Top universities for Chemistry

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UNIVERSITY 2025
SATISFACTION
REFLECTIONS
OUTCOMES
RESEARCH QUALITY
Uni of Chester

1st

1

4.10 / 5

87 / 100

100 / 100

18.67
Uni of Reading

2nd

-1

3.83 / 5

87 / 100

100 / 100

19.21
Uni of Lincoln

3rd

0

3.99 / 5

83 / 100

100 / 100

21.76
Queen Mary, UOL

4th

0

3.76 / 5

86 / 100

81 / 100

22.58
Uni of Leicester

5th

2

4.13 / 5

85 / 100

86 / 100

17.82
Swansea Uni

6th

-1

3.96 / 5

85 / 100

89 / 100

16.35
Uni of Strathclyde

7th

1

3.74 / 5

87 / 100

100 / 100

9.91
UEA

8th

8

3.97 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

9.77
Newcastle Uni

9th

8

4.21 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

10.21
Uni of Birmingham

10th

1

4.08 / 5

87 / 100

82 / 100

10.78
Edge Hill Uni

11th

8

4.20 / 5

90 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Liverpool

12th

1

4.29 / 5

85 / 100

89 / 100

8.44
Uni of Nottingham

13th

5

4.19 / 5

87 / 100

88 / 100

7.34
Queen's Uni

14th

-2

3.68 / 5

87 / 100

91 / 100

10.79
Loughborough Uni

15th

-1

4.08 / 5

86 / 100

86 / 100

9.77
Uni of Sheffield

16th

-7

3.96 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

10.15
Cardiff Uni

17th

-2

4.07 / 5

86 / 100

89 / 100

8.72
Uni of Kent

18th

-8

3.35 / 5

82 / 100

94 / 100

17.28
Uni of Leeds

19th

1

4.09 / 5

84 / 100

93 / 100

8.29
Lancaster Uni

20th

2

3.65 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

11.88
Uni of Sussex

21st

0

3.78 / 5

82 / 100

78 / 100

17.27
UCL

22nd

3

3.85 / 5

87 / 100

88 / 100

5.68
Uni of Glasgow

23rd

4

3.83 / 5

85 / 100

86 / 100

8.15
Sheffield Hallam Uni

24th

4

3.96 / 5

87 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Bath

25th

-1

3.65 / 5

86 / 100

85 / 100

8.46
Uni of Manchester

26th

13

3.99 / 5

85 / 100

89 / 100

4.76
Liverpool JM

27th

7

4.30 / 5

86 / 100

91 / 100

Durham Uni

28th

-2

3.48 / 5

85 / 100

93 / 100

7.65
Uni of York

29th

3

4.00 / 5

83 / 100

89 / 100

6.34
Uni of Cambridge

30th

1

3.86 / 5

85 / 100

90 / 100

4.82
Uni of Surrey

31st

2

4.07 / 5

88 / 100

88 / 100

Uni of Warwick

32nd

3

3.81 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

7.50
Uni of Edinburgh

33rd

-3

3.58 / 5

85 / 100

86 / 100

7.40
Nottingham Trent

34th

4

4.36 / 5

83 / 100

92 / 100

Uni of Bristol

35th

-6

3.74 / 5

83 / 100

91 / 100

5.83
Keele Uni

36th

9

4.07 / 5

87 / 100

86 / 100

Uni of Portsmouth

37th

0

3.86 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

UWE, Bristol

38th

5

3.90 / 5

83 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Plymouth

39th

2

3.86 / 5

87 / 100

86 / 100

Uni of St. Andrews

40th

4

2.97 / 5

84 / 100

90 / 100

8.81
Uni of Oxford

41st

-18

3.17 / 5

86 / 100

91 / 100

4.39
Manchester Met Uni

42nd

5

4.11 / 5

84 / 100

85 / 100

Open Uni

43rd

12

4.02 / 5

84 / 100

85 / 100

Kingston Uni

44th

6

3.66 / 5

82 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Southampton

45th

-9

3.18 / 5

85 / 100

79 / 100

7.82
Heriot-Watt Uni

46th

-6

2.97 / 5

84 / 100

88 / 100

7.43
Northumbria Uni

47th

-1

4.00 / 5

85 / 100

75 / 100

Royal Holloway

48th

4

3.71 / 5

83 / 100

89 / 100

Uni of Stirling

49th

2

2.82 / 5

86 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Aberdeen

50th

-44

1.00 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

16.63
Aberystwyth Uni

51st

-9

3.17 / 5

82 / 100

100 / 100

Coventry Uni

52nd

1

3.40 / 5

83 / 100

89 / 100

De Montfort

53rd

3

4.00 / 5

82 / 100

75 / 100

Uni of Brighton

54th

5

3.78 / 5

86 / 100

60 / 100

Uni of Essex

55th

-1

3.15 / 5

83 / 100

86 / 100

London Met Uni

56th

-7

2.56 / 5

82 / 100

100 / 100

Liverpool Hope Uni

57th

0

3.32 / 5

88 / 100

50 / 100

Uni of Hertfordshire

58th

0

2.81 / 5

84 / 100

67 / 100

LSE

59th

-11

1.01 / 5

86 / 100

79 / 100

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