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University Guide

It can be hard to choose the right university to go for so this guide is set up to help you decide. Although choosing universities because of their specialist subject matter and talent of the teachers is important if you believe two colleges are similar then other factors may influence your choice.

University League Table 2010

The Times Newspaper undertakes a lot of research into the UK universities each year and have produced the following tables. The first table is from their good university guide for 2010 and is based upon the following factors:

From this information each university is given an overall score out of 1000 that produces the following league table. We've taken the top 20 universities in the UK with the score shown against each college.

  1. Oxford University 1000
  2. Cambridge University 968
  3. Imperial College of London 859
  4. St. Andrews 792
  5. University College London 775
  6. Warwick University 772
  7. London School of Economics LSE 768
  8. Durham University 749
  9. Exeter University 723
  10. Bristol University 722
  11. York University 711
  12. King's College London 709
  13. Bath University 705
  14. Edinburgh University 704
  15. Leicester University 693
  16. Southampton University 693
  17. Loughborough University 691
  18. Sheffield University 684
  19. Glasgow University 671
  20. Nottingham University 668

The full listing can be found here

WhatUni Best University Rankings

The WhatUni also has rankings based upon reviews from actual students. A few of the ratings are shown below for their 2009 research.

Overall ratings:

  1. University Of St Andrews
  2. University Of East Anglia
  3. Loughborough University
  4. Swansea University
  5. University Of Leeds
  6. University Of Surrey
  7. University Of Exeter
  8. Edinburgh Napier University
  9. University Of Sheffield
  10. University Of Bristol

Job Prospects:

  1. University Of Cambridge
  2. University Of St Andrews
  3. Oxford University
  4. University Of Surrey
  5. Loughborough University
  6. Durham University
  7. Imperial College London
  8. King's College London (University Of London)
  9. London School Of Economics And Political Science (University Of London)
  10. University Of Edinburgh

Courses and Lecturers:

  1. University Of St Andrews
  2. Durham University
  3. Oxford University
  4. Buckinghamshire New University
  5. University Of Dundee
  6. University Of Cambridge
  7. University Of East Anglia
  8. University Of Essex
  9. Loughborough University
  10. Edge Hill University

The full list for 2009 can be found here

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