The very latest league table ranking every university in the UK provided by The Sunday Times University Guide. The original source can be found here.
| Rank |
University |
Research Quality (200) |
Firsts/2:1's awarded (100) |
| 1 |
University of Cambridge |
149 |
87 |
| 2 |
University of Oxford |
148 |
92 |
| 3 |
Durham University |
136 |
79 |
| 4 |
LSE |
148 |
79 |
| 5 |
University of Bath |
136 |
77 |
| 6 |
University of St Andrews |
136 |
85 |
| 7 |
University College London |
142 |
83 |
| 8 |
University of Warwick |
140 |
81 |
| 9 |
University of Exeter |
131 |
83 |
| 10 |
University of Bristol |
136 |
81 |
| 11 |
Loughborough University |
131 |
70 |
| 12 |
Newcastle University |
136 |
75 |
| 13 |
University of Sheffield |
136 |
73 |
| 14 |
Imperial College London |
147 |
79 |
| 15= |
University of Nottingham |
134 |
73 |
| 15= |
University of York |
139 |
76 |
| 17 |
King's College London |
135 |
76 |
| 18 |
Lancaster University |
136 |
74 |
| 19 |
University of Sussex |
131 |
83 |
| 20 |
University of Glasgow |
129 |
75 |
| 21 |
University of Surrey |
129 |
66 |
| 22 |
University of Southampton |
136 |
76 |
| 23 |
Queen Mary, University of London |
136 |
65 |
| 24 |
University of Leeds |
136 |
77 |
| 25 |
University of Birmingham |
132 |
73 |
| 26 |
Cardiff University |
135 |
68 |
| 27 |
University of Edinburgh |
137 |
81 |
| 28 |
University of Leicester |
123 |
67 |
| 29 |
University of East Anglia |
129 |
70 |
| 30 |
University of Reading |
126 |
67 |
| 31 |
Heriot-Watt University |
124 |
67 |
| 32= |
Aston University |
122 |
66 |
| 32= |
Keele University |
120 |
62 |
| 32= |
University of Liverpool |
127 |
71 |
| 35 |
Royal Holloway University of London |
133 |
69 |
| 36 |
University of Strathclyde |
123 |
76 |
| 37= |
University of Kent |
130 |
62 |
| 37= |
University of Manchester |
141 |
71 |
| 39 |
Brunel University |
116 |
66 |
| 40 |
University of Dundee |
127 |
68 |
| 41 |
University of Stirling |
121 |
64 |
| 42 |
University of Aberdeen |
129 |
67 |
| 43 |
School of Oriental and African Studies |
130 |
75 |
| 44 |
University of Hull |
118 |
51 |
| 45 |
City University |
124 |
65 |
| 46 |
Queen's University, Belfast |
128 |
72 |
| 47 |
University of Essex |
139 |
59 |
| 48 |
Aberystwyth University |
124 |
58 |
| 49= |
Harper Adams University College |
24 |
48 |
| 49= |
The Robert Gordon University |
77 |
55 |
| 51 |
Oxford Brookes University |
110 |
67 |
| 52 |
Goldsmiths, University of London |
129 |
66 |
| 53= |
Bangor University |
122 |
57 |
| 53= |
Coventry University |
69 |
61 |
| 55 |
University of Portsmouth |
112 |
51 |
| 56 |
University of Buckingham |
24 |
56 |
| 57 |
Swansea University |
122 |
58 |
| 58 |
University of Bradford |
108 |
56 |
| 59 |
University of Brighton |
118 |
61 |
| 60 |
University of Huddersfield |
79 |
56 |
| 61 |
University of West of England |
110 |
62 |
| 62 |
University of Plymouth |
109 |
61 |
| 63 |
De Montfort University |
116 |
50 |
| 64 |
University of Salford |
118 |
55 |
| 65 |
University of Lincoln |
71 |
58 |
| 66 |
Northumbria University |
81 |
58 |
| 67= |
Bath Spa University |
47 |
69 |
| 67= |
Edinburgh Napier University |
69 |
61 |
| 69 |
University of Central Lancashire |
98 |
53 |
| 70 |
University of the Arts London |
125 |
65 |
| 71 |
University of Chichester |
25 |
54 |
| 72 |
Sheffield Hallam University |
103 |
61 |
| 73 |
University of Tesside |
50 |
53 |
| 74 |
University of Ulster |
124 |
60 |
| 75 |
University of Hertfordshire |
90 |
62 |
| 76 |
University of Chester |
44 |
58 |
| 77 |
Edge Hill University |
37 |
51 |
| 78 |
Glasgow Caledonian University |
75 |
68 |
| 79 |
Nottingham Trent University |
108 |
55 |
| 80 |
University of Gloucestershire |
43 |
63 |
| 81 |
University of Greenwich |
71 |
47 |
| 82 |
York St John University |
18 |
58 |
| 83 |
University College Plymouth St Mark & St John |
14 |
48 |
| 84 |
Kingston University |
102 |
62 |
| 85 |
Canterbury Christ Church University |
45 |
55 |
| 86 |
University of Roehampton |
82 |
55 |
| 87 |
University of Glamorgan |
77 |
57 |
| 88 |
Birmingham City University |
58 |
54 |
| 89 |
University of Sunderland |
70 |
50 |
| 90 |
University of Abertay Dundee |
46 |
51 |
| 91 |
University College Falmouth |
28 |
67 |
| 92 |
University of Wales Institute Cardiff |
71 |
55 |
| 93 |
Leeds Trinity University College |
23 |
42 |
| 94 |
St Mary's University College Twickenham |
22 |
52 |
| 95 |
Liverpool John Moores University |
81 |
59 |
| 96 |
University of Winchester |
54 |
60 |
| 97= |
Manchester Metropolitan University |
108 |
56 |
| 97= |
University of Westminster |
111 |
56 |
| 99 |
University of Worcester |
19 |
54 |
| 100 |
Anglia Ruskin University |
52 |
57 |
| 101 |
Bournemouth University |
82 |
64 |
| 102 |
University of East London |
84 |
44 |
| 103 |
Glyndwr University |
21 |
49 |
| 104 |
Queen Margaret University Edinburgh |
34 |
69 |
| 105 |
Staffordshire University |
41 |
52 |
| 106 |
Leeds Metropolitan University |
77 |
53 |
| 107 |
Middlesex University |
82 |
56 |
| 108 |
University of Northampton |
42 |
61 |
| 109 |
University of Creative Arts |
24 |
53 |
| 110 |
Newman University College, Birmingham |
19 |
50 |
| 111 |
University of Bedfordshire |
52 |
44 |
| 112= |
University of Cumbria |
31 |
56 |
| 112= |
University of Derby |
25 |
50 |
| 114 |
University of Wales, Trinity St David |
53 |
49 |
| 115 |
University of Wales, Newport |
30 |
49 |
| 116 |
University of the West of Scotland |
46 |
43 |
| 117 |
Buckinghamshire New University |
21 |
49 |
| 118 |
London South Bank University |
56 |
48 |
| 119 |
Southampton Solent University |
19 |
43 |
| 120 |
University of West London |
42 |
50 |
| 121 |
University of Bolton |
44 |
46 |
| 122 |
London Metropolitan University |
92 |
50 |