| Times 2002 Ranking | |||||||||||
| Pos | Univ | Teach | Research | Entry | Staff | Lib/staff | Facil | Deg class | Grad dest | Compl | Score |
| Max possible score | 24 | 7 | 30 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | |
| 1 | Oxford | 22.3 | 6.5 | 29.5 | 12.2 | 1417 | 184 | 84.9 | 95.2 | 96 | 1000 |
| 2 | Cambridge | 22.7 | 6.6 | 29.7 | 11.9 | 959 | 150 | 93.4 | 98.5 | 98 | 997 |
| 3 | Imperial College | 22 | 6.4 | 27.9 | 8.1 | 933 | 369 | 93.1 | 97.7 | 89 | 987 |
| 4 | Bath | 21.4 | 5.7 | 25.4 | 14 | 789 | 403 | 70.1 | 96.2 | 95 | 934 |
| 5 | London, LSE | 21.9 | 6.4 | 28.2 | 14.6 | 1058 | 146 | 70.3 | 95.3 | 93 | 931 |
| 6 | Warwick | 22.5 | 6 | 26.3 | 15.7 | 657 | 171 | 72.1 | 94.6 | 96 | 920 |
| 7 | Bristol | 21.6 | 5.7 | 26.5 | 12.8 | 559 | 352 | 88.1 | 95.9 | 94 | 917 |
| 8 | York | 22.6 | 5.8 | 25.5 | 13 | 520 | 152 | 68.5 | 96.3 | 94 | 911 |
| 9 | Nottingham | 21.7 | 5.3 | 26.2 | 14.1 | 740 | 218 | 80.1 | 96.6 | 95 | 903 |
| 10 | St Andrews | 22 | 5.7 | 24.7 | 9.8 | 668 | 221 | 83.3 | 95.6 | 92 | 902 |
| 11 | London, UCL | 21.9 | 6 | 25.8 | 6.7 | 837 | 191 | 82.4 | 93.4 | 92 | 899 |
| 12 | Manchester | 21.9 | 5.7 | 23.5 | 14.1 | 678 | 205 | 78 | 96.3 | 93 | 884 |
| 13 | Durham | 21.9 | 5.7 | 25.4 | 14.4 | 575 | 269 | 63.4 | 94 | 94 | 881 |
| 14 | Loughborough | 22 | 5.1 | 22 | 16.3 | 583 | 277 | 59.8 | 97.2 | 90 | 879 |
| 15 | Edinburgh | 21.5 | 5.6 | 26.5 | 13.8 | 742 | 234 | 86.6 | 95.9 | 86 | 870 |
| 16 | Newcastle | 21.6 | 5.2 | 23 | 13.3 | 845 | 263 | 70.2 | 94.3 | 89 | 863 |
| 17 | Birmingham | 21.7 | 5.3 | 23.7 | 13.5 | 560 | 223 | 72.9 | 95.6 | 90 | 852 |
| 18 | Sheffield | 22 | 5.5 | 25.4 | 15.8 | 470 | 185 | 73.8 | 95.1 | 90 | 847 |
| 19 | Aberdeen | 21.3 | 4.7 | 19.7 | 11 | 712 | 290 | 72.4 | 97 | 84 | 834 |
| 20 | London, King's | 21.7 | 5.5 | 24.1 | 11 | 609 | 174 | 84.5 | 93.6 | 91 | 833 |
| 21 | Lancaster | 21.6 | 5.8 | 22.1 | 18.3 | 544 | 258 | 61.7 | 93 | 92 | 831 |
| 22 | London, Royal Holloway | 21.2 | 5.7 | 22.1 | 15.1 | 491 | 316 | 60.2 | 94.4 | 91 | 829 |
| 23 | Queens, Belfast | 21.5 | 4.9 | 24.2 | 15.6 | 471 | 287 | 62.8 | 95.8 | 90.1 | 828 |
| 24 | Southampton | 21.6 | 5.8 | 23 | 15.8 | 567 | 189 | 57.8 | 94.8 | 90 | 824 |
| 25 | Essex | 21.7 | 5.6 | 18.3 | 15.5 | 618 | 270 | 53.1 | 95 | 83 | 816 |
| 26 | Leicester | 21.7 | 5 | 21.9 | 15.3 | 491 | 188 | 60.4 | 95.1 | 92 | 815 |
| 27 | SOAS | 21.5 | 5.5 | 22.7 | 12.8 | 1077 | 100 | 72.2 | 89.1 | 83 | 813 |
| 28 | Glasgow | 21.7 | 5.2 | 24.2 | 13.9 | 573 | 166 | 80.5 | 93.5 | 85 | 809 |
| 29 | Leeds | 21.3 | 5.3 | 23.8 | 15.2 | 578 | 137 | 65.9 | 96.2 | 91 | 808 |
| 30 | Reading | 21.3 | 5.3 | 20.9 | 13.5 | 530 | 189 | 60.3 | 95.8 | 88 | 807 |
| 31 | UMIST | 20.6 | 5.5 | 22.7 | 9.4 | 521 | 209 | 58.2 | 95.1 | 88 | 804 |
| 32 | Stirling | 21.4 | 4.8 | 19.1 | 16.7 | 564 | 186 | 62.2 | 95.7 | 90 | 803 |
| Surrey | 20.5 | 5.4 | 19.6 | 12.9 | 531 | 249 | 55.3 | 99 | 90 | 803 | |
| 34 | Cardiff | 21.1 | 5.7 | 22.8 | 17.2 | 487 | 216 | 62.7 | 94.4 | 89 | 795 |
| 35 | Exeter | 21.4 | 5.2 | 23 | 18.2 | 440 | 133 | 66.2 | 94 | 94 | 791 |
| 36 | Aston | 21.1 | 5 | 22 | 19.4 | 433 | 236 | 61.3 | 96.3 | 85 | 781 |
| 37 | Dundee | 21 | 5.1 | 19.8 | 10.9 | 528 | 181 | 79.1 | 95.9 | 84 | 776 |
| 38 | Liverpool | 21.4 | 5.2 | 20.7 | 15.2 | 412 | 139 | 67.3 | 95.5 | 88 | 772 |
| 39 | Queen Mary | 21.3 | 5 | 18.9 | 10.8 | 629 | 200 | 70.7 | 92.8 | 85 | 771 |
| 40 | East Anglia | 21 | 5.4 | 21.1 | 19 | 482 | 187 | 64.4 | 93.3 | 91 | 770 |
| 41 | Strathclyde | 21.5 | 4.7 | 20.4 | 17.5 | 421 | 172 | 60.9 | 95.3 | 82 | 767 |
| 42 | Kent | 21 | 4.8 | 20.2 | 17.9 | 534 | 151 | 55.8 | 97.9 | 88 | 766 |
| 43 | Hull | 21.3 | 4.3 | 19.5 | 17 | 482 | 93 | 58.5 | 97 | 93 | 765 |
| 44 | Sussex | 20.7 | 5.5 | 22.6 | 15.4 | 593 | 190 | 61.5 | 91.9 | 86 | 758 |
| 45 | Swansea | 21.1 | 4.6 | 19.7 | 15.6 | 419 | 183 | 54.2 | 95 | 87 | 751 |
| 46 | Keele | 21.2 | 4.6 | 18.9 | 17.6 | 272 | 139 | 64.1 | 95.2 | 92 | 748 |
| 47 | City | 20.7 | 4.4 | 20.5 | 13.6 | 481 | 178 | 55.8 | 95.9 | 83 | 747 |
| 48 | Heriot-Watt | 20.6 | 4.7 | 19.3 | 14.3 | 640 | 219 | 45.2 | 94.5 | 86 | 743 |
| 49 | Aberystwyth | 20.9 | 4.5 | 18.7 | 19 | 507 | 246 | 57.9 | 91.3 | 90 | 741 |
| 50 | Brunel | 21.2 | 4.3 | 18.3 | 20.2 | 440 | 161 | 52.4 | 97.2 | 84 | 736 |
| 51 | Oxford Brookes | 21.4 | 2.8 | 16.2 | 14.4 | 383 | 247 | 53.9 | 94.7 | 82 | 733 |
| 52 | Ulster | 20.7 | 3.8 | 18.9 | 16.9 | 360 | 132 | 63.4 | 93.6 | 89.8 | 717 |
| 53 | Plymouth | 20.8 | 3.2 | 15.1 | 13.3 | 589 | 142 | 49.1 | 92.9 | 88 | 704 |
| 54 | Bradford | 20.2 | 4.4 | 17.8 | 15.8 | 461 | 243 | 48.7 | 95.8 | 85 | 703 |
| 55 | Nottingham Trent | 20.4 | 2.8 | 17.3 | 17.4 | 419 | 212 | 48.6 | 97.8 | 87 | 700 |
| 56 | Bangor | 20.9 | 4.7 | 16.3 | 18.4 | 530 | 147 | 50.2 | 91.5 | 88 | 695 |
| Northumbria | 21.4 | 2.3 | 16.4 | 18.1 | 380 | 152 | 49.5 | 92.9 | 89 | 695 | |
| 58 | West of England | 21.4 | 2.8 | 16.9 | 19.2 | 412 | 145 | 41.9 | 95.3 | 81 | 680 |
| 59 | Hertfordshire | 21.1 | 2.5 | 15.1 | 17.2 | 483 | 124 | 50.4 | 93.3 | 83 | 675 |
| Robert Gordon | 20.6 | 1.9 | 14.2 | 16.9 | 447 | 132 | 59.9 | 98.1 | 82 | 675 | |
| 61 | Sheffield Hallam | 21 | 3 | 15.9 | 21.4 | 382 | 186 | 49 | 93.5 | 86 | 674 |
| 62 | Portsmouth | 20.6 | 3.2 | 15.8 | 18.4 | 409 | 111 | 48.1 | 96.3 | 85 | 668 |
| 63 | Goldsmiths College | 20.1 | 5.3 | 19.1 | 16.8 | 405 | 109 | 54.5 | 92.4 | 85 | 666 |
| 64 | Abertay Dundee | 20.2 | 2 | 11.8 | 17.1 | 1016 | 152 | 50.2 | 92.6 | 88 | 665 |
| 65 | Cardiff Institute | 21.1 | 2.7 | 15.8 | 15.2 | 333 | 91 | 49.8 | 91.5 | 88 | 664 |
| 66 | Napier | 20.2 | 2.3 | 11.8 | 17.7 | 426 | 143 | 58.6 | 96.9 | 87 | 654 |
| 67 | Coventry | 20.7 | 2.1 | 13.5 | 16.7 | 441 | 194 | 44.4 | 95.1 | 82 | 652 |
| 68 | Brighton | 20.7 | 2.9 | 13.6 | 21.3 | 425 | 140 | 48.5 | 95.5 | 83 | 647 |
| 69 | Westminster | 20.5 | 2.8 | 13.6 | 11.2 | 428 | 132 | 56 | 91.7 | 74 | 640 |
| 70 | Lampeter | 20.6 | 4.7 | 13.4 | 18.5 | 502 | 162 | 49.6 | 87.3 | 89 | 635 |
| 71 | Sunderland | 20.7 | 2.8 | 12.7 | 18.5 | 331 | 185 | 47.9 | 94.4 | 79 | 634 |
| 72 | Kingston | 21.2 | 2.7 | 14.2 | 22.7 | 393 | 132 | 49.2 | 94 | 75 | 632 |
| Luton | 20.9 | 1.8 | 10.6 | 15.4 | 408 | 165 | 47.6 | 99.4 | 74.9 | 632 | |
| 74 | Salford | 20.5 | 4.3 | 14.9 | 18.4 | 340 | 154 | 45.5 | 90.6 | 80 | 626 |
| 75 | Manchester Metro | 20.8 | 2.9 | 15.4 | 19.6 | 384 | 81 | 44.1 | 92 | 83 | 623 |
| 76 | Surrey Roehampton | 20.1 | 3.2 | 12.8 | 20.5 | 295 | 157 | 48.4 | 95.2 | 85 | 612 |
| 77 | Glasgow Caledonian | 20.7 | 2.5 | 17.1 | 16.6 | 220 | 63 | 51.7 | 93 | 76 | 610 |
| 78 | Central Lancashire | 20.5 | 2.2 | 14.5 | 20.1 | 346 | 146 | 45.9 | 92 | 77.4 | 605 |
| Leeds Metropolitan | 20.1 | 2.2 | 15.4 | 19 | 502 | 124 | 50 | 91.4 | 83 | 605 | |
| 80 | Bournemouth | 19.6 | 1.9 | 17.6 | 16.2 | 393 | 45 | 51.5 | 93 | 89 | 602 |
| 81 | Glamorgan | 20.4 | 2.4 | 13.1 | 16.6 | 389 | 165 | 47.6 | 90.3 | 77 | 595 |
| Gloucestershire | 20.1 | 3 | 13.4 | 22.9 | 371 | 101 | 44.9 | 95.5 | 84 | 595 | |
| Staffordshire | 20.2 | 2.2 | 12.7 | 21.6 | 450 | 157 | 42.5 | 92.4 | 87.2 | 595 | |
| 84 | Wolverhampton | 20.4 | 2 | 12.8 | 17.9 | 359 | 195 | 51.4 | 89.3 | 79 | 594 |
| 85 | Liverpool John Moores | 20.2 | 2.6 | 15.4 | 17.9 | 396 | 100 | 48.6 | 90.4 | 83 | 593 |
| 86 | De Montfort | 20 | 3.1 | 13.5 | 19.1 | 399 | 52 | 56.4 | 93.6 | 78 | 591 |
| 87 | Central England | 19.9 | 2.2 | 14.1 | 22.5 | 354 | 145 | 52.4 | 93.9 | 81 | 585 |
| 88 | Middlesex | 20.4 | 2.7 | 12.3 | 19.2 | 496 | 51 | 51.9 | 91.6 | 77 | 584 |
| 89 | Huddersfield | 20.5 | 2.4 | 13.6 | 19.7 | 317 | 120 | 47 | 91.1 | 77 | 579 |
| 90 | Greenwich | 20.2 | 2.5 | 11.5 | 20.5 | 495 | 157 | 40.8 | 93.1 | 77 | 570 |
| 91 | Lincoln | 19.5 | 1.7 | 13.7 | 19.7 | 464 | 80 | 44.8 | 92.2 | 85 | 552 |
| 92 | Anglia | 20.2 | 1.5 | 13.6 | 20.3 | 295 | 100 | 47.7 | 93.6 | 76 | 551 |
| Paisley | 20.4 | 1.6 | 12.1 | 18.5 | 450 | 114 | 41.1 | 87.6 | 80.4 | 551 | |
| Teesside | 19.9 | 1.9 | 12.2 | 16.4 | 382 | 129 | 39.8 | 91.2 | 82 | 551 | |
| 95 | South Bank | 20 | 2.9 | 17.6 | 16.1 | 318 | 144 | 37.8 | 87.1 | 73 | 540 |
| 96 | Newport College | 19.5 | 3 | 12.6 | 28.5 | 331 | 84 | 50.5 | 92.2 | 80 | 522 |
| 97 | North London | 19.9 | 2.3 | 11.3 | 22.8 | 384 | 167 | 42.3 | 92.9 | 69 | 521 |
| 98 | Derby | 19.7 | 1.5 | 12.4 | 30.8 | 333 | 111 | 45.6 | 92.2 | 85 | 504 |
| 99 | East London | 19.2 | 2.5 | 12.5 | 18.7 | 385 | 131 | 47 | 86.4 | 75 | 489 |
| 100 | London Guildhall | 20 | 1.9 | 11.8 | 20.5 | 424 | 99 | 32 | 87.1 | 70 | 468 |
| 101 | Thames Valley | 19.1 | 0.5 | 10.3 | 35.7 | 387 | 44 | 30 | 88.9 | 82 | 360 |