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Top 10 UK Universities

people are always asking this on here, and all you get are opinions of different members, well now you have the results from statistics.

Top ten UK universities

1. (3) University of Cambridge
2. (4) University of Oxford
3. (6) Imperial College London
4. (7) University College London
5. (22) King’s College London
6. (23) University of Edinburgh
7. (29) University of Manchester
8. (32) University of Bristol
9. (66) London School of Economics
10. (69) University of Warwick
[Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings is in brackets]

Top five world universities

1. Harvard University
2. Yale University
3. University of Cambridge
4. University of Oxford
5. California Institute of Technology

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What statistics might these be? I might be going to Manchester, but I'll admit right now it deserves to be below the likes of LSE, Bristol, Durham and Warwick in domestic rankings.
Reply 2
O no! My university's not in the infallible, all powerful list. I must drop out now and be consigned to loserdom for ever more :sadnod:

Get real :rolleyes: The best universities are the ones you like best, not what some hacks at the Times say.
Reply 3
These threads make me laugh, but if you want to be precise using valid statistics.

1. Cambridge
2. Oxford
3. LSE
4. Imperial
5. Warwick
6. UCL
7. Durham
8. York
9. Bristol
10. Bath

These are the top 10 from the combination of Teaching/Research & average UCAS tariff.
Hmm.. interesting.
Reply 5
Yea man, go Cambridge. Ha, better than Oxford anyday. (Oh no, i've already begun. I'm not even in yet)
Reply 6
Not this again...
Reply 7
I'm not at any of the universities in the list so I'm not being biased. I merely came across the list on the KCL page which had a link to it and thought I'd post it on here because I'm always seeing threads like these and people always give the top 10 in their opinions.

Here is the link if you want to check, which states the statistics of the top 10 UK unis in 2008.


http://www.topuniversities.com/country_guides/uk0/
Reply 8
In my opinion the top 10 universities in the UK are:

1. Cambridge
2. Oxford
3. Imperial
4. LSE
5. UCL
6. Warwick
7. Durham
8. Bristol
9. Edinburgh
10. King's College London
Reply 9
Sophie K
In my opinion the top 10 universities in the UK are:

1. Cambridge
2. Oxford
3. Imperial
4. LSE
5. UCL
6. Warwick
7. Durham
8. Bristol
9. Edinburgh
10. King's College London


Your opinion, yes.
Reply 10
THAMES VALLEY UNIVERSITY should be somewhere in there
Reply 11
aeiou123
Your opinion, yes.



Well most league tables consider those to be the top 10 unis.
Reply 12
aeiou123


Here is the link if you want to check, which states the statistics of the top 10 UK unis in 2008.


http://www.topuniversities.com/country_guides/uk0/


I think people are more than aware of the THES rankings

Why on earth are you taking that league table more seriously than all the others (world or domestic). You're making it out as if it's fact. I can provide you with about eight different top tens quite easily.

The world league tables are particularly flawed and biased towards the larger research intensive unis and possibly those who have a strong presence in science (over those in the arts and social sciences). They're a pile of crap.
Sophie K
Well most league tables consider those to be the top 10 unis.


Apart from Kings which has only ranked in the top 10, 6 times out of 47 rankings in the main tables. Hardly consistantly - in fact hardly ever. A 1/8 ration means calling Kings a top 10 stupid.

At least places like Nottingham, have ranked 19 times, which is roughly a 1/2.4 ratio or something.

Check wilipedia if you dont believe me.
1. University of Life
2. University of Life
3. University of Life
4. University of Life
5. University of Life
6. University of Life
7. University of Life
8. University of Life
9. University of Life
10. University of Life
Reply 15
*yawn*
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USE THE SEARCH FUNCTION!!! :haughty:
Reply 17
aeiou123
people are always asking this on here, and all you get are opinions of different members, well now you have the results from statistics.

Top ten UK universities

1. (3) University of Cambridge
2. (4) University of Oxford
3. (6) Imperial College London
4. (7) University College London
5. (22) King’s College London
6. (23) University of Edinburgh
7. (29) University of Manchester
8. (32) University of Bristol
9. (66) London School of Economics
10. (69) University of Warwick
[Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings is in brackets]

Top five world universities

1. Harvard University
2. Yale University
3. University of Cambridge
4. University of Oxford
5. California Institute of Technology



No one in the US would take that ranking seriously. UCL, King's, Edinburgh, Manchester and Bristol aren't superior to Warwick and LSE. If anything, they're slightly inferior to both of them.
ILIGAN
No one in the US would take that ranking seriously. UCL, King's, Edinburgh, Manchester and Bristol aren't superior to Warwick and LSE. If anything, they're slightly inferior to both of them.


Surprise surprise :rolleyes: More ridiculous generalisations from the one and only Iligan... Joker...
Reply 19
1)Cambridge
2)Oxford
3)LSE
4)Imperial
5)UCL
6)Warwick
7)Durham
8)Bristol
9)Edinburgh
10)Bath


1)Harvard
2)Yale
3)Cambridge
4)Stanford
5)Oxford

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