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2024	UNIVERSITY	2024	SATISFACTION	REFLECTIONS	OUTCOMES	RESEARCH QUALITY
1st	Uni of Reading University of Reading View All Courses	1st	4.17 / 5	87 / 100	100 / 100	19.21
2nd	Manchester Met Uni Manchester Metropolitan University View All Courses	2nd	4.08 / 5	84 / 100	85 / 100	—
3rd	Swansea Uni Swansea University View All Courses	3rd	4.26 / 5	85 / 100	89 / 100	16.35
4th	Queens Uni Queen's University, Belfast View All Courses	4th	4.04 / 5	87 / 100	91 / 100	10.79
5th	Uni of Sheffield University of Sheffield View All Courses	5th	4.32 / 5	86 / 100	88 / 100	10.15
6th	Uni of Liverpool University of Liverpool View All Courses	6th	4.36 / 5	85 / 100	89 / 100	8.44
7th	Uni of Birmingham University of Birmingham View All Courses	7th	4.25 / 5	87 / 100	82 / 100	10.78
8th	Uni of Strathclyde University of Strathclyde View All Courses	8th	4.03 / 5	87 / 100	100 / 100	9.91
9th	Loughborough Uni Loughborough University View All Courses	9th	4.23 / 5	86 / 100	86 / 100	9.77
10th	Cardiff Uni Cardiff University View All Courses	10th	4.23 / 5	86 / 100	89 / 100	8.72
11th	Uni of Leicester University of Leicester View All Courses	11th	4.06 / 5	85 / 100	86 / 100	17.82
12th	Uni of Surrey University of Surrey View All Courses	12th	4.21 / 5	88 / 100	88 / 100	—
13th	Sheffield Hallam Uni Sheffield Hallam University View All Courses	13th	4.19 / 5	87 / 100	100 / 100	—
14th	Uni of Nottingham University of Nottingham View All Courses	14th	4.20 / 5	87 / 100	88 / 100	7.34
15th	Aston Uni Aston University View All Courses	15th	4.19 / 5	87 / 100	80 / 100	—
16th	Uni of Oxford University of Oxford View All Courses	16th	4.26 / 5	86 / 100	91 / 100	4.39
17th	Uni of C.Lancashire University of Central Lancashire View All Courses	17th	4.03 / 5	85 / 100	75 / 100	—
18th	Uni of Leeds University of Leeds View All Courses	18th	4.20 / 5	84 / 100	93 / 100	8.29
19th	Newman Uni Newman University View All Courses	19th	4.16 / 5	90 / 100	100 / 100	—
20th	Uni of York University of York View All Courses	20th	4.16 / 5	83 / 100	89 / 100	6.34
21st	Uni of Lincoln University of Lincoln View All Courses	21st	4.05 / 5	83 / 100	100 / 100	21.76
22nd	Uni of Bristol University of Bristol View All Courses	22nd	4.21 / 5	83 / 100	91 / 100	5.83
23rd	Uni of Warwick University of Warwick View All Courses	23rd	4.03 / 5	85 / 100	83 / 100	7.50
24th	Nottingham Trent Nottingham Trent University View All Courses	24th	4.32 / 5	83 / 100	92 / 100	—
25th	Uni of Chester University of Chester View All Courses	25th	4.13 / 5	87 / 100	100 / 100	18.67
26th	Uni of Cambridge University of Cambridge View All Courses	26th	4.09 / 5	85 / 100	90 / 100	4.82
27th	Uni of Glasgow University of Glasgow View All Courses	27th	4.12 / 5	85 / 100	86 / 100	8.15
28th	Uni of Exeter University of Exeter View All Courses	28th	4.23 / 5	85 / 100	87 / 100	—
29th	Newcastle Uni Newcastle University View All Courses	29th	4.17 / 5	85 / 100	88 / 100	10.21
30th	Northumbria Uni Northumbria University View All Courses	30th	4.23 / 5	85 / 100	75 / 100	—
31st	Uni of Sussex University of Sussex View All Courses	31st	4.07 / 5	82 / 100	78 / 100	17.27
32nd	Uni of Greenwich University of Greenwich View All Courses	32nd	4.01 / 5	84 / 100	80 / 100	16.92
33rd	Uni of Aberdeen University of Aberdeen View All Courses	33rd	4.01 / 5	85 / 100	100 / 100	16.63
34th	The Uni of Salford University of Salford View All Courses	34th	4.03 / 5	84 / 100	50 / 100	—
35th	UCL UCL, University of London View All Courses	35th	4.12 / 5	87 / 100	88 / 100	5.68
36th	Uni of Kent University of Kent View All Courses	36th	3.98 / 5	82 / 100	94 / 100	17.28
37th	Uni of Sunderland University of Sunderland View All Courses	37th	3.94 / 5	85 / 100	—	—
38th	Uni of Edinburgh University of Edinburgh View All Courses	38th	4.05 / 5	85 / 100	86 / 100	7.40
39th	Middlesex Uni Middlesex University View All Courses	39th	4.07 / 5	86 / 100	—	—
40th	Lancaster Uni Lancaster University View All Courses	40th	3.95 / 5	85 / 100	88 / 100	11.88
41st	Uni of Plymouth University of Plymouth View All Courses	41st	4.10 / 5	87 / 100	86 / 100	—
42nd	UEA University of East Anglia (UEA) View All Courses	42nd	3.99 / 5	85 / 100	100 / 100	9.77
43rd	Uni of Hull University of Hull View All Courses	43rd	3.98 / 5	87 / 100	75 / 100	21.31
44th	Durham Uni Durham University View All Courses	44th	4.02 / 5	85 / 100	93 / 100	7.65
45th	Queen MaryUOL Queen Mary, University of London View All Courses	45th	4.01 / 5	86 / 100	81 / 100	22.58
46th	Uni of Southampton University of Southampton View All Courses	46th	4.07 / 5	85 / 100	79 / 100	7.82
47th	Keele Uni Keele University View All Courses	47th	3.99 / 5	87 / 100	86 / 100	—
48th	Uni of Bath University of Bath View All Courses	48th	4.12 / 5	86 / 100	85 / 100	8.46

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