Times University Rankings
The Times newspaper’s annual university rankings, compiled by Mayfield University Consultants, measures entry standards, student satisfaction, research quality, and graduate prospects in order to give an overall score.
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridge | Cambridge | Cambridge |
| 2 | Oxford | Oxford | Oxford |
| 3 | London School of Economics | St. Andrews | St. Andrews |
| 4 | Imperial College | London School of Economics | Imperial College |
| 5 | St. Andrews | Imperial College | Loughborough |
| 6 | Durham | Durham | Lancaster |
| 7 | Loughborough | University College London | Durham |
| 8 | Warwick | Warwick | University College London |
| 9 | Lancaster | Lancaster | London School of Economics |
| 10 | University College London | Loughborough | Warwick |
| 11 | Surrey (T-11) | Bath | Leeds |
| 12 | Bath (T-11) | East Anglia | Exeter |
| 13 | Exeter | Surrey | Bath |
| 14 | East Anglia | Exeter (T-14) | Birmingham |
| 15 | Birmingham | Leeds (T-14) | East Anglia |
| 16 | Leeds | Birmingham | Nottingham |
| 17 | Southampton | Bristol | Glasgow |
| 18 | Sussex | Nottingham | Southampton |
| 19 | Edinburgh | Sussex | Bristol (T-19) |
| 20 | York | York | Manchester (T-19) |
| 21 | King's College London (T-21) | King's College London | Newcastle |
| 22 | Nottingham (T-21) | Manchester | York |
| 23 | Kent | Edinburgh (T-23) | Surrey |
| 24 | Bristol | Newcastle (T-23) | Royal Holloway (U of London) |
| 25 | Manchester (T-25) | Kent | Sheffield |
| 26 | Newcastle (T-25) | Southampton | Aberdeen |
| 27 | Reading (T-27) | Reading (T-27) | Dundee |
| 28 | Sheffield (T-27) | Glasgow (T-27) | Edinburgh |
| 29 | Glasgow | Heriot-Watt | Essex |
| 30 | Aston | Leicester (T-30) | Swansea |
| 31 | Queen Mary (U of London) | Dundee (T-30) | Liverpool |
| 32 | Leicester | Sheffield (T-32) | Cardiff |
| 33 | Queen's, Belfast | Essex (T-32) | Harper Adams (T-33) |
| 34 | Heriot-Watt | Queen Mary (U of London) | University for the Creative Arts (T-33) |
| 35 | Cardiff (T-35) | Royal Holloway (U of London) | Kings College London (T-35) |
| 36 | Dundee (T-35) | Queen's, Belfast | Heriot-Watt (T-35) |
| 37 | Royal Holloway (U of London) | Cardiff | Nottingham Trent |
| 38 | Liverpool | SOAS (U of London) | Leicester (T-38) |
| 39 | Stirling | Stirling | Queen's University Belfast (T-38) |
| 40 | City (U of London) | Aberdeen | Reading |
| 41 | Essex | Liverpool | Sussex |
| 42 | Aberdeen | City (U of London) | Lincoln |
| 43 | SOAS (U of London) | Coventry | Buckingham |
| 44 | St. George's (U of London) | Swansea | Strathclyde (T-44) |
| 45 | Swansea | Strathclyde | Stirling (T-44) |
| 46 | Keele (T-46) | Harper Adams | Queen Mary (U of London) (T-46) |
| 47 | Harper Adams (T-46) | Brunel University London | Coventry (T-46) |
| 48 | Strathclyde | Keele | Aberystwyth (T-48) |
| 49 | Lincoln | Aston | Keele (T-48) |
| 50 | Coventry | Lincoln | Liverpool Hope |
| 51 | Goldsmiths (U of London) | Goldsmiths (U of London) | Arts University Bournemouth (T-51) |
| 52 | Brunel University London | Nottingham Trent | Portsmouth (T-51) |
| 53 | Bradford | St. George's (U of London) | SOAS (U of London) |
| 54 | De Montfort | University for the Creative Arts | |
| 55 | Buckingham | Northumbria | Kent |
| 56 | Bournemouth | Portsmouth | Aston |
| 57 | Manchester Metropolitan | Bournemouth | Staffordshire |
| 58 | Falmouth | Bradford | West of England |
| 59 | Northumbria (T-59) | Liverpool Hope | Edge Hill |
| 60 | University for the Creative Arts (T-59) | West of England, Bristol | Ulster |
| 61 | Portsmouth | Arts University Bournemouth | Northumbria |
| 62 | Bangor | Manchester Metropolitan | Huddersfield |
| 63 | Nottingham Trent | Falmouth | Bangor (T-63) |
| 64 | Robert Gordon | Edge Hill | Oxford Brookes (T-63) |
| 65 | Oxford Brookes | Bangor | De Montfort |
| 66 | Norwich University of the Arts | Oxford Brookes | Norwich University of the Arts |
| 67 | West of England, Bristol | Cardiff Metropolitan | Sheffield Hallam |
| 68 | Hull | Aberystwyth | |
| 69 | Roehampton | Sheffield Hallam (T-69) | Manchester Metropolitan |
| 70 | Ulster | Roehampton (T-69) | Roehampton |
| 71 | Edge Hill | Ulster | Goldsmith (U of London) |
| 72 | Cardiff Metropolitan (T-72) | Huddersfield | |
| 73 | Sheffield Hallam (T-72) | Middlesex | Chester |
| 74 | Liverpool John Moores (T-74) | Hull | Liverpool John Moores |
| 75 | Winchester (T-74) | Robert Gordon (T-75) | Derby |
| 76 | Bath Spa (T-76) | Liverpool John Moores (T-75) | Brunel |
| 77 | Arts University Bournemouth (T-76) | Plymouth | St. Mary's, Twickenham |
| 78 | Middlesex | Buckingham | Bournemouth |
| 79 | Hertfordshire | Hertfordshire (T-79) | Winchester |
| 80 | Chichester | Glasgow Caledonian (T-79) | St George's (U of London) |
| 81 | Huddersfield | West London (T-79) | Gloucestershire (T-81) |
| 82 | Glasgow Caledonian | De Montfort | Salford (T-81) |
| 83 | Liverpool Hope | University of the Arts, London | West London |
| 84 | Plymouth | Norwich University of the Arts | Falmouth |
| 85 | University of the Arts, London | Winchester | Teeside (T-85) |
| 86 | Abertay | Chichester (T-86) | Southampton Solent (T-85) |
| 87 | Aberystwyth (T-87) | Gloucestershire (T-86) | Leeds Trinity (T-87) |
| 88 | Northampton (T-87) | Abertay | Birmingham City (T-87) |
| 89 | Gloucestershire | Brighton | University of Wales, Trinity Saint David |
| 90 | Brighton | Bath Spa | Hertfordshire |
| 91 | Derby | Chester | Worcester |
| 92 | Edinburgh Napier | Queen Margaret | West of Scotland |
| 93 | Queen Margaret | Greenwich | Sunderland |
| 94 | Chester | Edinburgh Napier | Chichester (T-94) |
| 95 | Salford (T-95) | Central Lancashire (T-95) | University of the Arts London (T-94) |
| 96 | Birmingham City (T-95) | Westminster (T-95) | Robert Gordon |
| 97 | Worcester | Derby | Queen Margaret |
| 98 | Greenwich | Salford | Bradford |
| 99 | South Wales (T-99) | Birmingham City | Northampton |
| 100 | Central Lancashire (T-99) | West of Scotland | Greenwich |
| 101 | Staffordshire | Teesside | Glasgow Caledonia |
| 102 | Westminster | Sunderland (T-102) | York St. John |
| 103 | Leeds Trinity (T-103) | Kingston (T-102) | Hull (T-103) |
| 104 | Royal Agricultural University (T-103) | Worcester | Bath Spa (T-103) |
| 105 | Sunderland (T-103) | Staffordshire | Central Lancashire (T-105) |
| 106 | West London | Canterbury Christ Church | Abertay (T-105) |
| 107 | York St John (T-107) | Royal Agricultural University | London South Bank |
| 108 | Teesside (T-107) | London South Bank | Cardiff Metropolitan |
| 109 | Kingston | Bedfordshire | |
| 110 | Anglia Ruskin (T-110) | South Wales (T-110) | Middlesex (T-110) |
| 111 | West of Scotland (T-110) | Northampton (T-110) | Kingston (T-110) |
| 112 | Canterbury Christ Church | Leeds Trinity | South Wales (T-110) |
| 113 | Buckinghamshire New | Newman | Bishop Grosseteste |
| 114 | Leeds Beckett | East London | Westminster |
| 115 | Southampton Solent (T-115) | Bishop Grosseteste | Royal Agricultural University (T-115) |
| 116 | London South Bank (T-115) | Birkbeck (U of London) | East London (T-115) |
| 117 | Newman | Southampton Solent | Buckinghamshire New |
| 118 | St Mary's, Twickenham | Anglia Ruskin | Canterbury Christ Church |
| 119 | Bishop Grosseteste | U of Wales Trinity St David | Newman |
| 120 | Bedfordshire | St Mary's, Twickenham | Edinburgh Napier |
| 121 | Cumbria | Leeds Beckett | Bedfordshire |
| 122 | Bolton | York St John | Anglia Ruskin |
| 123 | U of Wales Trinity St David | Cumbria | Brighton |
| 124 | Plymouth Marjon | Buckinghamshire New | Leeds Beckett |
| 125 | Wrexham Glyndwr | Bolton | Cumbria |
| 126 | East London | Plymouth Marjon | Bolton |
| 127 | London Metropolitan | London Metropolitan | Wolverhampton |
| 128 | Wrexham Glyndwr | Birkbeck (U of London) | |
| 129 | Suffolk | Wrexham Glyndwr | |
| Suffolk | |||
| London Metropolitan |