Rankings Table: Top Universities in UK

UK University Ranking Tables – Top Universities in UK

Our aim is to help you find the ideal university to study at and the UK university ranking tables can help you do that. Each year a number of British newspapers compile tables of the top universities in the UK, based on academic reputation and previous results.

If you are still unsure of which university you will choose these tables can be useful as they are a good indicator of which establishments are the most respected. Some of the results might even surprise you and lead you to consider a university that you hadn’t thought of before.

UK university ranking tables are released annually by several respected newspapers so it is wise to look through the results, but it is important only to use them as a guide when you come to make your choice. They will show you the top universities in the UK but you should consider your course and find out more about how it is run at the establishments that you are interested in.

Browse the current UK university ranking tables on this page and hopefully it will help guide you towards the perfect university.

The Times 2013 Good University Guide Rankings

The Times is one of the most popular daily newspapers in Britain. It does a lot of research into Higher Education in the UK and each year it releases a highly respected set of league tables. It bases its rankings on eight different criteria, including student satisfaction, research, facilities and graduate prospects.

Below is the Top 30 in The Times 2013 rankings table. To see the full results, visit the Good University Guide website (though you have to pay to see full content).

Rank	University	Rank	University	Rank	University
1	University of Oxford	11	University of Bristol	21	University of Sheffield
2	University of Cambridge	12	Lancaster University	22	King's College London
3	LSE	13	University of York	23	Newcastle University
4	Imperial College London	14	University of Edinburgh	=24	University of Reading
5	Durham University	15	University of Glasgow	=24	University of Birmingham
6	University of St Andrews	16	Loughborough University	26	University of Surrey
7	University College London	17	University of Leicester	27	Royal Holloway
8	University of Warwick	=18	University of Sussex	28	University of East Anglia
9	University of Bath	=18	University of Southampton	29	University of Liverpool
10	University of Exeter	20	University of Nottingham	30	University of Leeds

Source: Good University Guide

The Guardian 2014 University Rankings

The Guardian is another well respected newspaper in the UK that also produces a university rankings table each year. The tables are based on six criteria: Overall Quality, Teaching Quality, Student Satisfaction, Spending per Student, Staff/Student Ratio, Job Prospects, Entry Score and Value Added. Importantly, the Guardian’s rankings do not take research output into consideration, meaning it is more focused on the actual student experience.

Below is the Top 30 universities in the 2014 league table. To see the full results and specific course results, visit the Guardian website.

Rank	University	Rank	University	Rank	University
1	University of Cambridge	11	Lancaster University	21	University of Glasgow
2	University of Oxford	12	University of Exeter	22	SOAS
3	LSE	13	University of Leicester	23	University of Bristol
4	University of St Andrews	14	Loughborough University	24	University of Southampton
5	University College London	15	University of Birmingham	25	University of Buckingham
6	Durham University	16	University of York	26	University of Strathclyde
7	University of Bath	17	University of East Anglia	27	Newcastle University
8	University of Surrey	18	Heriot-Watt University	28	University of Nottingham
9	Imperial College London	19	University of Edinburgh	29	Cardiff University
10	University of Warwick	20	University of Kent	30	Aston University