EXCLUSIVEEvery university in Britain ranked from best to worst: Our definitive interactive guide scores 129 institutions on every subject, quality of student life and graduate jobs and earning potential. Read it here
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The winners: Our Universities of the Year
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University of Leicester
University of the Year
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City St George's, University of London
Runner-up, University of the Year
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University of Warwick
Shortlisted, University of the Year
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University of Sheffield
Shortlisted, University of the Year
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London South Bank University
Shortlisted, University of the Year
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The Open University
University of the Year for Teaching Excellence
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University of Sunderland
University of the Year for Student Support
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University of St Andrew's
University of the Year for Student Experience
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Glasgow Caledonian University
Modern University of the Year
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City St George's, University of London
University of the Year for Graduate Jobs
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London South Bank University
University of the Year for Social Inclusion
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Norwich University of the Arts
Arts University of the Year
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Aston University
University of the Year for Student Success
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University of Suffolk
Community University of the Year
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Cardiff Metropolitan University
Welsh University of the Year
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University of Dundee
Scottish University of the Year
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Loughborough University
Sports University of the Year
Top 10 for teaching excellence
Top 10 for student support
Top 10 for student experience
Top 10 for first-year completion
Top 10 for high-skilled jobs
Top 10 for graduate salaries
Top 10 for research quality
Top 10 for research income
Top 10 for first-generation students
Top 10 for First and 2:1 degrees
Top 10 for UCAS tariff points
Top 10 for career on track
Find the right course for you: For students and their parents, the task of picking a university can seem bewildering. That's where the Mail's definitive league table, profiles and online tools make all the difference...
Welcome to the second edition of the Mail University Guide. Higher education is the first major investment of adult life for the vast majority of students. And for parents who educated their children in the state sector, it is perhaps the surprise expenditure they had not foreseen, at a time when they had expected the costs of raising children to go down.
Top teaching, stellar careers and a first-class library - the ratings to look out for
Our ranking is designed to test whether universities deliver on their promises to students. They all hold out the prospect of acquiring new knowledge and skills that you'll deploy in a dazzling working life. But the 129 universities ranked in this guide fulfil this objective with varying degrees of success.
Methodology: How we compiled our ranking
The Daily Mail University Guide's institutional ranking measures UK universities on their performance across 12 indicators, making it the broadest-based ranking of its kind. Our new subject rankings use five measures - split between student satisfaction with teaching quality, the support they receive and their university experience, and two elements focused on graduate job outcomes - to rank universities across 78 subject areas.
EXCLUSIVERevealed: The universities that give you the highest graduate salary... and the lowest. Every one of Britain's 129 institutions ranked from best to worst in our definitive expert guide. Read it here
Does where you study impact what you can expect to earn afterwards? The evidence from this year's Mail University Guide very much suggests that it does. Read the full list or click to launch our interactive University Finder - and personalise the rankings to find the university best suited to you. Plus, search the best universities by subject.
The best universities by subject - 78 of the most popular subjects ranked
You can study most subjects at university, and the Daily Mail University Guide has new rankings this year for all the key ones.
The best courses for graduate jobs - more than 4,000 courses rated
Getting a good job at the end of three or four years of studying is increasingly seen as a minimum requirement for students who are leaving university with an average of £44,000 in student loan debt.
Student loans and finances: your guide to the support available
A university education does not come cheap. Just ask the 1.8m graduates who have more than £50,000 of student debt outstanding.
UCAS applications: how to write the perfect personal statement
Writing a personal statement to accompany university applications is the source of more parental and child anxiety than any other aspect of the 'going to university' process.
UCAS strategy: making your application work for you
Selecting the right combination of universities on your UCAS form is a little like a game of chess - you need to find a sensible combination of attack and defence to succeed.
UCAS Clearing: no longer the Last Chance Saloon
Over recent days more than 35,000 students have found their university for the next three years or more through Clearing.
A-Z — Full in-depth profiles of every university
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University of Aberdeen
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Abertay University
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Aberystwyth University
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Anglia Ruskin University
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University of the Arts London
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Bangor University
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University of Bath
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Bath Spa University
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University of Bedfordshire
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University of Birmingham
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Birmingham Newman University
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Bishop Grosseteste University
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University of Bolton
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Bournemouth University
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Arts University Bournemouth
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University of Bradford
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University of Brighton
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University of Bristol
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Brunel University London
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University of Buckingham
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Buckinghamshire New University
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University of Cambridge
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Canterbury Christ Church University
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Cardiff University
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Cardiff Metropolitan University
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University of Central Lancashire
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University of Chester
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University of Chichester
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Coventry University
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University for the Creative Arts
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University of Cumbria
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De Montfort University
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University of Derby
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University of Dundee
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Durham University
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University of East Anglia
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University of East London
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Edge Hill University
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University of Edinburgh
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Edinburgh Napier University
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University of Essex
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University of Exeter
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University of Glasgow
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Glasgow Caledonian University
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University of Gloucestershire
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University of Greenwich
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Harper Adams University
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Hartpury University
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Heriot-Watt University
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University of Hertfordshire
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University of the Highlands and Islands
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University of Huddersfield
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University of Hull
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Imperial College London
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Keele University
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University of Kent
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Kingston University
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Lancaster University
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University of Leeds
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Leeds Beckett University
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University of Leicester
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University of Lincoln
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University of Liverpool
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Liverpool Hope University
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Liverpool John Moores University
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Birkbeck, University of London
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City, University of London
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Goldsmiths, University of London
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King's College London
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London School of Economics and Political Science
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Queen Mary University of London
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Royal Holloway, University of London
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City St George's, University of London
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SOAS University of London
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University College London
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London Metropolitan University
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London South Bank University
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Loughborough University
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University of Manchester
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Manchester Metropolitan University
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Middlesex University
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Newcastle University
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University of Northampton
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Northumbria University
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Norwich University of the Arts
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University of Nottingham
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Nottingham Trent University
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The Open University
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University of Oxford
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Oxford Brookes University
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University of Plymouth
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Arts University Plymouth
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Plymouth Marjon University
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University of Portsmouth
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Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh
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University of Reading
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Robert Gordon University
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University of Roehampton
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University of St Andrews
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St Mary's University, Twickenham
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University of Salford
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University of Sheffield
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Sheffield Hallam University
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Solent University Southampton
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University of Southampton
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University of South Wales
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Staffordshire University
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University of Stirling
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University of Strathclyde
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University of Suffolk
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University of Sunderland
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University of Surrey
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University of Sussex
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Swansea University
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Teesside University
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Ulster University
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University of Wales Trinity St David
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University of Warwick
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University of the West of England
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University of West London
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University of the West of Scotland
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University of Winchester
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University of Wolverhampton
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University of Worcester
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Wrexham Glyndwr University
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University of York
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York St John University
