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UNIVERSITY 2025
SATISFACTION
REFLECTIONS
OUTCOMES
RESEARCH QUALITY
Uni of Lincoln

1st

0

3.99 / 5

83 / 100

100 / 100

39.03
Edinburgh Napier

2nd

1

3.79 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

23.49
Birmingham City Uni

3rd

-1

3.84 / 5

85 / 100

90 / 100

26.05
Nottingham Trent

4th

2

4.36 / 5

83 / 100

93 / 100

16.34
Uni of Plymouth

5th

-1

3.86 / 5

87 / 100

83 / 100

25.23
Uni of Huddersfield

6th

1

3.72 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

17.53
Anglia Ruskin Uni

7th

-2

3.89 / 5

86 / 100

100 / 100

13.95
Robert Gordon Uni

8th

7

2.91 / 5

88 / 100

100 / 100

26.33
Uni of Liverpool

9th

-1

4.29 / 5

85 / 100

92 / 100

10.80
Liverpool JM

10th

2

4.30 / 5

86 / 100

94 / 100

8.03
Uni of Strathclyde

11th

-2

3.74 / 5

87 / 100

83 / 100

21.33
Queen's Uni

12th

-2

3.68 / 5

87 / 100

100 / 100

11.17
Sheffield Hallam Uni

13th

-2

3.96 / 5

87 / 100

97 / 100

8.06
Cardiff Uni

14th

-1

4.07 / 5

86 / 100

90 / 100

10.93
Uni of Wolverhampton

15th

11

3.75 / 5

87 / 100

89 / 100

13.28
Glasgow Caledonian

16th

-2

3.46 / 5

88 / 100

96 / 100

11.65
Northumbria Uni

17th

-1

4.00 / 5

85 / 100

97 / 100

5.60
Uni of Birmingham

18th

2

4.08 / 5

87 / 100

100 / 100

Leeds Beckett Uni

19th

2

3.98 / 5

85 / 100

92 / 100

7.77
Ulster Uni

20th

-1

3.91 / 5

89 / 100

90 / 100

6.25
The Uni of Salford

21st

8

4.07 / 5

84 / 100

91 / 100

7.42
Cardiff Met Uni

22nd

-4

3.89 / 5

89 / 100

100 / 100

Oxford Brookes

23rd

4

3.96 / 5

84 / 100

94 / 100

7.15
Loughborough Uni

24th

0

4.08 / 5

86 / 100

92 / 100

4.58
Aston Uni

25th

-2

3.96 / 5

87 / 100

100 / 100

Newcastle Uni

26th

6

4.21 / 5

85 / 100

86 / 100

5.28
De Montfort

27th

4

4.00 / 5

82 / 100

88 / 100

9.71
Uni of Kent

28th

-11

3.35 / 5

82 / 100

78 / 100

25.37
Uni of Sheffield

29th

-7

3.96 / 5

86 / 100

89 / 100

4.68
Uni of Reading

30th

-5

3.83 / 5

87 / 100

88 / 100

5.67
Uni of Nottingham

31st

5

4.19 / 5

87 / 100

87 / 100

Uni of Cambridge

32nd

1

3.86 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

7.84
Uni of Edinburgh

33rd

-5

3.58 / 5

85 / 100

90 / 100

7.97
UWE, Bristol

34th

4

3.90 / 5

83 / 100

90 / 100

4.83
Uni of Derby

35th

16

4.08 / 5

86 / 100

86 / 100

Uni of Westminster

36th

6

3.73 / 5

82 / 100

91 / 100

4.75
Manchester Met Uni

37th

10

4.11 / 5

84 / 100

86 / 100

LSBU

38th

-8

3.23 / 5

84 / 100

93 / 100

9.10
UCL

39th

1

3.85 / 5

87 / 100

85 / 100

1.17
Uni of Bath

40th

-5

3.65 / 5

86 / 100

92 / 100

Uni of East London

41st

8

3.39 / 5

85 / 100

70 / 100

16.99
Coventry Uni

42nd

-1

3.40 / 5

83 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Suffolk

43rd

18

3.00 / 5

89 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Portsmouth

44th

0

3.86 / 5

84 / 100

85 / 100

Uni of Greenwich

45th

0

3.68 / 5

84 / 100

89 / 100

Uni of Gloucestershire

46th

2

3.58 / 5

84 / 100

67 / 100

14.61
Heriot-Watt Uni

47th

-10

2.97 / 5

84 / 100

88 / 100

11.05
Uni of Brighton

48th

5

3.78 / 5

86 / 100

82 / 100

Uni of C.Lancashire

49th

-6

3.44 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

Ravensbourne

50th

20

4.05 / 5

77 / 100

83 / 100

Uni of Manchester

51st

5

3.99 / 5

85 / 100

50 / 100

12.36
Kingston Uni

52nd

3

3.66 / 5

82 / 100

83 / 100

Uni of Hertfordshire

53rd

-14

2.81 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

Uni College Birmingham

54th

-4

3.35 / 5

82 / 100

89 / 100

Uni of Dundee

55th

-3

3.11 / 5

87 / 100

83 / 100

London Met Uni

56th

-10

2.56 / 5

82 / 100

100 / 100

Solent Uni

57th

-3

3.17 / 5

80 / 100

85 / 100

UWTSD

58th

7

2.94 / 5

82 / 100

88 / 100

Uni of Leeds

59th

-1

4.09 / 5

84 / 100

50 / 100

Norwich Uni Arts

60th

-3

2.57 / 5

76 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of West London

61st

-1

3.21 / 5

84 / 100

67 / 100

Uni for Creative Arts

62nd

1

2.96 / 5

74 / 100

83 / 100

Uni of Bolton

63rd

-1

3.17 / 5

88 / 100

50 / 100

Falmouth Uni

64th

2

3.91 / 5

75 / 100

50 / 100

Uni of Bedfordshire

65th

-1

3.16 / 5

86 / 100

50 / 100

UAL

66th

5

2.65 / 5

75 / 100

80 / 100

Uni of Aberdeen

67th

-33

1.00 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

Highlands & Islands

68th

-9

0.69 / 5

87 / 100

100 / 100

Arts Bournemouth

69th

-2

3.40 / 5

73 / 100

50 / 100

Glasgow School of Art

70th

-2

0.57 / 5

77 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Northampton

71st

1

2.85 / 5

86 / 100

Wrexham Uni

72nd

-3

0.80 / 5

84 / 100

50 / 100

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