| RANK | LAST YEAR RANK | UNIVERSITY |
| 1 | 3 | University of St Andrews |
| 2 | 2 | University of Oxford |
| 3 | 1 | University of Cambridge |
| 4 | 5 | Imperial College London |
| 5 | 4 | London School of Economics and Political Science |
| 6 | 6 | Durham University |
| 7 | 8 | University College London |
| 8 | 10= | University of Warwick |
| 9 | 9 | University of Bath |
| 10 | 7 | Loughborough University |
| 11 | 10= | Lancaster University |
| 12 | 14 | University of Glasgow |
| 13 | 17 | University of Edinburgh |
| 14 | 13 | University of Bristol |
| 15 | 15= | University of Leeds |
| 16 | 15= | University of Southampton |
| 17 | 23= | University of Strathclyde |
| 18 | 30 | King's College London |
| 19 | 20 | University of York |
| 20 | 27 | University of Aberdeen |
| 21 | 12 | University of Exeter |
| 22 | 23= | University of Sheffield |
| 23 | 18 | University of Manchester |
| 24 | 31= | Queen's University, Belfast |
| 25 | 19 | University of Birmingham |
| 26 | 22 | Royal Holloway, University of London |
| 27 | 21 | University of East Anglia |
| 28 | 26 | University of Nottingham |
| 29 | 28 | Harper Adams University |
| 30= | 35 | Heriot-Watt University |
| 30= | 29 | University of Liverpool |
| 32 | 39 | University of Surrey |
| 33 | 50 | SOAS University of London |
| 34 | 31= | University of Reading |
| 35= | 34 | Cardiff University |
| 35= | 23= | University of Dundee |
| 37 | 37 | University of Leicester |
| 38 | 42 | Aberystwyth University |
| 39 | 36 | Swansea University |
| 40 | 41 | Queen Mary, University of London |
| 41 | 38 | University of Stirling |
| 42 | 31= | Newcastle University |
| 43 | 40 | University of Essex |
| 44 | 51= | Ulster University |
| 45 | 43 | Aston University |
| 46 | 48 | University of Kent |
| 47 | 44 | University of Sussex |
| 48 | 51= | Keele University |
| 49 | 45 | University of Lincoln |
| 50 | 46= | University of Chichester |
| 51 | 46= | Coventry University |
| 52= | 83= | University of the Arts, London |
| 52= | 60= | University of Hull |
| 54 | 56 | Oxford Brookes University |
| 55 | 82 | City, University of London |
| 56 | 77 | Norwich University of the Arts |
| 57 | 63 | Edinburgh Napier University |
| 58= | 70 | Edge Hill University |
| 58= | 59 | Plymouth University |
| 60 | 75 | Glasgow Caledonian University |
| 61 | 97 | Goldsmiths, University of London |
| 62= | 57 | Northumbria University |
| 62= | 66 | Robert Gordon University |
| 64 | 62 | Bangor University |
| 65 | 78 | University of Roehampton |
| 66 | 89 | Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh |
| 67 | 86 | St Mary's University, Twickenham |
| 68 | 69 | University of Chester |
| 69 | 71 | University for the Creative Arts |
| 70 | 53 | Nottingham Trent University |
| 71 | 65 | Manchester Metropolitan University |
| 72 | 67 | Sheffield Hallam University |
| 73 | 58 | University of the West of England |
| 74 | 60= | University of West London |
| 75 | 73= | University of Huddersfield |
| 76 | 76 | Staffordshire University |
| 77 | 103 | University of Sunderland |
| 78 | 49 | St George's, University of London |
| 79= | 54 | Arts University Bournemouth |
| 79= | 79 | Cardiff Metropolitan University |
| 81 | 80= | Liverpool Hope University |
| 82 | 64 | Bishop Grosseteste University |
| 83= | 90= | Birmingham City University |
| 83= | 101= | University of Wales Trinity St David |
| 83= | 83= | York St John University |
| 86 | 101= | University of Worcester |
| 87 | 94= | Falmouth University |
| 88 | 72 | University of Portsmouth |
| 89= | 118 | University of Bolton |
| 89= | 106 | University of Bradford |
| 89= | 108 | University of Buckingham |
| 89= | 98 | University of Greenwich |
| 93 | 85 | Liverpool John Moores University |
| 94= | 80= | Abertay University |
| 94= | 94= | University of Derby |
| 96= | 109 | University of Gloucestershire |
| 96= | 99 | University of Hertfordshire |
| 98 | 100 | University of Salford |
| 99 | 90= | University of South Wales |
| 100 | 125 | London Metropolitan University |
| 101= | 104= | Kingston University |
| 101= | 115 | Plymouth Marjon University |
| 103= | 104= | Bath Spa University |
| 103= | 55 | Leeds Arts University |
| 105 | 122 | University of Suffolk |
| 106= | 68 | Bournemouth University |
| 106= | 96 | University of Winchester |
| 108= | 87 | University of Central Lancashire |
| 108= | 111 | University of Northampton |
| 110= | 116 | University of the West of Scotland |
| 110= | 124 | Wrexham Glyndwr University |
| 112= | n/a | Hartpury University |
| 112= | 107 | Leeds Beckett University |
| 112= | 93 | Solent University |
| 115 | 117 | Anglia Ruskin University |
| 116 | 73= | Royal Agricultural University |
| 117 | 120 | University of Brighton |
| 118 | 92 | Teesside University |
| 119= | 112= | Buckinghamshire New University |
| 119= | 127 | Canterbury Christ Church University |
| 121 | 88 | Brunel University London |
| 122 | 112= | Newman University |
| 123 | 121 | Middlesex University |
| 124 | 110 | Leeds Trinity University |
| 125 | 114 | University of Cumbria |
| 126 | 119 | De Montfort University |
| 127 | 123 | London South Bank University |
| 128 | 128 | University of Wolverhampton |
| 129 | 126 | University of Westminster |
| 130 | 129 | University of East London |
| 131 | 130 | Ravensbourne University London |
| 132 | 131 | University of Bedfordshire |
