The University of Essex are ranked 12th in The Guardian University Guide 2026🏛️

We are thrilled to announce that we are ranked 12th in the UK according to The Guardian University Guide 2026!!

We pride ourselves on excellence in teaching and excellence in research! Check out our individual rankings below:
1st Drama 🎓
3rd for Anatomy and Physiology 🔬
6th Nursing 🩺
6th Mathematics 📚
6th for Biology 🫀
9th Economics 📈
9th International Relations ☎️
9th Criminology 🔍
10th for Sports Science 🏏
12th Sociology 🗣️

Other subjects in the UK top 20 include hospitality, event management and tourism, mental health nursing, philosophy, physiotherapy, and politics.

Do you see any subject that you are interested in? Come take a look around our campus and come speak to our academics, we cannot wait to welcome you!

Our Open days are:

Colchester Campus 🏛️:
20th September 2025
8th November 2025

Southend Campus 🏛️:
11th November 2025

Best wishes - Essex Official Rep Mia ✨

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Reply 1

elareare

@sdfj

Reply 2

sdfj

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by EssexOfficialRep

We are thrilled to announce that we are ranked 12th in the UK according to The Guardian University Guide 2026!!
We pride ourselves on excellence in teaching and excellence in research! Check out our individual rankings below:
1st Drama 🎓
3rd for Anatomy and Physiology 🔬
6th Nursing 🩺
6th Mathematics 📚
6th for Biology 🫀
9th Economics 📈
9th International Relations ☎️
9th Criminology 🔍
10th for Sports Science 🏏
12th Sociology 🗣️
Other subjects in the UK top 20 include hospitality, event management and tourism, mental health nursing, philosophy, physiotherapy, and politics.
Do you see any subject that you are interested in? Come take a look around our campus and come speak to our academics, we cannot wait to welcome you!
Our Open days are:
Colchester Campus 🏛️:
20th September 2025
8th November 2025
Southend Campus 🏛️:
11th November 2025
Best wishes - Essex Official Rep Mia ✨

Hello Mia

9th for economics? Is this a joke?

The University of Essex takes people in clearing with grades of CCD for the Bachelor of Science Economics programme. I don’t believe this is comparable to strong university economics courses that ask for AAA as the minimum entry requirement. This is the entry data on UCAS’s website:

From more reliable sources, I believe that the following list is more accurate for economics rankings:

Cambridge
LSE
Oxford
UCL
Warwick
St Andrews
Durham
Bristol
Nottingham

All of the above require minimum AAA, compared to CDD. Do you really believe 9th is accurate and that the University of Essex trumps any of the above 9 universities for economics??

Reply 3

sdfj

Oh my god

6th for maths

Don’t get me started…

Reply 4

elias294330

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by sdfj

Hello Mia
9th for economics? Is this a joke?
The University of Essex takes people in clearing with grades of CCD for the Bachelor of Science Economics programme. I don’t believe this is comparable to strong university economics courses that ask for AAA as the minimum entry requirement. This is the entry data on UCAS’s website:

From more reliable sources, I believe that the following list is more accurate for economics rankings:
Cambridge
LSE
Oxford
UCL
Warwick
St Andrews
Durham
Bristol
Nottingham
All of the above require minimum AAA, compared to CDD. Do you really believe 9th is accurate and that the University of Essex trumps any of the above 9 universities for economics??

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by sdfj

Oh my god
6th for maths
Don’t get me started…

That just gave me an accurate representation of the University of Essex

Reply 5

EssexOfficialRep

Official Rep

Original post

by sdfj

Hello Mia
9th for economics? Is this a joke?
The University of Essex takes people in clearing with grades of CCD for the Bachelor of Science Economics programme. I don’t believe this is comparable to strong university economics courses that ask for AAA as the minimum entry requirement. This is the entry data on UCAS’s website:

From more reliable sources, I believe that the following list is more accurate for economics rankings:
Cambridge
LSE
Oxford
UCL
Warwick
St Andrews
Durham
Bristol
Nottingham
All of the above require minimum AAA, compared to CDD. Do you really believe 9th is accurate and that the University of Essex trumps any of the above 9 universities for economics??

Hi @sdfj ,

Our university rankings have been provided by The Guardian University Guide 2026. The rankings are a based off many influencing factors including student satisfaction and educational quality, not entry requirements to the specific course. You can find out more here: University of Essex 12th in Guardian University Guide 2026 | University of Essex

😃

Reply 6

Picnicl

The Guardian weights things according to their own 'everyone must win prizes' left-wing agenda. I would never accept any league table they make as having any merit in judging where the best academics are.

Reply 7

feesuat

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by sdfj

Hello Mia
9th for economics? Is this a joke?
The University of Essex takes people in clearing with grades of CCD for the Bachelor of Science Economics programme. I don’t believe this is comparable to strong university economics courses that ask for AAA as the minimum entry requirement. This is the entry data on UCAS’s website:

From more reliable sources, I believe that the following list is more accurate for economics rankings:
Cambridge
LSE
Oxford
UCL
Warwick
St Andrews
Durham
Bristol
Nottingham
All of the above require minimum AAA, compared to CDD. Do you really believe 9th is accurate and that the University of Essex trumps any of the above 9 universities for economics??