UK leading universities by overall score 2024

The University of Cambridge was listed as the best university in the United Kingdom in 2024 with an overall score of 1000, compared with the University of Oxford, which came in second-place with a score of 984.

The Complete University Guide's top twenty universities in the United Kingdom in 2024, by overall score (max = 1000)

Characteristic	Complete University Guide score (max = 1000)
University of Cambridge	1,000
University of Oxford	984
London School of Economics	955
University of St Andrews	917
University of Bath	892
Imperial College London	891
Loughborough University	889
Durham University	882
University College London	862
Lancaster University	843
University of Warwick	835
University of Edinburgh	801
University of Surrey	799
University of Birmingham	796
University of Exeter	786
University of Bristol	783
University of York	780
University of Southampton	780
University of Manchester	761
University of Sheffield	758

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2024

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United Kingdom

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2024

Supplementary notes

Rankings were calculated according to the following catagories; entry standards, student-staff ratios, spending on academic services, facilities spending, good honours degrees, graduate prospects, completion and overseas student enrolments. Data for these catagories was sourced from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). Additional data was also sourced from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council (SHEFC) and the Higher Educatio Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) with respect to student satisfaction ratings from the National Student Survey.
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