Top 100 UK universities

Find the best universities across the UK! Using real students reviews, we've created our university rankings for you to explore.

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We use our student reviews data, pairing category ratings with written reviews to give a thorough picture of what students' views are. For each university we create a score that allows accurate weighting of scores.

UK university rankings for 2025

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UNIVERSITY 2025 OVERALL
ACCOM
COURSES
SOCIAL
CAREERS
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Nottingham TrentView All Courses

1st

2
4.36 4.15 4.44 4.51 4.34 99%
Liverpool JMView All Courses

2nd

2
4.30 4.10 4.35 4.45 4.31 99%
Uni of LiverpoolView All Courses

3rd

-2
4.29 4.19 4.20 4.54 4.23 100%
Middlesex UniView All Courses

4th

39
4.26 4.17 4.42 4.23 4.22 98%
Newcastle UniView All Courses

5th

18
4.21 4.34 4.16 4.47 3.85 98%
Edge Hill UniView All Courses

6th

14
4.20 4.40 4.24 4.21 3.96 100%
Uni of NottinghamView All Courses

7th

10
4.19 3.82 4.28 4.45 4.19 99%
Bournemouth UniView All Courses

8th

21
4.14 3.96 4.18 4.33 4.11 100%
Uni of LeicesterView All Courses

9th

35
4.13 4.15 4.14 4.13 4.09 92%
Manchester Met UniView All Courses

10th

29
4.11 3.71 4.29 4.23 4.22 99%
Uni of ChesterView All Courses

11th

20
4.10 3.96 4.35 3.94 4.17 97%
Uni of LeedsView All Courses

12th

4
4.09 4.00 4.07 4.32 3.96 96%
Uni of BirminghamView All Courses

13th

-6
4.08 3.95 4.16 4.20 4.01 99%
Uni of ExeterView All Courses

14th

-5
4.08 4.06 4.14 4.14 3.98 100%
Uni of DerbyView All Courses

15th

67
4.08 3.96 4.30 3.80 4.24 98%
Loughborough UniView All Courses

16th

-5
4.08 3.91 4.12 4.06 4.21 98%
Uni of SurreyView All Courses

17th

-2
4.07 3.95 4.19 4.03 4.13 99%
Cardiff UniView All Courses

18th

-8
4.07 3.58 4.23 4.41 4.07 97%
The Uni of SalfordView All Courses

19th

32
4.07 3.89 4.18 4.09 4.12 95%
Keele UniView All Courses

20th

44
4.07 3.92 4.14 4.01 4.21 97%
RavensbourneView All Courses

21st

147
4.05 3.86 4.17 3.96 4.21 94%
Uni of WorcesterView All Courses

22nd

37
4.02 3.75 4.16 4.20 3.99 100%
Open UniView All Courses

23rd

69
4.02 4.09 4.11 3.58 4.29 100%
Uni of YorkView All Courses

24th

3
4.00 3.83 4.10 4.22 3.85 100%
De MontfortView All Courses

25th

20
4.00 4.04 4.04 3.78 4.13 92%
Northumbria UniView All Courses

26th

-18
4.00 3.59 4.07 4.38 3.94 98%
Uni of LincolnView All Courses

27th

20
3.99 4.05 4.10 3.89 3.92 95%
Uni of ManchesterView All Courses

28th

53
3.99 3.38 4.24 4.40 3.94 97%
Leeds Beckett UniView All Courses

29th

-5
3.98 3.76 4.13 4.06 3.96 100%
UEAView All Courses

30th

36
3.97 3.66 4.10 4.15 3.98 98%
Aston UniView All Courses

31st

-10
3.96 3.76 4.14 3.82 4.14 98%
Swansea UniView All Courses

32nd

-27
3.96 3.84 4.12 3.91 3.97 100%
Oxford BrookesView All Courses

33rd

17
3.96 3.63 4.21 3.98 4.00 100%
Sheffield Hallam UniView All Courses

34th

-15
3.96 3.82 4.03 4.10 3.87 99%
Uni of SheffieldView All Courses

35th

-33
3.96 3.90 3.84 4.30 3.79 99%
Ulster UniView All Courses

36th

-14
3.91 3.98 3.86 3.95 3.85 100%
Falmouth UniView All Courses

37th

62
3.91 3.65 4.23 3.77 3.98 100%
UWE, BristolView All Courses

38th

11
3.90 3.59 3.99 4.13 3.86 96%
Cardiff Met UniView All Courses

39th

-25
3.89 3.74 3.78 4.18 3.86 100%
Anglia Ruskin UniView All Courses

40th

-22
3.89 3.63 4.19 3.84 3.88 97%
Uni of PortsmouthView All Courses

41st

-11
3.86 3.65 3.80 4.11 3.87 98%
Uni of CambridgeView All Courses

42nd

-4
3.86 3.60 4.11 3.52 4.20 100%
Uni of WinchesterView All Courses

43rd

44
3.86 3.66 4.19 3.48 4.09 97%
Uni of PlymouthView All Courses

44th

-7
3.86 3.56 3.97 3.87 4.02 100%
UCLView All Courses

45th

-13
3.85 3.34 4.14 3.71 4.22 96%
Birmingham City UniView All Courses

46th

-6
3.84 3.43 4.04 3.86 4.01 91%
Uni of HullView All Courses

47th

21
3.83 3.67 3.79 3.98 3.90 100%
Uni of ReadingView All Courses

48th

-23
3.83 3.52 3.98 3.84 4.00 97%
Uni of GlasgowView All Courses

49th

-15
3.83 3.22 4.03 4.19 3.87 100%
Uni of ChichesterView All Courses

50th

43
3.82 3.62 4.04 3.63 3.98 100%
Uni of WarwickView All Courses

51st

5
3.81 3.66 4.13 3.55 3.89 98%
Edinburgh NapierView All Courses

52nd

42
3.79 3.55 3.77 3.99 3.84 94%
Uni of SussexView All Courses

53rd

-12
3.78 3.57 4.09 3.98 3.49 98%
Uni of BrightonView All Courses

54th

25
3.78 3.92 3.76 3.90 3.54 96%
Queen Mary, UOLView All Courses

55th

5
3.76 3.41 3.93 3.68 4.03 100%
Uni of WolverhamptonView All Courses

56th

47
3.75 3.33 3.86 3.75 4.04 96%
Uni of BristolView All Courses

57th

-44
3.74 3.56 3.95 3.84 3.63 97%
Uni of StrathclydeView All Courses

58th

-4
3.74 3.21 4.05 3.81 3.89 100%
Uni of WestminsterView All Courses

59th

18
3.73 3.26 4.02 3.72 3.94 100%
Uni of HuddersfieldView All Courses

60th

15
3.72 3.69 3.84 3.55 3.78 92%
Royal HollowayView All Courses

61st

17
3.71 4.00 3.77 3.44 3.64 100%
Uni of GreenwichView All Courses

62nd

-1
3.68 3.39 3.99 3.85 3.50 94%
Queen's UniView All Courses

63rd

-15
3.68 3.68 3.58 3.74 3.71 96%
Bangor UniView All Courses

64th

1
3.67 3.83 3.71 3.55 3.59 100%
Kingston UniView All Courses

65th

36
3.66 3.51 3.69 3.66 3.79 87%
Uni of West ScotlandView All Courses

66th

50
3.66 3.45 3.80 3.39 4.00 91%
Uni of BathView All Courses

67th

-32
3.65 3.41 3.69 3.49 4.02 96%
Lancaster UniView All Courses

68th

4
3.65 3.75 3.65 3.44 3.77 94%
Canterbury UniView All Courses

69th

36
3.64 3.47 3.91 3.60 3.56 94%
City, UOLView All Courses

70th

26
3.62 3.19 4.03 3.48 3.77 92%
Bishop Grosseteste UniView All Courses

71st

76
3.59 3.50 3.68 3.29 3.87 89%
Uni of EdinburghView All Courses

72nd

-26
3.58 3.23 3.73 3.78 3.60 100%
USWView All Courses

73rd

38
3.58 3.21 4.01 3.38 3.73 95%
Bath Spa UniView All Courses

74th

-19
3.58 3.96 3.48 3.19 3.68 100%
Uni of GloucestershireView All Courses

75th

10
3.58 3.08 3.69 3.69 3.86 100%
York St John UniView All Courses

76th

-43
3.50 2.99 4.04 3.48 3.50 100%
Durham UniView All Courses

77th

-19
3.48 3.01 3.58 3.30 4.02 93%
Glasgow CaledonianView All Courses

78th

-8
3.46 3.37 3.52 3.43 3.53 100%
Imperial CollegeView All Courses

79th

-5
3.46 3.40 3.51 3.39 3.54 100%
UCLanView All Courses

80th

-28
3.44 3.46 3.61 3.02 3.67 94%
Uni of CumbriaView All Courses

81st

21
3.42 3.38 3.50 3.38 3.43 100%
Coventry UniView All Courses

82nd

2
3.40 3.27 3.61 3.16 3.57 100%
Arts BournemouthView All Courses

83rd

25
3.40 3.45 3.36 3.42 3.38 83%
Uni of East LondonView All Courses

84th

29
3.39 3.28 3.47 3.34 3.48 100%
St Georges, UOLView All Courses

85th

30
3.38 3.29 3.38 3.34 3.53 100%
Uni of LawView All Courses

86th

33
3.37 2.89 3.92 3.24 3.44 100%
Brunel Uni LondonView All Courses

87th

13
3.36 3.02 3.42 3.25 3.75 92%
Uni of KentView All Courses

88th

-21
3.35 3.03 3.60 3.47 3.31 97%
Uni College BirminghamView All Courses

89th

-26
3.35 3.43 3.47 3.00 3.50 100%
Liverpool Hope UniView All Courses

90th

-54
3.32 3.00 3.52 3.52 3.23 100%
Abertay UniView All Courses

91st

-1
3.32 3.06 3.34 3.44 3.42 100%
Goldsmiths, UOLView All Courses

92nd

22
3.27 3.30 2.95 3.46 3.37 100%
AUPView All Courses

93rd

52
3.23 3.24 3.24 3.28 3.19 100%
LSBUView All Courses

94th

-11
3.23 2.93 3.25 3.21 3.55 96%
Exeter CollegeView All Courses

95th

55
3.22 3.09 3.23 3.28 3.26 100%
Uni of West LondonView All Courses

96th

16
3.21 3.12 3.34 3.22 3.17 100%
Leeds Arts UniversityView All Courses

97th

-17
3.21 2.87 2.96 3.51 3.48 100%
St Mary's, TwickenhamView All Courses

98th

-12
3.20 2.88 3.51 2.92 3.49 90%
Uni of SouthamptonView All Courses

99th

-57
3.18 2.84 3.26 3.25 3.39 100%
Solent UniView All Courses

100th

-47
3.17 2.66 3.25 3.44 3.34 100%

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