Top universities for Geography

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UNIVERSITY 2025
SATISFACTION
REFLECTIONS
OUTCOMES
RESEARCH QUALITY
Edge Hill Uni

1st

0

4.20 / 5

90 / 100

100 / 100

21.90
Uni of Leicester

2nd

2

4.13 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

19.66
Uni of Chester

3rd

-1

4.10 / 5

87 / 100

100 / 100

17.50
Keele Uni

4th

3

4.07 / 5

87 / 100

100 / 100

15.33
Uni of Worcester

5th

1

4.02 / 5

89 / 100

83 / 100

22.16
Uni of Glasgow

6th

-3

3.83 / 5

85 / 100

94 / 100

22.00
Ulster Uni

7th

-2

3.91 / 5

89 / 100

90 / 100

16.12
Nottingham Trent

8th

2

4.36 / 5

83 / 100

86 / 100

16.97
Uni of Lincoln

9th

5

3.99 / 5

83 / 100

100 / 100

13.93
Open Uni

10th

12

4.02 / 5

84 / 100

78 / 100

24.08
Bath Spa Uni

11th

-2

3.58 / 5

83 / 100

83 / 100

27.87
Uni of Nottingham

12th

4

4.19 / 5

87 / 100

93 / 100

7.44
Uni of Birmingham

13th

-1

4.08 / 5

87 / 100

94 / 100

8.13
Loughborough Uni

14th

-1

4.08 / 5

86 / 100

93 / 100

9.62
Swansea Uni

15th

-4

3.96 / 5

85 / 100

93 / 100

11.08
Uni of Liverpool

16th

1

4.29 / 5

85 / 100

92 / 100

5.94
Uni of Plymouth

17th

1

3.86 / 5

87 / 100

89 / 100

10.44
Liverpool Hope Uni

18th

-10

3.32 / 5

88 / 100

50 / 100

39.62
Queen's Uni

19th

0

3.68 / 5

87 / 100

83 / 100

15.23
Oxford Brookes

20th

6

3.96 / 5

84 / 100

83 / 100

14.26
Uni of Sheffield

21st

-6

3.96 / 5

86 / 100

91 / 100

7.19
Uni of Hull

22nd

5

3.83 / 5

87 / 100

91 / 100

6.29
Uni of Portsmouth

23rd

-2

3.86 / 5

84 / 100

83 / 100

13.64
Uni of Manchester

24th

20

3.99 / 5

85 / 100

85 / 100

8.90
Cardiff Uni

25th

-1

4.07 / 5

86 / 100

86 / 100

5.36
Bournemouth Uni

26th

12

4.14 / 5

84 / 100

80 / 100

10.00
Uni of Leeds

27th

1

4.09 / 5

84 / 100

88 / 100

5.75
Northumbria Uni

28th

-3

4.00 / 5

85 / 100

90 / 100

4.07
Uni of Winchester

29th

18

3.86 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

Queen Mary, UOL

30th

5

3.76 / 5

86 / 100

84 / 100

9.20
University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol

31st

6

3.81 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Cambridge

32nd

0

3.86 / 5

85 / 100

86 / 100

7.15
Uni of Exeter

33rd

0

4.08 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

5.67
Newcastle Uni

34th

8

4.21 / 5

85 / 100

79 / 100

5.95
Liverpool JM

35th

4

4.30 / 5

86 / 100

83 / 100

Uni of Brighton

36th

12

3.78 / 5

86 / 100

83 / 100

7.62
UCL

37th

-1

3.85 / 5

87 / 100

81 / 100

6.18
Uni of Northampton

38th

-18

2.85 / 5

86 / 100

86 / 100

19.27
Uni of Derby

39th

19

4.08 / 5

86 / 100

86 / 100

Uni of Sussex

40th

0

3.78 / 5

82 / 100

83 / 100

10.55
Uni of Gloucestershire

41st

5

3.58 / 5

84 / 100

67 / 100

20.81
Uni of Bristol

42nd

-13

3.74 / 5

83 / 100

87 / 100

7.12
Sheffield Hallam Uni

43rd

0

3.96 / 5

87 / 100

83 / 100

Uni of Dundee

44th

-10

3.11 / 5

87 / 100

82 / 100

13.87
York St John Uni

45th

-15

3.50 / 5

86 / 100

50 / 100

27.50
Kingston Uni

46th

11

3.66 / 5

82 / 100

100 / 100

Durham Uni

47th

-6

3.48 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

5.24
Uni of Reading

48th

-3

3.83 / 5

87 / 100

83 / 100

Royal Holloway

49th

4

3.71 / 5

83 / 100

76 / 100

10.20
Aberystwyth Uni

50th

-27

3.17 / 5

82 / 100

93 / 100

9.34
Uni of Cumbria

51st

4

3.42 / 5

88 / 100

50 / 100

22.83
Manchester Met Uni

52nd

7

4.11 / 5

84 / 100

79 / 100

UEA

53rd

8

3.97 / 5

85 / 100

80 / 100

Uni of Southampton

54th

-23

3.18 / 5

85 / 100

85 / 100

8.71
Lancaster Uni

55th

-1

3.65 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

Coventry Uni

56th

-5

3.40 / 5

83 / 100

89 / 100

4.70
Uni of St. Andrews

57th

-1

2.97 / 5

84 / 100

83 / 100

12.58
UWE, Bristol

58th

4

3.90 / 5

83 / 100

81 / 100

Uni of Edinburgh

59th

-7

3.58 / 5

85 / 100

84 / 100

Bangor Uni

60th

0

3.67 / 5

84 / 100

82 / 100

UWTSD

61st

8

2.94 / 5

82 / 100

100 / 100

Canterbury Uni

62nd

3

3.64 / 5

88 / 100

67 / 100

Uni of Oxford

63rd

-14

3.17 / 5

86 / 100

73 / 100

3.67
The Uni of Salford

64th

3

4.07 / 5

84 / 100

50 / 100

Uni of Hertfordshire

65th

-1

2.81 / 5

84 / 100

75 / 100

Uni of C.Lancashire

66th

0

3.44 / 5

85 / 100

50 / 100

Highlands & Islands

67th

1

0.69 / 5

87 / 100

100 / 100

LSE

68th

-18

1.01 / 5

86 / 100

75 / 100

7.84
Leeds Beckett Uni

69th

2

3.98 / 5

85 / 100

Uni of Aberdeen

70th

-7

1.00 / 5

85 / 100

71 / 100

Birkbeck Uni

71st

-1

0.68 / 5

80 / 100

67 / 100

12.53
Uni of Greenwich

72nd

1

3.68 / 5

84 / 100

Staffordshire Uni

73rd

-1

3.02 / 5

87 / 100

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