Complete University Guide Rankings (Top 50 UK Universities)

CUG Rank		University Name	Entry Standards		Student Satisfaction		Research Quality Research Quality A measure of the quality of the research undertaken in the University.Maximum score: 4.00 Click here to read more		Graduate Prospects		Overall Score
2016	2015
1	1	Cambridge	601		4.18		3.33		88.3		1000
2	2	Oxford	571		4.17		3.34		81.9		989
3	3	London School of Economics	532		3.95		3.35		83.0		953
4	6	Imperial College London	566		4.10		3.36		89.9		943
5	5	Durham	521		4.16		3.14		79.5		926
5	4	St Andrews	516		4.25		3.13		78.5		926
7	7	Warwick	480		4.12		3.22		77.6		909
8	12	Surrey	424		4.24		2.98		81.2		885
9	11	Lancaster	434		4.10		3.15		78.1		882
10	10	Exeter	463		4.22		3.08		79.4		876
11	8	Bath	476		4.24		3.17		85.1		874
11	13	Loughborough	397		4.19		2.95		79.9		874
13	9	University College London	500		3.96		3.22		81.3		873
14	16	Southampton	408		4.05		3.15		77.7		842
15	18	Bristol	486		3.99		3.18		80.2		834
16	15	East Anglia	406		4.19		3.11		70.1		828
17	14	York	436		4.06		3.17		73.6		824
18	17	Birmingham	425		4.08		3.07		84.0		823
19	23	Leeds	430		4.09		3.13		74.5		821
20	21	Edinburgh	482		3.86		3.18		77.9		818
21	38	Sussex	385		4.05		3.01		74.9		812
22	22	Kent	359		4.13		2.95		75.2		811
23	28	King's College London	453		3.95		3.23		79.6		805
24	19	Leicester	386		4.08		2.93		73.6		799
25	23	Nottingham	426		4.05		3.09		79.2		795
26	20	Newcastle	425		4.13		3.09		78.7		791
27	26	Sheffield	427		4.07		3.17		76.9		786
28	28	Manchester	433		4.02		3.16		75.5		785
29	37	Reading	371		4.10		3.03		71.5		783
30	30	Glasgow	465		4.11		3.10		79.9		782
31	23	Cardiff	425		4.05		3.27		81.5		777
32	27	Aston	368		4.12		3.05		76.6		771
33	36	Queen Mary, University of London	408		4.04		3.18		69.4		760
34	33	Royal Holloway, University of London	398		4.12		3.09		62.2		759
34	39	Essex	309		4.20		3.05		64.2		759
36	31	Queen's, Belfast	380		4.10		2.99		74.9		755
37	33	Heriot-Watt	411		4.15		3.06		73.2		753
38	41	Strathclyde	473		4.02		3.04		77.6		748
39	31	Liverpool	403		3.97		3.06		72.8		747
40	44	Aberdeen	445		3.95		2.97		74.2		733
41	40	City	377		3.99		2.95		73.7		725
42	49	Dundee	398		4.13		3.03		70.3		716
43	35	SOAS, University of London	407		3.97		2.82		62.6		713
43	46	St George's, University of London	419		3.91		2.99		89.4		713
45	42	Swansea	325		4.01		3.09		78.7		711
46	43	Keele	358		4.22		2.88		71.9		704
47	45	Stirling	371		3.98		2.96		70.1		700
48	51	Coventry	309		4.27		2.67		70.8		690
49	47	Brunel University London	351		4.14		2.67		59.5		687
50	50	Goldsmiths, University of London	352		3.98		2.90		55.4		680