The Times Good University Guide 2024 | Must-know for Students

Key facts about the ranking

Publisher: The Times and The Sunday Times, United Kingdom
Latest ranking publication date: 20 September, 2024
Geographic focus: UK
Ranking type: University rankings.
Year of first publication: 1998
131 universities in ranking

Ranking table 2024 The Times Good University Guide

20 September, 2024

#1

The London School of Economics and Political Science
#2

University of St Andrews
#3

University of Oxford
#4

University of Cambridge
#5

Durham University
#6

Imperial College of Science
#7

University College London
#8

University of Bath
#9

The University of Warwick
#10

Loughborough University of Technology
#11

University of Bristol
#12

Lancaster University
#13

University of Exeter
#14

The University of Sheffield
#15

University of Aberdeen
#16

University of Glasgow
#17

The University of Edinburgh
#17

The University of York
#19

University of Southampton
#20

University of Strathclyde

#21

University of Surrey
#22

University of Birmingham
#23

University of Liverpool
#24

King's College London
#24

University of Reading
#26

Queen's University of Belfast
#27

University of Leicester
#27

The University of Manchester
#29

University of Leeds
#30

Newcastle University
#30

The University of Nottingham
#32

Cardiff University
#33

University of East Anglia
#34

Royal Holloway, University of London
#35

Aston University
#36

University of Dundee
#37

Swansea University
#38

University of Sussex
#39

Queen Mary University of London
#40

University of Kent
#40

University of the Arts London
#42

Nottingham Trent University
#43

Northumbria University
#44

Glasgow Caledonian University
#45

Ulster University
#46

Manchester Metropolitan University
#46

University of Essex
#48

Aberystwyth University
#49

City University London
#50

Oxford Brookes University
#51

Heriot-Watt University
#52

St Mary's University, Twickenham
#53

Harper Adams University
#54

Coventry University
#55

University of Portsmouth
#56

University of Lincoln
#57

University of Keele
#57

University of West London
#59

Edinburgh Napier University
#60

University of Hull
#61

Robert Gordon University
#62

University of Chichester
#63

University of Stirling
#64

Bangor University
#65

SOAS, University of London
#66

Cardiff Metropolitan University
#66

Liverpool John Moores University
#68

University of the West of England
#69

St George's, University of London
#70

Plymouth University
#71

University of Brighton
#72

University of Salford
#73

Falmouth University
#74

University of Abertay Dundee
#75

Plymouth Marjon University
#76

Bath Spa University
#77

University of Derby
#78

Arts University Bournemouth
#78

University of Huddersfield
#80

Goldsmiths, University of London
#81

Norwich University of the Arts
#82

Bournemouth University
#83

University of Hertfordshire
#84

Edge Hill University
#84

Sheffield Hallam University
#86

Bishop Grosseteste University
#87

University for the Creative Arts
#88

Leeds Beckett University
#89

University of Chester
#90

Newman University
#90

University of Gloucestershire
#92

Leeds Arts University
#93

York St John University
#94

Liverpool Hope University
#94

University of South Wales
#96

University of Central Lancashire
#97

Kingston University
#98

Southampton Solent University
#99

University of Worcester
#100

London South Bank University
#101

Staffordshire University
#102

University of Greenwich
#103

The University of Winchester
#104

Teesside University
#105

Queen Margaret University
#105

University of Sunderland
#107

Birmingham City University
#107

Brunel University
#109

Canterbury Christ Church University
#110

University of Wales Trinity Saint David
#111

University of Bradford
#112

Leeds Trinity University
#113

De Montfort University
#114

The University of Buckingham
#115

Wrexham Glyndwr University
#116

Hartpury University and Hartpury College
#117

Middlesex University
#118

University of Roehampton
#119

University of Bolton
#120

University of Westminster
#121

University of the West of Scotland
#122

Buckinghamshire New University
#123

University of Wolverhampton
#124

University of Suffolk
#125

The University of Northampton
#126

University of East London
#127

London Metropolitan University
#128

University of Cumbria
#129

University of Bedfordshire
#130

Anglia Ruskin University
#131

Royal Agricultural University

Source: The Times and The Sunday Times - The Times Good University Guide

What is really measured and how? - Methodology DeepDive

Which of these common ranking elements are covered and which is the main focus?

Research publications and citations
Academic reputation - survey or other
Student Survey
Internationalization (% of foreign staff/students/exchange)
Employer reputation survey or Salary data

Methodology: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/how-compiled-uk-university-rankings-2024

Our take - How useful is the ranking for students?

Rating: 5.0 / 5.0
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Cora Lee Paddock, UniversityGuru: 20 August, 2024