Top universities for Classics

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UNIVERSITY 2025
SATISFACTION
REFLECTIONS
OUTCOMES
RESEARCH QUALITY
Uni of Reading

1st

0

3.83 / 5

87 / 100

81 / 100

24.48
UCL

2nd

1

3.85 / 5

87 / 100

84 / 100

22.00
Newcastle Uni

3rd

2

4.21 / 5

85 / 100

84 / 100

19.11
Uni of Birmingham

4th

0

4.08 / 5

87 / 100

86 / 100

17.33
Uni of Bristol

5th

-3

3.74 / 5

83 / 100

85 / 100

22.07
Uni of Nottingham

6th

3

4.19 / 5

87 / 100

86 / 100

14.86
Uni of Warwick

7th

0

3.81 / 5

85 / 100

85 / 100

19.54
Uni of Manchester

8th

2

3.99 / 5

85 / 100

82 / 100

18.75
Uni of Exeter

9th

-1

4.08 / 5

85 / 100

86 / 100

15.60
Open Uni

10th

2

4.02 / 5

84 / 100

73 / 100

19.80
Uni of Kent

11th

-5

3.35 / 5

82 / 100

83 / 100

22.33
Durham Uni

12th

-1

3.48 / 5

85 / 100

81 / 100

16.85
Uni of Worcester

13th

4

4.02 / 5

89 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Derby

14th

16

4.08 / 5

86 / 100

100 / 100

Bournemouth Uni

15th

3

4.14 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

Northumbria Uni

16th

-2

4.00 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Edinburgh

17th

-4

3.58 / 5

85 / 100

89 / 100

8.05
Leeds Beckett Uni

18th

-3

3.98 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of St. Andrews

19th

-3

2.97 / 5

84 / 100

85 / 100

14.09
Uni of Portsmouth

20th

-1

3.86 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

Keele Uni

21st

19

4.07 / 5

87 / 100

90 / 100

Uni of Liverpool

22nd

0

4.29 / 5

85 / 100

86 / 100

Nottingham Trent

23rd

8

4.36 / 5

83 / 100

85 / 100

Edge Hill Uni

24th

11

4.20 / 5

90 / 100

80 / 100

Liverpool JM

25th

7

4.30 / 5

86 / 100

82 / 100

Uni of Leicester

26th

18

4.13 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

Cardiff Uni

27th

-2

4.07 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

Loughborough Uni

28th

0

4.08 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

Uni of Greenwich

29th

-5

3.68 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

City, UOL

30th

8

3.62 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Chester

31st

8

4.10 / 5

87 / 100

84 / 100

Uni of Sheffield

32nd

-12

3.96 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

Manchester Met Uni

33rd

17

4.11 / 5

84 / 100

85 / 100

Uni of Cambridge

34th

0

3.86 / 5

85 / 100

76 / 100

5.45
Uni of Leeds

35th

2

4.09 / 5

84 / 100

85 / 100

Lancaster Uni

36th

0

3.65 / 5

85 / 100

95 / 100

Uni of Lincoln

37th

10

3.99 / 5

83 / 100

88 / 100

Uni of Hull

38th

8

3.83 / 5

87 / 100

88 / 100

Uni of C.Lancashire

39th

-18

3.44 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

Swansea Uni

40th

-11

3.96 / 5

85 / 100

86 / 100

De Montfort

41st

7

4.00 / 5

82 / 100

89 / 100

Uni of York

42nd

1

4.00 / 5

83 / 100

86 / 100

Uni of Strathclyde

43rd

-1

3.74 / 5

87 / 100

88 / 100

UEA

44th

15

3.97 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

Oxford Brookes

45th

7

3.96 / 5

84 / 100

85 / 100

Uni of Winchester

46th

23

3.86 / 5

85 / 100

85 / 100

UWE, Bristol

47th

6

3.90 / 5

83 / 100

86 / 100

York St John Uni

48th

-22

3.50 / 5

86 / 100

92 / 100

Queen Mary, UOL

49th

2

3.76 / 5

86 / 100

85 / 100

Brunel Uni London

50th

-1

3.36 / 5

82 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Wolverhampton

51st

22

3.75 / 5

87 / 100

83 / 100

LSBU

52nd

-19

3.23 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Brighton

53rd

12

3.78 / 5

86 / 100

83 / 100

Uni of Huddersfield

54th

12

3.72 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

Bangor Uni

55th

0

3.67 / 5

84 / 100

86 / 100

Royal Holloway

56th

11

3.71 / 5

83 / 100

86 / 100

The Uni of Salford

57th

17

4.07 / 5

84 / 100

75 / 100

Uni of Glasgow

58th

-4

3.83 / 5

85 / 100

79 / 100

Ulster Uni

59th

-3

3.91 / 5

89 / 100

71 / 100

Uni of Plymouth

60th

3

3.86 / 5

87 / 100

75 / 100

Sheffield Hallam Uni

61st

1

3.96 / 5

87 / 100

71 / 100

Uni of Sussex

62nd

2

3.78 / 5

82 / 100

82 / 100

Queen's Uni

63rd

-3

3.68 / 5

87 / 100

79 / 100

Uni of Oxford

64th

-41

3.17 / 5

86 / 100

77 / 100

3.70
Coventry Uni

65th

6

3.40 / 5

83 / 100

83 / 100

Anglia Ruskin Uni

66th

6

3.89 / 5

86 / 100

67 / 100

Aberystwyth Uni

67th

-26

3.17 / 5

82 / 100

89 / 100

Uni of Chichester

68th

11

3.82 / 5

86 / 100

67 / 100

Uni of Dundee

69th

1

3.11 / 5

87 / 100

83 / 100

Liverpool Hope Uni

70th

-12

3.32 / 5

88 / 100

75 / 100

Uni of Essex

71st

-3

3.15 / 5

83 / 100

85 / 100

Uni of Southampton

72nd

-11

3.18 / 5

85 / 100

79 / 100

Bath Spa Uni

73rd

2

3.58 / 5

83 / 100

71 / 100

Uni of Gloucestershire

74th

6

3.58 / 5

84 / 100

67 / 100

St Mary's, Twickenham

75th

1

3.20 / 5

91 / 100

67 / 100

Uni of Roehampton

76th

2

3.07 / 5

82 / 100

70 / 100

Uni of Cumbria

77th

6

3.42 / 5

88 / 100

50 / 100

Uni of Northampton

78th

3

2.85 / 5

86 / 100

67 / 100

Uni of Hertfordshire

79th

-2

2.81 / 5

84 / 100

67 / 100

Uni of Westminster

80th

5

3.73 / 5

82 / 100

33 / 100

Newman Uni

81st

-54

1.04 / 5

90 / 100

86 / 100

Uni of Sunderland

82nd

0

2.53 / 5

85 / 100

50 / 100

LSE

83rd

-38

1.01 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

Staffordshire Uni

84th

0

3.02 / 5

87 / 100

33 / 100

Uni of Aberdeen

85th

-28

1.00 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

Kingston Uni

86th

1

3.66 / 5

82 / 100

Birkbeck Uni

87th

-1

0.68 / 5

80 / 100

64 / 100

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