The Best UK Universities 2023 Rankings

UK University 2023 Rankings Leaderboard

Like the UK university ranking 2022, we are now publishing the best UK university 2023 rankings table. This leaderboard has been compiled using various ranking factors, like satisfaction with the course, satisfaction with teaching, satisfaction with feedback, student-to-staff ratio, spend per student, average entry tariff, valued added score, career after six months and continuation.

In this university ranking edition, the University of St Andrews jumped two places to become the best university in the UK. A surprise move from the University of Aberdeen; it jumped from 20th to 13th in the ranking.

2023 Position	2022 Position	Institution	Score (out of 100)
1	3	University of St Andrews	100
2	1	Oxford University	99.4
3	2	Cambridge University	98.1
4	4	London School of Economics	95.2
5	7	Imperial College	89.3
6	5	Durham University	87
7	8	University of Bath	85.8
8	6	University of Warwick	84.2
9	9	UCL	83.5
10	10	Loughborough University	82.6
11	11	University of Glasgow	82.1
12	12	University of Edinburgh	81.8
13	20	University of Aberdeen	81.2
14	13	Lancaster University	80
15	15	University of Exeter	76.3
16	17	University of Southampton	76.2
16	14	University of Bristol	76.2
16	18	University of Strathclyde	76.2
19	26	University of the Arts London	75.5
20	16	University of Leeds	75.1
21	18	University of York	75
22	25	Aston University	74.5
23	35	University of West London	73.7
24	57	University of Surrey	72.8
24	36	University of the West of England	72.8

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