Best UK universities for teaching quality (NSS)

Final-year undergraduates rating teaching on their course positively (National Student Survey).

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

Rank	University	NSS Teaching positivity	Sample
TEF G · #1	University of Oxford Oxford	93.3%	101 courses
TEF G · #2	University of Cambridge Cambridge	93.0%	24 courses
TEF G · #3	University of the West of Scotland Paisley	91.9%	17 courses
TEF G · #4	University of Chichester Chichester	91.4%	32 courses
TEF G · #5	Aberystwyth University Wales	90.9%	54 courses
TEF G · #6	University of Wales Trinity Saint David Carmarthen	90.8%	25 courses
TEF G · #7	University of Sunderland Sunderland	90.7%	25 courses
TEF G · #8	University of East London Newham	90.5%	41 courses
TEF G · #9	Durham University Durham	90.3%	42 courses
TEF G · #10	University of Sheffield Sheffield	90.1%	48 courses
TEF S · #11	University of Strathclyde Glasgow	89.9%	124 courses
TEF S · #12	Lancaster University Lancaster	89.8%	85 courses
TEF S · #13	University of Warwick Coventry	89.8%	85 courses
TEF S · #14	Birmingham Newman University Birmingham	89.7%	15 courses
TEF S · #15	York St John University York	89.6%	45 courses
TEF S · #16	Southampton, Solent University Southampton	89.5%	22 courses
TEF S · #17	University of Greater Manchester Bolton	89.4%	18 courses
TEF S · #18	Imperial College London Kensington and Chelsea	89.4%	40 courses
TEF S · #19	London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London Westminster	89.3%	21 courses
TEF S · #20	Liverpool Hope University Liverpool	89.3%	147 courses
TEF S · #21	Queen's University Belfast Belfast	89.2%	66 courses
TEF S · #22	University College Birmingham Birmingham	89.2%	12 courses
TEF S · #23	University of West London Ealing	89.1%	27 courses
TEF S · #24	University of Aberdeen Aberdeen	89.1%	106 courses
TEF S · #25	University of Bedfordshire Luton	89.1%	46 courses
TEF S · #26	University of Exeter Exeter	89.0%	62 courses
TEF S · #27	University of Surrey Guildford	89.0%	43 courses
TEF S · #28	University of Worcester Worcester	88.8%	50 courses
TEF S · #29	University of Derby Derby	88.6%	57 courses
TEF S · #30	University of Liverpool Liverpool	88.6%	83 courses
TEF S · #31	Swansea University Swansea	88.5%	77 courses
TEF S · #32	St Mary's University, Twickenham Twickenham	88.4%	14 courses
TEF S · #33	University of Dundee Dundee	88.4%	73 courses
TEF S · #34	Teesside University Tees Valley	88.4%	43 courses
TEF S · #35	Loughborough University Loughborough	88.4%	46 courses
TEF S · #36	Hartpury University Gloucester	88.2%	17 courses
TEF S · #37	University of Plymouth Plymouth	88.2%	43 courses
TEF S · #38	Oxford Brookes University Oxford	88.0%	53 courses
TEF S · #39	Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester	88.0%	69 courses
TEF S · #40	Glasgow Caledonian University Glasgow	88.0%	24 courses
TEF S · #41	University of Birmingham Birmingham	87.9%	78 courses
TEF S · #42	University of Leicester Leicester	87.8%	39 courses
TEF S · #43	Cardiff University Cardiff	87.8%	45 courses
TEF S · #44	Edge Hill University Ormskirk	87.7%	26 courses
TEF S · #45	University of Bristol Bristol	87.7%	88 courses
TEF S · #46	University of Glasgow Glasgow	87.7%	265 courses
TEF S · #47	University of Southampton Southampton	87.5%	103 courses
TEF S · #48	Aston University, Birmingham Birmingham	87.5%	14 courses
TEF S · #49	University of Manchester Manchester	87.5%	128 courses
TEF S · #50	University of Bath Bath	87.5%	39 courses
TEF B · #51	Coventry University Coventry	87.4%	53 courses
TEF B · #52	University of Sussex Brighton	87.4%	59 courses
TEF B · #53	Keele University Keele	87.3%	71 courses
TEF B · #54	University of South Wales Pontypridd	87.2%	24 courses
TEF B · #55	Ulster University Coleraine	87.2%	53 courses
TEF B · #56	Royal Holloway, University of London Egham	87.2%	60 courses
TEF B · #57	University of Nottingham Nottingham	87.0%	65 courses
TEF B · #58	University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) Inverness	87.0%	12 courses
TEF B · #59	UCL (University College London) London	86.9%	105 courses
TEF B · #60	SOAS University of London Camden	86.9%	75 courses
TEF B · #61	King's College London, University of London Westminster	86.8%	65 courses
TEF B · #62	University of East Anglia UEA Norwich	86.6%	87 courses
TEF B · #63	Bangor University Bangor (Wales)	86.5%	54 courses
TEF B · #64	Buckinghamshire New University High Wycombe	86.5%	37 courses
TEF B · #65	University of Central Lancashire Preston	86.4%	77 courses
TEF B · #66	Robert Gordon University Aberdeen	86.4%	25 courses
TEF B · #67	Birmingham City University Birmingham	86.3%	73 courses
TEF B · #68	University of York York	86.3%	72 courses
TEF B · #69	The University of Law London	86.3%	18 courses
TEF B · #70	University of Essex Colchester	86.2%	162 courses
TEF B · #71	Nottingham Trent University Nottingham	86.1%	63 courses
TEF B · #72	Liverpool John Moores University Liverpool	86.0%	58 courses
TEF B · #73	Arts University Bournemouth Poole	86.0%	15 courses
TEF B · #74	Canterbury Christ Church University Canterbury	86.0%	16 courses
TEF B · #75	London South Bank University Southwark	85.9%	34 courses
TEF B · #76	Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge	85.8%	65 courses
TEF B · #77	University of Reading Reading	85.8%	92 courses
TEF B · #78	The University of Edinburgh Edinburgh	85.8%	179 courses
TEF B · #79	De Montfort University Leicester	85.7%	37 courses
TEF B · #80	Bath Spa University Bath	85.6%	65 courses
TEF B · #81	University of Hertfordshire Hatfield	85.6%	35 courses
TEF B · #82	University of Gloucestershire Cheltenham	85.4%	25 courses
TEF B · #83	University of Stirling Stirling	85.4%	82 courses
TEF B · #84	Queen Mary University of London London	85.1%	52 courses
TEF B · #85	University of Leeds Leeds	85.1%	96 courses
TEF B · #86	University of Lincoln Lincoln	85.0%	48 courses
TEF B · #87	Edinburgh Napier University Edinburgh	85.0%	26 courses
TEF B · #88	University of Greenwich Greenwich	85.0%	46 courses
TEF B · #89	University of Hull Hull	84.9%	34 courses
TEF B · #90	University of Staffordshire Stoke on Trent	84.8%	20 courses
TEF B · #91	University of Northampton Northampton	84.7%	39 courses
TEF B · #92	Northumbria University, Newcastle Newcastle upon Tyne	84.7%	29 courses
TEF B · #93	Newcastle University Newcastle upon Tyne	84.7%	56 courses
TEF B · #94	University of Salford Salford	84.6%	60 courses
TEF B · #95	Kingston University Kingston upon Thames	84.5%	35 courses
TEF B · #96	University for the Creative Arts Farnham	84.3%	35 courses
TEF B · #97	University of Roehampton Wandsworth	84.3%	18 courses
TEF B · #98	Leeds Beckett University Leeds	84.2%	44 courses
TEF B · #99	Cardiff Metropolitan University Cardiff	83.8%	31 courses
TEF B · #100	University of Westminster, London London	83.8%	65 courses

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