Top universities for Physics

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UNIVERSITY 2025
SATISFACTION
REFLECTIONS
OUTCOMES
RESEARCH QUALITY
Keele Uni

1st

0

4.07 / 5

87 / 100

83 / 100

35.78
Uni of Hull

2nd

1

3.83 / 5

87 / 100

85 / 100

29.64
Uni of Portsmouth

3rd

-1

3.86 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

18.08
Uni of Lincoln

4th

1

3.99 / 5

83 / 100

93 / 100

18.09
Loughborough Uni

5th

-1

4.08 / 5

86 / 100

94 / 100

15.81
Uni of West Scotland

6th

7

3.66 / 5

84 / 100

67 / 100

37.75
University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol

7th

-1

4.07 / 5

88 / 100

95 / 100

10.46
Uni of Liverpool

8th

2

4.29 / 5

85 / 100

89 / 100

7.85
Uni of Leicester

9th

10

4.13 / 5

85 / 100

90 / 100

9.32
Uni of Exeter

10th

1

4.08 / 5

85 / 100

96 / 100

6.90
Swansea Uni

11th

-4

3.96 / 5

85 / 100

87 / 100

12.78
Uni of Leeds

12th

0

4.09 / 5

84 / 100

88 / 100

10.35
Uni of Sheffield

13th

-5

3.96 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

10.53
Cardiff Uni

14th

1

4.07 / 5

86 / 100

90 / 100

6.61
Queen's Uni

15th

-1

3.68 / 5

87 / 100

100 / 100

6.50
Uni of Nottingham

16th

14

4.19 / 5

87 / 100

86 / 100

5.59
Royal Holloway

17th

15

3.71 / 5

83 / 100

80 / 100

16.75
Uni of York

18th

6

4.00 / 5

83 / 100

91 / 100

5.83
Northumbria Uni

19th

-2

4.00 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

Aston Uni

20th

1

3.96 / 5

87 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Birmingham

21st

1

4.08 / 5

87 / 100

85 / 100

6.54
Open Uni

22nd

27

4.02 / 5

84 / 100

85 / 100

7.70
Uni of Strathclyde

23rd

5

3.74 / 5

87 / 100

91 / 100

7.48
Uni of Sussex

24th

3

3.78 / 5

82 / 100

91 / 100

7.85
Anglia Ruskin Uni

25th

-5

3.89 / 5

86 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Glasgow

26th

-1

3.83 / 5

85 / 100

91 / 100

6.02
Uni of Bath

27th

-11

3.65 / 5

86 / 100

90 / 100

8.71
Uni of Plymouth

28th

3

3.86 / 5

87 / 100

100 / 100

Newcastle Uni

29th

12

4.21 / 5

85 / 100

89 / 100

Nottingham Trent

30th

8

4.36 / 5

83 / 100

86 / 100

Uni of Manchester

31st

19

3.99 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

4.18
Uni of Warwick

32nd

4

3.81 / 5

85 / 100

92 / 100

4.34
Manchester Met Uni

33rd

11

4.11 / 5

84 / 100

92 / 100

Uni of Kent

34th

-16

3.35 / 5

82 / 100

83 / 100

16.11
Uni of Cambridge

35th

2

3.86 / 5

85 / 100

92 / 100

2.45
Uni of Bristol

36th

-13

3.74 / 5

83 / 100

88 / 100

6.65
Aberystwyth Uni

37th

-28

3.17 / 5

82 / 100

89 / 100

14.86
Uni of Edinburgh

38th

-5

3.58 / 5

85 / 100

97 / 100

2.96
The Uni of Salford

39th

12

4.07 / 5

84 / 100

89 / 100

Lancaster Uni

40th

2

3.65 / 5

85 / 100

89 / 100

6.10
Uni of C.Lancashire

41st

-12

3.44 / 5

85 / 100

76 / 100

16.25
Sheffield Hallam Uni

42nd

-3

3.96 / 5

87 / 100

89 / 100

UEA

43rd

11

3.97 / 5

85 / 100

89 / 100

Queen Mary, UOL

44th

2

3.76 / 5

86 / 100

82 / 100

6.85
UCL

45th

-2

3.85 / 5

87 / 100

84 / 100

3.00
Heriot-Watt Uni

46th

-12

2.97 / 5

84 / 100

83 / 100

16.76
Durham Uni

47th

-7

3.48 / 5

85 / 100

90 / 100

4.03
Uni of Southampton

48th

-22

3.18 / 5

85 / 100

90 / 100

7.94
Bournemouth Uni

49th

7

4.14 / 5

84 / 100

79 / 100

UWE, Bristol

50th

7

3.90 / 5

83 / 100

83 / 100

De Montfort

51st

7

4.00 / 5

82 / 100

81 / 100

LSBU

52nd

-7

3.23 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of St. Andrews

53rd

0

2.97 / 5

84 / 100

92 / 100

8.65
Uni of Dundee

54th

-7

3.11 / 5

87 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Reading

55th

-3

3.83 / 5

87 / 100

80 / 100

Uni of Chester

56th

3

4.10 / 5

87 / 100

67 / 100

Uni of Oxford

57th

-22

3.17 / 5

86 / 100

86 / 100

2.06
Uni of Hertfordshire

58th

-10

2.81 / 5

84 / 100

83 / 100

7.57
Glasgow Caledonian

59th

1

3.46 / 5

88 / 100

67 / 100

Uni of Worcester

60th

2

4.02 / 5

89 / 100

50 / 100

Coventry Uni

61st

0

3.40 / 5

83 / 100

63 / 100

Canterbury Uni

62nd

2

3.64 / 5

88 / 100

50 / 100

Bangor Uni

63rd

0

3.67 / 5

84 / 100

50 / 100

Uni of Aberdeen

64th

-9

1.00 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

Highlands & Islands

65th

0

0.69 / 5

87 / 100

75 / 100

Uni of Stirling

66th

0

2.82 / 5

86 / 100

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