Prestige rankings of Universities

Original post by Dylank96

Before the hate comes in for this thread, I know that prestige is wholly subjective and relative but, in general, how would you rank the top UK universities in terms of prestige?

My ranking would be:

Group 1
Oxbridge

Group 2
St Andrews, Durham, UCL, Imperial, LSE, Warwick

Group 3
Edinburgh, York, Manchester, Exeter, Bath, Bristol, Kings, Nottingham

Group 4
Glasgow, Newcastle, Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield, Southampton

Group 5
Cardiff, Queen Mary, Liverpool, QUB

Same boring thread with no substance.

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Original post by Princepieman

Same boring thread with no substance.

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And already the insults start, I knew it.

Frankly, your reply is boring. I'm interested in learning people's views on the rankings of UK universities regarding their prestige and how they would agree and disagree with my own. The title and content make the point of the thread very obvious and you are under no obligation to contribute if you find it boring but don't be rude.

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Original post by Dylank96

And already the insults start, I knew it.

Frankly, your reply is boring. I'm interested in learning people's views on the rankings of UK universities regarding their prestige and how they would agree and disagree with my own. The title and content make the point of the thread very obvious and you are under no obligation to contribute if you find it boring but don't be rude.

It's boring because if you run a quick Google search a thread like this is made several times a week. No need to take it personally mate.

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Original post by Dylank96

And already the insults start, I knew it.

Frankly, your reply is boring. I'm interested in learning people's views on the rankings of UK universities regarding their prestige and how they would agree and disagree with my own. The title and content make the point of the thread very obvious and you are under no obligation to contribute if you find it boring but don't be rude.

However, your listing roughly makes sense. It is subject dependant though.

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Original post by Princepieman

It's boring because if you run a quick Google search a thread like this is made several times a week. No need to take it personally mate.

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Well I really am interested in fresh views in light of the recent publication of the new league tables and to see people's views in relation to my own and, in that, I think that I'm justified in starting a new thread.

I noticed that you're from Scotland and going to university in England, me too! Whereabouts are you from?

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Original post by Dylank96

Before the hate comes in for this thread, I know that prestige is wholly subjective and relative but, in general, how would you rank the top UK universities in terms of prestige?

My ranking would be:

Group 1
Oxbridge

Group 2
St Andrews, Durham, UCL, Imperial, LSE, Warwick

Group 3
Edinburgh, York, Manchester, Exeter, Bath, Bristol, Kings, Nottingham

Group 4
Glasgow, Newcastle, Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield, Southampton

Group 5
Cardiff, Queen Mary, Liverpool, QUB

As other posters have indicated, this is asked so often it's just boring now and indeed the responses you will get are so subjective as to be inconsequential.

A very small reply to the question is that it also depends on subject as well as general uni prestige. For Law, for example, KCL and Nottingham are a lot higher than Warwick.

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Original post by callum_law

As other posters have indicated, this is asked so often it's just boring now and indeed the responses you will get are so subjective as to be inconsequential.

A very small reply to the question is that it also depends on subject as well as general uni prestige. For Law, for example, KCL and Nottingham are a lot higher than Warwick.

Inconsequential might be a bit far but, nevertheless, people's views and how they justified those views are interesting to me.

I know it's subject dependant but I'm referring to general university prestige.

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Original post by Dylank96

Inconsequential might be a bit far but, nevertheless, people's views and how they justified those views are interesting to me.

I know it's subject dependant but I'm referring to general university prestige.

Interesting to you, but of no consequence nonetheless.

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Original post by Dylank96

Inconsequential might be a bit far but, nevertheless, people's views and how they justified those views are interesting to me.

I know it's subject dependant but I'm referring to general university prestige.

What uni are you going to and what you going to study?

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Original post by Dylank96

Well I really am interested in fresh views in light of the recent publication of the new league tables and to see people's views in relation to my own and, in that, I think that I'm justified in starting a new thread.

I noticed that you're from Scotland and going to university in England, me too! Whereabouts are you from?

I live in Aberdeen but I'm from the sum of all the countries I've lived in plus all of my ethnic backgrounds.

You? What uni are you off to?

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I would put Sheffield down to 5, Southampton up to 3 and LSE up to 1.

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Original post by Princepieman

I live in Aberdeen but I'm from the sum of all the countries I've lived in plus all of my ethnic backgrounds.

You? What uni are you off to?

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I'm off to York and from Glasgow, not terribly international. :tongue:

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Original post by Princepieman

Same boring thread with no substance.

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how about you make one?

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Original post by callum_law

What uni are you going to and what you going to study?

Going to York for music. What about yourself? A former schoolmate of mine is actually doing law at Kings and, apparently, it's one of the best for it.

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Original post by Dylank96

Before the hate comes in for this thread, I know that prestige is wholly subjective and relative but, in general, how would you rank the top UK universities in terms of prestige?

My ranking would be:

Group 1
Oxbridge

Group 2
St Andrews, Durham, UCL, Imperial, LSE, Warwick

Group 3
Edinburgh, York, Manchester, Exeter, Bath, Bristol, Kings, Nottingham

Group 4
Glasgow, Newcastle, Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield, Southampton

Group 5
Cardiff, Queen Mary, Liverpool, QUB

It is not a bad attempt ....
Look at any sensible international list
cross out all the non UK Universities.
What you got left is the UK universities in order of prestige ...

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Original post by Dylank96

I'm off to York and from Glasgow, not terribly international. :tongue:

Awesome! It's so rare to see a Scot going down south - how come you chose York?

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Original post by Princepieman

Awesome! It's so rare to see a Scot going down south - how come you chose York?

I know, it seems to be surprising when people move to a different city for university in Scotland never mind England!

I really love the city, the course there is exactly what I'm looking for and the department is highly regarded for my subject as well as the university as a whole. My other choices were St Andrews, Durham and Edinburgh but York's a winner for me.

The only problem is that I have all summer to kill now... You're going to Nottingham for computing?

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Original post by Dylank96

I know, it seems to be surprising when people move to a different city for university in Scotland never mind England!

I really love the city, the course there is exactly what I'm looking for and the department is highly regarded for my subject as well as the university as a whole. My other choices were St Andrews, Durham and Edinburgh but York's a winner for me.

The only problem is that I have all summer to kill now... You're going to Nottingham for computing?

Yeah, I think only like 5% of Scots choose to go down south for uni.

Ah, those are great reasons! I hope you enjoy it - if you meet your offer.

Yeah, Computer Science (quite different and more Mathsy than standard computing). I applied to Edinburgh, Lancaster, Nottingham, Reading (switched from Heriot Watt) and Glasgow. Nottingham was the best uni that gave me an offer and I applied because the campus is lovely!

Got rejected from Edinburgh and Glasgow because my teachers messed up my predictions. I emailed all the other unis about it before they looked at my application and managed to get offers.

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