THE Student Experience Survey 2018 results

The best universities in the UK for student experience – as decided by current students – have been revealed

This year's Student Experience Survey finds Loughborough University back in the first place position, as last year's number one, Harper Adams University slips down to second place. 

This is the fifth time that Loughborough has come first in the THE Student Experience Survey since 2009. The university also ranked first for societal experience and university facilities as well as being the top recommended university among students. 

The University of Chichester made its first appearance in the top 10 achieving high scores for teacher relationships, small-group tuition and quality of staff. 

The rest of the top 10 is made up of the University of Leeds (third), University of Bath (fourth), University of Sheffield (fifth), University of Oxford (sixth), the universities of Exeter, Newcastle and Surrey (joint seventh) and the University of Chichester and St Andrews rounding off the top 10 at joint tenth. 

Scroll down to see the full results below as well as the top five institutions in each of the composite score categories. 

Overall score

Rank	University name	Overall score
1	Loughborough University	85.1
2	Harper Adams University	84.9
3	University of Leeds	83.3
4	University of Bath	83.1
5	University of Sheffield	82.7
6	University of Oxford	82.1
=7	University of Surrey	81.3
=7	Newcastle University	81.3
=7	University of Exeter	81.3
=10	University of Chichester	81.2
=10	University of St Andrews	81.2
=12	Royal Veterinary College	81.1
=12	Falmouth University	81.1
14	University of Dundee	80.7
15	Lancaster University	80.5
16	University of Nottingham	80.4
17	Edge Hill University	80.3
=18	University of Cambridge	80.2
=18	University of York	80.2
=18	Durham University	80.2
21	Bangor University	80.1
22	University of East Anglia (UEA)	79.9
23	University of Lincoln	79.5
=24	University of Reading	79.3
=24	Queen's University Belfast	79.3
=26	Aberystwyth University	79.2
=26	Cardiff University	79.2
=26	Nottingham Trent University	79.2
=29	Swansea University	79.1
=29	University of Southampton	79.1
=29	University of Birmingham	79.1
=32	Northumbria University	79.0
=32	University of Manchester	79.0
=34	York St John University	78.8
=34	Teesside University	78.8
36	University of Glasgow	78.7
37	Keele University	78.2
=38	University of Stirling	78.1
=38	University of Liverpool	78.1
40	University of Warwick	78.0
41	University of Strathclyde	77.9
=42	University of Worcester	77.7
=42	University of Bristol	77.7
44	De Montfort University	77.6
=45	University of Chester	77.3
=45	Sheffield Hallam University	77.3
=45	Manchester Metropolitan University	77.3
=48	University of Sussex	77.2
=48	University of Hull	77.2
50	Robert Gordon University	76.9
51	Canterbury Christ Church University	76.8
=52	University of Essex	76.7
=52	University of Edinburgh	76.7
54	University of Derby	76.6
55	Bournemouth University	76.5
=56	Royal Holloway, University of London	76.3
=56	Coventry University	76.3
=58	Heriot-Watt University	76.1
=58	Aston University	76.1
=60	St George's, University of London	76.0
=60	University of Winchester	76.0
=60	University of Gloucestershire	76.0
=60	King's College London	76.0
64	Imperial College London	75.8
=65	University of Huddersfield	75.7
=65	Plymouth University	75.7
=67	Glasgow Caledonian University	75.6
=67	University of Leicester	75.6
69	University of Hertfordshire	75.5
70	University of Aberdeen	75.4
=71	University of Portsmouth	75.1
=71	University of the West of England, Bristol (UWE)	75.1
73	University of Kent	75.0
74	University of Salford	74.9
75	Staffordshire University	74.7
76	Birkbeck, University of London	74.5
=77	Liverpool John Moores University	74.3
=77	UCL	74.3
79	University of Central Lancashire	74.1
80	University of Sunderland	73.9
=81	Southampton Solent University	73.7
=81	Bath Spa University	73.7
83	Leeds Beckett University	73.5
84	Queen Mary, University of London	73.1
85	University of Wales Trinity Saint David	73
86	University of Bradford	72.9
=87	Bucks New University	72.8
=87	University of Cumbria	72.8
=87	University of East London	72.8
=90	Cardiff Metropolitan University	72.5
=90	Birmingham City University	72.5
92	Brunel University London	72.4
93	University of Brighton	72.2
=94	Edinburgh Napier University	72.1
=94	Oxford Brookes University	72.1
=94	Ulster University	72.1
97	University of South Wales	72
=98	Goldsmiths, University of London	71.9
=98	Anglia Ruskin University	71.9
100	Kingston University	71.4
101	University of Northampton	71.3
102	University of the Arts London	71.1
103	University of West London	70.9
104	London School of Economics and Political Science	70.6
105	University of Roehampton	70.4
=106	Norwich University of the Arts	70
=106	University of Westminster	70
=106	City University London	70
109	London Metropolitan University	69.8
110	Middlesex University	69.7
111	University of Wolverhampton	69.6
112	University of Greenwich	69
=113	London South Bank University	68.8
=113	University of Bedfordshire	68.8
115	University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI)	67.5
116	University of the West of Scotland	66.5

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Academic experience

View the full results for academic experience here

University name	Rank by attribute	Overall ranking
Harper Adams University	1	2
University of Oxford	2	6
University of St Andrews	3	=10
University of Cambridge	4	=18
University of Chichester	5	=10

Security

View the full results for security here

University name	Rank by attribute	Overall ranking
University of Surrey	1	=7
University of Bath	2	4
University of Chichester	=3	=10
Lancaster University	=3	15
University of St Andrews	5	=10

Student welfare

View the full results for student welfare here

University name	Rank by attribute	Overall ranking
Harper Adams University	1	2
Loughborough University	2	1
University of Chichester	3	=10
University of St Andrews	4	=10
University of Leeds	5	3

Accommodation

View the full results for accommodation here

University name	Rank by attribute	Overall ranking
Lancaster University	1	15
Loughborough University	2	1
Harper Adams University	3	2
Edge Hill University	4	17
University of Sheffield	5	5

Societal experience

View the full results for societal experience here

University name	Rank by attribute	Overall ranking
Loughborough University	1	1
University of Leeds	2	3
University of Sheffield	3	5
Newcastle University	4	=7
University of Bath	5	4

Industry connections

View the full results for industry connections here

University name	Rank by attribute	Overall ranking
Harper Adams University	1	2
Loughborough University	2	1
University of Bath	3	4
Royal Veterinary College	4	=12
London School of Economics and Political Science	5	104

University facilities

View the full results for university facilities here

University name	Rank by attribute	Overall ranking
Loughborough University	1	1
University of Leeds	2	3
University of Bath	3	4
University of Dundee	4	14
Harper Adams University	5	2