Top universities for Engineering

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UNIVERSITY 2025
SATISFACTION
REFLECTIONS
OUTCOMES
RESEARCH QUALITY
Uni of Derby

1st

3

4.08 / 5

86 / 100

96 / 100

12.02
Uni of Sunderland

2nd

-1

2.53 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

52.80
Ulster Uni

3rd

-1

3.91 / 5

89 / 100

95 / 100

8.31
Open Uni

4th

11

4.02 / 5

84 / 100

94 / 100

12.01
Uni of York

5th

-2

4.00 / 5

83 / 100

93 / 100

11.67
Nottingham Trent

6th

2

4.36 / 5

83 / 100

87 / 100

7.27
Uni of Liverpool

7th

-1

4.29 / 5

85 / 100

89 / 100

3.67
Uni of Nottingham

8th

4

4.19 / 5

87 / 100

90 / 100

1.40
Uni of Leicester

9th

12

4.13 / 5

85 / 100

85 / 100

9.38
UEA

10th

10

3.97 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Exeter

11th

-4

4.08 / 5

85 / 100

92 / 100

4.12
Robert Gordon Uni

12th

17

2.91 / 5

88 / 100

100 / 100

16.33
Newcastle Uni

13th

10

4.21 / 5

85 / 100

89 / 100

1.94
Uni of Birmingham

14th

-4

4.08 / 5

87 / 100

88 / 100

2.44
Cardiff Uni

15th

-4

4.07 / 5

86 / 100

89 / 100

3.08
Loughborough Uni

16th

-3

4.08 / 5

86 / 100

91 / 100

1.55
Uni of Sussex

17th

-8

3.78 / 5

82 / 100

93 / 100

11.22
Aston Uni

18th

-4

3.96 / 5

87 / 100

89 / 100

2.87
Uni of Cambridge

19th

-3

3.86 / 5

85 / 100

96 / 100

1.44
De Montfort

20th

12

4.00 / 5

82 / 100

85 / 100

10.07
Uni of Portsmouth

21st

-2

3.86 / 5

84 / 100

88 / 100

6.37
Uni of East London

22nd

11

3.39 / 5

85 / 100

85 / 100

17.07
Uni of Cumbria

23rd

4

3.42 / 5

88 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Strathclyde

24th

-2

3.74 / 5

87 / 100

92 / 100

1.50
Swansea Uni

25th

-8

3.96 / 5

85 / 100

87 / 100

2.79
UCL

26th

2

3.85 / 5

87 / 100

87 / 100

1.40
Lancaster Uni

27th

3

3.65 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

7.05
Uni of Warwick

28th

8

3.81 / 5

85 / 100

89 / 100

2.59
Queen Mary, UOL

29th

6

3.76 / 5

86 / 100

85 / 100

4.95
Bath Spa Uni

30th

-5

3.58 / 5

83 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Greenwich

31st

3

3.68 / 5

84 / 100

88 / 100

5.15
Uni of Edinburgh

32nd

-6

3.58 / 5

85 / 100

92 / 100

2.31
University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol

33rd

-9

3.74 / 5

83 / 100

90 / 100

2.26
Leeds Beckett Uni

34th

5

3.98 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

Uni of Suffolk

35th

14

3.00 / 5

89 / 100

100 / 100

City, UOL

36th

7

3.62 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

5.96
Uni of Huddersfield

37th

4

3.72 / 5

85 / 100

84 / 100

3.47
Durham Uni

38th

-7

3.48 / 5

85 / 100

84 / 100

7.35
Uni of Oxford

39th

-34

3.17 / 5

86 / 100

95 / 100

2.18
Coventry Uni

40th

2

3.40 / 5

83 / 100

90 / 100

2.28
Aberystwyth Uni

41st

-23

3.17 / 5

82 / 100

100 / 100

Brunel Uni London

42nd

3

3.36 / 5

82 / 100

92 / 100

1.91
Bucks New Uni

43rd

3

2.91 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Northampton

44th

-4

2.85 / 5

86 / 100

80 / 100

9.76
Uni of Hertfordshire

45th

-7

2.81 / 5

84 / 100

85 / 100

8.51
Heriot-Watt Uni

46th

-2

2.97 / 5

84 / 100

87 / 100

2.51
Bangor Uni

47th

0

3.67 / 5

84 / 100

50 / 100

11.82
Lincoln College

48th

0

0.66 / 5

91 / 100

100 / 100

Warwickshire College

49th

3

0.56 / 5

90 / 100

100 / 100

Sunderland College

50th

1

0.62 / 5

87 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Aberdeen

51st

-14

1.00 / 5

85 / 100

87 / 100

4.21
Edge Hill Uni

52nd

2

4.20 / 5

90 / 100

Highlands & Islands

53rd

-3

0.69 / 5

87 / 100

89 / 100

Kingston College

54th

-1

0.66 / 5

81 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Worcester

55th

0

4.02 / 5

89 / 100

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