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University rankings

World universities ranked by QS 2025, graduate salary, satisfaction, and course breadth — across 36 countries.

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Rank by:QS World Ranking 2025 Average Salary Student Satisfaction Number of Courses64 universities

#	University	Avg Salary	Satisfaction	Courses	TEF
1	Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine	£42,754	89%	81	—
2	University of Oxford	£31,683	94%	229	—
3	University of Cambridge	£32,946	95%	32	—
4	National University of Singapore	N/A	N/A	140	—
5	University College London	£32,962	91%	452	—
6	Nanyang Technological University	N/A	N/A	116	—
7	University of Edinburgh	£29,819	91%	375	—
8	The University of Manchester	£28,256	93%	359	—
9	King's College London	£31,644	92%	134	—
10	The London School of Economics and Political Science	£38,158	92%	43	—
11	University of Bristol	£30,052	92%	217	—
12	The University of Warwick	£31,099	95%	188	—
13	University of Glasgow	£27,077	92%	955	—
14	University of Southampton	£31,188	93%	354	—
15	University of Birmingham	N/A	N/A	0	—
16	The University of Leeds	£29,297	92%	301	—
17	University of Durham	£31,131	95%	133	—
18	University of St Andrews	£30,858	N/A	1004	—
19	The University of Sheffield	£28,143	95%	165	—
20	University of Nottingham, the	£30,527	93%	214	—
21	Queen Mary University of London	£30,401	91%	296	—
22	University of Newcastle Upon Tyne	£27,936	91%	143	—
23	Lancaster University	N/A	N/A	0	—
24	The University of Bath	£32,822	93%	193	—
25	Complutense University of Madrid	N/A	N/A	144	—
26	The University of Liverpool	£27,701	95%	225	—
27	Universitat de Barcelona	N/A	N/A	134	—
28	University of Exeter	£29,727	94%	205	—
29	The University of Reading	£27,625	93%	296	—
30	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona	N/A	N/A	130	—
31	University of York	£29,385	92%	245	—
32	Cardiff University	£27,821	92%	196	—
33	Universidad Autónoma de Madrid	N/A	N/A	129	—
34	Queen's University Belfast	N/A	N/A	0	—
35	Loughborough University	£31,358	94%	265	—
36	University of Aberdeen	£26,876	93%	406	—
37	University of Sussex	£27,866	94%	189	—
38	University of Navarra	N/A	N/A	69	—
39	Heriot-Watt University	£31,194	90%	109	—
40	Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona)	N/A	N/A	121	—
41	University of Strathclyde	£28,265	96%	241	—
42	The University of Surrey	£30,124	95%	308	—
43	Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M)	N/A	N/A	145	—
44	The University of Leicester	£28,107	95%	201	—
45	Swansea University	£26,889	93%	440	—
46	Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM)	N/A	N/A	139	—
47	The University of East Anglia	£27,535	94%	348	—
48	Brunel University London	£28,533	90%	226	—
49	Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech (UPC)	N/A	N/A	122	—
50	The University of Kent	£28,393	90%	167	—

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