| SUBJECT RANK | UNIVERSITY | OVERALL RANK | TEACHING QUALITY | STUDENT EXPERIENCE | RESEARCH RATING | ENTRY POINTS | GRADUATE PROSPECTS | TOTAL SCORE |
| 1 | University of Strathclyde | 17 | 77.50% | 80.10% | 44.30% | 210 | 81.80% | 100 |
| 2 | London School of Economics and Political Science | 5 | 77.20% | 75.00% | 52.30% | 169 | 88.20% | 98.5 |
| 3 | University of Warwick | 8 | 80.70% | 83.80% | 40.40% | 158 | 87.50% | 97 |
| 4 | University of Bath | 9 | 73.00% | 81.00% | 41.80% | 150 | 92.20% | 95.1 |
| 5 | University of Glasgow | 12 | 74.70% | 77.40% | 22.10% | 223 | 76.70% | 94.7 |
| 6 | Queen's University, Belfast | 24 | 74.80% | 76.80% | 32.70% | 152 | 95.60% | 94.1 |
| 7 | University of Leeds | 15 | 73.00% | 69.20% | 39.30% | 168 | 86.90% | 93.8 |
| 8 | Durham University | 6 | 83.30% | 80.40% | 23.10% | 153 | 89.50% | 93.7 |
| 9 | Ulster University | 44 | 83.00% | 79.40% | 40.40% | 120 | 84.30% | 93.1 |
| 10 | University of Aberdeen | 20 | 79.60% | 81.40% | 24.90% | 180 | 75.80% | 93 |
| 11 | Lancaster University | 11 | 79.90% | 80.70% | 42.60% | 126 | 81.20% | 92.8 |
| 12 | University of Exeter | 21 | 78.10% | 79.20% | 24.40% | 143 | 92.10% | 92.1 |
| 13 | Heriot-Watt University | 30= | 79.20% | 80.90% | 18.80% | 175 | 80.30% | 92 |
| 14= | University of Manchester | 23 | 71.20% | 71.10% | 33.30% | 171 | 80.80% | 91.4 |
| 14= | University of Dundee | 35= | 82.10% | 82.90% | 12.10% | 183 | 74.70% | 91.4 |
| 16 | Loughborough University | 10 | 72.90% | 77.90% | 32.60% | 148 | 82.60% | 90.9 |
| 17 | Cardiff University | 35= | 75.20% | 70.10% | 32.00% | 142 | 85.60% | 90.5 |
| 18 | University of Edinburgh | 13 | 68.10% | 68.00% | 25.80% | 180 | 85.50% | 90.4 |
| 19 | University of Liverpool | 30= | 84.80% | 83.40% | 20.10% | 143 | 71.60% | 89.5 |
| 20 | University of Stirling | 41 | 77.80% | 77.20% | 25.20% | 171 | 64.80% | 89.2 |
| 21 | University of Birmingham | 25 | 73.90% | 70.10% | 29.10% | 149 | 79.10% | 88.9 |
| 22 | City, University of London | 55 | 69.00% | 72.40% | 28.70% | 156 | 79.10% | 88.4 |
| 23= | University of Reading | 34 | 74.00% | 74.40% | 29.30% | 121 | 85.30% | 88.2 |
| 23= | University of Bristol | 14 | 65.30% | 64.10% | 32.10% | 159 | 83.50% | 88.2 |
| 25 | University of East Anglia | 27 | 77.70% | 78.10% | 28.10% | 128 | 75.00% | 88.1 |
| 26 | Queen Mary, University of London | 40 | 71.20% | 68.40% | 31.30% | 153 | 74.20% | 87.9 |
| 27 | Swansea University | 39 | 79.90% | 79.10% | 22.00% | 132 | 73.60% | 87.5 |
| 28 | University of Southampton | 16 | 70.20% | 70.60% | 24.00% | 146 | 81.40% | 87.2 |
| 29 | University of York | 19 | 73.30% | 72.10% | 24.00% | 151* | n/a | 87.1 |
| 30 | University of Sussex | 47 | 76.20% | 75.70% | 23.70% | 136 | 72.40% | 86.7 |
| 31 | University of Nottingham | 28 | 64.10% | 64.30% | 32.60% | 144 | 82.90% | 86.6 |
| 32 | Glasgow Caledonian University | 60 | 79.40% | 79.20% | 1.80% | 178 | 66.10% | 86.1 |
| 33 | Bangor University | 64 | 83.00% | 83.50% | 23.40% | 103 | 68.70% | 85.6 |
| 34 | Newcastle University | 42 | 71.10% | 70.30% | 20.70% | 142 | 76.80% | 85.5 |
| 35 | University of Kent | 46 | 75.60% | 75.70% | 24.80% | 125 | 69.80% | 85.3 |
| 36= | Robert Gordon University | 62= | 82.90% | 77.20% | 2.60% | 166 | 61.20% | 84.9 |
| 36= | Aston University | 45 | 71.30% | 70.20% | 19.70% | 127 | 81.10% | 84.9 |
| 38 | University of Sheffield | 22 | 71.30% | 69.80% | 26.80% | 126 | 73.90% | 84.7 |
| 39 | Abertay University | 94= | 84.40% | 87.10% | n/a | 138 | 65.20% | 84.3 |
| 40 | Royal Holloway, University of London | 26 | 74.30% | 70.50% | 27.00% | 123 | 65.50% | 83.7 |
| 41 | University of Surrey | 32 | 72.00% | 73.70% | 15.80% | 126 | 74.40% | 83.3 |
| 42 | Liverpool John Moores University | 93 | 83.30% | 81.00% | n/a | 133 | 66.30% | 83 |
| 43 | University of Hull | 52= | 78.90% | 76.60% | 10.20% | 117 | 67.80% | 82.2 |
| 44 | University of Leicester | 37 | 68.70% | 67.70% | 24.30% | 123 | 69.10% | 82.1 |
| 45 | University of Portsmouth | 88 | 78.30% | 71.50% | 9.50% | 101 | 71.10% | 80.6 |
| 46 | University of the West of England | 73 | 75.90% | 73.10% | 5.50% | 108 | 70.80% | 79.9 |
| 47 | University of Essex | 43 | 67.10% | 65.90% | 25.10% | 107 | 66.80% | 79.7 |
| 48= | Oxford Brookes University | 54 | 66.70% | 68.30% | 5.10% | 124 | 77.10% | 79.4 |
| 48= | University of Lincoln | 49 | 78.50% | 72.90% | 4.80% | 101 | 68.90% | 79.4 |
| 50 | Edinburgh Napier University | 57 | 70.40% | 71.00% | 2.30% | 162 | 53.80% | 79.1 |
| 51 | Aberystwyth University | 38 | 81.20% | 79.50% | 14.50% | 96 | 51.00% | 78.9 |
| 52 | University of Greenwich | 89= | 79.50% | 76.60% | 3.30% | 107 | 60.80% | 78.8 |
| 53 | Keele University | 48 | 69.60% | 73.40% | 10.20% | 111 | 66.80% | 78.7 |
| 54 | University of West London | 74 | 92.70% | 91.00% | n/a | 106 | 36.70% | 78.6 |
| 55 | Northumbria University | 62= | 71.10% | 67.80% | 4.00% | 135 | 61.60% | 78.3 |
| 56 | Staffordshire University | 76 | 77.00% | 71.00% | 2.60% | 112 | 63.20% | 78.2 |
| 57 | Nottingham Trent University | 70 | 71.20% | 68.20% | 4.60% | 112 | 68.80% | 77.9 |
| 58= | Leeds Beckett University | 112= | 76.60% | 76.40% | 0.80% | 92 | 67.60% | 77.5 |
| 58= | Cardiff Metropolitan University | 79= | 79.50% | 74.50% | n/a | 98 | 62.50% | 77.5 |
| 60= | University of South Wales | 99 | 74.90% | 74.20% | 0.20% | 114 | 60.00% | 77.2 |
| 60= | Solent University | 112= | 81.50% | 85.40% | n/a | 83 | 58.80% | 77.2 |
| 62 | University of Chester | 68 | 77.30% | 69.00% | 0.50% | 114 | 59.30% | 77 |
| 63= | University of Sunderland | 77 | 81.20% | 79.90% | 0.40% | 99 | 53.30% | 76.9 |
| 63= | London Metropolitan University | 100 | 82.70% | 83.00% | 0.60% | 87 | 54.70% | 76.9 |
| 65 | University of Worcester | 86 | 78.40% | 69.60% | 0.90% | 104 | n/a | 76.7 |
| 66= | University of Salford | 98 | 72.70% | 70.50% | 5.90% | 116 | 54.00% | 76.3 |
| 66= | Coventry University | 51 | 73.10% | 74.00% | 1.60% | 101 | 63.00% | 76.3 |
| 68= | De Montfort University | 126 | 71.90% | 68.20% | 10.70% | 94 | 61.30% | 76.2 |
| 68= | University of Roehampton | 65 | 75.10% | 76.20% | 4.50% | 92 | n/a | 76.2 |
| 70= | University of Wolverhampton | 128 | 79.40% | 75.80% | 2.40% | 83 | 58.60% | 75.9 |
| 70= | Sheffield Hallam University | 72 | 70.50% | 69.80% | 0.60% | 109 | 63.90% | 75.9 |
| 72= | Manchester Metropolitan University | 71 | 70.90% | 64.80% | 4.70% | 121 | 56.30% | 75.8 |
| 72= | Birmingham City University | 83= | 77.90% | 74.30% | 1.30% | 105 | 52.30% | 75.8 |
| 74 | University of Brighton | 117 | 64.10% | 56.00% | 6.50% | 96 | 80.10% | 75.6 |
| 75= | University of Hertfordshire | 96= | 76.80% | 76.00% | 0.90% | 97 | 54.70% | 75.5 |
| 75= | University of Derby | 94= | 81.90% | 77.60% | 0.90% | 98 | 46.40% | 75.5 |
| 77 | Kingston University | 101= | 70.70% | 71.00% | 9.20% | 99 | 55.60% | 75.3 |
| 78= | Plymouth University | 58= | 59.90% | 57.50% | 13.10% | 105 | 70.10% | 75 |
| 78= | Buckinghamshire New University | 119= | 86.00% | 86.50% | 1.80% | 70 | 44.70% | 75 |
| 80 | Anglia Ruskin University | 115 | 80.90% | 80.80% | 3.40% | 83 | 46.70% | 74.8 |
| 81 | Brunel University London | 121 | 59.40% | 58.70% | 23.00% | 117 | 52.90% | 74.7 |
| 82 | Bournemouth University | 106= | 63.50% | 62.00% | 8.80% | 93 | 69.90% | 74.5 |
| 83= | Teesside University | 118 | 72.10% | 68.80% | 2.00% | 90 | 62.50% | 74.4 |
| 83= | Edge Hill University | 58= | 67.80% | 70.60% | n/a | 120 | 55.20% | 74.4 |
| 85 | University of Huddersfield | 75 | 71.70% | 64.20% | 4.10% | 113 | 50.60% | 74 |
| 86 | University of Westminster | 129 | 66.10% | 71.60% | 2.40% | 122 | 48.80% | 73.6 |
| 87 | University of Winchester | 106= | 71.80% | 65.50% | n/a | 100 | 56.80% | 73.4 |
| 88 | University of Bedfordshire | 132 | 72.70% | 71.40% | 3.10% | 89 | 50.90% | 72.9 |
| 89 | York St John University | 83= | 72.30% | 61.40% | 0.80% | 100 | n/a | 72.8 |
| 90 | University of Central Lancashire | 108= | 57.70% | 55.70% | 4.40% | 120 | 58.80% | 71.6 |
| 91 | Middlesex University | 123 | 66.70% | 65.30% | 10.50% | 95 | 43.90% | 71.3 |
| 92 | University of Northampton | 108= | 71.50% | 65.50% | 1.00% | 88 | 49.70% | 71.1 |
| 93 | University of East London | 130 | 79.90% | 79.00% | 0.80% | 79 | 32.80% | 70.8 |
| 94 | Canterbury Christ Church University | 119= | 63.00% | 63.10% | n/a | 82 | 61.00% | 70.1 |
| 95 | London South Bank University | 127 | 70.00% | 64.40% | 2.10% | 96 | 40.40% | 69.7 |
| 96 | University of the West of Scotland | 110= | 50.60% | 50.00% | 2.90% | 135 | 52.40% | 68.9 |
| 97 | University of Bradford | 89= | 56.70% | 59.70% | 11.80% | 110 | 29.40% | 66.8 |
