University league table – The Daily Telegraph
| Rank | Institution | Entry standards |
Good honours |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridge | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Oxford | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Imperial College | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | London School of Economics | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | St Andrews | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | University College London | 14 | 13 |
| 7 | Bristol | 11 | 3 |
| 8 | Warwick | 6 | 5 |
| 9 | Bath | 10 | 7 |
| 10 | Durham | 8 | 8 |
| 11 | Loughborough | 33 | 37 |
| 12 | Aston | 41 | 34 |
| 13 | Royal Holloway | 39 | 15 |
| 14= | York | 12 | 18 |
| 14= | Nottingham | 13 | 11 |
| 16 | Edinburgh | 5 | 6 |
| 17= | King’s College London | 20 | 28 |
| 17= | Exeter | 25 | 10 |
| 19 | Lancaster | 34 | 35 |
| 20= | East Anglia | 36 | 30 |
| 20= | Leicester | 31 | 39 |
| 20= | Southampton | 19 | 16 |
| 23 | Newcastle | 22 | 27 |
| 24 | SOAS | 35 | 21 |
| 25 | Sheffield | 17 | 12 |
| 26 | Sussex | 27 | 19 |
| 27 | Cardiff | 29 | 29 |
| 28 | Queen’s, Belfast | 37 | 23 |
| 29 | Reading | 38 | 22 |
| 30 | Glasgow | 16 | 31 |
| 31= | Birmingham | 23 | 20 |
| 31= | Manchester | 18 | 24 |
| 33 | Aberdeen | 9 | 33 |
| 34 | Essex | 48 | 58 |
| 35 | Surrey | 43 | 42 |
| 36 | Kent | 46 | 45 |
| 37 | Leeds | 24 | 17 |
| 38 | Stirling | 44 | 40 |
| 39 | Queen Mary | 42 | 43 |
| 40 | Hull | 26 | 56 |
| 41= | Strathclyde | 15 | 25 |
| 41= | Liverpool | 32 | 32 |
| 43 | Aberystwyth | 53 | 44 |
| 44 | Heriot-Watt | 30 | 53 |
| 45 | Dundee | 28 | 51 |
| 46 | Bangor | 58 | 84 |
| 47 | Swansea | 59 | 70 |
| 48 | City | 47 | 36 |
| 49 | Bradford | 71 | 69 |
| 50 | Keele | 49 | 63 |
| 51 | Goldsmiths College | 54 | 50 |
| 52 | Brunel | 52 | 38 |
| 53 | Oxford Brookes | 55 | 60 |
| 54 | Ulster | 62 | 41 |
| 55 | Robert Gordon | 51 | 72 |
| 56 | Nottingham Trent | 60 | 73 |
| 57 | Plymouth | 64 | 65 |
| 58 | Queen Margaret | 45 | 47 |
| 59= | University of the Arts London | 21 | 52 |
| 59= | Lampeter | 75 | 46 |
| 61 | Glasgow Caledonian | 40 | 48 |
| 62 | Salford | 67 | 71 |
| 63= | Central Lancashire | 85 | 92 |
| 63= | Roehampton | 94 | 74 |
| 65 | UWCN, Newport | 99 | 61 |
| 66 | Bournemouth | 63 | 49 |
| 67 | Central England | 81 | 54 |
| 68 | Glamorgan | 65 | 79 |
| 69 | Brighton | 61 | 67 |
| 70 | Bath Spa | 72 | 26 |
| 71 | Napier | 56 | 55 |
| 72 | Winchester | 70 | 68 |
| 73 | Gloucestershire | 89 | 82 |
| 74 | UWIC, Cardiff | 83 | 91 |
| 75 | Northumbria | 57 | 76 |
| 76 | Portsmouth | 77 | 93 |
| 77 | West of England | 68 | 59 |
| 78 | Sheffield Hallam | 66 | 66 |
| 79 | Chichester | 90 | 104 |
| 80 | Staffordshire | 91 | 78 |
| 81 | Coventry | 92 | 64 |
| 82 | Kingston | 98 | 87 |
| 83 | Worcester | 102 | 103 |
| 84 | Chester | 79 | 100 |
| 85 | Canterbury Christ Church | 80 | 102 |
| 86 | Bedfordshire | 106 | 111 |
| 87 | Sunderland | 93 | 83 |
| 88 | De Montfort | 84 | 94 |
| 89 | Abertay Dundee | 105 | 96 |
| 90 | Liverpool John Moores | 82 | 90 |
| 91= | Huddersfield | 86 | 101 |
| 91= | Bolton | 113 | 80 |
| 93 | East London | 111 | 112 |
| 94 | Hertfordshire | 96 | 105 |
| 95 | Leeds Metropolitan | 73 | 88 |
| 96 | Northampton | 101 | 57 |
| 97 | Westminster | 97 | 62 |
| 98 | Manchester Metropolitan | 74 | 95 |
| 99 | Teesside | 95 | 106 |
| 100 | York St John | 69 | 85 |
| 101 | Paisley | 50 | 108 |
| 102 | Derby | 104 | 86 |
| 103 | Thames Valley | 108 | 89 |
| 104= | Anglia Ruskin | 88 | 75 |
| 104= | Cumbria | 76 | 99 |
| 106= | Southampton Solent | 100 | 107 |
| 106= | Middlesex | 112 | 98 |
| 108 | Wolverhampton | 107 | 109 |
| 109 | Lincoln | 78 | 77 |
| 110 | Liverpool Hope | 103 | 97 |
| 111 | London South Bank | 110 | 81 |
| 112 | Greenwich | 109 | 110 |
| 113 | Edge Hill | 87 | 113 |
Source – The Daily Telegraph ranking 2008
