University

TQA

RAE

A Lev

Score

1

Bath

E

5*

B

26.0

95.6

2

Sheffield

E

5

A

24.3

93.4

3

Cardiff

E

5

A

22.8

92.4

4

Nottingham

E

4

A

24.2

89.6

5

Bristol

E

4

B

26.1

88.9

6

Cranfield

E

5

C

87.3

7

Strathclyde

E

4

C

25.0

84.8

8

Manchester

E

4

C

21.9

82.7

9

London, Imperial

S

5*

B

28.3

82.2

10

Leeds

S

5*

A

22.0

80.5

11

UMIST

S

5

A

22.4

77.1

12

Queens, Belfast

S

5*

B

20.0

76.3

13

Southampton

S

5

B

24.0

75.8

14

London, UCL

S

5

B

23.0

75.1

15

Reading

E

3b

B

15.6

74.9

16

Glasgow

HS

3a

C

20.4

71.4

17

Liverpool

S

5

B

16.9

70.8

18

Loughborough

S

4

B

21.4

70.6

19

Birmingham

S

3a

B

22.1

67.8

20

Edinburgh

S

3a

B

21.1

67.1

Bradford

S

4

A

12.6

Brunel

S

4

C

19.6

Coventry

E

2

E

13.2

Hull

S

3a

A

17.5

London, Kings

S

5*

D

London, Queen Mary

S

4

C

13.8

Manchester Metropolitan

E

2

E

10.6

Newcastle

S

3a

B

20.6

Surrey

S

3a

B

19.4

Swansea

S

4

C

12.6

City

S

2

A

13.5

De Montfort

S

3b

C

Derby

S

3b

E

Greenwich

S

3a

A

9.8

Heriot-Watt

HS

16.0

Lancaster

S

21.1

Plymouth

S

2

B

17.3

Portsmouth

S

3b

D

12.8

Robert Gordon

HS

10.0

Salford

S

3b

A

11.3

Abertay Dundee

HS

8.0

Aston

S

17.1

Brighton

S

2

C

9.7

Huddersfield

S

3b

E

10.7

Liverpool John Moores

S

2

D

12.7

Middlesex

S

1

C

13.0

Northumbria

S

3a

E

11.7

Nottingham Trent

S

3b

D

9.7

Sheffield Hallam

S

3b

E

13.9

Sussex

S

15.9

Bristol, West of England

S

1

D

8.3

Central England

S

11.2

Central Lancashire

S

10.7

Hertfordshire

S

3b

F

11.2

Kingston

S

2

E

9.7

Napier

S

8.0

Oxford Brookes

S

12.4

South Bank

S

3b

E

8.0

Staffordshire

S

3b

E

10.0

Sunderland

S

3b

F

12.3

Teesside

S

1

C

9.8

Ulster

S

14.3

Westminster

S

9.0

Employment: 33.3% Further study: 57.7% Unemployment: 5.4% BATH'S all-round strength gives the university first place. The only one of the top eight universities to be rated internationally outstanding for research, it boasts one of 11 excellent teaching-quality grades, while its entry standards are exceeded only by Bristol and Imperial College. Leeds has the best research record. Almost half of the universities offering mechanical engineering are former polytechnics. More than a third of the entrants are admitted without A levels or equivalent qualifications.