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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212 120 335 138 14647 349 252 470 279 485 2102 6103 7106 8109 3126 1
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965 97%808 81%777 78%716 72%704 70%689 69%683 68%671 67%657 66%620 62%609 61%587 59%559 56%553 55%540 54%535 53%439 44%
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205 97%143 67%156 73%131 62%139 65%118 56%133 63%128 60%127 60%122 57%132 62%129 61%120 57%122 58%109 51%114 54%130 61%
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n/a3.20 80%3.02 76%3.08 77%3.02 76%3.07 77%3.03 76%3.12 78%3.04 76%3.01 75%3.09 77%3.10 77%3.13 78%3.03 76%3.23 81%3.03 76%2.99 75%
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3.49 87%3.29 82%3.41 85%3.24 81%3.30 83%2.87 72%3.29 82%3.00 75%3.26 82%3.05 76%2.41 60%3.06 77%2.16 54%2.53 63%2.25 56%2.72 68%n/a
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0.95 95%0.62 62%0.71 71%0.63 63%0.70 70%0.39 39%0.69 69%0.41 41%0.67 67%0.40 40%0.36 36%0.11 11%0.25 25%0.38 38%0.13 13%0.32 32%n/a
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2726 82%2325 70%1946 59%2152 65%1727 52%1334 40%1500 45%1948 59%1478 44%2014 61%929 28%2728 82%1688 51%1267 38%2331 70%1888 57%1436 43%
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600 27%799 36%756 34%681 31%770 35%688 31%822 37%854 38%741 33%482 22%686 31%266 12%610 27%507 23%1081 49%648 29%531 24%
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97.9 98%93.8 94%96.9 97%94.4 94%95.1 95%93.7 94%95.4 95%93 93%94.1 94%92.1 92%95 95%89.4 89%90.1 90%92.3 92%85.5 86%87.2 87%91.5 92%
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10.314.414.015.815.913.017.815.816.517.015.212.615.318.116.716.216.4
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91.9 92%84.8 85%84.4 84%80.8 81%78.7 79%78.9 79%75.9 76%74.1 74%73.4 73%76.2 76%74.5 75%57.3 57%65.5 66%72.3 72%67.2 67%74.1 74%84.3 84%
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81.0 81%82.0 82%77.1 77%76.8 77%71.5 72%78.5 79%74.4 74%74.1 74%72.0 72%76.1 76%71.3 71%63.6 64%72.3 72%75.3 75%72.4 72%74.6 75%75.0 75%
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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- Accounting & Finance
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- American Studies
- Anthropology
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- Art & Design
- Asian Studies
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- Biomedical Sciences
- Building
- Business & Management Studies
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- Chemical Engineering
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- Counselling, Psychotherapy & Occupational Therapy
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- Economics
- Education
- Electrical & Electronic Engineering
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- French
- General Engineering
- Geography & Environmental Science
- Geology
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- Health Studies
- History
- History of Art, Architecture & Design
- Iberian Languages
- Information Technology & Systems
- Italian
- Land & Property Management
- Law
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- 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