Best UK Universities for Student Voice 2026 (NSS)

This leaderboard ranks 100 UK universities by nss student voice 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 Student Voice positivity	Sample
TEF G · #1	University of West London Ealing	87.3%	27 courses
TEF S · #2	University of Sheffield Sheffield	84.1%	48 courses
TEF B · #3	Birmingham Newman University Birmingham	84.0%	15 courses
#4	Liverpool Hope University Liverpool	83.3%	147 courses
#5	Buckinghamshire New University High Wycombe	82.7%	37 courses
#6	University of East London Newham	82.6%	41 courses
#7	University of Leicester Leicester	82.4%	39 courses
#8	Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester	82.3%	69 courses
#9	University College Birmingham Birmingham	81.6%	12 courses
#10	University of Sunderland Sunderland	81.4%	25 courses
#11	University of Bedfordshire Luton	81.3%	46 courses
#12	University of Surrey Guildford	81.1%	43 courses
#13	St Mary's University, Twickenham Twickenham	80.5%	14 courses
#14	Southampton, Solent University Southampton	80.4%	22 courses
#15	University of Central Lancashire Preston	80.4%	77 courses
#16	University of Wales Trinity Saint David Carmarthen	80.3%	25 courses
#17	Edge Hill University Ormskirk	80.0%	26 courses
#18	Loughborough University Loughborough	80.0%	46 courses
#19	Birmingham City University Birmingham	79.9%	73 courses
#20	University of Roehampton Wandsworth	79.5%	18 courses
#21	Swansea University Swansea	79.3%	77 courses
#22	Teesside University Tees Valley	79.2%	43 courses
#23	University of Greenwich Greenwich	79.1%	46 courses
#24	University of Derby Derby	78.9%	57 courses
#25	Nottingham Trent University Nottingham	78.9%	63 courses
#26	University of Greater Manchester Bolton	78.9%	18 courses
#27	Leeds Arts University Leeds	78.5%	11 courses
#28	University of Bath Bath	78.5%	39 courses
#29	Imperial College London Kensington and Chelsea	78.5%	40 courses
#30	Keele University Keele	78.3%	71 courses
#31	Liverpool John Moores University Liverpool	78.3%	58 courses
#32	De Montfort University Leicester	78.2%	37 courses
#33	Queen Mary University of London London	78.1%	52 courses
#34	University of the West of Scotland Paisley	78.0%	17 courses
#35	Aston University, Birmingham Birmingham	78.0%	14 courses
#36	University of Westminster, London London	78.0%	65 courses
#37	London South Bank University Southwark	78.0%	34 courses
#38	University of Liverpool Liverpool	77.7%	83 courses
#39	City (City St George's, University of London) City of London	77.7%	30 courses
#40	Bath Spa University Bath	77.6%	65 courses
#41	Arts University Bournemouth Poole	77.5%	15 courses
#42	Coventry University Coventry	77.4%	53 courses
#43	University of Warwick Coventry	77.3%	85 courses
#44	Leeds Beckett University Leeds	77.3%	44 courses
#45	University of Strathclyde Glasgow	77.2%	124 courses
#46	University of Hull Hull	77.0%	34 courses
#47	University of Plymouth Plymouth	77.0%	43 courses
#48	The University of Law London	77.0%	18 courses
#49	University of South Wales Pontypridd	77.0%	24 courses
#50	Ulster University Coleraine	76.9%	53 courses
#51	Leeds Trinity University Leeds	76.8%	12 courses
#52	Oxford Brookes University Oxford	76.7%	53 courses
#53	Glasgow Caledonian University Glasgow	76.7%	24 courses
#54	University of Southampton Southampton	76.5%	103 courses
#55	University of Hertfordshire Hatfield	76.5%	35 courses
#56	London Metropolitan University City of London	76.5%	20 courses
#57	University of East Anglia UEA Norwich	76.4%	87 courses
#58	Aberystwyth University Wales	76.3%	54 courses
#59	University of Lincoln Lincoln	76.2%	48 courses
#60	University of Birmingham Birmingham	76.1%	78 courses
#61	York St John University York	76.1%	45 courses
#62	Canterbury Christ Church University Canterbury	76.1%	16 courses
#63	Edinburgh Napier University Edinburgh	75.9%	26 courses
#64	University of Nottingham Nottingham	75.8%	65 courses
#65	University of Bradford Bradford	75.8%	19 courses
#66	University of Reading Reading	75.8%	92 courses
#67	University of Worcester Worcester	75.8%	50 courses
#68	University for the Creative Arts Farnham	75.8%	35 courses
#69	University of Aberdeen Aberdeen	75.8%	106 courses
#70	Cardiff University Cardiff	75.7%	45 courses
#71	Queen's University Belfast Belfast	75.7%	66 courses
#72	Northumbria University, Newcastle Newcastle upon Tyne	75.5%	29 courses
#73	Hartpury University Gloucester	75.4%	17 courses
#74	University of Essex Colchester	75.4%	162 courses
#75	University of Salford Salford	75.4%	60 courses
#76	Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh	75.3%	26 courses
#77	Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge	75.3%	65 courses
#78	Royal Holloway, University of London Egham	75.3%	60 courses
#79	University of Chichester Chichester	75.1%	32 courses
#80	University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) Inverness	75.1%	12 courses
#81	University of Bristol Bristol	75.0%	88 courses
#82	Bangor University Bangor (Wales)	75.0%	54 courses
#83	University of Northampton Northampton	74.9%	39 courses
#84	Newcastle University Newcastle upon Tyne	74.8%	56 courses
#85	University of Chester Chester	74.8%	19 courses
#86	University of Sussex Brighton	74.6%	59 courses
#87	UCL (University College London) London	74.6%	105 courses
#88	Kingston University Kingston upon Thames	74.5%	35 courses
#89	London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London Westminster	74.3%	21 courses
#90	Norwich University of the Arts Norwich	73.9%	36 courses
#91	University of Brighton Brighton	73.9%	20 courses
#92	University of Leeds Leeds	73.9%	96 courses
#93	Brunel University of London Uxbridge	73.8%	43 courses
#94	University of Huddersfield Huddersfield	73.8%	36 courses
#95	King's College London, University of London Westminster	73.7%	65 courses
#96	University of Staffordshire Stoke on Trent	73.4%	20 courses
#97	Lancaster University Lancaster	73.3%	85 courses
#98	University of Manchester Manchester	73.1%	128 courses
#99	University of Winchester Hampshire	73.0%	31 courses
#100	University of Gloucestershire Cheltenham	73.0%	25 courses

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