UK University Rankings for Accounting & Finance 2018
From the Complete University Guide Published by the Independent
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* Schools within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.
| Rank | University Name | Entry Standards | Student Satisfaction | Research Quality | Graduate Prospects | Overall Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2 | University of Leeds | 444 | 4.36 | 3.18 | 87 | 100.0 |
| 2nd | 1 | University of Strathclyde | 515 | 4.19 | 3.17 | 75 | 99.9 |
| 3rd | 5 | University of Glasgow | 510 | 4.21 | 2.81 | 83 | 99.4 |
| 4th | 3 | London School of Economics and Political Science | 528 | 3.65 | 3.46 | 80 | 99.0 |
| 5th | 1 | The University of Warwick | 468 | 4.03 | 3.15 | 86 | 98.9 |
| 6th | 5 | University of Exeter | 473 | 4.21 | 2.85 | 87 | 98.9 |
| 7th | 2 | Lancaster University | 406 | 4.43 | 3.16 | 87 | 98.7 |
| 8th | 3 | Loughborough University | 398 | 4.29 | 2.97 | 95 | 98.5 |
| 9th | 5 | Queen's, University, Belfast | 408 | 4.36 | 2.88 | 90 | 98.3 |
| 10th | 8 | University of Bath | 465 | 4.03 | 3.20 | 81 | 97.6 |
| 11th | 1 | University of Bristol | 449 | 4.02 | 3.02 | 83 | 96.6 |
| 12th | 9 | Durham University | 424 | 4.05 | 3.05 | 91 | 96.5 |
| 13th | 7 | The University of Nottingham | 411 | 4.29 | 2.92 | 83 | 96.1 |
| 14th | 1 | Newcastle University | 427 | 4.15 | 2.72 | 87 | 95.6 |
| 15th | 1 | University of Reading | 389 | 4.32 | 3.11 | 84 | 95.4 |
| 16th | 2 | University of Aberdeen | 439 | 3.88 | 3.02 | 83 | 94.2 |
| 17th | 15 | University of Stirling | 388 | 4.19 | 2.97 | 85 | 94.2 |
| 18th | 2 | City, University of London | 428 | 4.09 | 3.23 | 76 | 94.1 |
| 19th | 6 | University of Birmingham | 398 | 4.02 | 2.84 | 85 | 93.9 |
| 20th | 15 | Ulster University | 332 | 4.46 | 2.97 | 80 | 93.4 |
| 21st | 4 | Queen Mary, University of London | 399 | 4.23 | 2.98 | 74 | 93.2 |
| 22nd | 2 | Heriot-Watt University | 385 | 4.11 | 2.75 | 86 | 93.0 |
| 23rd | 3 | University of Kent | 375 | 4.12 | 2.84 | 84 | 92.8 |
| 24th | 3 | The University of Sheffield | 367 | 4.11 | 3.12 | 84 | 92.8 |
| 25th | 6 | University of Surrey | 432 | 4.44 | 2.69 | 65 | 92.0 |
| 26th | 4 | Cardiff University | 387 | 4.03 | 3.28 | 75 | 91.8 |
| 27th | 3 | University of East Anglia (UEA) | 391 | 4.22 | 3.09 | 71 | 91.7 |
| 28th | 5 | University of Sussex | 350 | 3.94 | 2.87 | 90 | 91.6 |
| 29th | 0 | Swansea University | 322 | 4.30 | 2.93 | 86 | 91.6 |
| 30th | 18 | The University of Edinburgh | 460 | 3.82 | 3.04 | 68 | 91.5 |
| 31st | 18 | Robert Gordon University | 432 | 4.04 | 2.53 | 83 | 91.1 |
| 32nd | 9 | University of Southampton | 371 | 4.09 | 2.90 | 79 | 91.0 |
| 33rd | 6 | University of Leicester | 359 | 4.34 | 2.66 | n/a | 91.0 |
| 34th | 0 | University of York | n/a | 4.23 | 2.87 | n/a | 90.8 |
| 35th | 7 | The University of Manchester | 424 | 3.99 | 3.07 | 65 | 90.6 |
| 36th | 5 | Aston University | 357 | 4.26 | 3.07 | 76 | 90.6 |
| 37th | 1 | University of Dundee | 397 | 3.88 | 2.30 | 84 | 89.9 |
| 38th | 0 | University of Liverpool | 384 | 4.25 | 2.92 | 67 | 89.6 |
| 39th | 2 | Bangor University | 332 | 4.39 | 2.81 | 72 | 89.4 |
| 40th | 3 | Royal Holloway, University of London | 327 | 4.08 | 2.96 | n/a | 87.2 |
| 41st | 9 | Nottingham Trent University | 339 | 4.13 | 2.65 | 76 | 86.1 |
| 42nd | 24 | De Montfort University | 271 | 4.21 | 2.74 | 82 | 85.8 |
| 43rd | 1 | University of Essex | 322 | 4.06 | 2.86 | 67 | 85.8 |
| 44th | 4 | University of Portsmouth | 323 | 4.17 | 2.74 | 71 | 85.4 |
| 45th | 3 | University of Lincoln | 295 | 4.32 | 2.65 | 76 | 85.3 |
| 46th | 7 | Keele University | 316 | 4.30 | 2.40 | 68 | 84.8 |
| 47th | 21 | Aberystwyth University | 293 | 4.17 | 2.52 | 72 | 84.6 |
| 48th | 5 | University of Huddersfield | 331 | 4.14 | 2.44 | 74 | 84.5 |
| 49th | 23 | University of Cumbria | n/a | 4.27 | 2.35 | n/a | 84.0 |
| 50th | 1 | Brunel University London | 301 | 4.03 | 2.20 | 71 | 83.7 |
| 51st | 0 | University of Bradford | 344 | 4.11 | 2.83 | 59 | 83.6 |
| 52nd | 6 | Northumbria University | 348 | 4.06 | 2.54 | 67 | 83.6 |
| 53rd | 5 | University of the West of England | 290 | 4.22 | 2.59 | 73 | 83.6 |
| 54th | 0 | Coventry University | 312 | 4.33 | 2.50 | 67 | 83.0 |
| 55th | 3 | Plymouth University | 319 | 4.31 | 2.48 | 56 | 82.8 |
| 56th | 9 | Glasgow Caledonian University | 394 | 4.01 | 2.29 | 60 | 82.7 |
| 57th | 12 | University of Hull | 295 | 4.07 | 2.54 | 67 | 82.2 |
| 58th | 1 | Liverpool John Moores University | 325 | 4.44 | n/a | 74 | 81.2 |
| 59th | 1 | Manchester Metropolitan University | 328 | 4.07 | 2.60 | 59 | 81.0 |
| 60th | 12 | Edinburgh Napier University | 330 | 4.14 | 2.47 | 57 | 80.3 |
| 61st | 6 | Middlesex University | 270 | 4.01 | 2.72 | 65 | 80.2 |
| 62nd | New | Birkbeck, University of London | 229 | 4.28 | 2.50 | n/a | 80.2 |
| 63rd | 4 | Oxford Brookes University | 304 | 4.20 | 2.65 | 56 | 80.2 |
| 64th | 1 | University of the West of Scotland | 318 | 4.23 | 2.28 | 58 | 80.1 |
| 65th | 1 | Edge Hill University | 299 | 4.36 | 2.03 | 57 | 79.5 |
| 66th | 8 | University of Hertfordshire | 292 | 4.20 | 2.05 | 67 | 79.4 |
| 67th | 5 | University of Salford | 273 | 4.32 | 2.66 | 55 | 79.4 |
| 68th | 1 | University of Westminster | 343 | 4.13 | 2.27 | 53 | 79.3 |
| 69th | 2 | Bournemouth University | 285 | 3.87 | 2.65 | 62 | 79.0 |
| 70th | 9 | University of South Wales | 304 | 4.11 | 1.44 | 76 | 78.9 |
| 71st | 6 | University of Greenwich | 335 | 4.03 | 2.21 | 56 | 78.9 |
| 72nd | 2 | University of Chester | 273 | 4.43 | 1.57 | 70 | 78.9 |
| 73rd | 3 | University of Brighton | 279 | 3.80 | 2.84 | 64 | 78.9 |
| 74th | 3 | Kingston University | 296 | 4.16 | 2.78 | 45 | 77.8 |
| 75th | 14 | University of Bolton | 303 | 4.41 | n/a | 65 | 77.7 |
| 76th | 1 | Sheffield Hallam University | 287 | 3.92 | 2.32 | 65 | 77.7 |
| 77th | 21 | University of Central Lancashire | 318 | 4.04 | 2.40 | 47 | 76.8 |
| 78th | 5 | University of Worcester | 278 | 3.86 | 1.65 | 71 | 76.7 |
| 79th | 13 | London South Bank University | 224 | 4.44 | 1.83 | 63 | 76.6 |
| 80th | 2 | Teesside University | 260 | 4.09 | 2.23 | 61 | 76.5 |
| 81st | 7 | Leeds Beckett University | 263 | 4.36 | 1.92 | 58 | 76.4 |
| 82nd | 5 | University of Roehampton | 271 | 3.84 | 2.23 | n/a | 75.7 |
| 83rd | 0 | The University of Buckingham | 277 | 4.52 | n/a | n/a | 75.6 |
| 84th | 7 | Abertay University | 390 | 4.08 | n/a | 39 | 73.8 |
| 85th | 1 | York St John University | n/a | 4.06 | 1.34 | n/a | 73.8 |
| 86th | 5 | University of Gloucestershire | 290 | 4.08 | n/a | 60 | 73.7 |
| 87th | New | Wrexham Glyndŵr University | n/a | 4.35 | n/a | 53 | 73.6 |
| 88th | 9 | Birmingham City University | 257 | 4.06 | 2.42 | 46 | 73.1 |
| 89th | 9 | University of Sunderland | 281 | 4.24 | 1.32 | 50 | 72.4 |
| 90th | 12 | University of Derby | 253 | 4.10 | 1.93 | 47 | 71.8 |
| 91st | 8 | University of East London | 235 | 4.13 | 2.26 | 44 | 71.4 |
| 92nd | 15 | University of Northampton | 243 | 3.93 | 1.86 | 38 | 71.4 |
| 93rd | 2 | London Metropolitan University | 241 | 4.09 | 2.31 | 42 | 71.0 |
| 94th | 10 | Cardiff Metropolitan University | 283 | 3.83 | n/a | 55 | 70.6 |
| 95th | 10 | Anglia Ruskin University | 215 | 3.80 | 2.42 | 49 | 70.5 |
| 96th | 6 | Liverpool Hope University | 280 | 3.84 | n/a | 54 | 70.3 |
| 97th | 0 | Buckinghamshire New University | 265 | 3.91 | 2.43 | 35 | 70.1 |
| 98th | New | Leeds Trinity University | 253 | 4.06 | n/a | n/a | 69.9 |
| 99th | 3 | Staffordshire University | 260 | 4.40 | n/a | 39 | 69.4 |
| 100th | 0 | University of West London | 239 | 4.16 | n/a | 48 | 68.9 |
| 101st | 7 | University of Chichester | 263 | 4.02 | n/a | 47 | 68.9 |
| 102nd | 12 | The University of Winchester | 257 | 4.02 | n/a | 44 | 67.9 |
| 103rd | 10 | Canterbury Christ Church University | 269 | 3.97 | n/a | 38 | 66.7 |
| 104th | 6 | University of Bedfordshire | 220 | 3.48 | 2.36 | 41 | 66.5 |
| 105th | 4 | Southampton Solent University | 231 | 3.93 | n/a | 43 | 65.8 |
| 106th | 3 | University of Wales Trinity Saint David | 181 | 3.76 | n/a | 25 | 57.9 |
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