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2024	UNIVERSITY	2024	SATISFACTION	REFLECTIONS	OUTCOMES	RESEARCH QUALITY
1st	Uni of Sussex University of Sussex View All Courses	1st	4.07 / 5	82 / 100	82 / 100	26.83
2nd	Bath Spa Uni Bath Spa University View All Courses	2nd	4.03 / 5	83 / 100	71 / 100	—
3rd	Uni of Liverpool University of Liverpool View All Courses	3rd	4.36 / 5	85 / 100	86 / 100	23.92
4th	Uni of Sheffield University of Sheffield View All Courses	4th	4.32 / 5	86 / 100	88 / 100	18.49
5th	Uni of Birmingham University of Birmingham View All Courses	5th	4.25 / 5	87 / 100	86 / 100	20.59
6th	LSE London School of Economics View All Courses	6th	4.02 / 5	86 / 100	88 / 100	19.77
7th	Durham Uni Durham University View All Courses	7th	4.02 / 5	85 / 100	81 / 100	12.65
8th	Newcastle Uni Newcastle University View All Courses	8th	4.17 / 5	85 / 100	84 / 100	—
9th	UWEBristol Bristol, University of the West of England (UWE) View All Courses	9th	4.04 / 5	83 / 100	86 / 100	—
10th	Liverpool Hope Uni Liverpool Hope University View All Courses	10th	4.11 / 5	88 / 100	75 / 100	—
11th	Uni of Reading University of Reading View All Courses	11th	4.17 / 5	87 / 100	81 / 100	40.69
12th	Newman Uni Newman University View All Courses	12th	4.16 / 5	90 / 100	86 / 100	—
13th	Queens Uni Queen's University, Belfast View All Courses	13th	4.04 / 5	87 / 100	79 / 100	54.18
14th	Uni of Bristol University of Bristol View All Courses	14th	4.21 / 5	83 / 100	85 / 100	14.30
15th	Manchester Met Uni Manchester Metropolitan University View All Courses	15th	4.08 / 5	84 / 100	85 / 100	—
16th	Uni of Chichester University of Chichester View All Courses	16th	3.84 / 5	86 / 100	67 / 100	—
17th	Royal Holloway Royal Holloway, University of London View All Courses	17th	3.93 / 5	83 / 100	86 / 100	30.22
18th	Cardiff Uni Cardiff University View All Courses	18th	4.23 / 5	86 / 100	88 / 100	—
19th	Loughborough Uni Loughborough University View All Courses	19th	4.23 / 5	86 / 100	88 / 100	—
20th	Swansea Uni Swansea University View All Courses	20th	4.26 / 5	85 / 100	86 / 100	—
21st	Oxford Brookes Oxford Brookes University View All Courses	21st	4.04 / 5	84 / 100	85 / 100	—
22nd	Nottingham Trent Nottingham Trent University View All Courses	22nd	4.32 / 5	83 / 100	85 / 100	—
23rd	Uni of Exeter University of Exeter View All Courses	23rd	4.23 / 5	85 / 100	86 / 100	—
24th	Bangor Uni Bangor University View All Courses	24th	3.99 / 5	84 / 100	86 / 100	—
25th	Uni of Essex University of Essex View All Courses	25th	3.95 / 5	83 / 100	85 / 100	22.86
26th	Uni of Nottingham University of Nottingham View All Courses	26th	4.20 / 5	87 / 100	86 / 100	16.21
27th	Uni of Oxford University of Oxford View All Courses	27th	4.26 / 5	86 / 100	77 / 100	3.20
28th	Uni of Aberdeen University of Aberdeen View All Courses	28th	4.01 / 5	85 / 100	83 / 100	30.57
29th	Uni of Manchester The University of Manchester View All Courses	29th	3.91 / 5	85 / 100	82 / 100	20.81
30th	Uni of York University of York View All Courses	30th	4.16 / 5	83 / 100	86 / 100	19.86
31st	Uni of Edinburgh University of Edinburgh View All Courses	31st	4.05 / 5	85 / 100	89 / 100	9.36
32nd	Uni of Worcester University of Worcester View All Courses	32nd	4.02 / 5	89 / 100	100 / 100	—
33rd	Uni of Dundee University of Dundee View All Courses	33rd	3.86 / 5	87 / 100	83 / 100	39.03
34th	Uni of Cambridge University of Cambridge View All Courses	34th	4.09 / 5	85 / 100	76 / 100	4.56
35th	Uni of Glasgow University of Glasgow View All Courses	35th	4.12 / 5	85 / 100	79 / 100	18.24
36th	Uni of C.Lancashire University of Central Lancashire View All Courses	36th	4.03 / 5	85 / 100	100 / 100	32.56
37th	York St John Uni York St John University View All Courses	37th	4.12 / 5	86 / 100	92 / 100	—
38th	Uni of Southampton University of Southampton View All Courses	38th	4.07 / 5	85 / 100	79 / 100	18.89
39th	Uni of Warwick University of Warwick View All Courses	39th	4.03 / 5	85 / 100	85 / 100	14.70
40th	Anglia Ruskin Uni Anglia Ruskin University ARU View All Courses	40th	4.20 / 5	86 / 100	67 / 100	—
41st	Uni of Chester University of Chester View All Courses	41st	4.13 / 5	87 / 100	84 / 100	—
42nd	Uni of Leeds University of Leeds View All Courses	42nd	4.20 / 5	84 / 100	85 / 100	9.30
43rd	UCL UCL, University of London View All Courses	43rd	4.12 / 5	87 / 100	84 / 100	10.58
44th	Uni of Hull University of Hull View All Courses	44th	3.98 / 5	87 / 100	88 / 100	—
45th	Keele Uni Keele University View All Courses	45th	3.99 / 5	87 / 100	90 / 100	46.40
46th	Lancaster Uni Lancaster University View All Courses	46th	3.95 / 5	85 / 100	95 / 100	—
47th	Uni of Gloucestershire University of Gloucestershire View All Courses	47th	3.90 / 5	84 / 100	67 / 100	—
48th	St Marys Twickenham St Mary's University, Twickenham View All Courses	48th	3.89 / 5	91 / 100	67 / 100	—
49th	Uni of Lincoln University of Lincoln View All Courses	49th	4.05 / 5	83 / 100	88 / 100	—
50th	Uni of Winchester University of Winchester View All Courses	50th	3.89 / 5	85 / 100	85 / 100	—
51st	Uni of Hertfordshire University of Hertfordshire View All Courses	51st	3.93 / 5	84 / 100	67 / 100	26.25
52nd	Uni of Brighton University of Brighton View All Courses	52nd	3.92 / 5	86 / 100	83 / 100	—
53rd	Coventry Uni Coventry University View All Courses	53rd	3.90 / 5	83 / 100	83 / 100	—
54th	Uni of Roehampton University of Roehampton View All Courses	54th	3.88 / 5	82 / 100	70 / 100	—
55th	UEA University of East Anglia (UEA) View All Courses	55th	3.99 / 5	85 / 100	83 / 100	29.31
56th	Open Uni Open University View All Courses	56th	3.86 / 5	84 / 100	73 / 100	27.78

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