University of Cambridge tops Complete University Guide for ninth year running

The Complete University Guide reveals its top UK universities for 2020

May 1 2019

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The University of Cambridge has taken first place in the Complete University Guide 2020 for the ninth year running.

The University of Oxford comes second and the University of St Andrews is third, making it the highest-ranked Scottish University.

The London School of Economics and Political Science takes the fourth place position and Imperial College London drops one position to fifth.

The Complete University Guide is a UK-based ranking that assesses UK universities across a broad range of teaching and research indicators.

The University of St Andrews is also top in the UK for student satisfaction. The universities of Aberystwyth and Buckingham take the second and third positions respectively.

The guide also releases separate listings covering 70 different subjects and St Andrews features in the top 10 for 21 subjects, topping four, which makes it just one of five institutions in the UK to top more than two subject tables.

The Complete University Guide 2020: Top 50

2020 Rank	2019 Rank	University	City
1	1	University of Cambridge	Cambridge
2	2	University of Oxford	Oxford
3	5	University of St Andrews	St Andrews
4	3	London School of Economics and Political Science	London
5	4	Imperial College London	London
6	6	Durham University	Durham
7	8	Lancaster University	Lancaster
8	7	Loughborough University	Loughborough
9	11	University of Bath	Bath
10	10	UCL	London
11	12	University of Exeter	Exeter
12	9	University of Warwick	Warwick
13	=15	University of Birmingham	Birmingham
14	13	University of Leeds	Leeds
15	18	University of Manchester	Manchester
=16	23	University of Edinburgh	Edinburgh
=16	=15	University of Bristol	Bristol
18	24	University of Glasgow	Glasgow
19	17	University of Nottingham	Nottingham
20	20	University of Southampton	Southampton
21	14	University of East Anglia	Norwich
22	22	University of Newcastle	Newcastle
=23	=28	Royal Holloway, University of London	London
=23	19	University of Surrey	Surrey
25	=26	King's College London	London
26	33	Cardiff University	Cardiff
27	48	Harper Adams University	Newport
28	=36	University of Liverpool	Liverpool
29	=28	University of Aberdeen	Aberdeen
30	21	University of York	York
31	31	University of Dundee	Dundee
32	25	University of Sussex	Sussex
33	30	University of Sheffield	Sheffield
34	45	Aston University	Birmingham
=35	39	Swansea University	Swansea
=35	35	Heriot-Watt University	Edinburgh
37	=36	Queen's University Belfast	Belfast
38	42	Nottingham Trent University	Nottingham
39	=40	University of Strathclyde	Strathclyde
40	32	University of Reading	Reading
41	38	Queen Mary University of London	London
42	43	University of Lincoln	Lincoln
43	=40	University of Stirling	Stirling
=44	=26	University of Essex	Essex
=44	46	SOAS University London	London
=44	34	University of Leicester	Leicester
47	52	St George's, University of London	London
48	55	University for the Creative Arts	Farnham
49	44	University of Kent	Kent
50	56	Northumbria University	Northumbria