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Kieran Isgin

University rankings: The 100 UK unis at the top of the league table on A Level results day

With results day well underway, many future uni students will be getting a better idea of what their prospects are and which university they want to attend.

While many students will have already received offers from their chosen universities, others may be going through the clearing process or have been waiting to receive their A level results before making the ultimate final decision for their education.

To help you make a more informed decision around where you're going to spend the next four years or more in education, we've compiled the top 100 universities in the UK, according to the latest Guardian league table.

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Each year the Guardian compiles a list of the top universities based on a range of factors including student satisfaction with courses and teaching, money spent, student to staff ratios, how many students continue in their studies and career prospects. Each university is given a score out of 100 based on this research and the institutions are then ranked in order.

The top university this year is the University of Oxford closely followed by the University of Cambridge. In third place is St Andrews in Scotland, followed by the London School of Economics, both of which have scores above 90.

Here are the top 100 British universities, according to data from the Guardian.

UK university rankings 2022

1. Oxford

2. Cambridge

3. St Andrews

4. London School of Economics

5. Durham

6. Warwick

7. Imperial College

8. Bath

9. UCL

10. Loughborough

11. Glasgow

12. Edinburgh

13. Lancaster

14. Bristol

15. Exeter

16. Leeds

17. Southampton

= 18. York

= 18. Strathclyde

20. Aberdeen

21. Chichester

22. Royal Holloway

23. King's College London

24. Swansea

25. Aston

26. University of the Arts London

27. Sheffield

28. Manchester

29. Birmingham

30. Leicester

31. Dundee

32. University for the Creative Arts

33. Queen's, Belfast

34. Lincoln

35. West London

= 36. UWE Bristol

= 36. Heriot-Watt

= 38. Coventry

= 38. Cardiff

40. Liverpool

= 41. Northumbria

= 41. UEA

= 41. Plymouth

44. Sussex

45. Kingston

= 46. Oxford Brookes

= 46. Bolton

48. Keele

49. Stirling

50. Kent

51. Queen Mary

52. Nottingham

53. Hull

54. Huddersfield

= 55. Nottingham Trent

= 55. Newcastle

57. Surrey

58. Ulster

=59. Sheffield Hallam

=59. Derby

61. Reading

= 62. Manchester Met

= 62. Cardiff Met

= 64. Aberystwyth

= 64. Essex

66. Glyndwr

= 67. Birmingham City

= 67. Suffolk

69. Glasgow Caledonian

70. Edge Hill

71. Gloucestershire

72. Staffordshire

73. Edinburgh Napier

74. Trinity Saint David

= 75. Portsmouth

= 75. Liverpool John Moores

= 77. SOAS

= 77. Bucks New University

79. Bradford

= 80. Teesside

= 80. Chester

82. South Wales

83. Robert Gordon

84. York St John

85. Queen Margaret

86. Bangor

87. London Met

88. Abertay

89. Bournemouth

90. Hertfordshire

91. Bath Spa

= 92. Worcester

= 92. Sunderland

= 94. Greenwich

= 94. Salford

96. Roehampton

= 97. Solent

= 97. Central Lancashire

= 97. Anglia Ruskin

= 97. Liverpool Hope

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