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UNIVERSITY 2024
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RESEARCH QUALITY
Middlesex Uni

1st

4.07 / 5

86 / 100

80 / 100

24.40
Uni of Reading

2nd

4.17 / 5

87 / 100

86 / 100

Uni of Essex

3rd

3.95 / 5

83 / 100

87 / 100

12.45
Plymouth Marjon Uni

4th

3.75 / 5

89 / 100

94 / 100

18.86
UCL

5th

4.12 / 5

87 / 100

86 / 100

Bath Spa Uni

6th

4.03 / 5

83 / 100

67 / 100

Uni of Portsmouth

7th

4.13 / 5

84 / 100

82 / 100

16.59
Uni of Cumbria

8th

3.78 / 5

88 / 100

100 / 100

Bangor Uni

9th

3.99 / 5

84 / 100

84 / 100

21.73
Uni of Nottingham

10th

4.20 / 5

87 / 100

88 / 100

20.14
Uni of Leeds

11th

4.20 / 5

84 / 100

93 / 100

13.87
Teesside Uni

12th

3.69 / 5

88 / 100

82 / 100

Aston Uni

13th

4.19 / 5

87 / 100

80 / 100

Keele Uni

14th

3.99 / 5

87 / 100

91 / 100

Swansea Uni

15th

4.26 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

17.11
Uni of Surrey

16th

4.21 / 5

88 / 100

88 / 100

13.39
Uni of Southampton

17th

4.07 / 5

85 / 100

90 / 100

Uni of Gloucestershire

18th

3.90 / 5

84 / 100

93 / 100

18.09
Uni of Warwick

19th

4.03 / 5

85 / 100

84 / 100

Cardiff Met Uni

20th

4.21 / 5

89 / 100

87 / 100

7.49
Uni of Bath

21st

4.12 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

9.63
Uni of Aberdeen

22nd

4.01 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

Uni of Manchester

23rd

3.91 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

Uni of Exeter

24th

4.23 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

11.18
Brunel Uni London

25th

3.80 / 5

82 / 100

82 / 100

12.69
Sheffield Hallam Uni

26th

4.19 / 5

87 / 100

84 / 100

4.97
Glasgow Caledonian

27th

3.96 / 5

88 / 100

80 / 100

Bournemouth Uni

28th

4.14 / 5

84 / 100

91 / 100

6.63
Uni of Brighton

29th

3.92 / 5

86 / 100

86 / 100

10.13
Oxford Brookes

30th

4.04 / 5

84 / 100

91 / 100

Nottingham Trent

31st

4.32 / 5

83 / 100

85 / 100

9.37
Heriot-Watt Uni

32nd

3.82 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Derby

33rd

3.91 / 5

86 / 100

86 / 100

Uni of Roehampton

34th

3.88 / 5

82 / 100

91 / 100

Uni of Birmingham

35th

4.25 / 5

87 / 100

87 / 100

8.03
Uni of Cambridge

36th

4.09 / 5

85 / 100

79 / 100

Uni of Glasgow

37th

4.12 / 5

85 / 100

85 / 100

Uni of Bristol

38th

4.21 / 5

83 / 100

84 / 100

39.47
Northumbria Uni

39th

4.23 / 5

85 / 100

89 / 100

6.45
Liverpool JM

40th

4.28 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

5.39
Aberystwyth Uni

41st

4.14 / 5

82 / 100

93 / 100

Loughborough Uni

42nd

4.23 / 5

86 / 100

92 / 100

3.72
Newcastle Uni

43rd

4.17 / 5

85 / 100

79 / 100

Uni of Bolton

44th

3.88 / 5

88 / 100

63 / 100

The Uni of Salford

45th

4.03 / 5

84 / 100

84 / 100

Uni of Hull

46th

3.98 / 5

87 / 100

86 / 100

27.50
Manchester Met Uni

47th

4.08 / 5

84 / 100

96 / 100

6.27
Uni of Leicester

48th

4.06 / 5

85 / 100

87 / 100

42.50
Uni of Huddersfield

49th

3.94 / 5

85 / 100

93 / 100

37.43
Uni of Liverpool

50th

4.36 / 5

85 / 100

87 / 100

Royal Holloway

51st

3.93 / 5

83 / 100

89 / 100

Anglia Ruskin Uni

52nd

4.20 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

21.50
Uni of York

53rd

4.16 / 5

83 / 100

88 / 100

Uni of Oxford

54th

4.26 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

Uni of C.Lancashire

55th

4.03 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

6.11
Cardiff Uni

56th

4.23 / 5

86 / 100

86 / 100

Uni of Northampton

57th

3.84 / 5

86 / 100

89 / 100

Uni of Chichester

58th

3.84 / 5

86 / 100

96 / 100

12.13
Leeds Beckett Uni

59th

4.17 / 5

85 / 100

91 / 100

4.66
Open Uni

60th

3.86 / 5

84 / 100

89 / 100

Newman Uni

61st

4.16 / 5

90 / 100

100 / 100

28.26
Uni of Sheffield

62nd

4.32 / 5

86 / 100

81 / 100

Uni of Dundee

63rd

3.86 / 5

87 / 100

88 / 100

Uni of Sussex

64th

4.07 / 5

82 / 100

75 / 100

Queens Uni

65th

4.04 / 5

87 / 100

89 / 100

Uni of Edinburgh

66th

4.05 / 5

85 / 100

86 / 100

9.40
Uni of Greenwich

67th

4.01 / 5

84 / 100

81 / 100

Uni of Bradford

68th

3.77 / 5

89 / 100

70 / 100

Uni of Chester

69th

4.13 / 5

87 / 100

94 / 100

19.92
Queen MaryUOL

70th

4.01 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

Uni College Birmingham

71st

4.00 / 5

82 / 100

92 / 100

Staffordshire Uni

72nd

3.98 / 5

87 / 100

86 / 100

York St John Uni

73rd

4.12 / 5

86 / 100

93 / 100

21.38
Uni of Lincoln

74th

4.05 / 5

83 / 100

81 / 100

24.49
Uni of Bedfordshire

75th

3.72 / 5

86 / 100

81 / 100

26.42
Liverpool Hope Uni

76th

4.11 / 5

88 / 100

75 / 100

23.87
Edge Hill Uni

77th

4.19 / 5

90 / 100

90 / 100

8.56
UEA

78th

3.99 / 5

85 / 100

91 / 100

Canterbury Uni

79th

3.75 / 5

88 / 100

93 / 100

16.21
LSBU

80th

3.90 / 5

84 / 100

60 / 100

27.64
UWEBristol

81st

4.04 / 5

83 / 100

89 / 100

Ulster Uni

82nd

4.18 / 5

89 / 100

91 / 100

16.51
Uni of Strathclyde

83rd

4.03 / 5

87 / 100

93 / 100

Uni of Sunderland

84th

3.94 / 5

85 / 100

67 / 100

30.38
Uni of Winchester

85th

3.89 / 5

85 / 100

70 / 100

27.83
Uni of Worcester

86th

4.02 / 5

89 / 100

94 / 100

13.89
Abertay Uni

87th

3.86 / 5

84 / 100

92 / 100

21.64
Edinburgh Napier

88th

3.84 / 5

85 / 100

94 / 100

10.45
St Marys Twickenham

89th

3.89 / 5

91 / 100

91 / 100

17.30
Uni of Westminster

90th

3.93 / 5

82 / 100

88 / 100

Uni of Plymouth

91st

4.10 / 5

87 / 100

85 / 100

Durham Uni

92nd

4.02 / 5

85 / 100

85 / 100

29.00
Uni of Hertfordshire

93rd

3.93 / 5

84 / 100

71 / 100

Uni of Kent

94th

3.98 / 5

82 / 100

86 / 100

25.08
Birmingham City Uni

95th

4.08 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

Kingston Uni

96th

3.80 / 5

82 / 100

92 / 100

Uni of West Scotland

97th

3.61 / 5

84 / 100

88 / 100

10.88
Uni of Wolverhampton

98th

3.78 / 5

87 / 100

81 / 100

20.95
Lancaster Uni

99th

3.95 / 5

85 / 100

92 / 100

Solent Uni

100th

4.03 / 5

80 / 100

83 / 100

13.53
London Met Uni

101st

3.82 / 5

82 / 100

100 / 100

Newcastle College

102nd

3.38 / 5

82 / 100

67 / 100

Coventry Uni

103rd

3.90 / 5

83 / 100

94 / 100

14.21
Bucks New Uni

104th

3.22 / 5

85 / 100

94 / 100

38.46
university-of-st-andrews

105th

3.61 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

Riverside College

106th

3.14 / 5

83 / 100

50 / 100

Bradford College

107th

3.10 / 5

84 / 100

Harper Adams Uni

108th

3.08 / 5

93 / 100

75 / 100

USW

109th

3.69 / 5

86 / 100

87 / 100

34.57
Wrexham Uni

110th

3.19 / 5

84 / 100

50 / 100

Askham Bryan

111th

3.06 / 5

76 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of East London

112th

3.67 / 5

85 / 100

80 / 100

Bedford

113th

3.09 / 5

90 / 100

100 / 100

Leeds Trinity Uni

114th

3.59 / 5

86 / 100

100 / 100

30.25
Uni of Stirling

115th

3.49 / 5

86 / 100

90 / 100

11.27
Queen Margaret Uni

116th

3.44 / 5

88 / 100

100 / 100

Bishop Grosseteste Uni

117th

3.03 / 5

89 / 100

Robert Gordon Uni

118th

3.21 / 5

88 / 100

60 / 100

Royal Agricultural University

119th

3.17 / 5

85 / 100

50 / 100

Colchester Institute

120th

3.08 / 5

82 / 100

33 / 100

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