University League Tables 2025

Explore our 2025 league tables. Ranking the best universities in the UK, overall and in 74 subject areas. Knowing how best to choose your future university can be tough. Our league tables can help by showing you the top universities in the UK and allowing you to sortthem by what's important to you. See the university rankings for your chosen subject and then filter by region, entry standards, student satisfaction, graduate prospects, and more. By comparing universities using our filters and your chosen metrics, you can start to get a clear picture of which one is the right one for you.
Explore our 2025 league tables. Ranking the best universities in the UK, overall and in 74 subject areas. Knowing how best to choose your future university can be tough. Our league tables can help by showing you the top universities in the UK and allowing you to sortthem by what's important to you. See the university rankings for your chosen subject and then filter by region, entry standards, student satisfaction, graduate prospects, and more. By comparing universities using our filters and your chosen metrics, you can start to get a clear picture of which one is the right one for you.
Explore our 2025 league tables. Ranking the best universities in the UK, overall and in 74 subject areas. Knowing how best to choose your future university can be tough. Our league tables can help by showing you the top universities in the UK and allowing you to sortthem by what's important to you. See the university rankings for your chosen subject and then filter by region, entry standards, student satisfaction, graduate prospects, and more. By comparing universities using our filters and your chosen metrics, you can start to get a clear picture of which one is the right one for you.
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University ranking
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University name
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Overall score/ Max 1000
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Entry standards/ Max 212
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Student satisfaction/ Max 4
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Research quality/ Max 4
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Research intensity/ Max 1
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Academic services spend/ Max 3325
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Facilities spend/ Max 2226
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Contin - uation/ Max 100
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Student -staff ratio/ Min 10.3
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Graduate prospects – outcomes/ Max 100
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Graduate prospects – on track/ Max 100
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35 19242939 350 358 460 1469 971 1372 1479 1688 193 2110113 3114 1118 6125 2127 4
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946 95%897 90%859 86%763 76%746 75%703 70%662 66%651 65%647 65%624 62%616 62%613 61%609 61%580 58%576 58%532 53%524 52%522 52%500 50%449 45%426 43%
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195 92%206 97%190 90%171 81%150 71%139 65%151 71%118 56%127 60%149 70%140 66%118 56%125 59%128 60%106 50%122 58%113 53%115 54%116 55%115 54%100 47%
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3.07 77%3.15 79%3.05 76%2.97 74%3.00 75%3.05 76%2.97 74%3.26 81%2.94 73%2.90 73%2.87 72%3.17 79%3.01 75%3.08 77%3.04 76%3.08 77%3.13 78%3.03 76%3.04 76%3.19 80%3.20 80%
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3.53 88%3.63 91%3.50 87%3.46 86%3.18 80%3.25 81%3.39 85%2.67 67%3.11 78%3.23 81%3.24 81%2.72 68%2.88 72%2.89 72%3.11 78%2.86 72%2.78 70%2.78 70%3.00 75%2.58 65%2.63 66%
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0.65 65%0.80 80%0.72 72%0.69 69%0.14 14%0.56 56%0.61 61%0.13 13%0.64 64%0.38 38%0.57 57%0.47 47%0.75 75%0.39 39%0.44 44%0.51 51%0.45 45%0.23 23%0.47 47%0.35 35%0.20 20%
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1916 58%3325 100%2262 68%2254 68%3094 93%1944 58%1980 60%1899 57%2391 72%2163 65%2394 72%1052 32%2454 74%1607 48%2208 66%1090 33%2672 80%2081 63%1655 50%1009 30%2044 61%
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738 33%619 28%440 20%917 41%351 16%599 27%671 30%877 39%962 43%431 19%544 24%810 36%528 24%617 28%860 39%579 26%400 18%340 15%593 27%644 29%835 37%
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99.1 99%95 95%97.2 97%95 95%93.9 94%94.4 94%95 95%89.8 90%88.9 89%94.6 95%92.2 92%89.2 89%91.9 92%92.8 93%89.8 90%90 90%81.6 82%89.4 89%89.9 90%90.6 91%83 83%
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12.811.910.914.011.518.215.612.913.414.215.016.418.218.117.920.915.817.119.625.019.3
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91.4 91%94.2 94%88.4 88%86.9 87%66.6 67%80.0 80%78.9 79%68.9 69%70.5 71%92.4 92%77.2 77%78.6 79%73.8 74%71.6 72%66.0 66%73.2 73%72.4 72%70.5 71%63.2 63%62.0 62%63.7 64%
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83.0 83%86.2 86%81.0 81%79.7 80%71.5 72%76.7 77%73.0 73%73.7 74%70.6 71%85.8 86%71.3 71%77.9 78%72.6 73%71.2 71%70.3 70%73.8 74%71.8 72%73.1 73%65.3 65%69.6 70%67.7 68%
This table was updated on 24 May 2024.
Read the University and subject tables methodology to find out where the data comes from, how the tables are compiled and explanations of the measures used.
All measures used to compile the tables are available on the full table view. Maximum scores for the measures:
Overall score: maximum score of 1000
Entry standards: no maximum score
Student satisfaction: maximum score of 4
Research quality: maximum score of 4
Research intensity: maximum score of 1
Academic services spend: no maximum score
Facilities spend: no maximum score
Continuation: maximum score of 100
Student-staff ratio: no maximum/minimum score
Graduate prospects – outcomes: maximum score of 100
Graduate prospects – on track: maximum score of 100
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