UK UNIVERSITY RANKINGS 2022Top 25 universities Entry

standardsStudent

satisfactionResearch

qualityGraduate prospects

Overall score

1 University of Oxford 96% n/a 83% 90% 100%

2 University of Cambridge 99% n/a 83% 90% 99%

3 London School of Economics (LSE) 85% 80% 84% 91% 96%

4 University of St Andrews 100% 86% 78% 80% 95%

5 Imperial College London 93% 80% 84% 95% 90%

6 Durham University 88% 80% 78% 85% 89%

7 Loughborough University 72% 84% 74% 83% 87%

8 UCL (University College London) 89% 79% 80% 85% 85%

9 University of Warwick 78% 81% 81% 84% 84%

10 University of Bath 81% 81% 79% 88% 84%

11 Lancaster University 69% 81% 79% 78% 82%

12 University of Edinburgh 90% 77% 79% 80% 80%

13= University of Manchester 79% 79% 79% 81% 79%

13= University of Exeter 76% 81% 77% 80% 79%

15 University of Southampton 73% 81% 79% 80% 78%

16 University of Glasgow 95% 81% 77% 78% 77%

17 University of Bristol 79% 79% 79% 82% 77%

18 University of York 72% 81% 79% 80% 76%

19 University of Birmingham 73% 78% 77% 83% 75%

20 University of Leeds 76% 79% 78% 80% 75%

21 King's College London 80% 77% 81% 85% 75%

22 University of East Anglia (UEA) 64% 81% 78% 77% 74%

23 Heriot-Watt University 82% 80% 76% 78% 73%

24 University of Nottingham 70% 79% 77% 84% 73%

25 Cardiff University 69% 79% 82% 83% 73%

Arts, Drama & Music institutions Entry standards

Student satisfaction

Research quality

Graduate prospects

Overall score

1 Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 97% 84% 71% 86% 100%

2 Guildhall School of Music & Drama 82% 83% 61% 80% 92%

3 Royal Central School of Speech and Drama 81% n/a 76% 66% 91%

4 Royal College of Music 73% 81% 75% 86% 88%

5 Royal Academy of Music 79% 80% 69% 97% 87%

6 Royal Northern College of Music 76% 80% 77% 85% 81%

7 Courtauld Institute of Art 97% 74% 87% 52% 81%

8 Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance 75% 78% 70% 82% 79%

9 Glasgow School of Art 100% 72% 69% 62% 68%

10 Conservatoire For Dance And Drama 76% 85% n/a 77% 68%

11 Leeds Arts University 88% 83% n/a 62% 65%

12 Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts 81% 83% n/a 69% 48%

13 Rose Bruford College 71% 73% 57% 69% 39%

14 Plymouth College of Art 74% 80% n/a 43% 39%

Top 10 for student satisfaction

1 St Andrews

2 Aberystwyth

3 Abertay

4 Arts University Bournemouth

4 West London

6 Trinity Saint David

7 Plymouth Marjon

7 Bolton

7 Newman University, Birmingham

7 Loughborough

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Top 10 for Graduate prospects – outcomes

1 Imperial College

2 London School of Economics (LSE)

3 Oxford

4 Cambridge

5 St George’s, University of London

6 Bath

7 Durham

7 UCL (University College London)

9 King’s College London

10 Surrey

Graduate prospects – on track

1 St George’s, University of London

2 Harper Adams

3 Imperial College

4 Cambridge

5 Bath

6 King’s College London

7 Oxford

8 Surrey

9 UCL (University College London)

10 London School of Economics (LSE)

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