3.58 3.60 100%
Bangor Uni View All Courses

74th

38
3.67 3.59 100%
Coventry Uni View All Courses

75th

7
3.40 3.57 100%
Canterbury Uni View All Courses

76th

11
3.64 3.56 94%
LSBU View All Courses

77th

-62
3.23 3.55 96%
Imperial College View All Courses

78th

-62
3.46 3.54 100%
Uni of Brighton View All Courses

79th

20
3.78 3.54 96%
Glasgow Caledonian View All Courses

80th

-56
3.46 3.53 100%
City St George's, UOL View All Courses

81st

-53
3.38 3.53 100%
York St John Uni View All Courses

82nd

-14
3.50 3.50 100%
Uni College Birmingham View All Courses

83rd

-30
3.35 3.50 100%
Uni of Greenwich View All Courses

84th

-41
3.68 3.50 94%
Uni of Sussex View All Courses

85th

16
3.78 3.49 98%
St Mary's, Twickenham View All Courses

86th

-22
3.20 3.49 90%
Leeds Arts University View All Courses

87th

-14
3.21 3.48 100%
Uni of East London View All Courses

88th

-13
3.39 3.48 100%
Uni of Law View All Courses

89th

-47
3.37 3.44 100%
Uni of Bedfordshire View All Courses

90th

14
3.16 3.43 88%
Uni of Cumbria View All Courses

91st

15
3.42 3.43 100%
Abertay Uni View All Courses

92nd

16
3.32 3.42 100%
Uni of Southampton View All Courses

93rd

-53
3.18 3.39 100%
Arts Bournemouth View All Courses

94th

22
3.40 3.38 83%
Goldsmiths, UOL View All Courses

95th

24
3.27 3.37 100%
Royal Agricultural University View All Courses

96th

24
3.14 3.37 100%
Solent Uni View All Courses

97th

-8
3.17 3.34 100%
Uni of Kent View All Courses

98th

7
3.35 3.31 97%
Robert Gordon Uni View All Courses

99th

39
2.91 3.30 100%
Uni of Oxford View All Courses

100th

-99
3.17 3.26 100%

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