Rankings

UK university rankings

UK universities ranked by QS World 2025, graduate salary, NSS satisfaction, and course breadth.

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Rank by:QS Rank 2025 Average Salary Student Satisfaction Number of Courses46 universities

#	University	Avg Salary	Satisfaction	Courses	TEF
1	Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine	£42,439	89%	81	-
2	University of Oxford	£31,683	94%	229	-
3	University of Cambridge	£32,946	95%	32	-
4	University College London	£32,951	92%	452	-
5	University of Edinburgh	£29,805	91%	375	-
6	The University of Manchester	£28,274	93%	361	-
7	King's College London	£31,601	92%	134	-
8	The London School of Economics and Political Science	£38,158	91%	43	-
9	University of Bristol	£29,981	92%	217	-
10	The University of Warwick	£31,003	95%	188	-
11	University of Glasgow	£27,167	92%	955	-
12	University of Southampton	£31,188	93%	354	-
13	University of Birmingham	N/A	N/A	0	-
14	The University of Leeds	£29,297	92%	301	-
15	University of Durham	£31,131	96%	133	-
16	University of St Andrews	£31,113	98%	1004	-
17	The University of Sheffield	£28,082	95%	179	-
18	University of Nottingham, the	£30,527	94%	214	-
19	Queen Mary University of London	£30,342	91%	296	-
20	University of Newcastle Upon Tyne	£27,936	91%	143	-
21	Lancaster University	N/A	N/A	0	-
22	The University of Bath	£32,745	94%	193	-
23	The University of Liverpool	£27,701	95%	225	-
24	University of Exeter	£29,727	93%	224	-
25	The University of Reading	£27,655	94%	296	-
26	University of York	£29,438	92%	245	-
27	Cardiff University	£27,744	93%	231	-
28	Queen's University Belfast	N/A	N/A	0	-
29	Loughborough University	£31,433	94%	265	-
30	University of Aberdeen	£26,907	93%	406	-
31	University of Sussex	£27,897	94%	201	-
32	Heriot-Watt University	£31,194	91%	109	-
33	University of Strathclyde	£28,268	96%	241	-
34	The University of Surrey	£30,154	95%	311	-
35	The University of Leicester	£28,083	95%	205	-
36	Swansea University	£26,810	93%	446	-
37	The University of East Anglia	£27,474	94%	378	-
38	Brunel University London	£28,533	90%	226	-
39	The University of Kent	£28,393	90%	167	-
40	Oxford Brookes University	N/A	N/A	0	-
41	University of Dundee	£26,929	92%	188	-
42	Aston University	£28,713	91%	67	-
43	University of Stirling	£26,353	91%	179	-
44	The University of Essex	£27,431	95%	591	-
45	Bangor University	£24,665	95%	221	-
46	University of London	N/A	84%	40	-