2013 | 2012 | University Name | Entry Standards | Student Satisfaction | Research Assessment | Graduate Prospects | Overall Score |
| 1 | 1 | Cambridge | 593 | 4.2 | 2.98 | 84.4 | 1000 |
| 2 | 4 | London School of Economics | 526 | 4 | 2.96 | 87.8 | 996 |
| 3 | 2 | Oxford | 572 | 4.2 | 2.96 | 79.8 | 995 |
| 4 | 3 | Imperial CollegeLondon | 553 | 3.9 | 2.94 | 87.1 | 959 |
| 5 | 5 | Durham | 501 | 4.1 | 2.72 | 78.5 | 912 |
| 6 | 6 | St Andrews | 515 | 4.2 | 2.72 | 74.1 | 855 |
| 6 | 8 | Warwick | 496 | 4 | 2.8 | 77.6 | 855 |
| 8 | 7 | University College London | 495 | 4 | 2.84 | 79.9 | 847 |
| 9 | 9 | Lancaster | 409 | 4 | 2.71 | 73.6 | 841 |
| 10 | 10 | Bath | 457 | 4.1 | 2.71 | 79.1 | 824 |
| 11 | 11 | Bristol | 477 | 4.1 | 2.72 | 79.2 | 812 |
| 12 | 12 | York | 450 | 4.1 | 2.78 | 70.6 | 811 |
| 13 | 15 | Exeter | 456 | 4.1 | 2.62 | 73 | 809 |
| 14 | 19 | Loughborough | 391 | 4.1 | 2.62 | 72.1 | 803 |
| 15 | 14 | Southampton | 439 | 3.9 | 2.72 | 72 | 802 |
| 16 | 13 | Edinburgh | 470 | 3.8 | 2.75 | 74.5 | 801 |
| 17 | 21 | Glasgow | 459 | 4.1 | 2.59 | 77 | 792 |
| 18 | 16 | King's College London | 456 | 3.9 | 2.69 | 79.6 | 781 |
| 19 | 17 | Nottingham | 435 | 4 | 2.67 | 76 | 776 |
| 20 | 23 | Leicester | 407 | 4.1 | 2.45 | 65.1 | 774 |
| 21 | 19 | Sussex | 381 | 4.1 | 2.61 | 71.1 | 773 |
| 22 | 28 | Surrey | 394 | 4 | 2.58 | 72.5 | 772 |
| 23 | 22 | Birmingham | 433 | 3.9 | 2.64 | 74 | 769 |
| 23 | 24 | Newcastle | 425 | 4 | 2.63 | 76.5 | 769 |
| 25 | 31 | Queen's, Belfast | 383 | 3.9 | 2.56 | 71.9 | 754 |
| 26 | 33 | Royal Holloway | 394 | 4 | 2.67 | 66.1 | 750 |
| 27 | 27 | East Anglia | 393 | 4.1 | 2.58 | 62.8 | 749 |
| 28 | 26 | Sheffield | 443 | 4 | 2.72 | 72.7 | 745 |
| 29 | 29 | Manchester | 421 | 3.9 | 2.82 | 70.5 | 744 |
| 30 | 18 | SOAS | 408 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 64.5 | 743 |
| 31 | 30 | Liverpool | 406 | 3.9 | 2.54 | 71 | 740 |
| 32 | 34 | Reading | 374 | 4 | 2.53 | 69.3 | 737 |
| 33 | 34 | Kent | 348 | 4 | 2.6 | 69.6 | 732 |
| 34 | 25 | Aston | 379 | 4 | 2.43 | 75.7 | 729 |
| 34 | 32 | Leeds | 411 | 4 | 2.72 | 73 | 729 |
| 36 | 37 | Cardiff | 431 | 3.9 | 2.69 | 76.1 | 720 |
| 37 | 40 | Strathclyde | 435 | 3.9 | 2.45 | 72 | 710 |
| 38 | 41 | City | 370 | 3.9 | 2.48 | 71.7 | 703 |
| 39 | 38 | Essex | 326 | 4 | 2.77 | 53.7 | 701 |
| 40 | 38 | Heriot-Watt | 383 | 4 | 2.48 | 71.5 | 700 |
| 41 | 50 | Brunel | 342 | 4 | 2.32 | 61.3 | 699 |
| 42 | 36 | Queen Mary | 393 | 4 | 2.73 | 71.1 | 689 |
| 43 | 43 | Dundee | 371 | 4 | 2.54 | 68.2 | 665 |
| 44 | 46 | Aberdeen | 397 | 4 | 2.57 | 71.5 | 657 |
| 45 | 46 | Oxford Brookes | 323 | 3.9 | 2.2 | 64.1 | 643 |
| 46 | 44 | Keele | 335 | 4.1 | 2.41 | 71.8 | 641 |
| 47 | 48 | Hertfordshire | 294 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 60.7 | 628 |
| 48 | 59 | University of the Arts, London | 303 | 3.7 | 2.49 | 55.5 | 621 |
| 49 | 54 | Swansea | 341 | 3.8 | 2.43 | 66.3 | 615 |
| 50 | 57 | Goldsmiths College | 339 | 3.9 | 2.58 | 52.2 | 610 |
| 50 | 45 | Stirling | 332 | 4 | 2.41 | 60.5 | 610 |
| 52 | 51 | Robert Gordon | 332 | 4 | 2.06 | 78.4 | 609 |
| 53 | 67 | Lincoln | 315 | 4 | 1.9 | 67 | 606 |
| 54 | 60 | Northumbria | 314 | 3.9 | 2.15 | 63.6 | 604 |
| 55 | 42 | Buckingham | 271 | 4.4 |
| 76.4 | 602 |
| 56 | 62 | Hull | 325 | 4 | 2.37 | 67.8 | 599 |
| 57 | 58 | Huddersfield | 297 | 4.1 | 2.1 | 69.3 | 597 |
| 58 | 49 | Aberystwyth | 305 | 4.1 | 2.48 | 52.1 | 592 |
| 58 | 61 | West of England, Bristol | 297 | 3.9 | 2.2 | 65.1 | 592 |
| 60 | 52 | Ulster | 282 | 3.9 | 2.48 | 49.9 | 591 |
