Best UK Universities for Assessment & Feedback 2026

This leaderboard ranks 100 UK universities by nss assessment positivity, drawn from Office for Students National Student Survey. Only universities with at least 10 qualifying courses are included.

100 UK universities ranked · minimum 10 courses per university to qualify · source: Office for Students National Student Survey

Rank	University	NSS Assessment positivity	Sample
TEF G · #1	University of Wales Trinity Saint David Carmarthen	89.5%	25 courses
TEF S · #2	Birmingham Newman University Birmingham	89.0%	15 courses
TEF B · #3	University of Greater Manchester Bolton	88.6%	18 courses
#4	University of East London Newham	88.5%	41 courses
#5	Teesside University Tees Valley	88.1%	43 courses
#6	University of West London Ealing	87.5%	27 courses
#7	University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) Inverness	87.4%	12 courses
#8	Liverpool Hope University Liverpool	87.3%	147 courses
#9	University College Birmingham Birmingham	87.1%	12 courses
#10	University of Sunderland Sunderland	87.0%	25 courses
#11	University of the West of Scotland Paisley	87.0%	17 courses
#12	Aberystwyth University Wales	86.5%	54 courses
#13	University of Chichester Chichester	86.3%	32 courses
#14	University of Derby Derby	86.0%	57 courses
#15	University of Bedfordshire Luton	85.8%	46 courses
#16	Southampton, Solent University Southampton	85.7%	22 courses
#17	University of Hull Hull	85.5%	34 courses
#18	University of Surrey Guildford	85.2%	43 courses
#19	Leeds Trinity University Leeds	85.0%	12 courses
#20	Nottingham Trent University Nottingham	84.9%	63 courses
#21	Buckinghamshire New University High Wycombe	84.8%	37 courses
#22	York St John University York	84.8%	45 courses
#23	Swansea University Swansea	84.7%	77 courses
#24	Edge Hill University Ormskirk	84.5%	26 courses
#25	Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester	84.5%	69 courses
#26	University of Leicester Leicester	84.5%	39 courses
#27	University of South Wales Pontypridd	84.3%	24 courses
#28	Ulster University Coleraine	84.2%	53 courses
#29	Glasgow Caledonian University Glasgow	84.1%	24 courses
#30	University of Strathclyde Glasgow	83.8%	124 courses
#31	Birmingham City University Birmingham	83.8%	73 courses
#32	Robert Gordon University Aberdeen	83.5%	25 courses
#33	University of Worcester Worcester	83.4%	50 courses
#34	University of Essex Colchester	83.4%	162 courses
#35	University of Roehampton Wandsworth	83.4%	18 courses
#36	London South Bank University Southwark	83.3%	34 courses
#37	Coventry University Coventry	83.3%	53 courses
#38	Leeds Beckett University Leeds	83.2%	44 courses
#39	University of Central Lancashire Preston	83.1%	77 courses
#40	Liverpool John Moores University Liverpool	83.1%	58 courses
#41	University of Greenwich Greenwich	82.9%	46 courses
#42	University of Salford Salford	82.7%	60 courses
#43	Edinburgh Napier University Edinburgh	82.7%	26 courses
#44	Keele University Keele	82.7%	71 courses
#45	Bath Spa University Bath	82.7%	65 courses
#46	University of Gloucestershire Cheltenham	82.6%	25 courses
#47	University of Westminster, London London	82.6%	65 courses
#48	Hartpury University Gloucester	82.6%	17 courses
#49	University of Aberdeen Aberdeen	82.6%	106 courses
#50	St Mary's University, Twickenham Twickenham	82.4%	14 courses
#51	Bangor University Bangor (Wales)	82.3%	54 courses
#52	University of Sheffield Sheffield	82.3%	48 courses
#53	University of Liverpool Liverpool	82.2%	83 courses
#54	Oxford Brookes University Oxford	82.2%	53 courses
#55	Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge	82.1%	65 courses
#56	Canterbury Christ Church University Canterbury	82.1%	16 courses
#57	University of Hertfordshire Hatfield	82.0%	35 courses
#58	University of Dundee Dundee	82.0%	73 courses
#59	University of Plymouth Plymouth	82.0%	43 courses
#60	Northumbria University, Newcastle Newcastle upon Tyne	81.9%	29 courses
#61	Aston University, Birmingham Birmingham	81.9%	14 courses
#62	Kingston University Kingston upon Thames	81.9%	35 courses
#63	University of Northampton Northampton	81.6%	39 courses
#64	De Montfort University Leicester	81.4%	37 courses
#65	Queen's University Belfast Belfast	81.3%	66 courses
#66	University of Huddersfield Huddersfield	81.3%	36 courses
#67	University of Lincoln Lincoln	81.2%	48 courses
#68	Lancaster University Lancaster	80.9%	85 courses
#69	University of Bradford Bradford	80.7%	19 courses
#70	University of Southampton Southampton	80.6%	103 courses
#71	Brunel University of London Uxbridge	80.5%	43 courses
#72	University of Reading Reading	80.5%	92 courses
#73	Cardiff Metropolitan University Cardiff	80.5%	31 courses
#74	Leeds Arts University Leeds	80.3%	11 courses
#75	Loughborough University Loughborough	80.2%	46 courses
#76	Durham University Durham	80.2%	42 courses
#77	The University of Law London	80.2%	18 courses
#78	University of East Anglia UEA Norwich	79.9%	87 courses
#79	City (City St George's, University of London) City of London	79.9%	30 courses
#80	London Metropolitan University City of London	79.8%	20 courses
#81	University of Birmingham Birmingham	79.8%	78 courses
#82	University of Sussex Brighton	79.8%	59 courses
#83	University of Stirling Stirling	79.5%	82 courses
#84	University of Winchester Hampshire	79.5%	31 courses
#85	Cardiff University Cardiff	79.5%	45 courses
#86	University for the Creative Arts Farnham	79.2%	35 courses
#87	Sheffield Hallam University Sheffield	79.1%	48 courses
#88	University of Chester Chester	79.0%	19 courses
#89	University of Staffordshire Stoke on Trent	79.0%	20 courses
#90	University of Bath Bath	78.8%	39 courses
#91	Arts University Bournemouth Poole	78.7%	15 courses
#92	Royal Holloway, University of London Egham	78.6%	60 courses
#93	Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh	78.5%	26 courses
#94	Queen Mary University of London London	78.3%	52 courses
#95	University of Nottingham Nottingham	78.1%	65 courses
#96	University of Warwick Coventry	77.7%	85 courses
#97	SOAS University of London Camden	77.6%	75 courses
#98	Imperial College London Kensington and Chelsea	77.5%	40 courses
#99	Norwich University of the Arts Norwich	77.4%	36 courses
#100	University of Kent Canterbury	77.2%	43 courses

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