Top universities for English Language and Literature

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UNIVERSITY 2024
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Uni of Reading

1st

4.17 / 5

87 / 100

89 / 100

11.57
Sheffield Hallam Uni

2nd

4.19 / 5

87 / 100

88 / 100

10.12
Uni of Nottingham

3rd

4.20 / 5

87 / 100

86 / 100

7.16
Aston Uni

4th

4.19 / 5

87 / 100

88 / 100

Uni of Bath

5th

4.12 / 5

86 / 100

92 / 100

Uni of Liverpool

6th

4.36 / 5

85 / 100

90 / 100

8.25
Newcastle Uni

7th

4.17 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

8.04
Uni of Bolton

8th

3.88 / 5

88 / 100

75 / 100

40.63
London Met Uni

9th

3.82 / 5

82 / 100

67 / 100

Cardiff Met Uni

10th

4.21 / 5

89 / 100

100 / 100

Aberystwyth Uni

11th

4.14 / 5

82 / 100

83 / 100

25.79
Glasgow Caledonian

12th

3.96 / 5

88 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Sheffield

13th

4.32 / 5

86 / 100

87 / 100

6.93
Liverpool JM

14th

4.28 / 5

86 / 100

82 / 100

13.71
Uni of Bristol

15th

4.21 / 5

83 / 100

83 / 100

8.16
Swansea Uni

16th

4.26 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

14.05
Uni of York

17th

4.16 / 5

83 / 100

89 / 100

8.39
Uni of Derby

18th

3.91 / 5

86 / 100

75 / 100

Queens Uni

19th

4.04 / 5

87 / 100

85 / 100

8.64
Leeds Beckett Uni

20th

4.17 / 5

85 / 100

90 / 100

20.15
Coventry Uni

21st

3.90 / 5

83 / 100

78 / 100

Loughborough Uni

22nd

4.23 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

9.97
Lancaster Uni

23rd

3.95 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

10.12
Nottingham Trent

24th

4.32 / 5

83 / 100

75 / 100

16.72
Anglia Ruskin Uni

25th

4.20 / 5

86 / 100

100 / 100

19.51
The Uni of Salford

26th

4.03 / 5

84 / 100

89 / 100

18.53
Northumbria Uni

27th

4.23 / 5

85 / 100

91 / 100

7.46
Manchester Met Uni

28th

4.08 / 5

84 / 100

86 / 100

6.27
Uni of Portsmouth

29th

4.13 / 5

84 / 100

87 / 100

10.52
Uni of Birmingham

30th

4.25 / 5

87 / 100

88 / 100

4.75
Solent Uni

31st

4.03 / 5

80 / 100

50 / 100

Uni of Leeds

32nd

4.20 / 5

84 / 100

85 / 100

7.41
Liverpool Hope Uni

33rd

4.11 / 5

88 / 100

100 / 100

19.20
Uni of Greenwich

34th

4.01 / 5

84 / 100

89 / 100

19.49
Heriot-Watt Uni

35th

3.82 / 5

84 / 100

89 / 100

UCL

36th

4.12 / 5

87 / 100

83 / 100

10.81
Uni of Winchester

37th

3.89 / 5

85 / 100

90 / 100

33.03
Oxford Brookes

38th

4.04 / 5

84 / 100

87 / 100

16.62
Bangor Uni

39th

3.99 / 5

84 / 100

85 / 100

16.33
Uni of Worcester

40th

4.02 / 5

89 / 100

80 / 100

16.85
Uni of Oxford

41st

4.26 / 5

86 / 100

83 / 100

3.08
Cardiff Uni

42nd

4.23 / 5

86 / 100

83 / 100

5.43
Uni of Strathclyde

43rd

4.03 / 5

87 / 100

93 / 100

13.64
Uni of Chester

44th

4.13 / 5

87 / 100

86 / 100

14.18
Uni of Exeter

45th

4.23 / 5

85 / 100

85 / 100

4.59
Uni of Surrey

46th

4.21 / 5

88 / 100

92 / 100

8.89
Bournemouth Uni

47th

4.14 / 5

84 / 100

89 / 100

21.54
Brunel Uni London

48th

3.80 / 5

82 / 100

75 / 100

13.64
Newman Uni

49th

4.16 / 5

90 / 100

100 / 100

44.15
UWEBristol

50th

4.04 / 5

83 / 100

100 / 100

18.03
Uni of Essex

51st

3.95 / 5

83 / 100

83 / 100

13.46
Uni of Leicester

52nd

4.06 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

7.23
Ulster Uni

53rd

4.18 / 5

89 / 100

85 / 100

25.50
Edge Hill Uni

54th

4.19 / 5

90 / 100

100 / 100

15.05
Uni of Sussex

55th

4.07 / 5

82 / 100

85 / 100

9.03
Arts Bournemouth

56th

3.71 / 5

73 / 100

50 / 100

Uni of Roehampton

57th

3.88 / 5

82 / 100

100 / 100

10.98
Queen MaryUOL

58th

4.01 / 5

86 / 100

84 / 100

6.95
Uni of Glasgow

59th

4.12 / 5

85 / 100

86 / 100

5.30
Uni of Lincoln

60th

4.05 / 5

83 / 100

79 / 100

15.23
York St John Uni

61st

4.12 / 5

86 / 100

84 / 100

14.29
Uni of Aberdeen

62nd

4.01 / 5

85 / 100

87 / 100

14.25
Middlesex Uni

63rd

4.07 / 5

86 / 100

50 / 100

Uni of Kent

64th

3.98 / 5

82 / 100

83 / 100

9.11
Uni of Cambridge

65th

4.09 / 5

85 / 100

84 / 100

3.30
Uni of Edinburgh

66th

4.05 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

7.71
Uni of Warwick

67th

4.03 / 5

85 / 100

86 / 100

7.78
Bath Spa Uni

68th

4.03 / 5

83 / 100

100 / 100

9.98
LSBU

69th

3.90 / 5

84 / 100

De Montfort

70th

4.06 / 5

82 / 100

86 / 100

18.80
Birmingham City Uni

71st

4.08 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

23.03
Staffordshire Uni

72nd

3.98 / 5

87 / 100

50 / 100

Uni of Plymouth

73rd

4.10 / 5

87 / 100

70 / 100

25.48
Durham Uni

74th

4.02 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

6.84
Uni of Hull

75th

3.98 / 5

87 / 100

87 / 100

19.42
Uni of Hertfordshire

76th

3.93 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

22.61
Uni of Gloucestershire

77th

3.90 / 5

84 / 100

86 / 100

26.97
Uni of Sunderland

78th

3.94 / 5

85 / 100

75 / 100

43.50
Keele Uni

79th

3.99 / 5

87 / 100

88 / 100

19.36
City UOL

80th

3.83 / 5

85 / 100

50 / 100

44.71
Falmouth Uni

81st

3.81 / 5

75 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Huddersfield

82nd

3.94 / 5

85 / 100

78 / 100

28.74
Uni of Wolverhampton

83rd

3.78 / 5

87 / 100

100 / 100

33.68
Uni of Manchester

84th

3.91 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

8.51
St Marys Twickenham

85th

3.89 / 5

91 / 100

50 / 100

20.07
Uni of Northampton

86th

3.84 / 5

86 / 100

100 / 100

33.33
Open Uni

87th

3.86 / 5

84 / 100

77 / 100

11.56
Edinburgh Napier

88th

3.84 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

25.51
Uni of Westminster

89th

3.93 / 5

82 / 100

86 / 100

11.63
Plymouth Marjon Uni

90th

3.75 / 5

89 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Brighton

91st

3.92 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

Uni of Bedfordshire

92nd

3.72 / 5

86 / 100

67 / 100

50.69
Uni of Chichester

93rd

3.84 / 5

86 / 100

83 / 100

33.33
SOAS

94th

3.70 / 5

82 / 100

80 / 100

Uni of Southampton

95th

4.07 / 5

85 / 100

87 / 100

10.95
UEA

96th

3.99 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

7.27
Uni of Cumbria

97th

3.78 / 5

88 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Dundee

98th

3.86 / 5

87 / 100

79 / 100

15.90
Uni of C.Lancashire

99th

4.03 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

23.14
Teesside Uni

100th

3.69 / 5

88 / 100

100 / 100

USW

101st

3.69 / 5

86 / 100

100 / 100

38.29
Kingston Uni

102nd

3.80 / 5

82 / 100

75 / 100

18.68
Royal Holloway

103rd

3.93 / 5

83 / 100

93 / 100

10.80
Goldsmiths, UOL

104th

3.67 / 5

83 / 100

89 / 100

9.48
Uni of East London

105th

3.67 / 5

85 / 100

Canterbury Uni

106th

3.75 / 5

88 / 100

82 / 100

38.47
university-of-st-andrews

107th

3.61 / 5

84 / 100

88 / 100

10.39
Leeds Trinity Uni

n/a

3.59 / 5

86 / 100

100 / 100

31.74

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