University

TQA

RAE

A Lev

Score

1

UMIST

E

5*

A

26.0

98.5

2

London School of Economics

E

5

A

28.1

96.3

3

Warwick

E

5

A

27.2

95.6

4

Lancaster

E

5*

B

24.9

94.9

5

Bath

E

5

B

25.5

92.0

6

Nottingham

E

4

B

26.9

89.7

7

Manchester

E

4

B

88.1

8

City

E

4

B

22.3

86.4

9

Strathclyde

E

5

C

22.8

86.1

10

London, Imperial

E

4

C

83.9

11

Loughborough

E

3a

B

22.6

83.3

12

Edinburgh

HS

4

A

24.4

82.4

13

St Andrews

HS

4

B

25.0

80.8

14

Cranfield

E

4

D

79.2

15

Reading

S

5

B

22.8

75.1

16

Surrey

E

3a

D

18.8

74.8

17

Cardiff

S

5

B

22.1

74.6

18

Southampton

S

5

B

22.0

74.5

19

Sheffield

S

4

B

25.1

73.4

20

Kingston

E

3b

D

17.7

72.2

Birmingham

S

4

C

25.7

Bradford

S

4

A

19.4

Cambridge

S

4

A

De Montfort

E

3b

C

13.8

Glasgow

S

4

B

20.7

Keele

S

4

A

Leeds

S

4

C

26.0

Nottingham Trent

E

3a

F

19.1

Oxford

S

4

B

Stirling

HS

3a

C

20.7

Aston

S

4

C

23.0

Bristol, West of England

E

2

F

17.5

Glamorgan

E

2

E

10.7

Heriot-Watt

S

3a

C

17.3

Hull

S

3b

B

21.1

Kent

S

3a

C

20.3

London, Kings

S

3b

C

26.1

London, Royal Holloway

3a

A

22.0

Northumbria

E

2

F

17.5

Swansea

S

3a

C

19.1

Aberdeen

S

3b

C

18.0

Brunel

S

3b

C

19.3

Durham

S

3a

D

Leicester

S

2

A

Manchester Metropolitan

S

3b

E

16.6

Newcastle

S

2

D

25.5

Plymouth

S

2

D

16.8

Portsmouth

S

3b

E

19.1

Robert Gordon

HS

3b

F

16.0

Ulster

S

3a

E

21.7

Bangor

3b

B

17.5

Brighton

S

3a

E

14.2

Glasgow Caledonian

S

3b

E

14.9

Huddersfield

S

2

C

12.5

Leeds Metropolitan

S

2

E

17.9

Liverpool John Moores

S

2

E

15.8

Oxford Brookes

S

1

E

16.7

Salford

S

18.0

Sheffield Hallam

S

3b

F

18.8

Westminster

S

3b

E

15.4

Aberystwyth

S

15.6

Bournemouth

S

2

F

17.0

Central England

S

2

D

12.9

Central Lancashire

S

2

F

15.3

Coventry

S

2

F

15.9

Derby

S

2

E

13.0

East London

S

2

E

12.8

Exeter

2

D

25.2

Hertfordshire

S

3b

C

6.0

Staffordshire

S

2

E

14.0

Anglia

S

2

E

12.3

Abertay Dundee

S

1

D

6.8

East Anglia

2

C

20.5

Greenwich

S

2

F

12.2

Lincolnshire & Humberside

S

3a

F

11.2

London Guildhall

S

1

F

11.8

Luton

S

2

F

9.2

Middlesex

S

2

E

11.1

Napier

S

14.2

North London

S

2

E

9.2

Paisley

S

2

E

10.1

South Bank

S

3b

E

10.6

Sunderland

S

13.8

Teesside

S

1

E

10.8

Thames Valley

S

1

F

8.5

Wolverhampton

S

2

F

13.5

Employment: 24.6% Further study: 69.9% Unemployment: 3.3% THE biggest subject at degree level, business and management, has more than 56,000 full-time students. Some of the top business schools, such as those at Cambridge, London and Manchester, are absent from the table because they do not offer first degrees, but prospective undergraduates can still choose from more than 80 universities. The University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology achieved one of only two five-star research ratings, Lancaster taking the other. Average A-level scores of two As and a B illustrate the high demand for the second-placed London School of Economics.