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2024	UNIVERSITY	2024	SATISFACTION	REFLECTIONS	OUTCOMES	RESEARCH QUALITY
1st	Uni of Reading University of Reading View All Courses	1st	4.17 / 5	87 / 100	100 / 100	17.22
2nd	Uni of Nottingham University of Nottingham View All Courses	2nd	4.20 / 5	87 / 100	88 / 100	5.30
3rd	Aston Uni Aston University View All Courses	3rd	4.19 / 5	87 / 100	80 / 100	—
4th	Edge Hill Uni Edge Hill University View All Courses	4th	4.19 / 5	90 / 100	100 / 100	—
5th	Uni of Sheffield University of Sheffield View All Courses	5th	4.32 / 5	86 / 100	88 / 100	7.07
6th	Uni of Liverpool University of Liverpool View All Courses	6th	4.36 / 5	85 / 100	89 / 100	5.98
7th	Uni of Leeds University of Leeds View All Courses	7th	4.20 / 5	84 / 100	93 / 100	4.70
8th	Manchester Met Uni Manchester Metropolitan University View All Courses	8th	4.08 / 5	84 / 100	85 / 100	—
9th	Uni of Bristol University of Bristol View All Courses	9th	4.21 / 5	83 / 100	91 / 100	4.28
10th	Swansea Uni Swansea University View All Courses	10th	4.26 / 5	85 / 100	89 / 100	18.15
11th	Liverpool JM Liverpool John Moores University View All Courses	11th	4.28 / 5	86 / 100	91 / 100	—
12th	Uni of Oxford University of Oxford View All Courses	12th	4.26 / 5	86 / 100	91 / 100	2.19
13th	Cardiff Uni Cardiff University View All Courses	13th	4.23 / 5	86 / 100	89 / 100	7.38
14th	Nottingham Trent Nottingham Trent University View All Courses	14th	4.32 / 5	83 / 100	92 / 100	—
15th	Uni of Surrey University of Surrey View All Courses	15th	4.21 / 5	88 / 100	88 / 100	12.58
16th	Loughborough Uni Loughborough University View All Courses	16th	4.23 / 5	86 / 100	86 / 100	9.42
17th	Uni of Birmingham University of Birmingham View All Courses	17th	4.25 / 5	87 / 100	82 / 100	6.03
18th	Uni of Leicester University of Leicester View All Courses	18th	4.06 / 5	85 / 100	86 / 100	17.57
19th	Newcastle Uni Newcastle University View All Courses	19th	4.17 / 5	85 / 100	88 / 100	6.65
20th	Uni of Exeter University of Exeter View All Courses	20th	4.23 / 5	85 / 100	87 / 100	7.00
21st	Newman Uni Newman University View All Courses	21st	4.16 / 5	90 / 100	100 / 100	—
22nd	Uni of Portsmouth University of Portsmouth View All Courses	22nd	4.13 / 5	84 / 100	100 / 100	16.47
23rd	Sheffield Hallam Uni Sheffield Hallam University View All Courses	23rd	4.19 / 5	87 / 100	100 / 100	—
24th	Uni of C.Lancashire University of Central Lancashire View All Courses	24th	4.03 / 5	85 / 100	75 / 100	51.50
25th	The Uni of Salford University of Salford View All Courses	25th	4.03 / 5	84 / 100	50 / 100	—
26th	Aberystwyth Uni Aberystwyth University View All Courses	26th	4.14 / 5	82 / 100	100 / 100	23.83
27th	Middlesex Uni Middlesex University View All Courses	27th	4.07 / 5	86 / 100	—	—
28th	Uni of Chester University of Chester View All Courses	28th	4.13 / 5	87 / 100	100 / 100	36.15
29th	Uni of York University of York View All Courses	29th	4.16 / 5	83 / 100	89 / 100	7.22
30th	Liverpool Hope Uni Liverpool Hope University View All Courses	30th	4.11 / 5	88 / 100	50 / 100	—
31st	Uni of Lincoln University of Lincoln View All Courses	31st	4.05 / 5	83 / 100	100 / 100	58.50
32nd	Northumbria Uni Northumbria University View All Courses	32nd	4.23 / 5	85 / 100	75 / 100	—
33rd	Uni of Sussex University of Sussex View All Courses	33rd	4.07 / 5	82 / 100	78 / 100	15.00
34th	Uni of Aberdeen University of Aberdeen View All Courses	34th	4.01 / 5	85 / 100	100 / 100	12.92
35th	Uni of Cambridge University of Cambridge View All Courses	35th	4.09 / 5	85 / 100	90 / 100	2.42
36th	UCL UCL, University of London View All Courses	36th	4.12 / 5	87 / 100	88 / 100	3.61
37th	Uni of Kent University of Kent View All Courses	37th	3.98 / 5	82 / 100	94 / 100	9.79
38th	Queens Uni Queen's University, Belfast View All Courses	38th	4.04 / 5	87 / 100	91 / 100	16.74
39th	Uni of Glasgow University of Glasgow View All Courses	39th	4.12 / 5	85 / 100	86 / 100	6.11
40th	Uni of Edinburgh University of Edinburgh View All Courses	40th	4.05 / 5	85 / 100	86 / 100	3.89
41st	De Montfort De Montfort University (DMU) View All Courses	41st	4.06 / 5	82 / 100	75 / 100	—
42nd	Uni of Sunderland University of Sunderland View All Courses	42nd	3.94 / 5	85 / 100	—	—
43rd	Uni of Warwick University of Warwick View All Courses	43rd	4.03 / 5	85 / 100	83 / 100	2.77
44th	Uni of Greenwich University of Greenwich View All Courses	44th	4.01 / 5	84 / 100	80 / 100	—
45th	Uni of Strathclyde University of Strathclyde View All Courses	45th	4.03 / 5	87 / 100	100 / 100	9.76
46th	UWEBristol Bristol, University of the West of England (UWE) View All Courses	46th	4.04 / 5	83 / 100	100 / 100	—
47th	UEA University of East Anglia (UEA) View All Courses	47th	3.99 / 5	85 / 100	100 / 100	16.71
48th	Lancaster Uni Lancaster University View All Courses	48th	3.95 / 5	85 / 100	88 / 100	7.21
49th	Uni of Plymouth University of Plymouth View All Courses	49th	4.10 / 5	87 / 100	86 / 100	12.45
50th	Uni of Hull University of Hull View All Courses	50th	3.98 / 5	87 / 100	75 / 100	—
51st	Uni of Hertfordshire University of Hertfordshire View All Courses	51st	3.93 / 5	84 / 100	67 / 100	—
52nd	Uni of Essex University of Essex View All Courses	52nd	3.95 / 5	83 / 100	86 / 100	9.55
53rd	Durham Uni Durham University View All Courses	53rd	4.02 / 5	85 / 100	93 / 100	4.46
54th	Queen MaryUOL Queen Mary, University of London View All Courses	54th	4.01 / 5	86 / 100	81 / 100	5.67
55th	Royal Holloway Royal Holloway, University of London View All Courses	55th	3.93 / 5	83 / 100	89 / 100	15.58
56th	Uni of Southampton University of Southampton View All Courses	56th	4.07 / 5	85 / 100	79 / 100	5.41
57th	Keele Uni Keele University View All Courses	57th	3.99 / 5	87 / 100	86 / 100	24.81
58th	Uni of Bath University of Bath View All Courses	58th	4.12 / 5	86 / 100	85 / 100	5.33
59th	LSE London School of Economics View All Courses	59th	4.02 / 5	86 / 100	79 / 100	7.36

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