The Complete University Guide University League Table 2016 – Ranking of UK’s Top Universities
Complete University Guide University League Table 2016 – Best Universities in UK
Choosing a university to study in the UK can be confusing. One of the ways that you can methods to decide which university is best for you is to use rankings as a guide.
The Complete University Guide University League Table 2016 is the ranking of UK’s Top Universities.
Students in Malaysia can obtain the top ranked UK degrees at top private universities such as Heriot-Watt University Malaysia, or KDU College Penang, KBU International College.
CUG Rank | University Name | Entry Standards | Student Satisfaction | Research Quality | Graduate Prospects | Overall Score | ||||||
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1 | 1 | Cambridge | 601 | 4.18 | 3.33 | 88.3 | 1000 | |||||
2 | 2 | Oxford | 571 | 4.17 | 3.34 | 81.9 | 989 | |||||
3 | 3 | London School of Economics | 532 | 3.95 | 3.35 | 83.0 | 953 | |||||
4 | 6 | Imperial College London | 566 | 4.10 | 3.36 | 89.9 | 943 | |||||
5 | 5 | Durham | 521 | 4.16 | 3.14 | 79.5 | 926 | |||||
5 | 4 | St Andrews | 516 | 4.25 | 3.13 | 78.5 | 926 | |||||
7 | 7 | Warwick | 480 | 4.12 | 3.22 | 77.6 | 909 | |||||
8 | 12 | Surrey | 424 | 4.24 | 2.98 | 81.2 | 885 | |||||
9 | 11 | Lancaster | 434 | 4.10 | 3.15 | 78.1 | 882 | |||||
10 | 10 | Exeter | 463 | 4.22 | 3.08 | 79.4 | 876 | |||||
11 | 8 | Bath | 476 | 4.24 | 3.17 | 85.1 | 874 | |||||
11 | 13 | Loughborough | 397 | 4.19 | 2.95 | 79.9 | 874 | |||||
13 | 9 | University College London | 500 | 3.96 | 3.22 | 81.3 | 873 | |||||
14 | 16 | Southampton | 408 | 4.05 | 3.15 | 77.7 | 842 | |||||
15 | 18 | Bristol | 486 | 3.99 | 3.18 | 80.2 | 834 | |||||
16 | 15 | East Anglia | 406 | 4.19 | 3.11 | 70.1 | 828 | |||||
17 | 14 | York | 436 | 4.06 | 3.17 | 73.6 | 824 | |||||
18 | 17 | Birmingham | 425 | 4.08 | 3.07 | 84.0 | 823 | |||||
19 | 23 | Leeds | 430 | 4.09 | 3.13 | 74.5 | 821 | |||||
20 | 21 | Edinburgh | 482 | 3.86 | 3.18 | 77.9 | 818 | |||||
21 | 38 | Sussex | 385 | 4.05 | 3.01 | 74.9 | 812 | |||||
22 | 22 | Kent | 359 | 4.13 | 2.95 | 75.2 | 811 | |||||
23 | 28 | King’s College London | 453 | 3.95 | 3.23 | 79.6 | 805 | |||||
24 | 19 | Leicester | 386 | 4.08 | 2.93 | 73.6 | 799 | |||||
25 | 23 | Nottingham | 426 | 4.05 | 3.09 | 79.2 | 795 | |||||
26 | 20 | Newcastle | 425 | 4.13 | 3.09 | 78.7 | 791 | |||||
27 | 26 | Sheffield | 427 | 4.07 | 3.17 | 76.9 | 786 | |||||
28 | 28 | Manchester | 433 | 4.02 | 3.16 | 75.5 | 785 | |||||
29 | 37 | Reading | 371 | 4.10 | 3.03 | 71.5 | 783 | |||||
30 | 30 | Glasgow | 465 | 4.11 | 3.10 | 79.9 | 782 | |||||
31 | 23 | Cardiff | 425 | 4.05 | 3.27 | 81.5 | 777 | |||||
32 | 27 | Aston | 368 | 4.12 | 3.05 | 76.6 | 771 | |||||
33 | 36 | Queen Mary, University of London | 408 | 4.04 | 3.18 | 69.4 | 760 | |||||
34 | 33 | Royal Holloway, University of London | 398 | 4.12 | 3.09 | 62.2 | 759 | |||||
34 | 39 | Essex | 309 | 4.20 | 3.05 | 64.2 | 759 | |||||
36 | 31 | Queen’s, Belfast | 380 | 4.10 | 2.99 | 74.9 | 755 | |||||
37 | 33 | Heriot-Watt | 411 | 4.15 | 3.06 | 73.2 | 753 | |||||
38 | 41 | Strathclyde | 473 | 4.02 | 3.04 | 77.6 | 748 | |||||
39 | 31 | Liverpool | 403 | 3.97 | 3.06 | 72.8 | 747 | |||||
40 | 44 | Aberdeen | 445 | 3.95 | 2.97 | 74.2 | 733 | |||||
41 | 40 | City | 377 | 3.99 | 2.95 | 73.7 | 725 | |||||
42 | 49 | Dundee | 398 | 4.13 | 3.03 | 70.3 | 716 | |||||
43 | 35 | SOAS, University of London | 407 | 3.97 | 2.82 | 62.6 | 713 | |||||
43 | 46 | St George’s, University of London | 419 | 3.91 | 2.99 | 89.4 | 713 | |||||
45 | 42 | Swansea | 325 | 4.01 | 3.09 | 78.7 | 711 | |||||
46 | 43 | Keele | 358 | 4.22 | 2.88 | 71.9 | 704 | |||||
47 | 45 | Stirling | 371 | 3.98 | 2.96 | 70.1 | 700 | |||||
48 | 51 | Coventry | 309 | 4.27 | 2.67 | 70.8 | 690 | |||||
49 | 47 | Brunel University London | 351 | 4.14 | 2.67 | 59.5 | 687 | |||||
50 | 50 | Goldsmiths, University of London | 352 | 3.98 | 2.90 | 55.4 | 680 | |||||
51 | 55 | Lincoln | 334 | 4.09 | 2.54 | 67.4 | 664 | |||||
52 | 62 | University for the Creative Arts | 325 | 3.95 | 2.72 | 49.3 | 657 | |||||
53 | 52 | Nottingham Trent | 309 | 4.09 | 2.59 | 63.3 | 655 | |||||
54 | 71 | De Montfort | 305 | 4.08 | 2.67 | 68.7 | 651 | |||||
54 | 65 | Bournemouth | 327 | 3.89 | 2.72 | 62.9 | 651 | |||||
54 | 48 | Oxford Brookes | 345 | 4.10 | 2.66 | 66.7 | 651 | |||||
57 | 57 | Arts University Bournemouth | 318 | 4.08 | 2.30 | 65.9 | 650 | |||||
58 | 64 | Bangor | 323 | 4.19 | 2.99 | 66.1 | 647 | |||||
59 | 63 | Portsmouth | 306 | 4.08 | 2.75 | 66.2 | 642 | |||||
60 | 84 | Harper Adams | 331 | 4.11 | 2.66 | 67.0 | 637 | |||||
60 | 58 | Northumbria | 360 | 4.01 | 2.71 | 61.7 | 637 | |||||
62 | 53 | West of England, Bristol | 324 | 3.97 | 2.70 | 68.2 | 633 | |||||
63 | 77 | Bradford | 312 | 3.97 | 2.95 | 72.1 | 632 | |||||
63 | 66 | Hull | 326 | 4.11 | 2.70 | 63.1 | 632 | |||||
63 | 54 | Robert Gordon | 382 | 4.05 | 2.35 | 80.2 | 632 | |||||
66 | 93 | Roehampton | 284 | 4.10 | 2.83 | 56.3 | 625 | |||||
66 | 84 | Ulster | 308 | 4.09 | 2.91 | 56.5 | 625 | |||||
68 | 81 | Liverpool John Moores | 342 | 4.07 | 2.79 | 61.1 | 624 | |||||
69 | 61 | Buckingham | 299 | 4.26 | 75.3 | 623 | ||||||
70 | 69 | Bath Spa | 315 | 4.11 | 2.52 | 55.4 | 622 | |||||
70 | 55 | Falmouth | 307 | 4.07 | 2.04 | 69.8 | 622 | |||||
72 | 66 | Sheffield Hallam | 317 | 4.02 | 2.76 | 59.2 | 619 | |||||
73 | 73 | Manchester Metropolitan | 345 | 3.99 | 2.74 | 60.0 | 618 | |||||
74 | 70 | Huddersfield | 324 | 4.12 | 2.65 | 69.2 | 613 | |||||
75 | 60 | Hertfordshire | 316 | 3.92 | 2.61 | 67.9 | 612 | |||||
76 | 73 | Brighton | 315 | 4.00 | 2.84 | 64.4 | 608 | |||||
77 | 76 | Chichester | 306 | 4.14 | 2.50 | 56.8 | 604 | |||||
78 | 80 | Queen Margaret | 340 | 4.03 | 2.65 | 62.4 | 603 | |||||
79 | 98 | Cardiff Metropolitan | 314 | 4.03 | 3.00 | 58.2 | 601 | |||||
80 | 91 | Gloucestershire | 312 | 4.06 | 2.38 | 57.9 | 595 | |||||
80 | 66 | University of the Arts, London | 311 | 3.85 | 3.12 | 54.5 | 595 | |||||
82 | 89 | Edge Hill | 317 | 4.16 | 2.22 | 58.2 | 592 | |||||
83 | 72 | Glasgow Caledonian | 370 | 3.93 | 2.67 | 67.9 | 591 | |||||
83 | 73 | Northampton | 281 | 4.18 | 2.09 | 59.3 | 591 | |||||
85 | 83 | Royal Agricultural University | 306 | 3.81 | 1.40 | 71.6 | 579 | |||||
86 | 87 | Aberystwyth | 310 | 3.92 | 2.84 | 52.6 | 570 | |||||
86 | 59 | Winchester | 305 | 4.09 | 2.32 | 51.1 | 570 | |||||
88 | 82 | Birmingham City | 298 | 4.04 | 2.64 | 62.4 | 568 | |||||
89 | 94 | Middlesex | 271 | 4.07 | 2.58 | 56.4 | 565 | |||||
90 | 79 | Plymouth | 308 | 4.03 | 2.74 | 57.4 | 561 | |||||
91 | 90 | Central Lancashire | 311 | 4.04 | 2.51 | 58.6 | 560 | |||||
92 | 101 | Edinburgh Napier | 333 | 4.02 | 2.52 | 61.0 | 555 | |||||
93 | 78 | Chester | 299 | 4.13 | 2.08 | 65.3 | 554 | |||||
94 | 87 | Derby | 288 | 4.12 | 2.07 | 54.0 | 541 | |||||
95 | 91 | Abertay | 334 | 3.95 | 2.16 | 60.5 | 536 | |||||
96 | 84 | Salford | 328 | 3.93 | 2.54 | 56.0 | 534 | |||||
97 | – | Liverpool Hope | 302 | 4.01 | 2.21 | 52.0 | 531 | |||||
98 | 96 | Teesside | 303 | 4.09 | 2.58 | 57.0 | 529 | |||||
99 | 95 | York St John | 291 | 4.03 | 2.04 | 64.4 | 528 | |||||
100 | 96 | Westminster | 309 | 3.96 | 2.74 | 50.1 | 525 | |||||
101 | 113 | Leeds Trinity | 281 | 4.15 | 2.01 | 65.1 | 519 | |||||
102 | 100 | South Wales | 319 | 3.96 | 2.51 | 54.6 | 513 | |||||
103 | 105 | Staffordshire | 268 | 4.04 | 2.20 | 54.7 | 512 | |||||
104 | 107 | Kingston | 297 | 3.90 | 2.70 | 53.8 | 511 | |||||
105 | 104 | Worcester | 296 | 3.98 | 2.08 | 60.4 | 509 | |||||
106 | 103 | Canterbury Christ Church | 270 | 4.03 | 2.38 | 59.8 | 507 | |||||
107 | 99 | Greenwich | 309 | 4.08 | 2.33 | 48.6 | 505 | |||||
108 | 110 | West London | 257 | 4.00 | 1.92 | 67.1 | 492 | |||||
109 | – | St Mary’s, Twickenham | 287 | 4.07 | 1.98 | 62.9 | 486 | |||||
110 | 117 | Bedfordshire | 227 | 4.04 | 2.52 | 59.3 | 484 | |||||
111 | 112 | Cumbria | 292 | 4.11 | 2.13 | 61.2 | 475 | |||||
112 | 109 | St Mark and St John | 313 | 4.11 | 63.5 | 470 | ||||||
113 | 115 | Buckinghamshire New | 256 | 3.88 | 2.19 | 52.8 | 467 | |||||
114 | 102 | Leeds Beckett | 284 | 3.93 | 2.16 | 55.2 | 460 | |||||
115 | 116 | Anglia Ruskin | 249 | 4.10 | 2.37 | 58.3 | 453 | |||||
116 | 108 | Sunderland | 293 | 4.02 | 2.12 | 50.5 | 440 | |||||
117 | 118 | Bishop Grosseteste | 282 | 4.12 | 1.96 | 66.8 | 435 | |||||
118 | 119 | West of Scotland | 297 | 3.96 | 2.36 | 57.9 | 430 | |||||
119 | 120 | London South Bank | 244 | 3.94 | 2.52 | 48.6 | 429 | |||||
120 | 106 | Newman | 291 | 4.07 | 2.13 | 56.2 | 425 | |||||
121 | 121 | Bolton | 282 | 4.03 | 2.04 | 57.0 | 424 | |||||
122 | 114 | Southampton Solent | 272 | 3.91 | 1.63 | 50.0 | 412 | |||||
123 | 110 | Glyndwr | 243 | 4.07 | 2.15 | 63.3 | 407 | |||||
124 | 122 | East London | 273 | 4.06 | 2.71 | 49.9 | 406 | |||||
125 | – | Trinity Saint David | 263 | 4.06 | 2.39 | 50.2 | 405 | |||||
126 | 123 | London Metropolitan | 220 | 3.86 | 2.44 | 44.6 | 327 |
Heriot-Watt University’s Ranking in the Complete University Guide 2016 (UK)
Heriot-Watt was ranked fourth in Scotland in the 2016 Complete University Guide, after St Andrews, Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Heriot-Watt University is 37th in the UK and are ranked in the top 25 for a further 6 subjects: Accounting & Finance, Art & Design, Business & Management Studies, Economics, Mathematics and Mechanical Engineering
Heriot-Watt University ranked in the top ten in the UK in five subject areas:
- Building (6th and 1st in Scotland)
- Chemical Engineering (5th)
- Civil Engineering (9th)
- Electrical & Electronic Engineering (9th)
- Town & Country Planning (5th and 1st in Scotland)
Overall Heriot-Watt were ranked in the top 25% of UK universities in 11 subjects including Accounting & Finance, Art and Design, Business and Management Studies, Economics, Mathematics and Mechanical Engineering.
Other highlights included recognition for the university’s world-class research rated 30th in the UK for quality and for their spending on facilities which placed them 19th in the UK.
KDU Penang’s University Partner Keele University’s Ranking Complete University Guide 2016

- In the 2016 League Table Ranking by the Complete University Guide, Keele University is ranked at 46th overall.
- In the 2016 League Table Ranking for Marketing by the Complete University Guide, Keele University is ranked 15th.
- In the 2016 League Table Ranking for Accounting & Finance by the Complete University Guide, Keele University is ranked at 50.
The KDU Penang’s Business Department has garnered much prestige when a partnership was formed with the famous Keele University in the United Kingdom (UK) for its best-ranked 3+0 dual-major Keele Bachelors programme in Business Management.
KBU Intenational College Parnter University Nottingham Trent University’s UK Rankings

- In the 2016 League Table Ranking by the Complete University Guide, Nottingham Trent University is ranked at 53
- In the 2016 League Table Ranking for Computer Science by the Complete University Guide, Nottingham Trent University is ranked at 55
- In the 2016 League Table Ranking by the Complete University Guide for Art & Design Nottingham Trent is ranked 25
The BSc (Hons) Software Engineering is a 3-year degree programme conducted entirely at KBU International College in collaboration with Nottingham Trent University (NTU), UK.
KBU International College is the first and only centre in South East Asia to conduct Nottingham Trent University’s Honours degree courses in Graphic Design and Interior Architecture & Design.
KBU International College is acknowledged to be one of the best colleges for design in Malaysia having been the first to offer the degree in Graphic Design and Furniture & Product Design.
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