UK University Rankings, A Complete List

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Picking your university can feel like a daunting task. Your next three to four years and potentially your future career could be largely shaped by the institution you choose.

You don’t have to make your decision without help however, and one of the most useful tools for comparing universities are university rankings. We have collated two of the highest regarded rankings, the Guardian University League Tables and the Times Good University Guide. Explore them below and visit their institution profiles to find out more:

Guardian 2020	Times 2019	Institution
1	1	University of Cambridge
2	3	University of St. Andrews
3	2	University of Oxford
4	5	Loughborough University
5	7	Durham University
6	13	University of Bath
7=	4	Imperial College London
7=	6	Lancaster University
9	10	University of Warwick
10	12	University of Exeter
11	11	University of Leeds
12	37	Nottingham Trent University
13	33=	University for the Creative Arts
14	17	University of Glasgow
15	46=	Coventry University
16	14	University of Birmingham
17	42	University of Lincoln
18	16	University of Nottingham
19	9	London School of Economics
20	22	University of York
21	51=	University of Portsmouth
22	8	UCL
23	19=	University of Bristol
24	18	University of Southampton
25	28	University of Edinburgh
26=	75	University of Derby
26=	23	University of Surrey
28	58	UWE Bristol
29	27	University of Dundee
30	15	University of East Anglia
31	30	Swansea University
32	48=	Keele University
33	63=	Oxford Brookes University
34	26	University of Aberdeen
35	21	Newcastle University
36	56	Aston University
37	57	Staffordshire University
38	32	Cardiff University
39	94=	University of the Arts London
40	19=	University of Manchester
41	41	University of Sussex
42	24	Royal Holloway, University of London
43=	50	Liverpool Hope University
43=	62	University of Huddersfield
45=	44=	University of Stirling
45=	25	University of Sheffield
47	61	Northumbria University
48=	59	Edge Hill University
48=	110=	Kingston University
50	31	University of Liverpool
51	44=	University of Strathclyde
52	84	Falmouth University
53	38=	Queen’s University Belfast
54	48=	Aberystwyth University
55	67	Sheffield Hallam University
56	53	SOAS
57=	83	University of West London
57=	89	University of Wales, Trinity Saint David
59	60	Ulster University
60	72	University of Plymouth
61=	35=	Heriot-Watt University
61=	65	De Montfort University
63=	35=	King’s College London
63=	74	Liverpool John Moores University
66	55	University of Kent
67	29	University of Essex
68=	81=	University of Gloucestershire
68=	107	London South Bank University
70	40	University of Reading
71	85=	Teesside University
72	98	University of Bradford
73=	105=	University of Central Lancashire
73=	94=	University of Chichester
73=	85=	Solent University
76	78	Bournemouth University
77	96	Robert Gordon University
78	77	St. Mary’s University, Twickenham
79	63=	Bangor University
80	69	Manchester Metropolitan University
81	101	Glasgow Caledonian University
82	73	University of Chester
83	46=	Queen Mary University of London
84=	38=	University of Leicester
84=	97	Queen Margaret University
86	126	University of Bolton
87	105=	Abertay University Dundee
88	91	University of Worcester
89	93	University of Sunderland
90	100	University of Greenwich
91	81=	University of Salford
92	90	University of Hertfordshire
93	99	University of Northampton
94	87=	Leeds Trinity University
95	103=	University of Hull
96	79	University of Winchester
97	68	City, University of London
98	110=	University of South Wales
99=	122	Anglia Ruskin University
99=	71	Goldsmiths, University of London
99=	76	Brunel University London
102	114	University of Westminster
103	70	University of Roehampton
104	115=	University of East London
105	120	Edinburgh Napier University
106	92	University of the West of Scotland
107=	102	York St. John University
107=	103=	Bath Spa University
109	110=	Middlesex University
110	119	Newman University
111	131	London Metropolitan University
112	129	Glyndwr University
113	108	Cardiff Metropolitan University
114	123	University of Brighton
115	127	University of Wolverhampton
116	125	University of Cumbria
117	118	Canterbury Christ Church University
118	124	Leeds Beckett University
119	130	University of Suffolk
120	117	Buckinghamshire New University
121	121	University of Bedfordshire
N/A	33=	Harper Adams University
N/A	51	Arts University Bournemouth
N/A	54	Leeds Arts University
N/A	66	Norwich University of the Arts
N/A	80	St. George’s, University of London
N/A	94	University of the Arts, London
N/A	109	Plymouth Marjon University
N/A	113	Bishop Grosseteste University
N/A	115=	Royal Agricultural University
N/A	128	Birkbeck, University of London
N/A	132	Ravensbourne University London