University guide 2014: University league table

University league table

Rank 2014	2013	2012	Institution	Average Teaching Score	NSS Teaching (%)	NSS Overall (%)	Spending per student / 10	Student staff ratio	Career prospects (%)	Value added score/10	Entry Tariff	NSS Feedback (%)
1	1	1	Cambridge	100	92	91	9.7	11.6	81	6.5	610	75
2	2	2	Oxford	96.2	93	91	9.7	11.1	76	7.3	583	71
3	3	4	London School of Economics	90.7	84	87	8.2	11.1	82	6.2	542	72
4	4	3	St Andrews	88.3	91	88	7.9	12.6	74	8	524	67
5	6	5	UCL	85.5	86	84	9	10	82	7.1	511	62
6	7	8	Durham	82.3	90	90	6.4	15.1	78	6.2	512	73
7	9	14	Bath	82	92	92	6.7	16.8	79	6.5	481	69
8	12	19	Surrey	81.1	90	91	7.8	16.6	69	6.7	418	73
9	13	10	Imperial College	80.6	86	87	8.3	11.7	84	6.7	567	64
10	5	6	Warwick	80.2	87	85	8.6	14.3	74	5.8	506	63
11	7	7	Lancaster	80	89	89	6.7	15.4	74	4.7	439	73
12	10	11	Exeter	78.1	93	91	6	18.7	72	6.7	470	74
13	19	17	Leicester	77.5	90	90	7.9	12.9	69	5.3	413	76
14	11	9	Loughborough	76.3	89	89	6.7	16.9	71	5.7	411	74
15	30	24	Birmingham	75.4	89	87	8.4	14.8	77	5.8	444	68
16	17	15	York	75.3	91	89	7.2	15.5	68	5.4	458	72
17	24	18	UEA	74.7	91	90	6.9	13.5	67	6	418	67
18	20	27	Heriot-Watt	74.5	89	90	7	18.3	73	5.5	391	75
19	15	16	Edinburgh	74.2	87	83	9.1	13.9	74	6.4	489	54
20	22	23	Kent	73.9	89	91	6.4	14.6	68	6.6	380	70
21	14	21	Glasgow	71.3	92	91	6	16.4	79	4.8	477	69
22	29	13	SOAS	71.1	89	84	7	11.8	67	7.2	437	60
23	18	25	Bristol	71	90	86	5.9	14.2	79	6	487	66
24	22	28	Southampton	70.9	89	88	6.5	13.7	66	5.9	438	67
25	16	na	Buckingham	70.6	89	92	3.7	11.4	86	1.9	309	79
26	34	29	Strathclyde	70.5	89	87	6.6	18.3	71	5.5	465	66
27	33	31	Newcastle	69.6	88	88	5.8	15.3	76	5.9	438	67
28	26	19	Nottingham	69.5	89	88	6.8	14	70	5.5	439	68
29	40	39	Cardiff	68.7	89	87	6.7	14.2	74	5.3	433	67
30	27	34	Aston	68.6	85	82	6.5	16.2	76	6.1	398	65
31	41	41	Manchester	68.1	87	84	7.9	14.8	70	4.6	457	67
32	31	30	King's College London	68	88	85	7.2	11.7	84	5.9	467	64
33	46	63	Coventry	67	89	86	3.9	14.6	69	7.1	294	75
34	37	37	Leeds	66.3	88	86	6.5	16.8	68	6.2	428	69
35	48	42	Oxford Brookes	66.2	88	85	5.9	17.3	64	6.8	353	71
36	36	36	Queen Mary	65.8	87	86	6.7	12.2	72	5.1	417	68
37	21	22	City	65.6	78	78	8	18.6	72	5.9	391	63
38	25	32	Reading	65.5	88	88	6.1	15.6	67	5.6	379	65
38	39	35	Royal Holloway	65.5	88	88	4.6	16.2	64	5.7	400	70
38	42	33	Sheffield	65.5	90	90	5.1	15.5	72	5.7	442	68
41	43	26	Dundee	65	88	90	5.9	14.4	72	5.2	396	68
42	48	53	Huddersfield	64.5	88	89	4.3	18.4	67	6	316	81
43	38	45	Aberdeen	64.2	87	88	5.2	16.4	72	6	444	65
44	44	82	Brunel	63.4	84	84	6.6	17.5	56	5.6	357	72
45	50	54	Keele	62.2	90	90	3.8	16.5	76	6.6	356	71
46	52	80	Chester	62.1	89	86	4.1	16.3	64	5.4	296	75
47	86	63	Northampton	62	87	85	5.9	20	60	7.1	299	74
48	78	85	Portsmouth	61.9	87	87	5.5	19.2	62	7	316	68
48	53	50	Queen's, Belfast	61.9	87	86	5	15.6	72	4.9	388	69
50	27	11	Sussex	61.4	88	87	4.8	17.1	55	6.3	408	63
51	65	62	Goldsmiths	61.3	89	85	3.2	19.2	54	6.6	371	70
52	55	42	Bournemouth	61.2	83	78	6.5	21.5	61	7.2	345	68
53	31	na	University of the Arts London	61.1	71	61	9	22.4	53	6	317	64
54	45	49	Liverpool	60.4	86	87	7.2	13.3	69	5	420	64
55	35	38	Robert Gordon	59.9	87	87	4	19.7	75	4.6	350	71
56	47	57	Lincoln	59.1	85	86	3.8	19.4	67	4.4	324	70
56	67	44	Stirling	59.1	89	88	4.7	18.3	62	4.5	374	70
58	55	55	Northumbria	59	87	86	5.1	17.7	60	5	332	74
59	61	47	Plymouth	58.1	89	88	5.9	16.8	60	6	315	70
60	88	94	Swansea	57.5	87	86	5.1	16.1	69	4.9	360	65
61	60	90	Birmingham City	57.3	83	81	5.6	21	63	5.9	324	72
62	69	75	Hull	57.1	88	87	4.5	19.8	66	4.4	344	71
63	50	39	Essex	56.8	84	83	5.2	16.4	56	4.1	342	69
64	54	59	UWE Bristol	56.5	86	83	3.2	21.7	64	7.8	322	66
65	57	48	Sunderland	56.3	84	81	6.9	17	43	5.7	272	72
66	87	69	Winchester	56.2	90	87	2.7	17.7	54	6.3	307	75
67	77	91	Anglia Ruskin	55.2	86	81	7.8	20.2	60	5.2	247	74
68	64	73	Brighton	54.9	85	80	4.5	19	58	5.8	305	68
69	98	111	Liverpool John Moores	54.6	84	82	4.2	21.6	57	6.9	327	74
70	75	78	Edge Hill	54.3	88	84	3.3	17.2	63	4.4	307	75
70	88	99	Greenwich	54.3	85	83	4.7	21.3	55	6.5	286	72
72	83	65	Sheffield Hallam	54.1	83	82	4.4	20	55	7.2	316	67
73	80	67	Nottingham Trent	53.7	82	81	4.6	20	59	5.2	322	67
74	63	79	Bangor	53.5	85	82	5.4	17.9	61	4.4	313	66
75	78	60	Teesside	53.4	87	86	5	20.1	51	4.8	321	77
76	57	46	Falmouth	53.1	80	74	5.9	23.9	52	5	289	68
77	61	58	Chichester	52.4	90	87	3.3	18.8	50	3.7	307	74
78	71	65	Bath Spa	51.8	88	85	3.9	21.8	55	6	339	72
79	70	94	Derby	51.2	85	84	4.8	18.8	49	4.7	288	72
80	59	61	Gloucestershire	50.9	85	83	5.1	22.3	56	6.8	295	71
81	73	56	Queen Margaret	50.8	84	82	2.8	20.5	52	6.9	332	61
82	76	72	Hertfordshire	50.6	82	83	4.2	19.5	57	7	313	66
83	85	93	De Montfort	50.3	85	84	3.2	20.2	56	5.6	301	70
84	68	81	West London	50.1	84	79	6.1	21.6	50	4.5	234	72
85	73	52	Edinburgh Napier	49.9	84	83	3.6	23.8	68	7.5	325	67
85	84	109	Salford	49.9	82	81	3.9	17.6	56	4.6	300	67
87	71	70	Central Lancashire	49.7	83	84	5.8	19.3	54	3.7	298	73
88	81	50	Aberystwyth	49.5	88	88	4.8	19.4	54	3.3	327	69
89	97	82	St Mary's UC, Twickenham	49.3	89	89	3	25	58	4.8	297	73
90	91	86	Bradford	49.2	80	78	5.6	19.4	67	3.6	311	67
91	101	97	Newman University	49.1	88	87	3.2	18.4	51	4.1	309	77
92	96	77	Staffordshire	48.6	86	85	5.7	20.3	48	3.8	254	72
93	108	108	Manchester Met	48.2	82	80	3	19.4	55	5.3	333	69
94	98	96	York St John	47.8	86	83	5.9	20.9	51	4.5	301	68
95	98	105	Worcester	47.7	82	80	4.5	23.6	58	6.5	282	69
96	91	74	Glasgow Caledonian	47.3	83	83	4.3	21.4	56	5.7	355	55
97	88	88	Ulster	46.3	84	85	3.8	18.6	54	4.9	284	70
98	114	117	UC Suffolk	46.2	86	79		20.7	49	2.5	291	74
99	93	87	Westminster	46	77	75	4.1	20.8	55	6.4	326	63
100	95	92	Kingston	44.9	81	78	4.4	20.4	55	4.3	313	64
101	na	109	St Mark and St John	44.8	88	85	2.1	20.5	45	3.6	254	76
101	109	97	Roehampton	44.8	86	84	3.3	20	54	4.8	275	69
103	94	75	Middlesex	44.5	78	74	7.4	23	52	5.7	250	67
104	105	107	Canterbury Christ Church	44.2	85	84	3.2	19.5	57	5.4	274	71
105	66	71	Cardiff Met	43.8	81	77	3.6	23.4	48	5.8	312	70
105	107	118	West of Scotland	43.8	83	84	3.5	21.7	52	4.1	288	68
107	112	102	Leeds Met	43.5	86	84	3.1	20.7	54	4.5	278	73
108	106	102	Glynd_r	43.3	82	76	3.5	23.2	69	4.1	232	70
109	102	89	Cumbria	41.1	83	78	3.1	18.6	56	5.9	253	68
110	103	102	Bedfordshire	40.3	81	78	5.6	23.3	56	4.6	214	68
111	113	84	Leeds Trinity	40.2	86	84	2	23.3	62	1.8	286	73
111	117	112	Southampton Solent	40.2	80	79	3.5	20.5	44	4.1	282	65
113	104	100	London South Bank	39.4	80	79	3.9	23.7	59	4.1	242	68
114	119	106	Abertay Dundee	34.5	83	82	1.8	24	53	5	316	59
115	120	116	Bolton	33.1	83	78	3.4	20.6	40	3.2	270	69
116	118	119	London Met	31.7	80	76	2.1	21.7	50	4.9	229	62
117	115	115	East London	31.2	80	76	3.5	24.8	39	4.4	238	69
117	110	101	Trinity Saint David	31.2	82	75	4.1	21.3	50	2	241	65
119	116	112	Bucks New University	30.1	79	73	3.9	24.1	48	2.3	237	67
• The Guardian university guide league table was amended on 11 June 2013 to include scores inadvertently omitted from the first version. You can read a full explanation of the changes here.