Top Universities 2007 League Table
Institution Satis Res Entry Stud:staff Lib Facil Good hons Prosp Complet Total
1 Oxford - 6.5 511.7 13 1656 364 88.4 74.8 97.7 1000
2 Cambridge - 6.6 525.1 11.9 1129 425 84.6 86.9 98.9 973
3 Imperial College 14.4 6.4 468.2 9.4 1230 481 75 83.8 96 878
4 London School of Economics 15.1 6.4 466.9 13.4* 1106* 186* 74.4 81.5 95.5 855
5 University College London 15.3 6 410.8 8.4 1152 172 73.6 78.1 93.4 819
6 Loughborough 16.1 5.1 362.5 18.5 667 355 64.7 70.7 92.5 795
7 Bristol 15.2 5.7 405.9 14.4 768 272 80.8 79.8 95.5 792
8 Warwick - 6 447.6* 16.4 853 203 78.2 70.2* 94.9 791
9 Bath 15 5.7 403.4 17.3 597 417 75.2 79.8 96.1 786
10 Durham 15.4 5.7 454.9 21.2 747 326 74.6 72.4 95.1 778
11 Edinburgh - 5.6 414.8 14.2 890 233 77.7 70.7 91.9 774
12 Royal Holloway 15.5 5.7 345.3 14.1 549 311 66.5 67.3 93.8 761
13 Aston 14.9 5 328.3 15 921 356 69.4 76 90.9 758
14 Nottingham 14.9 5.3 429.1 16.2 799 332 75.3 71 95.2 754
15 York 15.5 5.8 435.9 15.8 653 199 69.9 66 95.1 750
16 Cardiff 15.2 5.4 371.1 13 758 238 68.6 73.5 94.8 740
17 King''s College London 15.1 5.5 393.7 12 954 156 70.7 81.1 92.9 733
18 Leicester 15.7 5 351.9 17.1 570 395 64.3 66.2 95.6 732
18 SOAS 14.6 5.5 328.6 9.8 1143 175 75.9 74.5 87.4 732
18 St Andrews - 5.7 430.5 14.3 587 200 75.1 65.7 97.6 732
21 Lancaster 15.6 5.8 359.2 15.8* 637 254 64.9 54.4 94.6 716
22 Southampton 14.9 5.8 386.5 16 729 252 69.2 70.3 92.3 712
23 East Anglia 15.6 5.4 365.3* 17 604 353 66.9 58.8 86.7 708
24 Sheffield 15.2 5.5 405.3 15.7 613 231 72.4 68.6 90.4 703
25 Newcastle 14.9 5.2 384.6 16.9 774 312 65.8 68 93 699
26 Manchester 14.6 5.7 396.3 14.2 819 263 70 66.8 92.3 694
27 Sussex 14.7 5.5 365.7 12.1 650 296 71.5 59 89.4 689
28 Exeter 15.3 5.2 369.1 17 608 182* 69.6 61.8 93.8 678
28 Glasgow - 5.2 392.6 13.6 688 219 69.6 66.3 85.8 678
30 Essex 15.2 5.6 308.7 14.6 643 307 55.4 62.8 85.7 677
31 Reading 15.4 5.3 341.5 15.9 587 223 64.8 58.9 90.2 671
32 Queen''s, Belfast 15.2 4.9 350.4 17.3 473 358 62.9 72.3 87.3 670
33 Birmingham 14.8 5.3 380.3 17.1 701 220 68.9* 68.1 92.8 666
34 Kent 15.3 4.8 316.4 15.4 648 189 60.3 66.6 86.8 661
34 Leeds 14.8 5.3 374.7 17.9 635 196 71.5 70.2 91.7 661
36 Aberdeen - 4.7 348.5 14.1 759 211 65.5 70.1 81.8 653
37 Stirling - 4.8 341.8 15.3 634 238 67.3 55.8 85.5 647
38 Surrey 14.3 5.4 325.5 16.8 550 275 59.1 79.5 88.5 639
39 Liverpool 14.9 5.2 351.2 16 491 154 63.7 72.7 92.7 627
40 Strathclyde - 4.7 381.9 18 572 167 68.9 69.3 83 619
41 Queen Mary 14.9 5 314.1 12.1 643 173 57.6 71.6 90 615
42 Bangor 15.4 4.7 285.6* 16.6 748 205 54.0* 64.4* 82.9 611
43 Swansea 15.3 4.6 288.1 16.9 520 225 56.8 60.5 89.6 600
44 Dundee - 5.1 340 15.7* 503 179 61.7 71.9 83.1 596
45 Goldsmiths College 15.3 5.3 295.5 20.1 530 173 60.9 57.8 82.4 595
46 Aberystwyth 15.5 4.5 299.4 20.8 540 277 59 50.3 89.4 594
47 Bradford 15 4.4 268.2 16.1 542 291 59.9 72.7 81.2 593
48 Heriot-Watt - 4.7 362.7** 17.3 525 268 60.5 57.9 80.9 588
49 Hull 15.3 4.3 283.7* 18.6 434 177 59.2 64.3 86.7 579
50 Brunel 14 4.3 303.2 18 608 305 66 63.9 86.4 565
51 Ulster 14.9 3.8 262.9 19.5 584 227 61.5 63.4 82.6 550
52 Keele 14.9 4.6 309.3 17.3 431 100 53.2 64.8 90 548
53 City - 4.4 314.7 22.3 439 154 59.9 74.7 84.5 544
54 Oxford Brookes 14.8 2.8 282.6 16.2 393 306 55.1 67.6 79.8 531
55 Plymouth 14.9 3.2 262.7 17.6 493 235 56 56.4 83.9 520
56 Robert Gordon - 1.9 305.9 18.6 510* 143* 54.4* 75.9 80.6 513
57 Abertay Dundee - 2 226.2 20.6 1318 108 52.6 74.3 66.9** 512
58 Northumbria 14.7 2.3 272.1* 20.4 673 250 53.3 63.3 82 507
59 Brighton 14.6 2.9 266.1* 18.1 512 193 57.9 65.2* 79.8 504
60 Nottingham Trent 14.6 2.8 275.9 20.5* 611 145* 55.8 63.4 84.1 497
61 UWIC, Cardiff 14.5 2.7 243 20.6 439 395 50.7 57 82.5 490
62 Winchester 15.4 2.5 264.4 21.9 476 164 59.2 48.3 86.7 486
63 Central England 14.2 2.2 242.2 16.6 536 327 60.4* 62.1 81.6 483
64 Chichester 15.6 2.1 238.9 21.6 452 126 46.3 65 86.2 482
65 Salford 14.5 4.3 249.3 17.9 454 235 52.9 56.4 78.9 479
66 Lampeter 15.8 4.7 245.5 24.6 383 142 59.1 52.1 76.4 478
67 West of England 14.5 2.8 266.5 19.8 503 223 55.2 60.1 84 473
68 Chester 15.6 1.6 251.5 20 441 210 44.9 49.3 84.6 469
69 Bournemouth 14.3 1.9 277 18.3 340 87 61.7 57.2 85.1 465
70 Roehampton 14.6 3.2 229.2 21.2 610 362 50.1 49.7 82.3 463
71 Glasgow Caledonian - 2.5 306.1 17.6 473 91 58.3 57.9 81.6** 460
72 Central Lancashire 14.9 2.2 252 22.8 406 266 50.8 59.6 80.2 459
73 Bath Spa 15.5 2.5 249.2 24.2 337 104 60 47 87 454
74 Glamorgan 15.1 2.4 215.1 19.2 496 245 49.7 57.6 73.7** 451
74 Staffordshire 14.8 2.2 235.8 18.1 671 183 47.7 54.3 77.2 451
76 Coventry 14.7 2.1 228.8 20.6 527 239 55.2 61.4 79.4 447
76 Portsmouth 14.6 3.2 247.8 19.3 438 147 45.5 65.2 80.1 447
78 Gloucestershire 14.7 3 229.4 18.2 419 247 43.9 54.5 81.3 446
78 Napier - 2.3 263.8 17.4 512 147 59.2 57.9 70.2 446
80 UWCN, Newport 14.7 3 216.8 19.7 449 255 54.2 55 76.1 444
80 Sheffield Hallam 14.3 3 264.3 24.9 451 232 53 61.4 86.4 444
82 Worcester 15.3 1.4 233.1 20.9 355 216 41.8 59.4 81.6 432
83 Liverpool John Moores 14.9 2.6 207.4 17.8 473 154 47.9 60.6 76.2 430
84 Univ of the Arts, London 13.7 4.7 345.1 26.6 421 123 54.6 47.5 86.9 427
85 Hertfordshire 14.3 2.5 225.4 18.1 522 161 49.9 64.8 80.7 425
86 Canterbury Christ Church 15.4 1.9 239.2 20.7 394 83 46.5 62.8 83.7 420
87 Anglia Ruskin 14.6 1.5 233.4 19.6 444 161 56.1 61.8 78 418
87 Bolton 15 1.5 170 18.3 466 345 50.9 63.9 66.6 418
89 Kingston 14.3 2.7 207.2 20.4 547 154 50.4 66.1 81 417
90 Huddersfield 15 2.4 232.3 20.2 401 126 47.6 57.1 77.9 413
90 Leeds Metropolitan 14.3 2.2 251.4 23.5 478 134 49.4 62.5 84.6 413
92 Sunderland 14.3 2.8 233.5 17.5 378 203 51.7 61.5 68.3 410
93 East London - 2.5 191.7 21 614 487 39.6 55.8 67 409
94 Westminster 14.3 2.8 217.8 17.6 457 179 55.8 50.9 74.4 395
95 Teesside 15 1.9 224.3 20.8* 366 125 45.7 61.9 75.2 390
96 Liverpool Hope 15.2 1.3 208 26 407* 97 48.8* 69.5 76 389
96 Manchester Metropolitan 14.4 2.9 261.5 22.5 467 131 47.2 57.1 78.8 389
96 Middlesex 13.8 2.7 200 22.6 726 322 50.5 55.8 73.3 389
99 De Montfort 14.4 3.1 237.7 20.7 489 123 38.5 61 80 382
99 Wolverhampton 14.7 2 199.5 22.5 499 362 50 50.9 73.3** 382
101 London South Bank - 2.9 192.3 19.7 478 96 52.9 65.8 72 370
102 Paisley - 1.6 265.3 20.2 729 210 45.8 52.1 69.1 367
103 Northampton 14.7 1.7 219 22.2 371 135 53.7 51.8 80.5 359
104 Lincoln 14.5 1.7 249.2 26.4 538 159 49.3 45 81.4 347
105 Derby 14.4 1.5 218.3 22.5 585 137 47 55.6 72.5 336
106 Greenwich 14.2 2.5 200.6 25.8 482 149 47.4 62.7 71.9 325
107 Southampton Solent - 0.9 224.6 30.2 605 283 41.6 47.9 78.6 321
108 Luton 14.1 1.8 185.7 23.2 606 229 48.4 41.7 74.8 302
109 Thames Valley - 0.5 202.5 23.7 398 57 48.8 60.1 68.6 281
* Institution provided own data
** Data used from previous year For the third year running, London Metropolitan refused to allow the release of data, and so it does not appear in this table
Satis=student satisfaction
Res=research assessment
Entry=entry standards
Stud:staff=student-staff ratio
Lib=library/computing spend
Facil=facilities spend
Good hons=good honours
Prosp=graduate prospects
Complet=completion
