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UNIVERSITY 2025
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RESEARCH QUALITY
Uni of Surrey

1st

0

4.07 / 5

88 / 100

93 / 100

13.62
UEA

2nd

3

3.97 / 5

85 / 100

93 / 100

11.45
Uni of Sussex

3rd

-1

3.78 / 5

82 / 100

87 / 100

14.78
Uni of Manchester

4th

7

3.99 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

9.35
Uni of Exeter

5th

-1

4.08 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

8.46
Royal Holloway

6th

0

3.71 / 5

83 / 100

94 / 100

12.41
Uni of Nottingham

7th

6

4.19 / 5

87 / 100

80 / 100

10.11
Uni of Edinburgh

8th

-1

3.58 / 5

85 / 100

94 / 100

10.41
Uni of York

9th

5

4.00 / 5

83 / 100

95 / 100

8.66
UCL

10th

2

3.85 / 5

87 / 100

92 / 100

8.27
Uni of St. Andrews

11th

-2

2.97 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

12.69
City, UOL

12th

4

3.62 / 5

85 / 100

87 / 100

11.03
Uni of Bath

13th

-3

3.65 / 5

86 / 100

100 / 100

7.19
Uni of Southampton

14th

-11

3.18 / 5

85 / 100

93 / 100

11.58
Queen Mary, UOL

15th

3

3.76 / 5

86 / 100

90 / 100

7.76
Uni of Northampton

16th

-8

2.85 / 5

86 / 100

82 / 100

14.12
Uni of Bristol

17th

-2

3.74 / 5

83 / 100

87 / 100

8.85
Uni of Warwick

18th

2

3.81 / 5

85 / 100

89 / 100

6.67
University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol

19th

0

3.86 / 5

85 / 100

85 / 100

7.38
Edge Hill Uni

20th

3

4.20 / 5

90 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Kent

21st

-4

3.35 / 5

82 / 100

89 / 100

9.89
Uni of Leeds

22nd

4

4.09 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Birmingham

23rd

2

4.08 / 5

87 / 100

95 / 100

Uni of Liverpool

24th

4

4.29 / 5

85 / 100

92 / 100

Cardiff Uni

25th

2

4.07 / 5

86 / 100

95 / 100

Uni of Essex

26th

-4

3.15 / 5

83 / 100

94 / 100

6.60
Brunel Uni London

27th

2

3.36 / 5

82 / 100

89 / 100

6.68
Middlesex Uni

28th

25

4.26 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

Liverpool JM

29th

11

4.30 / 5

86 / 100

87 / 100

Uni of Winchester

30th

15

3.86 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

Ulster Uni

31st

0

3.91 / 5

89 / 100

91 / 100

The Uni of Salford

32nd

17

4.07 / 5

84 / 100

94 / 100

Uni of Leicester

33rd

17

4.13 / 5

85 / 100

91 / 100

Nottingham Trent

34th

8

4.36 / 5

83 / 100

88 / 100

Uni of Worcester

35th

16

4.02 / 5

89 / 100

86 / 100

Newcastle Uni

36th

12

4.21 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

Bournemouth Uni

37th

10

4.14 / 5

84 / 100

91 / 100

Keele Uni

38th

21

4.07 / 5

87 / 100

88 / 100

Queen's Uni

39th

-7

3.68 / 5

87 / 100

98 / 100

Manchester Met Uni

40th

12

4.11 / 5

84 / 100

91 / 100

Northumbria Uni

41st

-8

4.00 / 5

85 / 100

92 / 100

Uni of Sheffield

42nd

-12

3.96 / 5

86 / 100

91 / 100

Sheffield Hallam Uni

43rd

-5

3.96 / 5

87 / 100

89 / 100

Uni of Glasgow

44th

-5

3.83 / 5

85 / 100

95 / 100

Open Uni

45th

25

4.02 / 5

84 / 100

91 / 100

Uni of Reading

46th

-12

3.83 / 5

87 / 100

91 / 100

Aston Uni

47th

-6

3.96 / 5

87 / 100

88 / 100

Cardiff Met Uni

48th

-13

3.89 / 5

89 / 100

86 / 100

Swansea Uni

49th

-13

3.96 / 5

85 / 100

90 / 100

Uni of Strathclyde

50th

-6

3.74 / 5

87 / 100

92 / 100

Uni of Hull

51st

6

3.83 / 5

87 / 100

89 / 100

Uni of Derby

52nd

25

4.08 / 5

86 / 100

84 / 100

Uni of Oxford

53rd

-32

3.17 / 5

86 / 100

89 / 100

4.13
Uni of Brighton

54th

6

3.78 / 5

86 / 100

92 / 100

Liverpool Hope Uni

55th

-31

3.32 / 5

88 / 100

100 / 100

Canterbury Uni

56th

10

3.64 / 5

88 / 100

91 / 100

Edinburgh Napier

57th

10

3.79 / 5

85 / 100

92 / 100

Oxford Brookes

58th

5

3.96 / 5

84 / 100

89 / 100

Uni of Portsmouth

59th

-13

3.86 / 5

84 / 100

91 / 100

Harper Adams Uni

60th

29

2.90 / 5

93 / 100

100 / 100

Loughborough Uni

61st

-3

4.08 / 5

86 / 100

80 / 100

Uni of Lincoln

62nd

6

3.99 / 5

83 / 100

86 / 100

Uni of Wolverhampton

63rd

22

3.75 / 5

87 / 100

86 / 100

Uni of West Scotland

64th

26

3.66 / 5

84 / 100

93 / 100

Leeds Beckett Uni

65th

-4

3.98 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

Lancaster Uni

66th

-1

3.65 / 5

85 / 100

90 / 100

Uni of Dundee

67th

-24

3.11 / 5

87 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Plymouth

68th

-4

3.86 / 5

87 / 100

81 / 100

De Montfort

69th

7

4.00 / 5

82 / 100

85 / 100

UWE, Bristol

70th

3

3.90 / 5

83 / 100

85 / 100

Uni of Huddersfield

71st

3

3.72 / 5

85 / 100

85 / 100

Durham Uni

72nd

-16

3.48 / 5

85 / 100

91 / 100

Glasgow Caledonian

73rd

-11

3.46 / 5

88 / 100

86 / 100

Birmingham City Uni

74th

-2

3.84 / 5

85 / 100

80 / 100

Uni of Greenwich

75th

-6

3.68 / 5

84 / 100

85 / 100

Uni of Gloucestershire

76th

6

3.58 / 5

84 / 100

87 / 100

USW

77th

19

3.58 / 5

86 / 100

81 / 100

Abertay Uni

78th

-3

3.32 / 5

84 / 100

90 / 100

AUP

79th

27

3.23 / 5

79 / 100

100 / 100

Coventry Uni

80th

1

3.40 / 5

83 / 100

89 / 100

Bangor Uni

81st

5

3.67 / 5

84 / 100

80 / 100

Staffordshire Uni

82nd

-27

3.02 / 5

87 / 100

90 / 100

Uni of Westminster

83rd

12

3.73 / 5

82 / 100

79 / 100

Uni of East London

84th

13

3.39 / 5

85 / 100

82 / 100

Uni of Bolton

85th

-6

3.17 / 5

88 / 100

82 / 100

Aberystwyth Uni

86th

-32

3.17 / 5

82 / 100

92 / 100

Uni of Bedfordshire

87th

6

3.16 / 5

86 / 100

85 / 100

Heriot-Watt Uni

88th

-17

2.97 / 5

84 / 100

92 / 100

Kingston Uni

89th

13

3.66 / 5

82 / 100

76 / 100

Uni of Roehampton

90th

-6

3.07 / 5

82 / 100

91 / 100

LSBU

91st

-3

3.23 / 5

84 / 100

83 / 100

York St John Uni

92nd

-5

3.50 / 5

86 / 100

71 / 100

Goldsmiths, UOL

93rd

7

3.27 / 5

83 / 100

82 / 100

Teesside Uni

94th

-2

2.90 / 5

88 / 100

83 / 100

Uni of Bradford

95th

-17

2.74 / 5

89 / 100

85 / 100

Falmouth Uni

96th

9

3.91 / 5

75 / 100

76 / 100

Uni of Stirling

97th

2

2.82 / 5

86 / 100

86 / 100

Uni of C.Lancashire

98th

-4

3.44 / 5

85 / 100

71 / 100

Uni of Chichester

99th

4

3.82 / 5

86 / 100

60 / 100

Bucks New Uni

100th

4

2.91 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

Uni of Hertfordshire

101st

-21

2.81 / 5

84 / 100

86 / 100

Solent Uni

102nd

-11

3.17 / 5

80 / 100

82 / 100

Uni of Sunderland

103rd

-20

2.53 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

Uni for Creative Arts

104th

4

2.96 / 5

74 / 100

88 / 100

London Met Uni

105th

-7

2.56 / 5

82 / 100

80 / 100

Bath Spa Uni

106th

1

3.58 / 5

83 / 100

50 / 100

Norwich Uni Arts

107th

2

2.57 / 5

76 / 100

85 / 100

Birkbeck Uni

108th

-7

0.68 / 5

80 / 100

71 / 100

11.51
Uni of Aberdeen

109th

-72

1.00 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

Bedford

110th

4

3.12 / 5

90 / 100

25 / 100

Wrexham Uni

111th

0

0.80 / 5

84 / 100

75 / 100

Newcastle College

112th

-2

0.84 / 5

82 / 100

73 / 100

Leeds Trinity Uni

113th

2

3.10 / 5

86 / 100

Bradford College

114th

-2

0.77 / 5

84 / 100

50 / 100

Colchester Institute

115th

-2

0.77 / 5

82 / 100

50 / 100

Riverside College

116th

0

0.79 / 5

83 / 100

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