top 10 universities in the uk?

In no paticular order:

Oxford
Cambridge
UCL
Imperial
LSE
Manchester
Warwick
Bristol
Aberdeen
Durham

Reply 2

Poem boy

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Aberdeen? You must be kidding, the others seem reasonable. Aberdeen is at most a top 40 uni.

Reply 3

Original post by Poem boy

Aberdeen? You must be kidding, the others seem reasonable. Aberdeen is at most a top 40 uni.

Reply 4

Svenjamin

This is what university league tables are for...

Guardian:
Oxford
Cambridge
Warwick
St Andrews
UCL
Lancaster
Imperial
LSE
Loughborough

Sunday Times:
Oxford
Cambridge
Imperial
UCL
St Andrews
Warwick
Durham
York
LSE
Bristol

All pretty arbitrary... and none have Aberdeen in the top 10.

(edited 13 years ago)

Reply 5

Original post by Svenjamin

And this is what university league tables are for...

(edited 13 years ago)

Reply 6

Manitude

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http://www.lancs.ac.uk/

See first headline.

The rest are the 'usual suspects' as I like to call them - oxbridge, warwick, durham, edinburgh, imperial, ucl etc

Reply 7

TheSownRose

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1 and 2: some order of Oxford and Cambridge.
3 - 10: variable.

Reply 8

Svenjamin

Original post by RamocitoMorales

Sorry, we can all pretend Aberdeen is in there if it'll sooth your ego?

Reply 9

Poem boy

8

Original post by Manitude

http://www.lancs.ac.uk/

See first headline.

The rest are the 'usual suspects' as I like to call them - oxbridge, warwick, durham, edinburgh, imperial, ucl etc

Perhaps Lancaster is in the top ten of a league table but in terms of perceived reputation it is behind the red bricks like Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester etc

I doubt employers would prefer it over those uni's.

Reply 10

http://www.westminster.ac.uk/study/international/why-choose-westminster

Original post by Manitude

http://www.lancs.ac.uk/

See first headline.

Westminster think they're 'world class' as well. :sigh:

Reply 11

her

OP

9

is birmingham not among ... i thought it was since it was a russell.

Reply 12

Eloades11

oxford, cambridge, imperial college london, university college london, warwick, LSE, Bristol and durham. They're the ones I think(from what I've heard about them) should definately be up the top.

Basically its arguable about the universities between 8-15 for me, but they all have to be in the russell group, not in the russell group then not in the top 10

Reply 13

Original post by Eloades11

oxford, cambridge, imperial college london, university college london, warwick, LSE, Bristol and durham. They're the ones I think(from what I've heard about them) should definately be up the top.

Basically its arguable about the universities between 8-15 for me, but they all have to be in the russell group, not in the russell group then not in the top 10

Yet you've decided to list Durham in your top ten, which isn't in the Russell Group... :facepalm2:

Reply 14

lonelykatana

Original post by her

in general - reputation - employability ..

I see the words in general, but you need to understand some are better for some courses. :tongue:

Reply 15

Beska

Original post by TheSownRose

1 and 2: some order of Oxford and Cambridge.
3 - 10: variable.

Basically this tbqh.

Reply 16

username547863

13

*Copies list of top 10 from Guardian Rankings*
*Takes out some random uni*
*Adds in some top 40 uni I attend*
*posts*

Reply 17

tillytots

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Original post by Poem boy

Aberdeen? You must be kidding, the others seem reasonable. Aberdeen is at most a top 40 uni.

seriously, don't even provoke the **** otherwise the thread will be hijacked on how great aberdeen is because of its amazing architecture.

My opinions: Oxford,Cambridge,UCL,LSE,Imperial,Durham,Warwick,Bristol,York and Exeter or Manchester. It really depends though, all unis have their strengths and weaknesses and it's quite a subjective matter. Prestige shouldn't really come in when choosing a university.

Reply 18