Rankings

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 Courses75 universities

#	University	Avg Salary	Satisfaction	Courses	TEF
1	Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine	£42,439	89%	81	-
2	University of Oxford	£31,683	94%	229	-
3	University of Cambridge	£32,946	95%	32	-
4	University College London	£32,951	92%	452	-
5	University of Edinburgh	£29,805	91%	375	-
6	The University of Manchester	£28,274	93%	361	-
7	King's College London	£31,601	92%	134	-
8	The London School of Economics and Political Science	£38,158	91%	43	-
9	University of Bristol	£29,981	92%	217	-
10	The University of Warwick	£31,003	95%	188	-
11	University of Glasgow	£27,167	92%	955	-
12	University of Southampton	£31,188	93%	354	-
13	University of Birmingham	N/A	N/A	0	-
14	The University of Leeds	£29,297	92%	301	-
15	University of Durham	£31,131	96%	133	-
16	University of St Andrews	£31,113	98%	1004	-
17	The University of Sheffield	£28,082	95%	179	-
18	University of Nottingham, the	£30,527	94%	214	-
19	Politecnico di Milano	N/A	N/A	44	-
20	Queen Mary University of London	£30,342	91%	296	-
21	University of Newcastle Upon Tyne	£27,936	91%	143	-
22	Sapienza University of Rome	N/A	N/A	208	-
23	University of Bologna	N/A	N/A	191	-
24	Lancaster University	N/A	N/A	0	-
25	The University of Bath	£32,745	94%	193	-
26	Complutense University of Madrid	N/A	N/A	144	-
27	Universitat de Barcelona	N/A	N/A	134	-
28	The University of Liverpool	£27,701	95%	225	-
29	University of Exeter	£29,727	93%	224	-
30	The University of Reading	£27,655	94%	296	-
31	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona	N/A	N/A	130	-
32	University of York	£29,438	92%	245	-
33	Cardiff University	£27,744	93%	231	-
34	Universidad Autónoma de Madrid	N/A	N/A	129	-
35	Queen's University Belfast	N/A	N/A	0	-
36	Loughborough University	£31,433	94%	265	-
37	Università di Padova	N/A	N/A	0	-
38	University of Aberdeen	£26,907	93%	406	-
39	Politecnico di Torino	N/A	N/A	35	-
40	University of Sussex	£27,897	94%	201	-
41	University of Navarra	N/A	N/A	69	-
42	Heriot-Watt University	£31,194	91%	109	-
43	Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona)	N/A	N/A	121	-
44	University of Strathclyde	£28,268	96%	241	-
45	Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M)	N/A	N/A	145	-
46	University of Milan	N/A	N/A	104	-
47	The University of Surrey	£30,154	95%	311	-
48	The University of Leicester	£28,083	95%	205	-
49	Swansea University	£26,810	93%	446	-
50	Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM)	N/A	N/A	139	-

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