EXCLUSIVE Every university in Britain ranked from best to worst: Our definitive interactive guide scores 129 institutions on every subject, quality of student life and graduate jobs and earning potential. Read it here
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The winners: Our Universities of the Year
University of LeicesterUniversity of the Year
City St George's, University of LondonRunner-up, University of the Year
University of WarwickShortlisted, University of the Year
University of SheffieldShortlisted, University of the Year
London South Bank UniversityShortlisted, University of the Year
The Open UniversityUniversity of the Year for Teaching Excellence
University of SunderlandUniversity of the Year for Student Support
University of St Andrew'sUniversity of the Year for Student Experience
Glasgow Caledonian UniversityModern University of the Year
City St George's, University of LondonUniversity of the Year for Graduate Jobs- London South Bank UniversityUniversity of the Year for Social Inclusion
Norwich University of the ArtsArts University of the Year
Aston UniversityUniversity of the Year for Student Success
University of SuffolkCommunity University of the Year
Cardiff Metropolitan UniversityWelsh University of the Year
University of DundeeScottish University of the Year
Loughborough UniversitySports University of the Year
Top 10 for teaching excellence
Top 10 for student support
Top 10 for student experience
Top 10 for first-year completion
Top 10 for high-skilled jobs
Top 10 for graduate salaries
Top 10 for research quality
Top 10 for research income
Top 10 for first-generation students
Top 10 for First and 2:1 degrees
Top 10 for UCAS tariff points
Top 10 for career on track
Find the right course for you: For students and their parents, the task of picking a university can seem bewildering. That's where the Mail's definitive league table, profiles and online tools make all the difference...
Welcome to the second edition of the Mail University Guide. Higher education is the first major investment of adult life for the vast majority of students. And for parents who educated their children in the state sector, it is perhaps the surprise expenditure they had not foreseen, at a time when they had expected the costs of raising children to go down.
Top teaching, stellar careers and a first-class library - the ratings to look out for
Our ranking is designed to test whether universities deliver on their promises to students. They all hold out the prospect of acquiring new knowledge and skills that you'll deploy in a dazzling working life. But the 129 universities ranked in this guide fulfil this objective with varying degrees of success.
Methodology: How we compiled our ranking
The Daily Mail University Guide's institutional ranking measures UK universities on their performance across 12 indicators, making it the broadest-based ranking of its kind. Our new subject rankings use five measures - split between student satisfaction with teaching quality, the support they receive and their university experience, and two elements focused on graduate job outcomes - to rank universities across 78 subject areas.
EXCLUSIVE Revealed: The universities that give you the highest graduate salary... and the lowest
Does where you study impact what you can expect to earn afterwards? The evidence from this year's Mail University Guide very much suggests that it does. Read the full list or click to launch our interactive University Finder - and personalise the rankings to find the university best suited to you. Plus, search the best universities by subject.
EXCLUSIVERevealed: The universities with the worst dropout rates in Britain - where a fifth of students don't complete their first year
Which universities offer students the best chance of making it through to graduation? And where should you perhaps take the prospectus promises with a pinch of salt?
The best universities by subject - 78 of the most popular subjects ranked
You can study most subjects at university, and the Daily Mail University Guide has new rankings this year for all the key ones.
The best courses for graduate jobs - more than 4,000 courses rated
Getting a good job at the end of three or four years of studying is increasingly seen as a minimum requirement for students who are leaving university with an average of £44,000 in student loan debt.
Student loans and finances: your guide to the support available
A university education does not come cheap. Just ask the 1.8m graduates who have more than £50,000 of student debt outstanding.
UCAS applications: how to write the perfect personal statement
Writing a personal statement to accompany university applications is the source of more parental and child anxiety than any other aspect of the 'going to university' process.
UCAS strategy: making your application work for you
Selecting the right combination of universities on your UCAS form is a little like a game of chess - you need to find a sensible combination of attack and defence to succeed.
UCAS Clearing: no longer the Last Chance Saloon
Over recent days more than 35,000 students have found their university for the next three years or more through Clearing.
A-Z — Full in-depth profiles of every university
University of Aberdeen
Abertay University
Aberystwyth University
Anglia Ruskin University
University of the Arts London
Bangor University
University of Bath
Bath Spa University
University of Bedfordshire
University of Birmingham
Birmingham Newman University
Bishop Grosseteste University
University of Bolton
Bournemouth University
Arts University Bournemouth
University of Bradford
University of Brighton
University of Bristol
Brunel University London
University of Buckingham
Buckinghamshire New University
University of Cambridge
Canterbury Christ Church University
Cardiff University- Cardiff Metropolitan University
University of Central Lancashire
University of Chester
University of Chichester
Coventry University
University for the Creative Arts
University of Cumbria
De Montfort University
University of Derby- University of Dundee
Durham University
University of East Anglia
University of East London
Edge Hill University
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh Napier University
University of Essex
University of Exeter
University of Glasgow- Glasgow Caledonian University
University of Gloucestershire
University of Greenwich
Harper Adams University
Hartpury University
Heriot-Watt University
University of Hertfordshire
University of the Highlands and Islands
University of Huddersfield
University of Hull
Imperial College London
Keele University
University of Kent
Kingston University
Lancaster University
University of Leeds
Leeds Beckett University- University of Leicester
University of Lincoln
University of Liverpool
Liverpool Hope University
Liverpool John Moores University
Birkbeck, University of London- City, University of London
Goldsmiths, University of London
King's College London
London School of Economics and Political Science
Queen Mary University of London
Royal Holloway, University of London- City St George's, University of London
SOAS University of London
University College London
London Metropolitan University- London South Bank University
- Loughborough University
University of Manchester
Manchester Metropolitan University
Middlesex University
Newcastle University
University of Northampton
Northumbria University- Norwich University of the Arts
University of Nottingham
Nottingham Trent University- The Open University
University of Oxford
Oxford Brookes University
University of Plymouth
Arts University Plymouth
Plymouth Marjon University
University of Portsmouth
Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh
University of Reading
Robert Gordon University
University of Roehampton- University of St Andrews
St Mary's University, Twickenham
University of Salford- University of Sheffield
Sheffield Hallam University
Solent University Southampton
University of Southampton
University of South Wales
Staffordshire University
University of Stirling
University of Strathclyde- University of Suffolk
- University of Sunderland
University of Surrey
University of Sussex
Swansea University
Teesside University
Ulster University
University of Wales Trinity St David- University of Warwick
University of the West of England
University of West London
University of the West of Scotland
University of Winchester
University of Wolverhampton
University of Worcester
Wrexham Glyndwr University
University of York
York St John University
