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Top UK Universities 2010
The Times has published the rankings of top UK institutions (a total of 114 institutions are ranked). The University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge, commonly known as Oxbridge, are again the Top 2 universities in the nation. In the subject league tables, Cambridge is ranked Number One in 35 subjects, while Oxford leads in nine subjects.
The Top 10 universities remained largely unchanged, with the exception that York drops out of top 10 list this year. Exeter is now a Top 10 UK university - improving its position to 9th nationally.
Sheffield made it to Top 20 this year, moving up four places from 22nd. It is the biggest winner in the subject league table, with 27 subject areas appeared in the top ten list.
Some of the biggest climbers this year:
- Edinburgh (from 18th to 14th)
- Cumbria (from 99th to 83th)
- Hertfordshire (from 79th to 66th)
- Bedfordshire (from 89th to 71st)
- Lincoln (from 103rd to 86th)
- Teesside (from 88th to 81st)
- Northumbria (from 73rd to 64th)
- UWIC Cardiff (from 85th to 76th)
Following is the list of Top 30 UK institutions:
1 Oxford
2 Cambridge
3 Imperial College
4 St Andrews
5 University College London
6 Warwick
7 London School of Economics
8 Durham
9 Exeter
10 Bristol
11 York
12 King’s College London
13 Bath
14 Edinburgh
15 Leicester
15 Southampton
17 Loughborough
18 Sheffield
19 Glasgow
20 Nottingham
21 Newcastle
22 Birmingham
23 Lancaster
24 Manchester
25 Aston
26 Cardiff
27 Leeds
28 Liverpool
28 East Anglia
30 Royal Holloway
Source: Times Online
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Posted 4 months ago by Member
According to the Independent Complete University Guide 2010, the Top 3 institutions remained the same position as last year's rankings, with Oxford in the first place, followed by Cambridge and Imperial.
Institutions with improvements in the ranking position:
- Durham moved into Top 5 this year (from 6th in the 2009 League Table).
- Bath and York moved into Top 10 positions with 9th and 10th respectively.
- Edinburgh jumped 10 places from 21st to 11th.
- Southampton moved up to 13th from 20th last year.
- Aston moved up to 13th from 23rd.
- Sheffield moved up to 22nd from 26th.
- Newcastle up 3 places to 24th.
The Top 20 UK Universities are as follows:
1 Oxford
2 Cambridge
3 Imperial College
4 London School of Economics
5 Durham
6 Warwick
7 St Andrews
8 University College London
9 Bath
10 York
11 Edinburgh
12 Lancaster
13 Southampton
13 Aston
15 SOAS
16 Bristol
17 King's College London
18 Loughborough
19 Nottingham
20 Leicester
Source: Complete University Guide
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