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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415 332 141 642 251 753 275 486 391 197 599 3128
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938 94%798 80%734 73%700 70%696 70%659 66%656 66%610 61%586 59%578 58%572 57%569 57%422 42%
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212 100%197 93%210 99%185 87%176 83%180 85%177 84%175 83%156 73%152 72%165 78%160 75%141 66%
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3.31 83%2.95 74%3.11 78%3.19 80%2.94 73%3.03 76%3.00 75%3.07 77%3.10 78%3.20 80%3.00 75%3.22 81%3.07 77%
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3.31 83%3.42 85%3.29 82%3.03 76%3.22 80%3.23 81%3.11 78%2.95 74%2.86 71%2.54 63%2.59 65%2.66 67%2.48 62%
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0.71 71%0.76 76%0.65 65%0.73 73%0.67 67%0.41 41%0.67 67%0.31 31%0.45 45%0.17 17%0.37 37%0.64 64%0.45 45%
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2949 89%1410 42%1608 48%1961 59%2389 72%1883 57%1255 38%1787 54%2072 62%1338 40%1005 30%1023 31%1709 51%
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787 35%716 32%534 24%754 34%1478 66%619 28%936 42%203 9%335 15%599 27%446 20%596 27%381 17%
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97.6 98%97.5 98%95.2 95%96.1 96%92.7 93%94 94%94.4 94%93.4 93%91.4 91%92.4 92%94.5 95%89 89%85.1 85%
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11.912.318.815.118.415.419.222.621.419.220.622.822.4
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89.6 90%83.3 83%85.7 86%80.3 80%82.2 82%82.0 82%74.2 74%81.3 81%81.8 82%81.3 81%76.0 76%75.4 75%71.3 71%
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84.5 85%79.3 79%81.2 81%75.5 76%77.5 78%78.2 78%73.4 73%80.0 80%77.2 77%80.9 81%77.8 78%74.9 75%73.5 74%
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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Subject league tables
- Accounting & Finance
- Aeronautical & Aerospace Engineering
- African & Middle Eastern Studies
- Agriculture & Forestry
- American Studies
- Anthropology
- Archaeology
- Architecture
- Art & Design
- Asian Studies
- Biological Sciences
- Biomedical Sciences
- Building
- Business & Management Studies
- Celtic Studies
- Chemical Engineering
- Chemistry
- Childhood & Youth Studies
- Civil Engineering
- Classics
- Communication & Media Studies
- Complementary Medicine
- Computer Science
- Counselling, Psychotherapy & Occupational Therapy
- Creative Writing
- Dentistry
- Drama, Dance & Cinematics
- Economics
- Education
- Electrical & Electronic Engineering
- English
- Food Science
- Forensic Science
- French
- General Engineering
- Geography & Environmental Science
- Geology
- German
- Health Studies
- History
- History of Art, Architecture & Design
- Iberian Languages
- Information Technology & Systems
- Italian
- Land & Property Management
- Law
- Linguistics
- Manufacturing & Production Engineering
- Marketing
- Materials Technology
- Mathematics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Medical Technology & Bioengineering
- Medicine
- Music
- Nursing & Midwifery
- Optometry, Ophthalmics & Orthoptics
- Paramedic Science
- Pharmacology & Pharmacy
- Philosophy
- Physics & Astronomy
- Physiotherapy
- Politics
- Psychology
- Russian & East European Languages
- Social Policy
- Social Work
- Sociology
- Speech & Language Therapy
- Sports Science
- Theology & Religious Studies
- Tourism, Transport, Travel & Heritage Studies
- Town & Country Planning and Landscape Design
- Veterinary Medicine