Best universities for course quality 2025

Discover the universities with top-tier teaching. Here are the best universities praised for their course content and support.

UK university course quality rankings

Here, our ratings are weighted by students' ratings of their course quality. This includes lecturers offering in-depth knowledge of the subject, the course having interesting and relevant modules as well as ongoing support for students.

Top universities for course quality 2025

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UNIVERSITY 2025 OVERALL
SCORE
RECC
Nottingham Trent View All Courses

1st

4
4.36 4.44 99%
Middlesex Uni View All Courses

2nd

43
4.26 4.42 98%
Uni of Chester View All Courses

3rd

4
4.10 4.35 97%
Liverpool JM View All Courses

4th

-1
4.30 4.35 99%
Uni of Derby View All Courses

5th

49
4.08 4.30 98%
Manchester Met Uni View All Courses

6th

27
4.11 4.29 99%
Uni of Nottingham View All Courses

7th

39
4.19 4.28 99%
Uni of Manchester View All Courses

8th

85
3.99 4.24 97%
Edge Hill Uni View All Courses

9th

31
4.20 4.24 100%
Cardiff Uni View All Courses

10th

3
4.07 4.23 97%
Falmouth Uni View All Courses

11th

75
3.91 4.23 100%
Oxford Brookes View All Courses

12th

31
3.96 4.21 100%
Uni of Liverpool View All Courses

13th

-1
4.29 4.20 100%
Uni of Winchester View All Courses

14th

91
3.86 4.19 97%
Anglia Ruskin Uni View All Courses

15th

-9
3.89 4.19 97%
Uni of Surrey View All Courses

16th

9
4.07 4.19 99%
The Uni of Salford View All Courses

17th

51
4.07 4.18 95%
Bournemouth Uni View All Courses

18th

58
4.14 4.18 100%
Ravensbourne View All Courses

19th

159
4.05 4.17 94%
Uni of Worcester View All Courses

20th

-9
4.02 4.16 100%
Uni of Birmingham View All Courses

21st

9
4.08 4.16 99%
Newcastle Uni View All Courses

22nd

75
4.21 4.16 98%
Uni of Leicester View All Courses

23rd

28
4.13 4.14 92%
UCL View All Courses

24th

53
3.85 4.14 96%
Uni of Exeter View All Courses

25th

-9
4.08 4.14 100%
Aston Uni View All Courses

26th

-6
3.96 4.14 98%
Keele Uni View All Courses

27th

0
4.07 4.14 97%
Leeds Beckett Uni View All Courses

28th

-14
3.98 4.13 100%
Uni of Warwick View All Courses

29th

5
3.81 4.13 98%
Swansea Uni View All Courses

30th

-13
3.96 4.12 100%
Loughborough Uni View All Courses

31st

11
4.08 4.12 98%
Open Uni View All Courses

32nd

-30
4.02 4.11 100%
Uni of Cambridge View All Courses

33rd

5
3.86 4.11 100%
Uni of Lincoln View All Courses

34th

62
3.99 4.10 95%
UEA View All Courses

35th

34
3.97 4.10 98%
Uni of York View All Courses

36th

-15
4.00 4.10 100%
Uni of Sussex View All Courses

37th

46
3.78 4.09 98%
Northumbria Uni View All Courses

38th

-12
4.00 4.07 98%
Uni of Leeds View All Courses

39th

51
4.09 4.07 96%
Uni of Strathclyde View All Courses

40th

44
3.74 4.05 100%
De Montfort View All Courses

41st

46
4.00 4.04 92%
York St John Uni View All Courses

42nd

-23
3.50 4.04 100%
Birmingham City Uni View All Courses

43rd

-20
3.84 4.04 91%
Uni of Chichester View All Courses

44th

12
3.82 4.04 100%
Sheffield Hallam Uni View All Courses

45th

-4
3.96 4.03 99%
Uni of Glasgow View All Courses

46th

-31
3.83 4.03 100%
City, UOL View All Courses

47th

25
3.62 4.03 92%
Uni of Westminster View All Courses

48th

-1
3.73 4.02 100%
USW View All Courses

49th

45
3.58 4.01 95%
UWE, Bristol View All Courses

50th

14
3.90 3.99 96%
Uni of Greenwich View All Courses

51st

-47
3.68 3.99 94%
Uni of Reading View All Courses

52nd

-13
3.83 3.98 97%
Uni of Plymouth View All Courses

53rd

32
3.86 3.97 100%
Uni of Bristol View All Courses

54th

-18
3.74 3.95 97%
Queen Mary, UOL View All Courses

55th

4
3.76 3.93 100%
Uni of Law View All Courses

56th

11
3.37 3.92 100%
Canterbury Uni View All Courses

57th

58
3.64 3.91 94%
Uni of Wolverhampton View All Courses

58th

24
3.75 3.86 96%
Ulster Uni View All Courses

59th

-49
3.91 3.86 100%
Uni of Sheffield View All Courses

60th

-25
3.96 3.84 99%
Uni of Huddersfield View All Courses

61st

14
3.72 3.84 92%
Uni of West Scotland View All Courses

62nd

19
3.66 3.80 91%
Uni of Portsmouth View All Courses

63rd

-10
3.86 3.80 98%
Uni of Hull View All Courses

64th

35
3.83 3.79 100%
Cardiff Met Uni View All Courses

65th

-41
3.89 3.78 100%
Royal Holloway View All Courses

66th

38
3.71 3.77 100%
Edinburgh Napier View All Courses

67th

52
3.79 3.77 94%
Uni of Brighton View All Courses

68th

27
3.78 3.76 96%
Uni of Edinburgh View All Courses

69th

-3
3.58 3.73 100%
Bangor Uni View All Courses

70th

-38
3.67 3.71 100%
Uni of Gloucestershire View All Courses

71st

32
3.58 3.69 100%
Uni of Bath View All Courses

72nd

-23
3.65 3.69 96%
Kingston Uni View All Courses

73rd

40
3.66 3.69 87%
Bishop Grosseteste Uni View All Courses

74th

91
3.59 3.68 89%
Lancaster Uni View All Courses

75th

32
3.65 3.65 94%
Coventry Uni View All Courses

76th

-24
3.40 3.61 100%
UCLan View All Courses

77th

-16
3.44 3.61 94%
Uni of Kent View All Courses

78th

-16
3.35 3.60 97%
Queen's Uni View All Courses

79th

9
3.68 3.58 96%
Durham Uni View All Courses

80th

11
3.48 3.58 93%
London Met Uni View All Courses

81st

-44
2.56 3.53 100%
Glasgow Caledonian View All Courses

82nd

-32
3.46 3.52 100%
Liverpool Hope Uni View All Courses

83rd

-28
3.32 3.52 100%
St Mary's, Twickenham View All Courses

84th

-27
3.20 3.51 90%
Imperial College View All Courses

85th

-25
3.46 3.51 100%
Uni of Cumbria View All Courses

86th

-7
3.42 3.50 100%
Bath Spa Uni View All Courses

87th

-29
3.58 3.48 100%
Uni of Bedfordshire View All Courses

88th

10
3.16 3.48 88%
Uni College Birmingham View All Courses

89th

11
3.35 3.47 100%
SOAS View All Courses

90th

11
2.78 3.47 94%
Uni of East London View All Courses

91st

11
3.39 3.47 100%
Uni of Oxford View All Courses

92nd

-83
3.17 3.43 100%
Brunel Uni London View All Courses

93rd

23
3.36 3.42 92%
Uni of Essex View All Courses

94th

-50
3.15 3.40 95%
Uni of Bolton View All Courses

95th

-25
3.17 3.38 100%
City St George's, UOL View All Courses

96th

25
3.38 3.38 100%
Arts Bournemouth View All Courses

97th

26
3.40 3.36 83%
Northeastern Uni View All Courses

98th

101
2.90 3.35 100%
Abertay Uni View All Courses

99th

-36
3.32 3.34 100%
Queen Margaret Uni View All Courses

100th

26
2.96 3.34 100%

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