The Top 10 UK Universities

Warwick is easily a top 8 UK university, and usually the most respected by Investment banks and firms of similar ilk outside the top 5. I never even applied to Warwick, but anyone who slags it off doesn't have a clue.

I actually went to a Bristol open day showing, and I thought the place was dreadful in terms of accommodation and area. Their entry requirements are hithered to absurdity and beyond! Bristol is definitely not in my top 10.

Obviously it varies by subject. But, in your opinion, what are the top 10 universities in the UK, overall? (Re: prestige/job prospects/everything).

Cambridge
Oxford
LSE
Imperial
UCL
Durham
Bristol
Edinburgh
Nottingham
Warwick


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Just... The place, the way it is, the people

The course, the nebulous position it was seen to hold by some employers of the profession I want to enter, its location, 1.its aesthetic standards, its living environment, how work was assessed and 2.how many students achieved a 1st. 3.Unistats was extremely useful in getting objective information specific to the course.

Warwick over Cambridge? Warwick is good but no way is it in the Top 5. More like 10-15. It's hardly known outside the UK.

Warwick is very known outside the UK. Not as a prestigious university, but it is known because lots of internationals go there.

That is my top 10 too, but I wouldn't have the same order. Warwick is better than Durham. Nottingham would be bottom, then Durham.

I'd argue that across all fields, Durham is better. Warwick has some truly exceptional courses but equally it has some quite opposite from what I gather :/

Cheers mate

We're not all pricks..

Possibly, but still no where near as recognised as the G5. That was the point I was making, although Warwick is very good, it isn't on the same level as Oxford, Cambridge, LSE, Imperial and UCL.

KCL 100% in the top 10. Ranked 16 in the world in the recent QS world rankings. No idea why the domestic rankings always puts it in the 20s range.

Happy to hear you think this I am a KCLer

I feel our teachers are really wonderful and our research is excellent. But student satisfaction is what brings us down on domestic rankings. Its very frustrating for our lecturers, there is a lot of stupid bureaucracy in the uni big wigs and the essay feedback scheduling is very sloooowwww.

But besides that, I really love King's

KCL indeed is a good bet for the top 10 based on international standing, but the top graduate employers don't see it that way. Most people still regard it as a top 20 university.

I'm suprised to hear that. We got 'Best University for gradute employment 2012-2013 and are currently on the top 5 for grad employment in the complete university guide 2014

The top 100 graduate employers targeted Nottingham, Manchester, Warwick, Cambridge, Oxford the most last year.

http://www.highfliers.co.uk/download/GMReport14.pdf page 31.

The ten universities most-often targeted by Britain’s top graduate employers
in 2013-2014 are Nottingham, Manchester, Cambridge, Oxford, Bristol, Bath,
Warwick, Leeds, Imperial College London, and University College London.