Best UK Universities for Student Life 2023/2024

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UK University Student Life Rankings

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Top Universities for Student Life 2023/2024

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UNIVERSITY 2023 OVERALL
SCORE
RECC
Uni of Liverpool

1st

5
4.36 4.69 100%
Uni of Sheffield

2nd

3
4.32 4.63 99%
Nottingham Trent

3rd

0
4.32 4.59 99%
Uni of Leeds

4th

-3
4.20 4.58 94%
Cardiff Uni

5th

-1
4.23 4.57 98%
Northumbria Uni

6th

3
4.23 4.56 98%
Newcastle Uni

7th

-5
4.17 4.54 97%
Uni of Sussex

8th

15
4.07 4.46 97%
Cardiff Met Uni

9th

-1
4.21 4.44 100%
Liverpool JM

10th

2
4.28 4.44 98%
Uni of Nottingham

11th

-4
4.20 4.44 99%
Uni of Bristol

12th

-2
4.21 4.43 98%
Leeds Beckett Uni

13th

2
4.17 4.41 97%
Uni of Birmingham

14th

4
4.25 4.41 99%
Uni of Glasgow

15th

9
4.12 4.40 100%
Bournemouth Uni

16th

9
4.14 4.40 100%
Swansea Uni

17th

-3
4.26 4.38 100%
Sheffield Hallam Uni

18th

-7
4.19 4.36 98%
Solent Uni

19th

26
4.03 4.35 100%
Uni of Dundee

20th

6
3.86 4.35 100%
Aston Uni

21st

-2
4.19 4.35 96%
Uni of York

22nd

30
4.16 4.35 98%
Uni of Portsmouth

23rd

-6
4.13 4.33 98%
Uni of Plymouth

24th

4
4.10 4.33 100%
Uni of Edinburgh

25th

14
4.05 4.33 100%
Uni of Manchester

26th

-13
3.91 4.32 96%
Manchester Met Uni

27th

-11
4.08 4.30 99%
Uni of Exeter

28th

25
4.23 4.27 100%
King's College

29th

38
4.21 4.27 98%
York St John Uni

30th

2
4.12 4.26 100%
UWE, Bristol

31st

-9
4.04 4.25 92%
Loughborough Uni

32nd

-12
4.23 4.23 98%
Uni of Reading

33rd

3
4.17 4.23 97%
Uni of Strathclyde

34th

-13
4.03 4.23 100%
Ulster Uni

35th

39
4.18 4.22 95%
Uni of Brighton

36th

-3
3.92 4.22 91%
Uni of Lincoln

37th

-10
4.05 4.21 95%
Anglia Ruskin Uni

38th

85
4.20 4.21 100%
Liverpool Hope Uni

39th

31
4.11 4.18 94%
UCL

40th

8
4.12 4.18 94%
Queen's Uni

41st

-11
4.04 4.15 96%
Uni of Oxford

42nd

1
4.26 4.15 100%
Birmingham City Uni

43rd

1
4.08 4.14 92%
Edinburgh Napier

44th

10
3.84 4.14 91%
Leeds Arts University

45th

-10
3.91 4.13 100%
UEA

46th

-6
3.99 4.12 98%
Uni of Leicester

47th

35
4.06 4.12 90%
De Montfort

48th

-2
4.06 4.10 90%
Uni of Southampton

49th

-15
4.07 4.10 100%
Aberystwyth Uni

50th

15
4.14 4.10 95%
Uni College Birmingham

51st

54
4.00 4.07 100%
Uni of Chester

52nd

11
4.13 4.06 95%
Uni of Surrey

53rd

38
4.21 4.05 99%
Newman Uni

54th

52
4.16 4.04 100%
Uni of C.Lancashire

55th

-14
4.03 4.04 89%
The Uni of Salford

56th

0
4.03 4.04 92%
Edge Hill Uni

57th

19
4.19 4.03 100%
Bath Spa Uni

58th

45
4.03 4.03 100%
Uni of Essex

59th

-4
3.95 4.02 91%
Middlesex Uni

60th

39
4.07 4.02 100%
Keele Uni

61st

11
3.99 4.02 96%
Uni of Kent

62nd

-15
3.98 4.01 96%
Oxford Brookes

63rd

5
4.04 4.01 100%
Brunel Uni London

64th

22
3.80 4.00 95%
Queen Mary, UOL

65th

-8
4.01 4.00 98%
SOAS

66th

23
3.70 3.99 93%
Uni of Bath

67th

-7
4.12 3.98 97%
Uni of Roehampton

68th

7
3.88 3.97 100%
Uni of Aberdeen

69th

-31
4.01 3.96 100%
Uni of Worcester

70th

-4
4.02 3.96 100%
Uni of Westminster

71st

-10
3.93 3.96 92%
Durham Uni

72nd

-41
4.02 3.95 92%
Uni of Gloucestershire

73rd

-9
3.90 3.94 100%
LSBU

74th

28
3.90 3.94 95%
Uni of Huddersfield

75th

18
3.94 3.93 90%
Goldsmiths, UOL

76th

45
3.67 3.93 100%
Bangor Uni

77th

-19
3.99 3.93 100%
Uni of Bolton

78th

17
3.88 3.92 100%
Uni of Hull

79th

-50
3.98 3.92 100%
Plymouth Marjon Uni

80th

20
3.75 3.91 83%
Abertay Uni

81st

11
3.86 3.87 100%
Uni of Greenwich

82nd

42
4.01 3.84 93%
Glasgow Caledonian

83rd

-41
3.96 3.84 100%
Lancaster Uni

84th

6
3.95 3.84 93%
London Met Uni

85th

37
3.82 3.82 100%
Uni of Derby

86th

-13
3.91 3.82 96%
Kingston Uni

87th

1
3.80 3.80 83%
Staffordshire Uni

88th

31
3.98 3.79 90%
Falmouth Uni

89th

-5
3.81 3.78 100%
Coventry Uni

90th

-9
3.90 3.78 97%
Uni of Cambridge

91st

7
4.09 3.78 95%
St Mary's, Twickenham

92nd

-12
3.89 3.77 80%
Arts Bournemouth

93rd

-56
3.71 3.76 80%
Royal Holloway

94th

21
3.93 3.75 100%
Uni of St. Andrews

95th

31
3.61 3.74 100%
Uni of Warwick

96th

24
4.03 3.74 97%
Uni of Northampton

97th

34
3.84 3.73 100%
Uni of Sunderland

98th

-19
3.94 3.72 92%
Uni of Hertfordshire

99th

31
3.93 3.72 92%
Uni of Chichester

100th

-22
3.84 3.66 100%

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