2025 Q3/UK & IE Universities

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Rank	Chg	Organisation name	Overall

1	+4	Lancaster University	7.0

2	+7	The University of Stirling	6.9

3	+3	University of Strathclyde	6.7

4	-2	University of Worcester	6.4

5	+22	Anglia Ruskin University	6.3

6	-5	University of Northampton	6.3

7	+4	The University of Salford	6.2

8	+2	Russell Group	6.0

9	+17	Bradford College: An Associate College of Leeds Metropolitan University	6.0

10	+12	Solent University	6.0

11	+31	Durham University	5.9

12	-8	University of Leeds	5.9

13	+10	Universities & Colleges Information Systems Association (UCISA)	5.8

14	+6	Manchester School of Architecture	5.8

15	-2	York St John University	5.5

16	+34	University of Leicester	5.5

17	+19	Goldsmiths, University of London	5.5

18	+7	Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh	5.5

19	+0	University of Chester	5.4

20	+13	The Henley College	5.4

21	-13	Liverpool Hope University	5.4

22	-8	Heriot-Watt University	5.3

23	-7	Birkbeck, University of London	5.3

24	+0	University of Roehampton, London	5.3

25	+4	Canterbury Christ Church University	5.3

26	+0	London School of Commerce	5.3

27	+10	Loughborough University	5.2

28	-21	University of Portsmouth	5.2

29	+9	Nottingham Trent University	5.2

30	+5	St Mary's University, Twickenham	5.1

31	+50	Northumbria University Newcastle	5.1

32	+86	University of Central Lancashire	5.1

33	+19	Harper Adams University	5.1

34	+56	Association of University Directors of Estates (AUDE)	5.1

35	-5	University of West London	5.0

36	+155	Queen Mary, University of London	5.0

37	+34	The London College, UCK	5.0

38	+51	University of St Andrews	5.0

39	+24	School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London	5.0

40	+0	University of London	5.0

41	+32	Royal College of Art	5.0

42	-21	University of Sussex	4.9

43	-31	Suffolk New College	4.9

44	+60	Cranfield University	4.8

45	+4	London Metropolitan University	4.7

46	+7	University of Suffolk	4.7

47	+65	University of York	4.7

48	+11	Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (Coleg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama Cymru)	4.7

49	+56	Courtauld Institute of Art, (degrees awarded by University of London)	4.7

50	+130	Sheffield Hallam University	4.7

51	-4	Leo Baeck College	4.7

52	-37	University of Ulster	4.6

53	-9	University of Bristol	4.6

54	+40	Unidays	4.6

55	-16	Higher Education Strategic Planners Association (HESPA)	4.6

56	-16	Leeds Trinity University	4.6

57	+22	Edge Hill University	4.6

58	+38	The University of Manchester	4.6

59	-42	The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA)	4.6

60	+14	University of Liverpool	4.6

61	+15	Glyndwr University (Prifysgol Glyndwr)	4.5

62	-30	Birmingham City University	4.5

63	+6	University of Surrey	4.5

64	+68	Plymouth University	4.5

65	-31	University of Westminster	4.5

66	-38	BPP University	4.5

67	-11	University of Birmingham	4.5

68	-14	University of Bath	4.5

69	+1	University Campus Suffolk (UCS)	4.5

70	+2	Hull York Medical School	4.4

71	-53	University of Bradford	4.4

72	-26	The University of Warwick	4.4

73	-9	University of Edinburgh	4.4

74	+32	Aberystwyth University (Prifysgol Aberystwyth)	4.4

75	+11	Guildhall School of Music and Drama	4.4

76	+9	Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA)	4.4

77	-26	University of Lincoln	4.3

78	+4	NUS Connect	4.3

79	-48	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine	4.3

80	-15	Islamic College for Advanced Studies	4.3

81	-23	Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance	4.2

82	+10	Staffordshire University	4.2

83	+26	Buckinghamshire New University	4.2

84	+27	Middlesex University	4.2

85	+30	University of Wales (Prifysgol Cymru)	4.2

86	-9	Wilson Stuart University College Birmingham Partnership Trust	4.1

87	-9	University of Nottingham	4.1

88	-5	University of Glasgow	4.1

89	+10	University of Sunderland	4.1

90	+32	University of Derby	4.1

91	+17	University College Isle of Man	4.1

92	-31	Association of Heads of University Administration (AHUA)	3.9

93	+7	University of Exeter	3.9

94	+37	Royal College of Music	3.9

95	+7	Cardiff Metropolitan University (Prifysgol Metropolitan Caerdydd)	3.9

96	+14	Ravensbourne	3.9

97	+46	Bath Spa University	3.9

98	-32	AECC University College	3.9

99	+8	Manchester Metropolitan University	3.9

100	+33	University of Greenwich	3.9

101	-44	London School of Economics and Political Science	3.9

102	-35	Oxford Brookes University	3.9

103	-2	University of Winchester	3.8

104	-1	University of Brighton	3.8

105	+24	University of Gloucestershire	3.8

106	+8	Coventry University	3.8

107	+10	Franklin Sixth Form College	3.8

108	-65	City University London	3.8

109	-29	University of Oxford	3.7

110	+6	De Montfort University	3.7

111	-56	University of the Highlands and Islands	3.7

112	+49	Somerset College of Arts and Technology	3.7

113	+60	University of Dundee	3.7

114	+30	Edinburgh Napier University	3.7

115	-20	Royal Veterinary College (University of London)	3.7

116	-71	University of Wales Trinity Saint David (Prifysgol Cymry Y Drindod Dewi Sant)	3.6

117	-49	Royal Agricultural University	3.6

118	-20	King's College London	3.6

119	-6	Bournemouth University	3.6

120	+0	The University of Buckingham	3.5

121	+0	Royal Northern College of Music	3.5

122	-119	JISC	3.5

123	+3	The University of Sheffield	3.5

124	-1	University of Cambridge	3.5

125	+44	Keele University	3.5

126	-7	Leeds College of Music	3.4

127	+14	University of Bolton	3.4

128	-41	Hartpury University	3.4

129	-4	The Glasgow School of Art	3.4

130	-33	University of Reading	3.4

131	+31	Easton College	3.4

132	-5	University of St Mark and St John, Plymouth	3.4

133	+51	University College of Estate Management	3.4

134	-86	Nazarene Theological College	3.3

135	-5	Newcastle University	3.3

136	+0	University UK	3.3

137	-44	Newman University, Birmingham	3.3

138	+20	Brunel University London	3.2

139	+0	Teesside University	3.2

140	+0	Student Record Officers' Conference (SROC)	3.2

141	-53	University for the Creative Arts	3.2

142	+0	Brighton and Sussex Medical School	3.2

143	+16	University of the West of Scotland	3.2

144	-5	Trinity College Dublin	3.2

145	-8	Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen	3.2

146	+9	Imperial College, London	3.1

147	+4	University of Cumbria	3.1

148	+4	Universities Human Resources (UHR)	3.1

149	+4	Academic Registrars Council (ARC)	3.1

150	-12	Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine	3.0

151	+5	ALRA	3.0

152	+15	South Essex College of Further & Higher Education (Partner of the University of Essex)	3.0

153	+28	Royal Academy of Music	3.0

154	-20	University of Law	2.9

155	+9	Queen's University Belfast	2.9

156	+0	Regent's University London	2.9

157	+8	Cardiff university (Prifysgol Caerdydd)	2.9

158	+18	Royal Conservatoire of Scotland	2.9

159	-31	The Northern School of Art	2.9

160	-12	Richmond, The American International University in London	2.9

161	+5	University of the West of England, Bristol	2.9

162	+15	London Business School	2.9

163	+15	Royal Holloway, University of London	2.8

164	+4	Aston University	2.8

165	-20	University of Wolverhampton	2.8

166	-42	Arts University Bournemouth	2.8

167	+21	European School of Economics	2.8

168	+0	Arden University (former Resource Development International)	2.8

169	-34	St George's, University of London	2.8

170	-20	British Universities Finance Directors Group (BUFDG)	2.8

171	+1	UCAS	2.7

172	-88	Cambridge Judge Business School	2.7

173	-13	Craven College	2.7

174	-11	Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance	2.7

175	-4	University of East Anglia	2.6

176	-85	Association of Research Managers & Administrators (ARMA)	2.6

177	-102	Swansea University (Prifysgol Abertawe)	2.6

178	-31	University of Essex	2.6

179	+11	The Institute of Cancer Research	2.6

180	-31	London School of Science and Technology	2.6

181	+5	Ashridge Business School	2.5

182	-122	British College of Osteopathic Medicine	2.5

183	-47	Institute of Education, University of London	2.5

184	+3	University of Hull	2.4

185	-11	University of Hertfordshire	2.3

186	-11	University College London	2.1

187	-8	University of Kent	2.1

188	-3	University of Aberdeen	2.1

189	+0	Falmouth University	2.1

190	+0	University of Southampton	1.9

191	-9	Abertay University (former University of Abertay Dundee)	1.8

192	+1	Cass Business School	1.8

193	+1	Leeds College of Art	1.6

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