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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1235 17 1910 113 114 115 3161718 219 520 322 323 12425 226 427 628 230 250 3
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1000 100%965 97%946 95%897 90%887 89%859 86%844 84%804 80%801 80%798 80%795 79%788 79%781 78%779 78%777 78%772 77%768 77%763 76%759 76%753 75%752 75%750 75%741 74%662 66%
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209 98%205 97%195 92%206 97%185 87%190 90%173 81%158 74%164 77%197 93%174 82%157 74%157 74%147 69%156 73%167 79%162 76%171 81%156 74%151 71%153 72%209 99%154 73%151 71%
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n/an/a3.07 77%3.15 79%3.06 77%3.05 76%3.17 79%2.99 75%3.07 77%2.95 74%3.01 75%3.06 77%3.12 78%3.07 77%3.02 76%2.95 74%2.96 74%2.97 74%3.07 77%3.01 75%2.96 74%3.04 76%3.04 76%2.97 74%
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3.53 88%3.49 87%3.53 88%3.63 91%3.34 83%3.50 87%3.42 86%3.43 86%3.35 84%3.42 85%3.51 88%3.45 86%3.40 85%3.34 83%3.41 85%3.47 87%3.35 84%3.46 86%3.27 82%3.29 82%3.36 84%3.43 86%3.34 84%3.39 85%
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1.00 100%0.95 95%0.65 65%0.80 80%0.70 70%0.72 72%0.59 59%0.63 63%0.69 69%0.76 76%0.67 67%0.65 65%0.66 66%0.61 61%0.71 71%0.66 66%0.65 65%0.69 69%0.70 70%0.70 70%0.59 59%0.57 57%0.68 68%0.61 61%
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2917 88%2726 82%1916 58%3325 100%2605 78%2262 68%1867 56%1667 50%1782 54%1410 42%1786 54%1304 39%2135 64%2418 73%1946 59%2224 67%2934 88%2254 68%1533 46%2276 68%1846 56%1804 54%1963 59%1980 60%
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1181 53%600 27%738 33%619 28%1038 47%440 20%955 43%1734 78%1144 51%716 32%856 38%870 39%610 27%927 42%756 34%567 25%420 19%917 41%736 33%679 31%914 41%591 27%790 36%671 30%
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99.3 99%97.9 98%99.1 99%95 95%97.5 98%97.2 97%96.1 96%96.1 96%97 97%97.5 98%97.4 97%96.6 97%96.7 97%96.7 97%96.9 97%96.5 97%96.2 96%95 95%95.5 96%96.4 96%96.2 96%96.5 97%96.3 96%95 95%
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11.610.312.811.913.510.913.914.616.012.313.914.214.413.614.013.914.414.015.414.313.914.415.715.6
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93.1 93%91.9 92%91.4 91%94.2 94%89.2 89%88.4 88%87.6 88%85.9 86%85.1 85%83.3 83%85.4 85%83.3 83%84.5 85%83.8 84%84.4 84%85.7 86%84.9 85%86.9 87%88.7 89%83.3 83%86.4 86%83.2 83%86.3 86%78.9 79%
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83.5 84%81.0 81%83.0 83%86.2 86%80.7 81%81.0 81%80.0 80%80.9 81%78.2 78%79.3 79%78.1 78%80.0 80%78.1 78%78.5 79%77.1 77%77.9 78%79.2 79%79.7 80%82.1 82%80.2 80%79.9 80%76.9 77%78.2 78%73.0 73%
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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