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UNIVERSITY 2024
SATISFACTION
REFLECTIONS
OUTCOMES
RESEARCH QUALITY
Uni of Birmingham

1st

4.25 / 5

87 / 100

86 / 100

17.33
Uni of Exeter

2nd

4.23 / 5

85 / 100

86 / 100

15.60
Durham Uni

3rd

4.02 / 5

85 / 100

81 / 100

16.85
Uni of Liverpool

4th

4.36 / 5

85 / 100

86 / 100

Royal Holloway

5th

3.93 / 5

83 / 100

86 / 100

Uni of Reading

6th

4.17 / 5

87 / 100

81 / 100

24.48
Uni of Oxford

7th

4.26 / 5

86 / 100

77 / 100

3.70
Swansea Uni

8th

4.26 / 5

85 / 100

86 / 100

Uni of Nottingham

9th

4.20 / 5

87 / 100

86 / 100

14.86
Uni of Bristol

10th

4.21 / 5

83 / 100

85 / 100

22.07
Newcastle Uni

11th

4.17 / 5

85 / 100

84 / 100

19.11
Uni of Edinburgh

12th

4.05 / 5

85 / 100

89 / 100

8.05
Uni of Glasgow

13th

4.12 / 5

85 / 100

79 / 100

Uni of Leeds

14th

4.20 / 5

84 / 100

85 / 100

Uni of Cambridge

15th

4.09 / 5

85 / 100

76 / 100

5.45
UCL

16th

4.12 / 5

87 / 100

84 / 100

22.00
Uni of Manchester

17th

3.91 / 5

85 / 100

82 / 100

18.75
Uni of Warwick

18th

4.03 / 5

85 / 100

85 / 100

19.54
Uni of Kent

19th

3.98 / 5

82 / 100

83 / 100

22.33
Uni of Lincoln

20th

4.05 / 5

83 / 100

88 / 100

Uni of Winchester

21st

3.89 / 5

85 / 100

85 / 100

Open Uni

22nd

3.86 / 5

84 / 100

73 / 100

19.80

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