Best universities for student life 2025

Make sure your uni experience is one to remember and choose a university known for it's fantastic student life - from fun societies to what the surrounding area has to offer.

UK university student life rankings

We know how important it is to have a life outside your studies. Let's make sure it's a fun one! Students rank their universities based on how good the social side of uni is. From the societies and sports clubs, to the local bars and leisure activities - find out how they all stack up.

Top universities for student life 2025

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UNIVERSITY 2025 OVERALL
SCORE
RECC
Uni of Liverpool View All Courses

1st

0
4.29 4.54 100%
Nottingham Trent View All Courses

2nd

1
4.36 4.51 99%
Newcastle Uni View All Courses

3rd

4
4.21 4.47 98%
Liverpool JM View All Courses

4th

6
4.30 4.45 99%
Uni of Nottingham View All Courses

5th

6
4.19 4.45 99%
Cardiff Uni View All Courses

6th

-1
4.07 4.41 97%
Uni of Manchester View All Courses

7th

19
3.99 4.40 97%
Northumbria Uni View All Courses

8th

-2
4.00 4.38 98%
Bournemouth Uni View All Courses

9th

7
4.14 4.33 100%
Uni of Leeds View All Courses

10th

-6
4.09 4.32 96%
Uni of Sheffield View All Courses

11th

-9
3.96 4.30 99%
Middlesex Uni View All Courses

12th

48
4.26 4.23 98%
Manchester Met Uni View All Courses

13th

14
4.11 4.23 99%
Uni of York View All Courses

14th

8
4.00 4.22 100%
Edge Hill Uni View All Courses

15th

42
4.20 4.21 100%
Uni of Worcester View All Courses

16th

54
4.02 4.20 100%
Uni of Birmingham View All Courses

17th

-3
4.08 4.20 99%
Uni of Glasgow View All Courses

18th

-3
3.83 4.19 100%
Cardiff Met Uni View All Courses

19th

-10
3.89 4.18 100%
UEA View All Courses

20th

26
3.97 4.15 98%
Uni of Exeter View All Courses

21st

7
4.08 4.14 100%
UWE, Bristol View All Courses

22nd

9
3.90 4.13 96%
Uni of Leicester View All Courses

23rd

24
4.13 4.13 92%
Uni of Portsmouth View All Courses

24th

-1
3.86 4.11 98%
Sheffield Hallam Uni View All Courses

25th

-7
3.96 4.10 99%
The Uni of Salford View All Courses

26th

30
4.07 4.09 95%
Leeds Beckett Uni View All Courses

27th

-14
3.98 4.06 100%
Loughborough Uni View All Courses

28th

4
4.08 4.06 98%
Uni of Surrey View All Courses

29th

24
4.07 4.03 99%
Keele Uni View All Courses

30th

31
4.07 4.01 97%
Edinburgh Napier View All Courses

31st

13
3.79 3.99 94%
Uni of Sussex View All Courses

32nd

-24
3.78 3.98 98%
Oxford Brookes View All Courses

33rd

30
3.96 3.98 100%
Uni of Hull View All Courses

34th

45
3.83 3.98 100%
Ravensbourne View All Courses

35th

151
4.05 3.96 94%
Ulster Uni View All Courses

36th

-1
3.91 3.95 100%
Uni of Chester View All Courses

37th

15
4.10 3.94 97%
Swansea Uni View All Courses

38th

-21
3.96 3.91 100%
Uni of Brighton View All Courses

39th

-3
3.78 3.90 96%
Uni of Lincoln View All Courses

40th

-3
3.99 3.89 95%
Uni of Plymouth View All Courses

41st

-17
3.86 3.87 100%
Birmingham City Uni View All Courses

42nd

1
3.84 3.86 91%
Uni of Greenwich View All Courses

43rd

39
3.68 3.85 94%
Anglia Ruskin Uni View All Courses

44th

-6
3.89 3.84 97%
Uni of Bristol View All Courses

45th

-33
3.74 3.84 97%
Uni of Reading View All Courses

46th

-13
3.83 3.84 97%
Aston Uni View All Courses

47th

-26
3.96 3.82 98%
Uni of Strathclyde View All Courses

48th

-14
3.74 3.81 100%
Uni of Derby View All Courses

49th

37
4.08 3.80 98%
Uni of Edinburgh View All Courses

50th

-25
3.58 3.78 100%
De Montfort View All Courses

51st

-3
4.00 3.78 92%
Falmouth Uni View All Courses

52nd

37
3.91 3.77 100%
Uni of Wolverhampton View All Courses

53rd

52
3.75 3.75 96%
Queen's Uni View All Courses

54th

-13
3.68 3.74 96%
Uni of Westminster View All Courses

55th

16
3.73 3.72 100%
UCL View All Courses

56th

-16
3.85 3.71 96%
Uni of Gloucestershire View All Courses

57th

16
3.58 3.69 100%
Queen Mary, UOL View All Courses

58th

7
3.76 3.68 100%
Kingston Uni View All Courses

59th

28
3.66 3.66 87%
Uni of Chichester View All Courses

60th

40
3.82 3.63 100%
Canterbury Uni View All Courses

61st

45
3.64 3.60 94%
Open Uni View All Courses

62nd

76
4.02 3.58 100%
Uni of Huddersfield View All Courses

63rd

12
3.72 3.55 92%
Bangor Uni View All Courses

64th

13
3.67 3.55 100%
Uni of Warwick View All Courses

65th

31
3.81 3.55 98%
Liverpool Hope Uni View All Courses

66th

-27
3.32 3.52 100%
Uni of Cambridge View All Courses

67th

24
3.86 3.52 100%
Leeds Arts University View All Courses

68th

-23
3.21 3.51 100%
Uni of Bath View All Courses

69th

-2
3.65 3.49 96%
City, UOL View All Courses

70th

34
3.62 3.48 92%
Uni of Winchester View All Courses

71st

39
3.86 3.48 97%
York St John Uni View All Courses

72nd

-42
3.50 3.48 100%
Uni of Kent View All Courses

73rd

-11
3.35 3.47 97%
Goldsmiths, UOL View All Courses

74th

2
3.27 3.46 100%
Abertay Uni View All Courses

75th

6
3.32 3.44 100%
Solent Uni View All Courses

76th

-57
3.17 3.44 100%
Lancaster Uni View All Courses

77th

7
3.65 3.44 94%
Royal Holloway View All Courses

78th

16
3.71 3.44 100%
Glasgow Caledonian View All Courses

79th

4
3.46 3.43 100%
Arts Bournemouth View All Courses

80th

13
3.40 3.42 83%
Uni of Dundee View All Courses

81st

-61
3.11 3.40 100%
Uni of West Scotland View All Courses

82nd

45
3.66 3.39 91%
Imperial College View All Courses

83rd

19
3.46 3.39 100%
USW View All Courses

84th

27
3.58 3.38 95%
Uni of Cumbria View All Courses

85th

22
3.42 3.38 100%
Uni of East London View All Courses

86th

27
3.39 3.34 100%
St Georges, UOL View All Courses

87th

29
3.38 3.34 100%
Uni of Bolton View All Courses

88th

-10
3.17 3.33 100%
Durham Uni View All Courses

89th

-17
3.48 3.30 93%
Bishop Grosseteste Uni View All Courses

90th

63
3.59 3.29 89%
Exeter College View All Courses

91st

40
3.22 3.28 100%
AUP View All Courses

92nd

42
3.23 3.28 100%
Liverpool Institute View All Courses

93rd

42
2.95 3.28 100%
Uni of Southampton View All Courses

94th

-45
3.18 3.25 100%
Brunel Uni London View All Courses

95th

-31
3.36 3.25 92%
Uni of Law View All Courses

96th

50
3.37 3.24 100%
Robert Gordon Uni View All Courses

97th

48
2.91 3.22 100%
Uni of Roehampton View All Courses

98th

-30
3.07 3.22 100%
Uni of West London View All Courses

99th

16
3.21 3.22 100%
LSBU View All Courses

100th

-26
3.23 3.21 96%

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