University
|
Average ranking
|
% 4*
|
% 3* plus
|
Staff entered 2008 (FTE)
|
Staff entered 2001
|
% staff entered 2001
|
Number of subjects
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The University of Cambridge | 2.975 | 32.0 | 71.2 | 2040.39 | 1826.1 | 96.49% | 48 |
The University of Oxford | 2.959 | 31.8 | 70.3 | 2245.83 | 2023.83 | 94.89% | 48 |
London School of Economics | 2.957 | 34.9 | 68.4 | 490.36 | 431.57 | 97.19% | 14 |
Imperial College | 2.943 | 25.8 | 72.9 | 1224.57 | 1171.28 | 87.38% | 21 |
University College London | 2.844 | 26.6 | 65.8 | 1792.68 | 1745.7 | 87.93% | 47 |
The University of Manchester | 2.823 | 23.1 | 65.4 | 1824.34 | 1204.14 | 82.63% | 53 |
The University of Warwick | 2.799 | 21.3 | 64.9 | 966.35 | 714.33 | 90.81% | 28 |
The University of York | 2.780 | 22.6 | 62.0 | 653.87 | 554.06 | 93.41% | 25 |
The University of Essex | 2.772 | 22.1 | 62.9 | 322.02 | 313.87 | 78.83% | 14 |
The University of Edinburgh | 2.747 | 22.5 | 62.8 | 1639.81 | 1365.29 | 84.07% | 39 |
Queen Mary and Westfield | 2.726 | 18.7 | 62.6 | 686.82 | 677.95 | 90.00% | 29 |
The University of St Andrews | 2.724 | 19.2 | 59.5 | 491.10 | 359.2 | 89.48% | 26 |
The University of Bristol | 2.723 | 18.3 | 61.4 | 1198.70 | 1019.26 | 87.14% | 46 |
University of Durham | 2.721 | 20.0 | 60.9 | 759.30 | 604.23 | 86.76% | 30 |
The University of Southampton | 2.715 | 17.9 | 61.1 | 1097.96 | 930.42 | 89.52% | 32 |
The University of Leeds | 2.715 | 17.5 | 60.9 | 1269.66 | 1137.14 | 77.21% | 46 |
The University of Sheffield | 2.715 | 18.7 | 60.4 | 1204.56 | 955.6 | 75.80% | 46 |
The University of Bath | 2.711 | 18.7 | 59.6 | 469.73 | 421.54 | 87.75% | 18 |
The University of Lancaster | 2.711 | 18.8 | 60.7 | 611.39 | 467.14 | 90.14% | 22 |
King's College London | 2.693 | 19.0 | 59.8 | 1172.03 | 1157.97 | 79.94% | 35 |
Cardiff University | 2.690 | 19.1 | 59.0 | 1030.20 | 710.06 | 81.17% | 34 |
The University of Nottingham | 2.674 | 18.1 | 58.2 | 1388.47 | 1006.53 | 89.30% | 47 |
Royal Holloway and Bedford | 2.669 | 18.8 | 59.8 | 436.17 | 340.4 | 88.84% | 21 |
The University of Birmingham | 2.637 | 15.8 | 58.4 | 1174.58 | 1008.86 | 73.01% | 49 |
University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne | 2.632 | 13.8 | 58.0 | 932.37 | 800.07 | 77.92% | 38 |
Loughborough University | 2.620 | 17.5 | 56.5 | 662.82 | 460.04 | 78.17% | 20 |
The University of Exeter | 2.617 | 16.9 | 55.6 | 635.90 | 457.45 | 83.53% | 30 |
The University of Sussex | 2.611 | 15.9 | 55.9 | 536.90 | 514.37 | 90.83% | 26 |
The University of Kent | 2.598 | 18.2 | 54.6 | 429.76 | 335.69 | 76.39% | 26 |
School of Oriental and African Studies | 2.597 | 19.6 | 54.9 | 239.85 | 218.6 | 92.86% | 12 |
Birkbeck College | 2.591 | 18.6 | 56.0 | 327.05 | 266.54 | 90.99% | 17 |
The University of Glasgow | 2.589 | 15.4 | 56.0 | 1160.67 | 1034.07 | 74.56% | 48 |
The University of East Anglia | 2.581 | 15.6 | 54.2 | 505.82 | 196.08 | 37.46% | 26 |
Goldsmiths College | 2.580 | 22.1 | 54.1 | 288.90 | 249.03 | 88.70% | 15 |
The University of Surrey | 2.577 | 15.6 | 54.1 | 425.45 | 419.45 | 80.60% | 14 |
The University of Aberdeen | 2.575 | 14.5 | 54.7 | 584.51 | 529.5 | 77.33% | 33 |
The Queen's University of Belfast | 2.556 | 14.5 | 52.2 | 770.27 | 740.4 | 80.84% | 38 |
The University of Liverpool | 2.538 | 13.4 | 52.9 | 958.46 | 808.89 | 83.20% | 39 |
The University of Dundee | 2.535 | 12.8 | 53.4 | 504.72 | 444.94 | 74.77% | 22 |
The University of Reading | 2.528 | 14.4 | 50.9 | 625.45 | 672.12 | 87.87% | 30 |
The Open University | 2.518 | 13.7 | 51.1 | 438.57 | 540.18 | 54.76% | 21 |
Heriot-Watt University | 2.483 | 11.6 | 50.4 | 349.04 | 332.76 | 83.43% | 18 |
Aberystwyth University | 2.481 | 16.0 | 47.8 | 300.84 | 301.6 | 82.08% | 16 |
University of Ulster | 2.478 | 14.2 | 49.1 | 481.15 | 472.76 | 49.69% | 24 |
The City University | 2.476 | 15.0 | 50.9 | 353.80 | 262.64 | 75.63% | 15 |
Cranfield University | 2.469 | 14.5 | 49.3 | 235.67 | 242.5 | 54.70% | 5 |
The University of Strathclyde | 2.455 | 12.2 | 48.5 | 588.14 | 612.77 | 68.19% | 25 |
The University of Leicester | 2.450 | 11.5 | 46.9 | 712.96 | 676.98 | 85.90% | 30 |
Swansea University | 2.435 | 11.3 | 47.5 | 511.81 | 407.38 | 91.96% | 31 |
Bangor University | 2.430 | 11.5 | 47.3 | 283.79 | 268.12 | 75.02% | 19 |
University of Wales, Newport | 2.421 | 7.5 | 55.1 | 27.50 | 16 | 9.98% | 5 |
The University of Stirling | 2.413 | 9.8 | 45.9 | 297.33 | 347.78 | 72.93% | 18 |
The University of Keele | 2.406 | 10.9 | 46.3 | 285.15 | 357.32 | 80.42% | 14 |
University of Hertfordshire | 2.403 | 10.8 | 45.4 | 154.62 | 252.45 | 36.47% | 14 |
University of Brighton | 2.372 | 15.4 | 44.6 | 251.57 | 249.25 | 41.14% | 14 |
The University of Hull | 2.368 | 8.4 | 44.6 | 396.70 | 337.17 | 62.99% | 17 |
The University of Salford | 2.363 | 11.9 | 43.1 | 357.84 | 265.6 | 37.83% | 16 |
The University of Bradford | 2.340 | 10.1 | 42.2 | 283.94 | 288.45 | 66.70% | 14 |
Brunel University | 2.317 | 9.8 | 42.9 | 534.02 | 335.13 | 60.88% | 24 |
De Montfort University | 2.316 | 10.8 | 41.9 | 238.57 | 356.7 | 30.01% | 19 |
Birmingham City University | 2.308 | 16.9 | 40.1 | 86.95 | n/a | n/a | 7 |
St George's Hospital Medical School | 2.279 | 5.4 | 43.2 | 121.23 | 166.49 | 77.83% | 8 |
The University of East London | 2.245 | 8.6 | 40.3 | 110.70 | 196.08 | 37.46% | 9 |
London South Bank University | 2.240 | 6.8 | 40.4 | 87.05 | n/a | n/a | 9 |
The University of Portsmouth | 2.237 | 8.1 | 39.9 | 231.30 | 270.25 | 38.16% | 10 |
University of Westminster | 2.225 | 10.5 | 37.9 | 226.09 | 193.8 | 28.12% | 20 |
Oxford Brookes University | 2.200 | 8.0 | 36.4 | 226.03 | 255.45 | 41.10% | 19 |
Roehampton University | 2.198 | 8.5 | 33.9 | 167.45 | 133.95 | 44.75% | 14 |
University of the West of England | 2.196 | 5.3 | 36.9 | 320.40 | 322.41 | 39.79% | 21 |
Bournemouth University | 2.183 | 8.1 | 39.3 | 111.20 | 75.16 | 19.41% | 10 |
Middlesex University | 2.183 | 7.0 | 35.4 | 190.84 | 249.34 | 32.20% | 14 |
The University of Plymouth | 2.179 | 5.7 | 35.8 | 391.70 | 227.44 | 34.46% | 25 |
Nottingham Trent University | 2.159 | 7.5 | 36.9 | 263.94 | 289.58 | 32.67% | 16 |
University of Winchester | 2.158 | 5.4 | 34.8 | 55.25 | n/a | n/a | 6 |
Manchester Metropolitan University | 2.155 | 6.6 | 34.0 | 355.06 | 322.32 | 27.17% | 16 |
Liverpool John Moores University | 2.152 | 7.7 | 33.9 | 193.39 | 255.68 | 31.18% | 17 |
University of Northumbria | 2.146 | 6.4 | 34.6 | 161.61 | 253.49 | 30.76% | 12 |
The University of Wales, Lampeter | 2.114 | 6.2 | 31.6 | 59.60 | 61 | 87.14% | 5 |
The University of Huddersfield | 2.096 | 6.1 | 33.3 | 103.41 | 127.2 | 21.98% | 12 |
University of Bedfordshire | 2.087 | 4.3 | 30.4 | 63.70 | n/a | n/a | 7 |
Anglia Ruskin University | 2.071 | 6.5 | 31.1 | 71.14 | n/a | n/a | 9 |
The Robert Gordon University | 2.059 | 5.6 | 30.7 | 171.30 | 118.75 | 25.28% | 11 |
Leeds Metropolitan University | 2.051 | 8.0 | 32.2 | 121.00 | 152.04 | 21.94% | 7 |
Sheffield Hallam University | 2.049 | 8.1 | 32.4 | 286.06 | 227.23 | 23.68% | 15 |
University of Glamorgan | 2.043 | 5.9 | 30.7 | 198.45 | 161.5 | 35.19% | 17 |
Kingston University | 2.039 | 5.4 | 30.2 | 213.85 | 154.37 | 28.97% | 18 |
Glasgow Caledonian University | 2.008 | 4.8 | 27.9 | 157.91 | 182.7 | 29.63% | 13 |
University of Wolverhampton | 2.006 | 6.2 | 29.8 | 151.37 | 131.37 | 17.65% | 11 |
University of Teesside | 1.990 | 3.7 | 29.7 | 77.34 | 93.2 | 21.11% | 6 |
UHI Millennium Institute | 1.964 | 3.6 | 28.4 | 69.40 | n/a | n/a | 8 |
University of Central Lancashire | 1.963 | 5.8 | 27.7 | 245.34 | 181.09 | 22.73% | 17 |
University of Chichester | 1.956 | 1.8 | 25.6 | 33.65 | n/a | n/a | 5 |
The University of Lincoln | 1.902 | 4.9 | 28.0 | 145.55 | 75.2 | 21.50% | 14 |
The University of Greenwich | 1.902 | 4.3 | 25.4 | 180.75 | 231.02 | 30.10% | 19 |
Bath Spa University | 1.891 | 3.9 | 22.3 | 74.58 | 69.71 | 42.51% | 10 |
University of Wales Institute | 1.879 | 5.1 | 27.6 | 101.55 | 58 | 17.17% | 5 |
University of Sunderland | 1.860 | 4.2 | 27.1 | 180.99 | 227.48 | 43.68% | 16 |
Coventry University | 1.851 | 2.7 | 26.7 | 135.85 | 176.7 | 28.24% | 16 |
London Metropolitan University | 1.839 | 4.3 | 24.0 | 260.04 | 98.6 | 23.55% | 21 |
University of West of Scotland | 1.839 | 5.2 | 25.1 | 69.60 | n/a | n/a | 14 |
University of Abertay Dundee | 1.831 | 3.2 | 22.9 | 53.70 | 43 | 18.61% | 6 |
Napier University | 1.827 | 2.3 | 21.5 | 192.10 | 98.65 | 19.91% | 14 |
Canterbury Christ Church University | 1.789 | 3.4 | 24.0 | 76.70 | 89.5 | 33.69% | 7 |
University of Bolton | 1.748 | 4.2 | 21.0 | 53.40 | n/a | n/a | 9 |
University of Chester | 1.741 | 2.0 | 19.1 | 63.80 | n/a | n/a | 10 |
University of Gloucestershire | 1.717 | 2.5 | 18.1 | 94.06 | 125.89 | 39.47% | 12 |
The University of Northampton | 1.688 | 2.6 | 17.2 | 83.50 | n/a | n/a | 9 |
Glyndwr University | 1.687 | 1.9 | 22.8 | 26.80 | n/a | n/a | 6 |
Thames Valley University | 1.674 | 3.3 | 21.1 | 52.73 | n/a | n/a | 7 |
Staffordshire University | 1.619 | 1.6 | 21.6 | 71.40 | 171.5 | 31.26% | 10 |
Edge Hill University | 1.496 | 1.2 | 14.6 | 65.01 | 41.3 | 14.44% | 6 |
Liverpool Hope University | 1.471 | 1.4 | 12.5 | 62.60 | 51.55 | 23.19% | 9 |
York St John University | 1.397 | 2.4 | 8.7 | 45.80 | 33.18 | 18.17% | 7 |
Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh | 1.365 | 2.2 | 12.4 | 98.00 | 82.35 | 42.61% | 5 |
University of Cumbria | 1.231 | 0.5 | 7.1 | 50.93 | n/a | n/a | 7 |
UC Plymouth St Mark and St John | 1.082 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 14.80 | n/a | n/a | 5 |
RAE 2008: results for UK universities
Rankings for UK universities in the Research Assessment Exercise 2008