The Rankings of British Universities 2003 by Financial Times

Rank	Maximum possible score	24.0	7.0	30.0	N/a	N/a	N/a	100.0	100.0	100.0	1000
1	Oxford	22.4	6.5	29.5	12.4	1495	283	85.0	83.6	96.0	1000
2	Cambridge	22.9	6.6	29.8	11.3	1141	146	87.8	90.5	98.0	986
3	Imperial College	22.3	6.4	28.0	8.8	944	359	72.3	86.1	86.0	936
4	London School of Economics	22.0	6.4	28.3	13.0	1146	154	70.6	85.5	96.0	921
5	Bath	21.8	5.7	25.7	13.8	685	419	74.2	82.4	94.0	893
6	University College London	22.1	6.0	25.7	6.7	989	179	72.3	79.2	91.0	881
7	York	23.1	5.8	25.7	12.5	582	168	67.9	74.5	95.0	875
8	Warwick	22.7	6.0	26.6	15.6	660	198	74.8	77.2	93.0	870
9	Bristol	22.0	5.7	27.0	13.8	578	293	80.3	78.9	98.0	868
10	Durham	22.2	5.7	25.7	14.1	687	302	64.1	81.3	93.0	867
11	St Andrews	22.7	5.7	26.3*	11.5	579	177	77.8	77.2	91.0	860
12	Loughborough	22.8	5.1	22.0	17.5	608	295	61.3	82.3	89.0	856
13	Nottingham	22.0	5.3	26.0	14.0	686	249	75.4	82.1	94.0	853
14	Edinburgh	22.1	5.6	26.6	12.8	849	247	76.4	77.1	88.0	849
15	Manchester	22.1	5.7	23.9	14.0	810	224	70.4	76.7	89.0	823
15	Birmingham	22.1	5.3	23.8	13.5	647	239	70.0	77.7	91.0	823
17	Newcastle	22.2	5.2	22.5	13.8	833	260	67.6	73.4	90.0	822
18	King's College London	22.2	5.5	24.6	11.3	719	217	67.3	82.5	89.0	822
19	Royal Holloway	22.0	5.7	22.7	13.5	508	331	62.9	71.1	91.0	820
20	Aberdeen	22.1	4.7	18.4~	10.7	765	295	64.9	81.9	83.0	813
21	Lancaster	22.1	5.8	22.0	17.4	644	274	63.4	68.6	92.0	797
22	SOAS	22.0	5.5	22.8	10.4	1173	85	70.6	72.0	74.0	792
23	UMIST	20.9	5.5	23.5	8.1	616	202	59.1	84.5	88.0	787
24	Leicester	22.2	5.0	22.0	15.0	480	261	64.4	73.4	93.0	786
25	Cardiff	22.1	5.7	22.7	17.6	552	223	65.0	73.9	91.0	785
25	Sheffield	22.2	5.5	25.0	15.1	489	176	69.1	75.8	88.0	785
27	Glasgow	22.4	5.2	24.6	13.9	598	178	70.6	74.2	82.0	777
28	Southampton	21.8	5.8	23.6	15.7	612	193	61.6	73.8	90.0	773
29	Reading	21.8	5.3	20.8	13.4	569	158	62.2	79.8	88.0	771
30	Essex	22.5	5.6	18.2	15.1	650	281	49.6	66.5	85.0	770
31	Dundee	22.5	5.1	19.3	12.6	473	159	62.8	80.2	84.0	768
32	Queens, Belfast	21.9	4.9	24.4	16.8	463	282	57.5	80.4	86.0	767
33	Aston	21.6	5.0	21.7	19.9	426	251	68.5	85.4	88.0	761
34	Exeter	22.0	5.2	22.4	16.7	483	128	69.8	74.1	92.0	758
35	Leeds	21.5	5.3	24.2	15.5	601	122	68.4	73.7	91.0	742
36	Stirling	22.2	4.8	19.4	16.6	559	199	65.4	68.9	80.0	740
36	Strathclyde	22.0	4.7	21.0	16.0	487	172	63.8	76.9	83.0	740
36	Surrey	20.7	5.4	19.6	14.4	518	252	59.0	85.0	89.0	740
39	East Anglia	21.2	5.4	21.3	15.1	534	241	64.4	69.6	90.0	737
40	Queen Mary	21.8	5.0	19.9	11.1	595	189	57.6	76.0	85.0	734
41	Sussex	21.3	5.5	22.8	14.8	573	208	62.0	67.5	87.0	726
42	Liverpool	21.8	5.2	21.2	16.2	433	141	61.9	77.9	90.0	723
43	Aberystwyth	21.5	4.5	18.6	19.7	512	255	59.1	72.1	90.0	713
44	Keele	22.1	4.6	19.3	16.3	367	180	59.4*	80.3*	93.0	708
45	Kent	21.4	4.8	20.0	18.3	526	149	59.1	77.4	87.0	704
46	Brunel	21.9	4.3	17.7	19.7	455	192	58.5	78.3	85.0	702
47	Heriot-Watt	21.0	4.7	19.5	14.0	594	231	48.1	72.0	87.0	688
48	Oxford Brookes	21.9	2.8	16.8	16.1	384	244	51.7	83.7	82.0	688
49	Swansea	22.0	4.6	19.5	15.4	437	192	48.9	64.1	87.0	684
50	Hull	21.8	4.3	17.7	17.9	436*	105	60.3	73.3	88.0	681
51	City	20.7	4.4	20.5	13.8	503	185	57.2	80.8	84.0	680
52	Plymouth	21.4	3.2	15.3	12.3	593	195	49.6	71.6	88.0	679
53	Northumbria	22.1	2.3	16.8	18.3	448	240	51.2	71.9	89.0	678
54	UWIC, Cardiff	21.8	2.7	16.4	16.9	358	324	48.9	69.5	87.0	672
55	Bangor	21.6	4.7	16.9	17.3	511	153	51.1	71.5	87.0	662
56	Nottingham Trent	20.9	2.8	17.5	17.1	487	212	53.9	80.1	88.0	661
57	Ulster	21.0	3.8	18.2	16.9	388	138	61.5	74.0	88.0	652
58	Hertfordshire	21.8	2.5	15.0	17.4	503	136	48.1	76.7	86.0	641
59	Lampeter	22.5	4.7	13.0	22.7	362	119	51.4	69.4	81.0	632
59	Bradford	20.6	4.4	17.9	16.5	482	253	47.6	74.0	83.0	632
61	Robert Gordon	20.9	1.9	16.3	16.5	467	119	57.9	86.6	85.0	631
62	Goldsmiths College	20.3	5.3	19.8	16.9	440	122	62.7	64.8	87.0	626
63	West of England	22.0	2.8	16.4	19.2	459	179	42.4	74.5	78.0	624
63	Sheffield Hallam	21.4	3.0	16.3	20.3	383	202	50.5	71.6	87.0	624
65	Kingston	22.4	2.7	12.7	22.9	400	134	51.7	74.8	76.0	616
66	Glamorgan	21.9	2.4	13.3	17.6	434	185	44.2	69.7	83.0	615
67	Portsmouth	21.2	3.2	15.2	16.0	435	125	46.8	72.4	84.0	605
68	Brighton	21.2	2.9	16.7	21.5	420	147	48.8	75.5	86.0	604
69	Manchester Metropolitan	21.4	2.9	15.4	19.0	439	117	46.8	74.6	81.0	600
70	Abertay Dundee	20.8	2.0	12.5*	17.1	1183	140	50.5	68.3	79.0	599
71	Sunderland	21.6	2.8	12.8	17.3	368	190	51.9	70.4	74.0	593
72	Salford	20.7	4.3	15.6	17.6	371	199	48.2	67.3	82.0	589
73	Surrey Roehampton	20.8	3.2	13.6	19.4	407	239	47.6	71.5	84.0	583
74	Westminster	21.0	2.8	13.7	13.8	415	144	56.1	66.5	73.0	574
75	Luton	21.6	1.8	12.3	17.2	477	162	50.5	67.2	71.0	566
76	Leeds Metropolitan	20.2	2.2	15.7	17.9	622	152	49.7	73.2	82.0	557
77	Huddersfield	21.3	2.4	14.0	19.2	333	123	42.9	72.9	78.0	551
78	Glasgow Caledonian	21.3	2.5	18.2	19.2	239	67	56.8	70.1	74.0	548
79	Gloucestershire	21.0	3.0	13.8	22.5	362	90	48.8	71.5	81.0	545
80	Wolverhampton	20.9	2.0	12.4	16.2	423	235	50.4	61.1	80.0	542
80	De Montfort	20.4	3.1	14.0	18.7	424	92*	51.2	73.2	80.0	542
82	Bournemouth	19.5	1.9	17.8	17.2	438	47	53.1	78.1	87.0	541
83	Liverpool John Moores	20.6	2.6	14.5	18.0	421	115	48.2	70.0	79.0	534
84	Middlesex	21.1	2.7	12.2	19.4	418	61	50.4	67.7	79.0	532
84	Napier	20.7	2.3	9.2~	21.6	364	123	61.1	72.3	85.0	532
86	Staffordshire	20.8	2.2	13.1	20.4	486	169	44.6	63.9	80.0	522
87	Central Lancashire	21.0	2.2	14.4	20.2	390	172	44.1	68.5	70.0	521
87	Coventry	20.6	2.1	14.6	19.8	512*	227*	43.8	60.5	82.0#	521
89	Teesside	20.3	1.9	13.9	17.9	387	128	39.2	76.6	82.0#	513
90	Central England	19.9	2.2	13.6	21.7	429	175	54.4	71.1	81.0	510
91	Paisley	21.0	1.6	11.4~	18.9	573	160	46.4	59.2	75.0	500
92	Lincoln	19.6	1.7	13.4	16.2	473	100	47.4	66.5	84.0	496
93	South Bank	20.1	2.9	11.8	17.6	311	146	38.4	75.8	74.0	483
94	Anglia	20.3	1.5	13.5	20.6	318	109	51.9	75.3	73.0	482
95	UWCN, Newport	20.3	3.0	12.8	26.9	356	116	43.6	67.7	78.0	467
96	Greenwich	20.5	2.5	11.4	21.4	473	123	39.4	68.1	75.0	463
97	Derby	19.9	1.5	12.4	23.9	469	156	51.1	58.5	77.0	428
98	London Metropolitan	20.3	2.1	12.0	21.2	425	150	35.3	63.0	56.0	395
99	East London	18.8	2.5	12.2	19.3	447	110	43.5	63.4	65.0	368
100	Thames Valley	19.6	0.5	12.8	29.5	367	20	32.2	70.9	77.0	339

Note: data marked * have been supplied directly by the university concerned.

Note: data marked ~ represent average Highers points

Note: data marked # are from 1998/99 return as 1999/2000 data were unavailable

Column 4 = teaching assessment

Column 5 = research assessment

Column 6 = entry standards

Column 7 = student: staff ratio

Column 8 = library / computer spending

Column 9 = facilities spending

Column 10 = firsts and upper seconds

Column 11 = efficiency graduate destinations

Column 12 = total