Best universities for course quality 2025

Discover the universities with top-tier teaching. Here are the best universities praised for their course content and support.

UK university course quality rankings

Here, our ratings are weighted by students' ratings of their course quality. This includes lecturers offering in-depth knowledge of the subject, the course having interesting and relevant modules as well as ongoing support for students.

Top universities for course quality 2025

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UNIVERSITY 2025 OVERALL
SCORE
RECC
Nottingham TrentView All Courses

1st

4
4.36 4.44 99%
Middlesex UniView All Courses

2nd

43
4.26 4.42 98%
Uni of ChesterView All Courses

3rd

4
4.10 4.35 97%
Liverpool JMView All Courses

4th

-1
4.30 4.35 99%
Uni of DerbyView All Courses

5th

49
4.08 4.30 98%
Manchester Met UniView All Courses

6th

27
4.11 4.29 99%
Uni of NottinghamView All Courses

7th

39
4.19 4.28 99%
Uni of ManchesterView All Courses

8th

85
3.99 4.24 97%
Edge Hill UniView All Courses

9th

31
4.20 4.24 100%
Cardiff UniView All Courses

10th

3
4.07 4.23 97%
Falmouth UniView All Courses

11th

75
3.91 4.23 100%
Oxford BrookesView All Courses

12th

31
3.96 4.21 100%
Uni of LiverpoolView All Courses

13th

-1
4.29 4.20 100%
Uni of WinchesterView All Courses

14th

91
3.86 4.19 97%
Anglia Ruskin UniView All Courses

15th

-9
3.89 4.19 97%
Uni of SurreyView All Courses

16th

9
4.07 4.19 99%
The Uni of SalfordView All Courses

17th

51
4.07 4.18 95%
Bournemouth UniView All Courses

18th

58
4.14 4.18 100%
RavensbourneView All Courses

19th

159
4.05 4.17 94%
Uni of WorcesterView All Courses

20th

-9
4.02 4.16 100%
Uni of BirminghamView All Courses

21st

9
4.08 4.16 99%
Newcastle UniView All Courses

22nd

75
4.21 4.16 98%
Uni of LeicesterView All Courses

23rd

28
4.13 4.14 92%
UCLView All Courses

24th

53
3.85 4.14 96%
Uni of ExeterView All Courses

25th

-9
4.08 4.14 100%
Aston UniView All Courses

26th

-6
3.96 4.14 98%
Keele UniView All Courses

27th

0
4.07 4.14 97%
Leeds Beckett UniView All Courses

28th

-14
3.98 4.13 100%
Uni of WarwickView All Courses

29th

5
3.81 4.13 98%
Swansea UniView All Courses

30th

-13
3.96 4.12 100%
Loughborough UniView All Courses

31st

11
4.08 4.12 98%
Open UniView All Courses

32nd

-30
4.02 4.11 100%
Uni of CambridgeView All Courses

33rd

5
3.86 4.11 100%
Uni of LincolnView All Courses

34th

62
3.99 4.10 95%
UEAView All Courses

35th

34
3.97 4.10 98%
Uni of YorkView All Courses

36th

-15
4.00 4.10 100%
Uni of SussexView All Courses

37th

46
3.78 4.09 98%
Northumbria UniView All Courses

38th

-12
4.00 4.07 98%
Uni of LeedsView All Courses

39th

51
4.09 4.07 96%
Uni of StrathclydeView All Courses

40th

44
3.74 4.05 100%
De MontfortView All Courses

41st

46
4.00 4.04 92%
York St John UniView All Courses

42nd

-23
3.50 4.04 100%
Birmingham City UniView All Courses

43rd

-20
3.84 4.04 91%
Uni of ChichesterView All Courses

44th

12
3.82 4.04 100%
Sheffield Hallam UniView All Courses

45th

-4
3.96 4.03 99%
Uni of GlasgowView All Courses

46th

-31
3.83 4.03 100%
City, UOLView All Courses

47th

25
3.62 4.03 92%
Uni of WestminsterView All Courses

48th

-1
3.73 4.02 100%
USWView All Courses

49th

45
3.58 4.01 95%
UWE, BristolView All Courses

50th

14
3.90 3.99 96%
Uni of GreenwichView All Courses

51st

-47
3.68 3.99 94%
Uni of ReadingView All Courses

52nd

-13
3.83 3.98 97%
Uni of PlymouthView All Courses

53rd

32
3.86 3.97 100%
Uni of BristolView All Courses

54th

-18
3.74 3.95 97%
Queen Mary, UOLView All Courses

55th

4
3.76 3.93 100%
Uni of LawView All Courses

56th

11
3.37 3.92 100%
Canterbury UniView All Courses

57th

58
3.64 3.91 94%
Uni of WolverhamptonView All Courses

58th

24
3.75 3.86 96%
Ulster UniView All Courses

59th

-49
3.91 3.86 100%
Uni of SheffieldView All Courses

60th

-25
3.96 3.84 99%
Uni of HuddersfieldView All Courses

61st

14
3.72 3.84 92%
Uni of West ScotlandView All Courses

62nd

19
3.66 3.80 91%
Uni of PortsmouthView All Courses

63rd

-10
3.86 3.80 98%
Uni of HullView All Courses

64th

35
3.83 3.79 100%
Cardiff Met UniView All Courses

65th

-41
3.89 3.78 100%
Royal HollowayView All Courses

66th

38
3.71 3.77 100%
Edinburgh NapierView All Courses

67th

52
3.79 3.77 94%
Uni of BrightonView All Courses

68th

27
3.78 3.76 96%
Uni of EdinburghView All Courses

69th

-3
3.58 3.73 100%
Bangor UniView All Courses

70th

-38
3.67 3.71 100%
Uni of GloucestershireView All Courses

71st

32
3.58 3.69 100%
Uni of BathView All Courses

72nd

-23
3.65 3.69 96%
Kingston UniView All Courses

73rd

40
3.66 3.69 87%
Bishop Grosseteste UniView All Courses

74th

91
3.59 3.68 89%
Lancaster UniView All Courses

75th

32
3.65 3.65 94%
Coventry UniView All Courses

76th

-24
3.40 3.61 100%
UCLanView All Courses

77th

-16
3.44 3.61 94%
Uni of KentView All Courses

78th

-16
3.35 3.60 97%
Queen's UniView All Courses

79th

9
3.68 3.58 96%
Durham UniView All Courses

80th

11
3.48 3.58 93%
London Met UniView All Courses

81st

-44
2.56 3.53 100%
Glasgow CaledonianView All Courses

82nd

-32
3.46 3.52 100%
Liverpool Hope UniView All Courses

83rd

-28
3.32 3.52 100%
St Mary's, TwickenhamView All Courses

84th

-27
3.20 3.51 90%
Imperial CollegeView All Courses

85th

-25
3.46 3.51 100%
Uni of CumbriaView All Courses

86th

-7
3.42 3.50 100%
Bath Spa UniView All Courses

87th

-29
3.58 3.48 100%
Uni of BedfordshireView All Courses

88th

10
3.16 3.48 88%
Uni College BirminghamView All Courses

89th

11
3.35 3.47 100%
SOASView All Courses

90th

11
2.78 3.47 94%
Uni of East LondonView All Courses

91st

11
3.39 3.47 100%
Uni of OxfordView All Courses

92nd

-83
3.17 3.43 100%
Brunel Uni LondonView All Courses

93rd

23
3.36 3.42 92%
Uni of EssexView All Courses

94th

-50
3.15 3.40 95%
Uni of BoltonView All Courses

95th

-25
3.17 3.38 100%
St Georges, UOLView All Courses

96th

25
3.38 3.38 100%
Arts BournemouthView All Courses

97th

26
3.40 3.36 83%
Northeastern UniView All Courses

98th

101
2.90 3.35 100%
Abertay UniView All Courses

99th

-36
3.32 3.34 100%
Queen Margaret UniView All Courses

100th

26
2.96 3.34 100%

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