Top Uk Universities

What is the best ranked university in the United Kingdom? How universities of the stage? There is no official ranking of university governance in the United Kingdom. However, there are some newspaper rankings published annually by The Times, The Telegraph, the BBC's Student Guide, Independent University Guide and The Guardian.

Oxford is ranked as the Number 1 University by The Independent and The Guardian, has exceeded Cambridge in 2008. Oxford tops the list of guards, followed by Cambridge, London School of Economics, Warwick, St Andrews, Imperial, University College London, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) and Edinburgh.

There are guides in several universities in the United Kingdom ranked all universities in order of merit, but according to different criteria. Guardian focuses on the quality of teaching and what students themselves think. The Independent Good University Guide (now The Complete Guide University) uses nine measures of quality - student satisfaction, research assessment, entry standards, pupil / staff, library / computer spending, facilities spending, classifications degree, graduate prospects and completion rates. All universities are assessed in these nine quality factors. It is a highly regarded academic guidance, students often refer to league tables when choosing a university. There are about 59 tables that rank universities in different subjects.

However, a university ranked highly in the Times may appear in a bad position in other university guides such as the Sunday Times or the Guardian. In 2008, there are big differences in ranking positions between the two guides famous university (Guardian and The Independent), such as:

(1) University of Dundee is ranked 17 in the Guardian (A Top 20 University), but it is ranked 52 in The Independent, not even in the Top 50!
(2) University of Bristol is ranked 31 in the Guardian (outside Top30), but it is highly ranked in The Independent in 16 years.
(3) Anglia Ruskin University is ranked 109 in The Independent, but he is in a position higher than 71, in the Guardian's league table.
(4) Thames Valley University is ranked 85 in the Guardian, and 110 in The Independent.
(5) of the University of Durham is doing very well in The Independent, ranked in 6th position, but it is ranked 16 in the Guardian (outside Top 15).
(6) of the University of Abertay Dundee is ranked 68 in The Independent, but he is out Top 100 in the Guardian, 105.

What classification guide is the best? That depends on several factors.

Please visit the guides for the latest ranking of universities in the United Kingdom and the World University Ranking .