2025 Q1/UK & IE Universities



Changes in rank are compared to 2024 Q4/UK & IE Universities. Since then, 2 sites entered the survey and 51 sites could not be included in the rankings (30 more since last time).

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Percentage Failures




Rank Name Exact overall
+ 1 Lancaster University 7.00
+ 6 Heriot-Watt University 6.86
+ 7 University of Strathclyde 6.60
+ 93 Russell Group 6.57
+ 4 Birkbeck, University of London 6.26
+ 15 Birmingham City University 6.14
+ 6 The University of Stirling 5.96
+ 51 University of West London 5.96
- 5 Suffolk New College 5.92
- 4 BPP University 5.92
- 10 University of Worcester 5.80
+ 19 Liverpool Hope University 5.80
+ 31 University of London 5.72
+ 4 Writtel University College 5.66
+ 2 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 5.52
- 2 Bradford College: An Associate College of Leeds Metropolitan University 5.50
+ 2 University of Leeds 5.48
+ 74 York St John University 5.48
+ 3 Manchester School of Architecture 5.46
- 15 Solent University 5.40
- 14 University of Roehampton, London 5.40
+ 42 Staffordshire University 5.38
- 20 University of Northampton 5.36
+ 37 University of Ulster 5.34
- 9 Goldsmiths, University of London 5.24
+ 28 University of Suffolk 5.20
+ 1 Nottingham Trent University 5.18
+ 13 University of Bradford 5.12
+ 13 University of Chester 5.08
- 7 JISC 5.07
+ 9 The Henley College 5.00
+ 17 Durham University 4.94
+ 3 The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) 4.92
- 23 Leo Baeck College 4.91
+ 13 Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance 4.89
+ 97 Higher Education Strategic Planners Association (HESPA) 4.87
+ 18 Leeds Trinity University 4.84
+ 1 British College of Osteopathic Medicine 4.82
- 24 Anglia Ruskin University 4.78
+ 12 University of Sussex 4.78
+ 59 City University London 4.78
- 22 Canterbury Christ Church University 4.72
+ 45 University of Surrey 4.72
+ 60 Oxford Brookes University 4.72
- 21 Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh 4.70
- 14 University of York 4.66
same The Open University 4.66
+ 5 The University of Warwick 4.66
+ 30 University of Leicester 4.66
+ 7 Hull York Medical School 4.64
+ 18 Association of Heads of University Administration (AHUA) 4.60
+ 29 University of Bristol 4.58
+ 12 Cranfield University 4.54
+ 86 University of Liverpool 4.54
new Middlesex University 4.54
- 30 University of Edinburgh 4.53
+ 10 Edge Hill University 4.52
- 33 Universities & Colleges Information Systems Association (UCISA) 4.48
- 3 University Campus Suffolk (UCS) 4.48
+ 18 School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London 4.48
+ 23 University of the Highlands and Islands 4.48
- 25 Plymouth University 4.46
- 20 University of Bath 4.46
+ 18 The University of Manchester 4.42
- 32 Loughborough University 4.40
- 21 London School of Economics and Political Science 4.40
- 55 Harper Adams University 4.32
- 6 AECC University College 4.26
- 1 Northumbria University Newcastle 4.26
+ 128 Somerset College of Arts and Technology 4.26
+ 3 Franklin Sixth Form College 4.24
+ 23 Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen 4.22
+ 20 London Metropolitan University 4.20
+ 22 University of Lincoln 4.16
+ 53 University College of Estate Management 4.16
- 42 Glyndwr University (Prifysgol Glyndwr) 4.13
+ 30 University of Wales (Prifysgol Cymru) 4.10
+ 54 University of Wales Trinity Saint David (Prifysgol Cymry Y Drindod Dewi Sant) 4.08
+ 33 University of Exeter 4.06
- 53 Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA) 4.05
- 35 Ravensbourne 4.02
- 6 University of St Andrews 4.01
+ 19 King's College London 3.98
+ 36 NUS Connect 3.96
+ 44 Nazarene Theological College 3.96
- 20 Newman University, Birmingham 3.92
+ 43 University of Greenwich 3.92
+ 64 Buckinghamshire New University 3.92
+ 60 University of Reading 3.90
- 18 Guildhall School of Music and Drama 3.84
+ 7 Cardiff Metropolitan University (Prifysgol Metropolitan Caerdydd) 3.84
+ 59 University of Winchester 3.84
+ 45 Easton College 3.83
+ 96 Manchester Metropolitan University 3.80
- 66 Aberystwyth University (Prifysgol Aberystwyth) 3.74
- 2 University of Birmingham 3.74
- 17 Brighton and Sussex Medical School 3.72
- 8 Royal College of Music 3.72
+ 27 Royal College of Art 3.72
- 29 University of Derby 3.66
+ 12 Hartpury University 3.66
+ 67 Unidays 3.66
- 17 University of Glasgow 3.62
- 13 Royal Northern College of Music 3.62
+ 26 University of Oxford 3.62
+ 39 The University of Sheffield 3.58
+ 3 Student Record Officers' Conference (SROC) 3.57
+ 38 University of Bolton 3.56
+ 38 De Montfort University 3.56
- 59 University of Cambridge 3.46
- 10 University of Central Lancashire 3.46
- 3 Association of Research Managers & Administrators (ARMA) 3.45
- 40 Edinburgh Napier University 3.42
- 31 Royal Veterinary College (University of London) 3.40
same Kingston University 3.40
+ 1 The Glasgow School of Art 3.40
+ 27 Coventry University 3.40
+ 42 University of the West of England, Bristol 3.38
+ 8 European School of Economics 3.36
- 17 University of Gloucestershire 3.34
+ 15 University of East Anglia 3.34
+ 21 University College London 3.34
- 48 Wilson Stuart University College Birmingham Partnership Trust 3.33
+ 15 Keele University 3.32
- 2 University of Brighton 3.30
+ 51 University of Law 3.30
- 8 Royal Academy of Music 3.28
+ 29 London Business School 3.28
- 5 Association of University Directors of Estates (AUDE) 3.27
- 80 Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (Coleg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama Cymru) 3.26
+ 24 Institute of Education, University of London 3.26
+ 3 Arts University Bournemouth 3.16
+ 32 University of the West of Scotland 3.14
- 12 Swansea University (Prifysgol Abertawe) 3.12
+ 29 British Universities Finance Directors Group (BUFDG) 3.11
+ 35 The Northern School of Art 3.10
+ 38 University of St Mark and St John, Plymouth 3.10
+ 35 Universities Human Resources (UHR) 3.07
+ 11 Academic Registrars Council (ARC) 3.06
+ 53 The London College, UCK 3.04
- 4 Richmond, The American International University in London 2.96
- 79 Craven College 2.92
+ 13 Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance 2.92
+ 35 Royal Holloway, University of London 2.92
+ 38 Courtauld Institute of Art, (degrees awarded by University of London) 2.88
+ 15 University of Essex 2.86
new University of Chichester 2.86
- 23 Leeds College of Music 2.82
- 7 Newcastle University 2.82
+ 44 Arden University (former Resource Development International) 2.82
+ 17 ALRA 2.76
+ 35 University of the Arts, London 2.76
+ 25 Liverpool John Moores University 2.74
+ 26 European School of Osteopathy 2.72
- 34 Imperial College, London 2.60
+ 7 London School of Science and Technology 2.56
- 49 Aston University 2.51
- 88 Queen Mary, University of London 2.46
- 18 University of Cumbria 2.46
+ 32 South Essex College of Further & Higher Education (Partner of the University of Essex) 2.43
- 45 St George's, University of London 2.42
- 14 Cambridge Judge Business School 2.32
+ 3 University of Aberdeen 2.32
+ 24 University of Hull 2.26
+ 17 Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 2.25
+ 18 Cass Business School 2.10
+ 24 Leeds College of Art 2.06
+ 29 University of Southampton 1.95