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.
