Rank 2016

Institution

Guardian score/100

1

Southampton

100

2

Surrey

98.4

3

Heriot-Watt

95.2

4

Imperial College

93.1

5

Leeds

92.1

6

Glasgow

91

7

UCL

89.7

8

Strathclyde

89

9

Manchester

88.3

10

City

87.5

10

Bath

87.5

12

Birmingham

86.3

13

Edinburgh

85.3

14

Loughborough

82.9

15

York

82.5

16

Exeter

82.2

17

Sheffield

81.1

18

Aston

80.6

19

Nottingham

79.7

20

Queen's, Belfast

78.9

21

Lancaster

78

22

Cardiff

75.8

23

Kent

74.6

24

Bristol

74.5

24

Sheffield Hallam

74.5

26

Newcastle

73.5

27

Reading

73.1

28

Huddersfield

72.1

29

Brunel

71

29

Bangor

71

31

Hertfordshire

70.8

32

Bolton

70.6

33

Derby

69.5

34

Ulster

68.8

35

Queen Mary

67.5

36

London Met

67.2

37

East London

67

37

Manchester Met

67

39

Essex

66.4

40

Coventry

66

40

Bedfordshire

66

42

Liverpool John Moores

65.6

42

Oxford Brookes

65.6

44

Central Lancashire

65.3

45

Bradford

65.2

46

Salford

62.8

47

Portsmouth

60.4

48

Liverpool

59.8

49

Robert Gordon

58.6

50

Staffordshire

58.5

51

Plymouth

58.3

52

Greenwich

57.1

53

Sussex

56.6

54

Teesside

56.3

55

Birmingham City

56

56

Swansea

55.5

57

London South Bank

53.4

58

UWE Bristol

51.2

59

Southampton Solent

51.1

60

Anglia Ruskin

50.4

61

De Montfort

49.6

62

Glasgow Caledonian

45.5

63

Northumbria

42.6

64

Brighton

40.1

65

South Wales

39.7

66

Westminster

34.9