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UNIVERSITY 2024
SATISFACTION
REFLECTIONS
OUTCOMES
RESEARCH QUALITY
Bournemouth Uni

1st

4.14 / 5

84 / 100

91 / 100

5.49
Leeds Beckett Uni

2nd

4.17 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

22.78
Sheffield Hallam Uni

3rd

4.19 / 5

87 / 100

89 / 100

10.04
Uni of Glasgow

4th

4.12 / 5

85 / 100

95 / 100

7.75
Nottingham Trent

5th

4.32 / 5

83 / 100

88 / 100

18.70
Cardiff Met Uni

6th

4.21 / 5

89 / 100

86 / 100

Uni of Exeter

7th

4.23 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

10.75
Uni of Liverpool

8th

4.36 / 5

85 / 100

92 / 100

8.05
Staffordshire Uni

9th

3.98 / 5

87 / 100

90 / 100

Uni of Birmingham

10th

4.25 / 5

87 / 100

95 / 100

8.83
Uni of Worcester

11th

4.02 / 5

89 / 100

86 / 100

Uni of Surrey

12th

4.21 / 5

88 / 100

93 / 100

14.49
Newcastle Uni

13th

4.17 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

6.91
Keele Uni

14th

3.99 / 5

87 / 100

88 / 100

17.80
Uni of Sheffield

15th

4.32 / 5

86 / 100

91 / 100

6.33
York St John Uni

16th

4.12 / 5

86 / 100

71 / 100

Coventry Uni

17th

3.90 / 5

83 / 100

89 / 100

Cardiff Uni

18th

4.23 / 5

86 / 100

95 / 100

7.49
Swansea Uni

19th

4.26 / 5

85 / 100

90 / 100

9.79
Anglia Ruskin Uni

20th

4.20 / 5

86 / 100

80 / 100

Liverpool JM

21st

4.28 / 5

86 / 100

87 / 100

6.71
UWEBristol

22nd

4.04 / 5

83 / 100

85 / 100

10.00
Uni of Bath

23rd

4.12 / 5

86 / 100

100 / 100

11.55
Aston Uni

24th

4.19 / 5

87 / 100

88 / 100

8.35
Uni of Oxford

25th

4.26 / 5

86 / 100

89 / 100

5.17
Uni of Southampton

26th

4.07 / 5

85 / 100

93 / 100

7.60
Edge Hill Uni

27th

4.19 / 5

90 / 100

100 / 100

13.16
Loughborough Uni

28th

4.23 / 5

86 / 100

80 / 100

12.46
Northumbria Uni

29th

4.23 / 5

85 / 100

92 / 100

4.36
UCL

30th

4.12 / 5

87 / 100

92 / 100

3.74
Uni of Reading

31st

4.17 / 5

87 / 100

91 / 100

29.52
Queen MaryUOL

32nd

4.01 / 5

86 / 100

90 / 100

5.31
Aberystwyth Uni

33rd

4.14 / 5

82 / 100

92 / 100

11.39
Uni of Plymouth

34th

4.10 / 5

87 / 100

81 / 100

18.74
Uni of C.Lancashire

35th

4.03 / 5

85 / 100

71 / 100

17.86
Queens Uni

36th

4.04 / 5

87 / 100

98 / 100

UEA

37th

3.99 / 5

85 / 100

93 / 100

11.20
Ulster Uni

38th

4.18 / 5

89 / 100

91 / 100

4.48
Uni of Portsmouth

39th

4.13 / 5

84 / 100

91 / 100

9.70
Uni of Leeds

40th

4.20 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

10.57
Uni of Bristol

41st

4.21 / 5

83 / 100

87 / 100

6.22
Birmingham City Uni

42nd

4.08 / 5

85 / 100

80 / 100

8.37
Uni of York

43rd

4.16 / 5

83 / 100

95 / 100

8.15
Uni of Aberdeen

44th

4.01 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

20.65
Manchester Met Uni

45th

4.08 / 5

84 / 100

91 / 100

11.96
Durham Uni

46th

4.02 / 5

85 / 100

91 / 100

13.13
Uni of Edinburgh

47th

4.05 / 5

85 / 100

94 / 100

2.59
Uni of Strathclyde

48th

4.03 / 5

87 / 100

92 / 100

10.09
Uni of Leicester

49th

4.06 / 5

85 / 100

91 / 100

15.79
Uni of Huddersfield

50th

3.94 / 5

85 / 100

85 / 100

10.07
De Montfort

51st

4.06 / 5

82 / 100

85 / 100

4.82
Uni of Sussex

52nd

4.07 / 5

82 / 100

87 / 100

12.75
Uni of Hertfordshire

53rd

3.93 / 5

84 / 100

86 / 100

10.09
Oxford Brookes

54th

4.04 / 5

84 / 100

89 / 100

15.72
Uni of Lincoln

55th

4.05 / 5

83 / 100

86 / 100

10.94
Liverpool Hope Uni

56th

4.11 / 5

88 / 100

100 / 100

17.56
Uni of Cambridge

57th

4.09 / 5

85 / 100

85 / 100

4.44
Uni of Sunderland

58th

3.94 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

37.61
Uni of Nottingham

59th

4.20 / 5

87 / 100

80 / 100

7.58
Uni of Northampton

60th

3.84 / 5

86 / 100

82 / 100

Uni of Hull

61st

3.98 / 5

87 / 100

89 / 100

26.27
Heriot-Watt Uni

62nd

3.82 / 5

84 / 100

92 / 100

9.91
Uni of Warwick

63rd

4.03 / 5

85 / 100

89 / 100

9.01
Uni of Kent

64th

3.98 / 5

82 / 100

89 / 100

9.77
Uni of Essex

65th

3.95 / 5

83 / 100

94 / 100

4.55
City UOL

66th

3.83 / 5

85 / 100

87 / 100

9.01
Middlesex Uni

67th

4.07 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

4.04
Bangor Uni

68th

3.99 / 5

84 / 100

80 / 100

Uni of Winchester

69th

3.89 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Dundee

70th

3.86 / 5

87 / 100

100 / 100

25.04
Abertay Uni

71st

3.86 / 5

84 / 100

90 / 100

Kingston Uni

72nd

3.80 / 5

82 / 100

76 / 100

12.73
Uni of Gloucestershire

73rd

3.90 / 5

84 / 100

87 / 100

Lancaster Uni

74th

3.95 / 5

85 / 100

90 / 100

7.06
Uni of Bolton

75th

3.88 / 5

88 / 100

82 / 100

Brunel Uni London

76th

3.80 / 5

82 / 100

89 / 100

7.56
Uni of Chester

77th

4.13 / 5

87 / 100

100 / 100

29.34
Canterbury Uni

78th

3.75 / 5

88 / 100

91 / 100

Uni of Chichester

79th

3.84 / 5

86 / 100

60 / 100

Uni of Greenwich

80th

4.01 / 5

84 / 100

85 / 100

14.26
Royal Holloway

81st

3.93 / 5

83 / 100

94 / 100

9.19
LSBU

82nd

3.90 / 5

84 / 100

83 / 100

Uni of Brighton

83rd

3.92 / 5

86 / 100

92 / 100

19.47
Uni of Derby

84th

3.91 / 5

86 / 100

84 / 100

14.59
The Uni of Salford

85th

4.03 / 5

84 / 100

94 / 100

17.25
London Met Uni

86th

3.82 / 5

82 / 100

80 / 100

20.43
Uni of Manchester

87th

3.91 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

6.80
Goldsmiths, UOL

88th

3.67 / 5

83 / 100

82 / 100

8.76
Uni of Bradford

89th

3.77 / 5

89 / 100

85 / 100

14.16
Uni of Westminster

90th

3.93 / 5

82 / 100

79 / 100

12.62
Edinburgh Napier

91st

3.84 / 5

85 / 100

92 / 100

7.94
Uni of Roehampton

92nd

3.88 / 5

82 / 100

91 / 100

Uni of Bedfordshire

93rd

3.72 / 5

86 / 100

85 / 100

22.00
Uni of East London

94th

3.67 / 5

85 / 100

82 / 100

22.95
Uni of Wolverhampton

95th

3.78 / 5

87 / 100

86 / 100

18.27
Falmouth Uni

96th

3.81 / 5

75 / 100

76 / 100

Solent Uni

97th

4.03 / 5

80 / 100

82 / 100

Open Uni

98th

3.86 / 5

84 / 100

91 / 100

6.31
Leeds Trinity Uni

99th

3.59 / 5

86 / 100

Uni of Stirling

100th

3.49 / 5

86 / 100

86 / 100

15.56
Uni of West London

101st

3.69 / 5

84 / 100

83 / 100

23.27
USW

102nd

3.69 / 5

86 / 100

81 / 100

18.54
Teesside Uni

103rd

3.69 / 5

88 / 100

83 / 100

Bucks New Uni

104th

3.22 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

Uni for Creative Arts

105th

3.42 / 5

74 / 100

88 / 100

university-of-st-andrews

106th

3.61 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

10.47
Robert Gordon Uni

107th

3.21 / 5

88 / 100

87 / 100

26.40
Wrexham Uni

108th

3.19 / 5

84 / 100

75 / 100

47.71

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