The Guardian reveals its top UK universities 2017

Loughborough jumps into the top five, according to latest league table

May 23, 2016

Th Guardian newspaper has published its 2017 UK university ranking, with Loughborough University, the University of Leeds and Falmouth University among those climbing the table.

The University of Cambridge tops the Guardian University Guide for a sixth year, followed by the University of Oxford and the University of St Andrews. The University of Surrey and Loughborough are tied in fourth place.

The Guardian's top 10 is completed by Durham University, Imperial College London, Lancaster University, the University of Warwick and the University of Bath. Meanwhile, Leeds climbed from 23rd position to 16th; Falmouth climbed 10 places to number 21; and City University London jumped from 37th to 18th.

2017 rank	2016 rank	Institution
1	1	University of Cambridge
2	2	University of Oxford
3	3	University of St Andrews
4	4	University of Surrey
4	11	Loughborough University
6	6	Durham University
7	8	Imperial College London
8	10	Lancaster University
9	6	University of Warwick
10	5	University of Bath
11	9	University of Exeter
12	13	London School of Economics and Political Science
13	17	University of Birmingham
14	12	University College London (UCL)
15	15	Coventry University
16	23	University of Leeds
16	14	University of Southampton
18	37	City University London
19	22	University of York
20	19	University of Sussex

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