Top 100 UK universities for 2027 entry, ranked by overall score with entry standards, teaching quality and graduate prospects
RankUniversityEntry standardsTeaching qualityGraduate prospectsOverall score
1University of St Andrews21190.8%82.7%1000
2London School of Economics and Political Science18187.6%88.4%996
3Imperial College London19887.4%93%983
4University of Cambridge20787.3%86.3%957
5University of Oxford19788.2%84.1%925
6Durham University17488.6%82.8%914
7University of Warwick16887.3%83.4%904
8University of Bath17185.9%83.6%868
9University of Strathclyde19888.1%80.4%857
10University of Bristol16285.3%79.4%845
11University of Sheffield15687.3%79.9%840
12University of Birmingham14687.9%79.5%830
13Loughborough University14786.9%79.5%829
14University College London16683.6%81.4%818
15University of Glasgow20383.5%77.7%802
16University of Exeter15284.4%78.8%800
17University of Edinburgh19081.7%78.5%799
18=University of Southampton14684.8%78.3%771
18=University of York14284.3%76.4%771
20University of Dundee17987%80.9%769
21University of Liverpool13786%78.1%767
22University of Leeds14884.1%77.2%761
23University of Manchester15982.5%74.7%744
24University of Nottingham14184.8%80.6%740
25University of Surrey12888.4%76.7%739
26Lancaster University13885.4%75.1%738
27Queen's University, Belfast14684.4%80.9%730
28University of Aberdeen17585.7%74.7%726
29King's College London15383%78.2%725
30Newcastle University13983.3%77.4%717
31University of Leicester12086.7%73.4%714
32Cardiff University14483.6%78.1%709
33Royal Holloway, University of London11986.2%68.7%694
34Ulster University11986.7%74.8%692
35University of Reading12086.5%70.1%691
36Queen Mary University of London14584.5%68.6%681
37University of Stirling16485.5%74.5%671
38=Manchester Metropolitan University12287.9%68.7%670
38=Swansea University12087.6%72.2%670
40University of East Anglia12386%75.9%667
41Heriot-Watt University16382.8%75.3%660
42Edinburgh Napier University15284%75.4%650
43Glasgow Caledonian University15983.6%75.8%644
44=University of the Arts London14386.3%55.6%642
44=Nottingham Trent University11288.6%67.7%642
46Keele University11786.5%75.8%641
47=University of Essex10887.6%68.6%631
47=University of Sussex12085.5%63.7%631
49Aston University12085.5%73.8%626
50University of Hull11987%77.5%624
51University of Staffordshire11991%67.8%621
52Northumbria University12284.2%72.1%619
53Bangor University11986.9%72%617
54Liverpool John Moores University12087.4%69.2%616
55Robert Gordon University15387.2%77.4%613
56City St George's, University of London12384.2%75.1%609
57University of Chichester11989%70.3%606
58University of East London11189.9%70.1%604
59University of Hertfordshire11287.9%69.2%595
60Abertay University15288.9%61.6%586
61University of Portsmouth10386.1%67%583
62University of Lincoln10885.1%68.5%580
63Aberystwyth University11088.5%62.6%578
64University of Kent11583.2%64.8%572
65University of the West of England11686.1%69.4%569
66Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh16483.4%70.1%567
67Harper Adams University12283.9%75.6%566
68Teesside University11489.4%74.2%560
69University of Plymouth12684.2%74.6%559
70Edge Hill University11686.3%73.9%556
71Coventry University11388.3%67.4%554
72Hartpury University11888.8%62.3%552
73Leeds Beckett University10687.8%65.9%549
74Norwich University of the Arts12686.2%56.8%543
75=University of South Wales11586.6%67%541
75=University of West London11088.4%65.2%541
77University of Brighton11185.1%66.6%540
78=Cardiff Metropolitan University11685.6%69%538
78=Kingston University11385.7%65.2%538
80Birmingham Newman University10593.3%70.9%530
81University of Salford12485.1%68.5%527
82Goldsmiths, University of London12084.8%57%525
83Sheffield Hallam University11683.4%72.2%524
84=Liverpool Hope University11388.1%63.7%523
84=University of Roehampton8787.3%61.7%523
86University of Winchester10885.5%67.8%519
87De Montfort University10085.9%69.9%518
88University of the West of Scotland12387.1%75.5%516
89Falmouth University12983.8%55.1%514
90Lincoln Bishop University10390.5%74.7%511
91Middlesex University10087%67.4%508
92University of Chester11785.7%69.9%504
93University of Bradford13083%72.2%503
94London South Bank University10486.5%67.3%500
95University of Huddersfield11784.8%68.6%499
96University of Derby10987.6%71.9%498
97University of Wales Trinity Saint David11692.2%52.7%497
98University of Worcester11287.5%80.1%492
99Birmingham City University10886.7%66.4%490
100University of Lancashire11785.3%69.7%489