The Times and Sunday Times reveal their top UK universities 2016

Surrey and Sussex make strides in Good University Guide 2016

September 21, 2015

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Source: University of Surrey

The University of Surrey has jumped into the top 10 of the 2016 league table of universities published by?The Times?and?The Sunday Times?for the first time, while the?University of Sussex?has climbed into the top 20.

The institutions beat many of their Russell Group peers to make the upper echelons of this year��s Good University Guide; Surrey climbed three places to eighth, and was also named University of the Year 2015-16, while Sussex rose six places to 19th.

The universities also made strides in the?Guardian��s list of the top UK universities?published earlier this year.

THE?data reveal the best British universities

Meanwhile, the?London School of Economics and Political Science?and the?University of East Anglia?both fell four places, to ninth?and 18th?place respectively.

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The?University of Cambridge?claimed the top spot, after sharing the glory with the?University of Oxford?in last year��s list.

The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2016: top 20 UK universities

2016 rank	2015 rank	Institution
1	1=	University of Cambridge
2	1=	University of Oxford
3	4	Imperial College London
4	3	University of St Andrews
5	6	Durham University
6	8	University of Warwick
7	7	University of Exeter
8	11	University of Surrey
9	5	London School of Economics and Political Science
10	9	University College London
11	12	Lancaster University
12	10	University of Bath
13	13	Loughborough University
14	17	University of Leeds
15	16	University of York
16	18	University of Southampton
17	15	University of Birmingham
18	14	University of East Anglia
19	25	University of Sussex
20	19	University of Bristol

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This is a list of the top 20 institutions in the Good University Guide 2016, including links to the profiles of those institutions that also feature in the?��VR��Ƶ?World University Rankings 2014-15.

ellie.bothwell@tesglobal.com