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UNIVERSITY 2025
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RESEARCH QUALITY
Uni of Chester

1st

0

4.10 / 5

87 / 100

100 / 100

29.34
Edge Hill Uni

2nd

1

4.20 / 5

90 / 100

100 / 100

13.16
Uni of Reading

3rd

-1

3.83 / 5

87 / 100

91 / 100

29.52
Uni of Hull

4th

4

3.83 / 5

87 / 100

89 / 100

26.27
Nottingham Trent

5th

6

4.36 / 5

83 / 100

88 / 100

18.70
Uni of Surrey

6th

3

4.07 / 5

88 / 100

93 / 100

14.49
The Uni of Salford

7th

9

4.07 / 5

84 / 100

94 / 100

17.25
Keele Uni

8th

13

4.07 / 5

87 / 100

88 / 100

17.80
Uni of Exeter

9th

1

4.08 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

10.75
Uni of Leicester

10th

10

4.13 / 5

85 / 100

91 / 100

15.79
Uni of Dundee

11th

-5

3.11 / 5

87 / 100

100 / 100

25.04
Uni of Leeds

12th

2

4.09 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

10.57
Uni of Brighton

13th

4

3.78 / 5

86 / 100

92 / 100

19.47
Leeds Beckett Uni

14th

-1

3.98 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

22.78
Uni of Birmingham

15th

0

4.08 / 5

87 / 100

95 / 100

8.83
Liverpool Hope Uni

16th

-12

3.32 / 5

88 / 100

100 / 100

17.56
Uni of Liverpool

17th

1

4.29 / 5

85 / 100

92 / 100

8.05
Cardiff Uni

18th

1

4.07 / 5

86 / 100

95 / 100

7.49
University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol

19th

26

3.99 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

6.80
Manchester Met Uni

20th

13

4.11 / 5

84 / 100

91 / 100

11.96
Uni of Bath

21st

-9

3.65 / 5

86 / 100

100 / 100

11.55
Uni of Derby

22nd

29

4.08 / 5

86 / 100

84 / 100

14.59
Oxford Brookes

23rd

7

3.96 / 5

84 / 100

89 / 100

15.72
Uni of Wolverhampton

24th

22

3.75 / 5

87 / 100

86 / 100

18.27
UEA

25th

15

3.97 / 5

85 / 100

93 / 100

11.20
Uni of Plymouth

26th

-3

3.86 / 5

87 / 100

81 / 100

18.74
Liverpool JM

27th

7

4.30 / 5

86 / 100

87 / 100

6.71
Sheffield Hallam Uni

28th

-3

3.96 / 5

87 / 100

89 / 100

10.04
Uni of Strathclyde

29th

-1

3.74 / 5

87 / 100

92 / 100

10.09
Swansea Uni

30th

-8

3.96 / 5

85 / 100

90 / 100

9.79
Uni of York

31st

4

4.00 / 5

83 / 100

95 / 100

8.15
Newcastle Uni

32nd

16

4.21 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

6.91
Middlesex Uni

33rd

32

4.26 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

4.04
Uni of Glasgow

34th

-5

3.83 / 5

85 / 100

95 / 100

7.75
Aston Uni

35th

-3

3.96 / 5

87 / 100

88 / 100

8.35
Ulster Uni

36th

-9

3.91 / 5

89 / 100

91 / 100

4.48
Glasgow Caledonian

37th

-11

3.46 / 5

88 / 100

86 / 100

17.29
Loughborough Uni

38th

0

4.08 / 5

86 / 100

80 / 100

12.46
Robert Gordon Uni

39th

30

2.91 / 5

88 / 100

87 / 100

26.40
Bournemouth Uni

40th

14

4.14 / 5

84 / 100

91 / 100

5.49
Uni of Sheffield

41st

-17

3.96 / 5

86 / 100

91 / 100

6.33
Uni of Portsmouth

42nd

-5

3.86 / 5

84 / 100

91 / 100

9.70
Open Uni

43rd

40

4.02 / 5

84 / 100

91 / 100

6.31
Uni of East London

44th

14

3.39 / 5

85 / 100

82 / 100

22.95
Uni of Nottingham

45th

10

4.19 / 5

87 / 100

80 / 100

7.58
Uni of Sunderland

46th

-41

2.53 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

37.61
Uni of Lincoln

47th

16

3.99 / 5

83 / 100

86 / 100

10.94
USW

48th

28

3.58 / 5

86 / 100

81 / 100

18.54
Northumbria Uni

49th

-7

4.00 / 5

85 / 100

92 / 100

4.36
Edinburgh Napier

50th

25

3.79 / 5

85 / 100

92 / 100

7.94
UCL

51st

-4

3.85 / 5

87 / 100

92 / 100

3.74
Uni of Warwick

52nd

-2

3.81 / 5

85 / 100

89 / 100

9.01
Uni of West Scotland

53rd

33

3.66 / 5

84 / 100

93 / 100

10.52
Uni of Winchester

54th

23

3.86 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

Royal Holloway

55th

5

3.71 / 5

83 / 100

94 / 100

9.19
Durham Uni

56th

-25

3.48 / 5

85 / 100

91 / 100

13.13
Uni of Bedfordshire

57th

-13

3.16 / 5

86 / 100

85 / 100

22.00
Uni of Greenwich

58th

-9

3.68 / 5

84 / 100

85 / 100

14.26
Uni of West London

59th

-2

3.21 / 5

84 / 100

83 / 100

23.27
Uni of Sussex

60th

-7

3.78 / 5

82 / 100

87 / 100

12.75
Uni of Worcester

61st

21

4.02 / 5

89 / 100

86 / 100

UWE, Bristol

62nd

10

3.90 / 5

83 / 100

85 / 100

10.00
Queen Mary, UOL

63rd

1

3.76 / 5

86 / 100

90 / 100

5.31
Queen's Uni

64th

-12

3.68 / 5

87 / 100

98 / 100

Uni of Huddersfield

65th

8

3.72 / 5

85 / 100

85 / 100

10.07
Lancaster Uni

66th

0

3.65 / 5

85 / 100

90 / 100

7.06
Cardiff Met Uni

67th

-8

3.89 / 5

89 / 100

86 / 100

City, UOL

68th

16

3.62 / 5

85 / 100

87 / 100

9.01
Birmingham City Uni

69th

11

3.84 / 5

85 / 100

80 / 100

8.37
Uni of Edinburgh

70th

-8

3.58 / 5

85 / 100

94 / 100

2.59
Uni of Cambridge

71st

10

3.86 / 5

85 / 100

85 / 100

4.44
De Montfort

72nd

16

4.00 / 5

82 / 100

85 / 100

4.82
Canterbury Uni

73rd

19

3.64 / 5

88 / 100

91 / 100

Uni of St. Andrews

74th

-6

2.97 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

10.47
Uni of Bristol

75th

-14

3.74 / 5

83 / 100

87 / 100

6.22
Harper Adams Uni

76th

28

2.90 / 5

93 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Westminster

77th

12

3.73 / 5

82 / 100

79 / 100

12.62
Uni of Southampton

78th

-35

3.18 / 5

85 / 100

93 / 100

7.60
Uni of C.Lancashire

79th

-12

3.44 / 5

85 / 100

71 / 100

17.86
Aberystwyth Uni

80th

-44

3.17 / 5

82 / 100

92 / 100

11.39
Uni of Kent

81st

-11

3.35 / 5

82 / 100

89 / 100

9.77
Kingston Uni

82nd

16

3.66 / 5

82 / 100

76 / 100

12.73
Uni of Stirling

83rd

7

2.82 / 5

86 / 100

86 / 100

15.56
Anglia Ruskin Uni

84th

3

3.89 / 5

86 / 100

80 / 100

Uni of Bradford

85th

-29

2.74 / 5

89 / 100

85 / 100

14.16
Heriot-Watt Uni

86th

-15

2.97 / 5

84 / 100

92 / 100

9.91
Brunel Uni London

87th

4

3.36 / 5

82 / 100

89 / 100

7.56
Uni of Oxford

88th

-49

3.17 / 5

86 / 100

89 / 100

5.17
Uni of Essex

89th

-10

3.15 / 5

83 / 100

94 / 100

4.55
Uni of Gloucestershire

90th

6

3.58 / 5

84 / 100

87 / 100

Goldsmiths, UOL

91st

9

3.27 / 5

83 / 100

82 / 100

8.76
Uni of Suffolk

92nd

23

3.00 / 5

89 / 100

91 / 100

Abertay Uni

93rd

0

3.32 / 5

84 / 100

90 / 100

East Sussex College

94th

25

3.04 / 5

82 / 100

100 / 100

AUP

95th

15

3.23 / 5

79 / 100

100 / 100

Coventry Uni

96th

-1

3.40 / 5

83 / 100

89 / 100

Bangor Uni

97th

2

3.67 / 5

84 / 100

80 / 100

Staffordshire Uni

98th

-13

3.02 / 5

87 / 100

90 / 100

Uni of Hertfordshire

99th

-21

2.81 / 5

84 / 100

86 / 100

10.09
London Met Uni

100th

-26

2.56 / 5

82 / 100

80 / 100

20.43
Uni of Bolton

101st

-7

3.17 / 5

88 / 100

82 / 100

Ravensbourne

102nd

21

4.05 / 5

77 / 100

75 / 100

Uni of Roehampton

103rd

-6

3.07 / 5

82 / 100

91 / 100

LSBU

104th

-2

3.23 / 5

84 / 100

83 / 100

York St John Uni

105th

-4

3.50 / 5

86 / 100

71 / 100

Teesside Uni

106th

0

2.90 / 5

88 / 100

83 / 100

Wrexham Uni

107th

-66

0.80 / 5

84 / 100

75 / 100

47.71
Falmouth Uni

108th

1

3.91 / 5

75 / 100

76 / 100

Uni of Chichester

109th

-2

3.82 / 5

86 / 100

60 / 100

Bucks New Uni

110th

-2

2.91 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

Uni of Northampton

111th

-8

2.85 / 5

86 / 100

82 / 100

Solent Uni

112th

-7

3.17 / 5

80 / 100

82 / 100

Uni of Aberdeen

113th

-106

1.00 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

20.65
UWTSD

114th

6

2.94 / 5

82 / 100

77 / 100

Uni for Creative Arts

115th

-3

2.96 / 5

74 / 100

88 / 100

Bath Spa Uni

116th

-5

3.58 / 5

83 / 100

50 / 100

Norwich Uni Arts

117th

-4

2.57 / 5

76 / 100

85 / 100

Wigan and Leigh College

118th

-1

0.62 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

Bedford

119th

5

3.12 / 5

90 / 100

25 / 100

Blackburn

120th

6

2.83 / 5

78 / 100

50 / 100

Highlands & Islands

121st

-5

0.69 / 5

87 / 100

88 / 100

UAL

122nd

5

2.65 / 5

75 / 100

50 / 100

Birkbeck Uni

123rd

-5

0.68 / 5

80 / 100

71 / 100

13.32
Newcastle College

124th

-10

0.84 / 5

82 / 100

73 / 100

Leeds Trinity Uni

125th

0

3.10 / 5

86 / 100

Bradford College

126th

-5

0.77 / 5

84 / 100

50 / 100

Colchester Institute

127th

-5

0.77 / 5

82 / 100

50 / 100

Riverside College

128th

0

0.79 / 5

83 / 100

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