Rank

Last Year 
Rank

University

Total

1

1

University of Cambridge

1000

2

2

University of Oxford

971

3

3

University of St Andrews

898

4

4

Imperial College London

871

5

7=

Loughborough University

818

6

6

Lancaster University

817

7

5

Durham University

813

8

7=

University College London

788

9

11

London School of Economics and Political Science

786

10

9

University of Warwick

785

11

10

University of Leeds

778

12

14

University of Exeter

777

13

12

University of Bath

766

14

15

University of Birmingham

731

15

13

University of East Anglia

719

16

18

University of Nottingham

716

17

20

University of Glasgow

714

18

30

University of Southampton

708

19=

16=

University of Bristol

702

19=

25

University of Manchester

702

21

26

Newcastle University

697

22

16=

University of York

692

23

19

University of Surrey

684

24

28=

Royal Holloway, University of London

679

25

21

University of Sheffield

676

26

40

University of Aberdeen

672

27

23

University of Dundee

668

28

24

University of Edinburgh

667

29

22

University of Essex

664

30

36=

Swansea University

662

31

42

University of Liverpool

659

32

35

Cardiff University

646

33=

58

University for the Creative Arts

643

33=

33

Harper Adams University

643

35=

39

Heriot-Watt University

636

35=

28=

King's College London

636

37

47=

Nottingham Trent University

631

38=

34

University of Leicester

629

38=

38

Queen's University, Belfast

629

40

32

University of Reading

624

41

27

University of Sussex

622

42

54

University of Lincoln

614

43

47=

University of Buckingham

613

44=

45

University of Stirling

608

44=

41

University of Strathclyde

608

46=

44

Coventry University

595

46=

43

Queen Mary, University of London

595

48=

47=

Aberystwyth University

592

48=

50

Keele University

592

50

52

Liverpool Hope University

590

51=

51

Arts University Bournemouth

584

51=

53

University of Portsmouth

584

53

36=

SOAS University of London

583

54

n/a

Leeds Arts University

574

55

31

University of Kent

570

56

46

Aston University

565

57

63=

Staffordshire University

562

58

57

University of the West of England

560

59

61=

Edge Hill University

558

60

73

Ulster University

550

61

66

Northumbria University

549

62

65

University of Huddersfield

541

63=

55

Bangor University

540

63=

84

Oxford Brookes University

540

65

67=

De Montfort University

530

66

60

Norwich University of the Arts

528

67

70=

Sheffield Hallam University

527

68

75=

City, University of London

523

69

80

Manchester Metropolitan University

520

70

74

University of Roehampton

519

71

63=

Goldsmiths, University of London

518

72

86=

Plymouth University

517

73

61=

University of Chester

515

74

70=

Liverpool John Moores University

514

75

81

University of Derby

511

76

59

Brunel University London

505

77

99

St Mary's University, Twickenham

504

78

79

Bournemouth University

499

79

85

University of Winchester

496

80

75=

St George's, University of London

495

81=

83

University of Gloucestershire

494

81=

88

University of Salford

494

83

56

University of West London

492

84

69

Falmouth University

491

85=

100=

Solent University

489

85=

92

Teesside University

489

87=

105

Birmingham City University

488

87=

67=

Leeds Trinity University

488

89

104

University of Wales Trinity St David

480

90

89

University of Hertfordshire

476

91

102=

University of Worcester

474

92

100=

University of the West of Scotland

473

93

96

University of Sunderland

472

94=

115

University of the Arts, London

471

94=

72

University of Chichester

471

96

82

Robert Gordon University

469

97

102=

Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh

467

98

75=

University of Bradford

462

99

97

University of Northampton

460

100

109=

University of Greenwich

458

101

109=

Glasgow Caledonian University

455

102

118

York St John University

453

103=

94

Bath Spa University

450

103=

75=

University of Hull

450

105=

98

Abertay University

446

105=

93

University of Central Lancashire

446

107

106=

London South Bank University

442

108

90

Cardiff Metropolitan University

440

109

119=

Plymouth Marjon University

436

110=

117

Kingston University

432

110=

91

Middlesex University

432

110=

119=

University of South Wales

432

113

95

Bishop Grosseteste University

430

114

106=

University of Westminster

428

115=

114

University of East London

424

115=

86=

Royal Agricultural University

424

117

126

Buckinghamshire New University

417

118

111

Canterbury Christ Church University

413

119

121

Newman University

408

120

116

Edinburgh Napier University

401

121

108

University of Bedfordshire

400

122

113

Anglia Ruskin University

396

123

112

University of Brighton

375

124

123

Leeds Beckett University

367

125

125

University of Cumbria

355

126

124

University of Bolton

349

127

n/a

University of Wolverhampton

345

128

122

Birkbeck, University of London

329

129

127

Wrexham Glyndŵr University

317

130

129

University of Suffolk

313

131

128

London Metropolitan University

280

132

n/a

Ravensbourne University London

257