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2024	UNIVERSITY	2024	SATISFACTION	REFLECTIONS	OUTCOMES	RESEARCH QUALITY
1st	Cardiff Met Uni Cardiff Metropolitan University View All Courses	1st	4.21 / 5	89 / 100	86 / 100	—
2nd	Uni of Exeter University of Exeter View All Courses	2nd	4.23 / 5	85 / 100	100 / 100	8.46
3rd	Manchester Met Uni Manchester Metropolitan University View All Courses	3rd	4.08 / 5	84 / 100	91 / 100	—
4th	Birmingham City Uni Birmingham City University View All Courses	4th	4.08 / 5	85 / 100	80 / 100	—
5th	Uni of Leicester University of Leicester View All Courses	5th	4.06 / 5	85 / 100	91 / 100	—
6th	Uni of Leeds University of Leeds View All Courses	6th	4.20 / 5	84 / 100	100 / 100	—
7th	Uni of Aberdeen University of Aberdeen View All Courses	7th	4.01 / 5	85 / 100	100 / 100	—
8th	York St John Uni York St John University View All Courses	8th	4.12 / 5	86 / 100	71 / 100	—
9th	Uni of Reading University of Reading View All Courses	9th	4.17 / 5	87 / 100	91 / 100	—
10th	Uni of Portsmouth University of Portsmouth View All Courses	10th	4.13 / 5	84 / 100	91 / 100	—
11th	Uni of Huddersfield University of Huddersfield View All Courses	11th	3.94 / 5	85 / 100	85 / 100	—
12th	Uni of Roehampton University of Roehampton View All Courses	12th	3.88 / 5	82 / 100	91 / 100	—
13th	Uni of Oxford University of Oxford View All Courses	13th	4.26 / 5	86 / 100	89 / 100	4.13
14th	Liverpool Hope Uni Liverpool Hope University View All Courses	14th	4.11 / 5	88 / 100	100 / 100	—
15th	Canterbury Uni Canterbury Christ Church University View All Courses	15th	3.75 / 5	88 / 100	91 / 100	—
16th	Sheffield Hallam Uni Sheffield Hallam University View All Courses	16th	4.19 / 5	87 / 100	89 / 100	—
17th	Uni of Strathclyde University of Strathclyde View All Courses	17th	4.03 / 5	87 / 100	92 / 100	—
18th	Uni of Liverpool University of Liverpool View All Courses	18th	4.36 / 5	85 / 100	92 / 100	—
19th	Uni of Sheffield University of Sheffield View All Courses	19th	4.32 / 5	86 / 100	91 / 100	—
20th	Uni of Birmingham University of Birmingham View All Courses	20th	4.25 / 5	87 / 100	95 / 100	—
21st	Uni of Kent University of Kent View All Courses	21st	3.98 / 5	82 / 100	89 / 100	9.89
22nd	Cardiff Uni Cardiff University View All Courses	22nd	4.23 / 5	86 / 100	95 / 100	—
23rd	Uni of Surrey University of Surrey View All Courses	23rd	4.21 / 5	88 / 100	93 / 100	13.62
24th	Uni of Glasgow University of Glasgow View All Courses	24th	4.12 / 5	85 / 100	95 / 100	—
25th	Bournemouth Uni Bournemouth University View All Courses	25th	4.14 / 5	84 / 100	91 / 100	—
26th	Aston Uni Aston University View All Courses	26th	4.19 / 5	87 / 100	88 / 100	—
27th	Swansea Uni Swansea University View All Courses	27th	4.26 / 5	85 / 100	90 / 100	—
28th	Nottingham Trent Nottingham Trent University View All Courses	28th	4.32 / 5	83 / 100	88 / 100	—
29th	Northumbria Uni Northumbria University View All Courses	29th	4.23 / 5	85 / 100	92 / 100	—
30th	Uni of Bristol University of Bristol View All Courses	30th	4.21 / 5	83 / 100	87 / 100	8.85
31st	Anglia Ruskin Uni Anglia Ruskin University ARU View All Courses	31st	4.20 / 5	86 / 100	80 / 100	—
32nd	Leeds Beckett Uni Leeds Beckett University View All Courses	32nd	4.17 / 5	85 / 100	83 / 100	—
33rd	Edge Hill Uni Edge Hill University View All Courses	33rd	4.19 / 5	90 / 100	100 / 100	—
34th	UCL UCL, University of London View All Courses	34th	4.12 / 5	87 / 100	92 / 100	8.27
35th	Uni of Edinburgh University of Edinburgh View All Courses	35th	4.05 / 5	85 / 100	94 / 100	10.41
36th	Ulster Uni Ulster University View All Courses	36th	4.18 / 5	89 / 100	91 / 100	—
37th	Uni of York University of York View All Courses	37th	4.16 / 5	83 / 100	95 / 100	8.66
38th	Aberystwyth Uni Aberystwyth University View All Courses	38th	4.14 / 5	82 / 100	92 / 100	—
39th	Loughborough Uni Loughborough University View All Courses	39th	4.23 / 5	86 / 100	80 / 100	—
40th	Uni of Nottingham University of Nottingham View All Courses	40th	4.20 / 5	87 / 100	80 / 100	10.11
41st	Newcastle Uni Newcastle University View All Courses	41st	4.17 / 5	85 / 100	88 / 100	—
42nd	Uni of Plymouth University of Plymouth View All Courses	42nd	4.10 / 5	87 / 100	81 / 100	—
43rd	Uni of Southampton University of Southampton View All Courses	43rd	4.07 / 5	85 / 100	93 / 100	11.58
44th	UWEBristol Bristol, University of the West of England (UWE) View All Courses	44th	4.04 / 5	83 / 100	85 / 100	—
45th	Uni of Sussex University of Sussex View All Courses	45th	4.07 / 5	82 / 100	87 / 100	14.78
46th	Uni of Warwick University of Warwick View All Courses	46th	4.03 / 5	85 / 100	89 / 100	6.67
47th	Bath Spa Uni Bath Spa University View All Courses	47th	4.03 / 5	83 / 100	50 / 100	—
48th	Uni of Bath University of Bath View All Courses	48th	4.12 / 5	86 / 100	100 / 100	7.19
49th	Coventry Uni Coventry University View All Courses	49th	3.90 / 5	83 / 100	89 / 100	—
50th	Bangor Uni Bangor University View All Courses	50th	3.99 / 5	84 / 100	80 / 100	—
51st	Keele Uni Keele University View All Courses	51st	3.99 / 5	87 / 100	88 / 100	—
52nd	Queen MaryUOL Queen Mary, University of London View All Courses	52nd	4.01 / 5	86 / 100	90 / 100	7.76
53rd	Queens Uni Queen's University, Belfast View All Courses	53rd	4.04 / 5	87 / 100	98 / 100	—
54th	UEA University of East Anglia (UEA) View All Courses	54th	3.99 / 5	85 / 100	93 / 100	11.45
55th	De Montfort De Montfort University (DMU) View All Courses	55th	4.06 / 5	82 / 100	85 / 100	—
56th	Uni of Cambridge University of Cambridge View All Courses	56th	4.09 / 5	85 / 100	85 / 100	7.38
57th	Uni of Hull University of Hull View All Courses	57th	3.98 / 5	87 / 100	89 / 100	—
58th	Middlesex Uni Middlesex University View All Courses	58th	4.07 / 5	86 / 100	88 / 100	—
59th	Durham Uni Durham University View All Courses	59th	4.02 / 5	85 / 100	91 / 100	—
60th	Uni of Lincoln University of Lincoln View All Courses	60th	4.05 / 5	83 / 100	86 / 100	—
61st	Uni of Chester University of Chester View All Courses	61st	4.13 / 5	87 / 100	100 / 100	—
62nd	Uni of Winchester University of Winchester View All Courses	62nd	3.89 / 5	85 / 100	100 / 100	—
63rd	Uni of Hertfordshire University of Hertfordshire View All Courses	63rd	3.93 / 5	84 / 100	86 / 100	—
64th	Uni of Essex University of Essex View All Courses	64th	3.95 / 5	83 / 100	94 / 100	6.60
65th	Uni of Greenwich University of Greenwich View All Courses	65th	4.01 / 5	84 / 100	85 / 100	—
66th	Royal Holloway Royal Holloway, University of London View All Courses	66th	3.93 / 5	83 / 100	94 / 100	12.41
67th	LSBU London South Bank University View All Courses	67th	3.90 / 5	84 / 100	83 / 100	—
68th	Uni of Brighton University of Brighton View All Courses	68th	3.92 / 5	86 / 100	92 / 100	—
69th	Uni of Derby University of Derby View All Courses	69th	3.91 / 5	86 / 100	84 / 100	—
70th	The Uni of Salford University of Salford View All Courses	70th	4.03 / 5	84 / 100	94 / 100	—
71st	London Met Uni London Metropolitan University View All Courses	71st	3.82 / 5	82 / 100	80 / 100	—
72nd	Uni of Dundee University of Dundee View All Courses	72nd	3.86 / 5	87 / 100	100 / 100	—
73rd	Uni of Manchester The University of Manchester View All Courses	73rd	3.91 / 5	85 / 100	100 / 100	9.35
74th	Oxford Brookes Oxford Brookes University View All Courses	74th	4.04 / 5	84 / 100	89 / 100	—
75th	Uni of Westminster University of Westminster View All Courses	75th	3.93 / 5	82 / 100	79 / 100	—
76th	City UOL City, University of London View All Courses	76th	3.83 / 5	85 / 100	87 / 100	11.03
77th	Uni of Northampton University of Northampton View All Courses	77th	3.84 / 5	86 / 100	82 / 100	14.12
78th	Lancaster Uni Lancaster University View All Courses	78th	3.95 / 5	85 / 100	90 / 100	—
79th	Heriot-Watt Uni Heriot-Watt University View All Courses	79th	3.82 / 5	84 / 100	92 / 100	—
80th	Uni of Bradford University of Bradford View All Courses	80th	3.77 / 5	89 / 100	85 / 100	—
81st	Brunel Uni London Brunel Uni, London View All Courses	81st	3.80 / 5	82 / 100	89 / 100	6.68
82nd	Kingston Uni Kingston University View All Courses	82nd	3.80 / 5	82 / 100	76 / 100	—
83rd	Uni of Wolverhampton University of Wolverhampton View All Courses	83rd	3.78 / 5	87 / 100	86 / 100	—
84th	Uni of Bedfordshire University of Bedfordshire View All Courses	84th	3.72 / 5	86 / 100	85 / 100	—
85th	Open Uni Open University View All Courses	85th	3.86 / 5	84 / 100	91 / 100	—
86th	Uni of East London University of East London View All Courses	86th	3.67 / 5	85 / 100	82 / 100	—
87th	Uni of Stirling University of Stirling View All Courses	87th	3.49 / 5	86 / 100	86 / 100	—
88th	Uni of West London The University of West London View All Courses	88th	3.69 / 5	84 / 100	83 / 100	—
89th	Teesside Uni Teesside University View All Courses	89th	3.69 / 5	88 / 100	83 / 100	—
90th	Goldsmiths, UOL Goldsmiths, University of London View All Courses	90th	3.67 / 5	83 / 100	82 / 100	—
91st	university-of-st-andrews University of St. Andrews View All Courses	91st	3.61 / 5	84 / 100	100 / 100	12.69
92nd	Robert Gordon Uni The Robert Gordon University View All Courses	92nd	3.21 / 5	88 / 100	87 / 100	—

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