National Student Survey 2015: the overall satisfaction results in full

All UK universities ranked from top to bottom based on overall student satisfaction

August 12, 2015

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The results of the 2015 National Student Survey are in, and despite the introduction of £9,000 tuition fees in England, undergraduate satisfaction has held steady.

The annual survey asks students across the UK to rate their institution on overall satisfaction. Here, we have collected the results in this category for each of the universities taking part.

chris.parr@tesglobal.com

National Student Survey 2015: overall satisfaction league table

Rank	Institution	2015 score
1	Brighton and Sussex Medical School	98
2	St Mary’s University College	96
=3	Keele University	95
=3	Hull and York Medical School	95
=3	University of Buckingham	95
6	Courtauld Institute of Art	94
7	Harper Adams University	93
=8	University of East Anglia	92
=8	University of Essex	92
=8	Royal Veterinary College	92
=8	University of Surrey	92
=8	University of Winchester	92
=13	Conservatoire for Dance and Drama	91
=13	Coventry University	91
=13	University of Lancaster	91
=13	Loughborough University	91
=13	Newcastle University	91
=13	University of Oxford	91
=13	Bangor University	91
=13	Swansea University	91
=21	Aston University	90
=21	University of Bath	90
=21	Bath Spa University	90
=21	University of Cambridge	90
=21	University of Durham	90
=21	University of Exeter	90
=21	Heythrop College	90
=21	University of Leeds	90
=21	The Open University	90
=21	Oxford Brookes University	90
=21	University of Sheffield	90
=21	University of Dundee	90
=21	University of Glasgow	90
=21	Cardiff University	90
=35	University of Kent	89
=35	Liverpool Hope University	89
=35	Newman University	89
=35	University of Portsmouth	89
=35	University of Reading	89
=35	Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance	89
=35	Royal Agricultural University	89
=35	Royal Holloway, University of London	89
=35	Heriot-Watt University	89
=35	University of St Andrews	89
=35	Stranmillis University College	89
=35	Ulster University	89
=47	University of Birmingham	88
=47	University of Chester	88
=47	University of Chichester	88
=47	University of Derby	88
=47	University of Huddersfield	88
=47	Imperial College London	88
=47	Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts	88
=47	Northumbria University	88
=47	Nottingham Trent University	88
=47	Queen Mary University of London	88
=47	University of Southampton	88
=47	St Mary’s University, Twickenham	88
=47	University of York	88
=47	York St John University	88
=47	University of Law	88
=47	Queen’s University Belfast	88
=63	Birkbeck, University of London	87
=63	Canterbury Christ Church University	87
=63	City University London	87
=63	Norwich University of the Arts	87
=63	Soas, University of London	87
=63	Plymouth University	87
=63	University of Sussex	87
=63	University of Warwick	87
=63	University of Worcester	87
=63	University of Aberdeen	87
=63	University of Strathclyde	87
=74	De Montfort University	86
=74	University of Hull	86
=74	University of Manchester	86
=74	University of Northampton	86
=74	University of Nottingham	86
=74	Royal College of Music	86
=74	Royal Northern College of Music	86
=74	St George’s, University of London	86
=74	University Campus Suffolk	86
=74	University of Sunderland	86
=74	Teesside University	86
=74	Medway School of Pharmacy	86
=74	Abertay University	86
=74	Robert Gordon University	86
=74	University of Stirling	86
=74	University of the West of Scotland	86
=90	Anglia Ruskin University	85
=90	Bishop Grosseteste University	85
=90	University of Bradford	85
=90	Brunel University London	85
=90	University of Central Lancashire	85
=90	Edge Hill University	85
=90	Leeds Trinity University	85
=90	University of Leicester	85
=90	University of Lincoln	85
=90	University of Liverpool	85
=90	Liverpool John Moores University	85
=90	Manchester Metropolitan University	85
=90	Sheffield Hallam University	85
=90	University of the West of England	85
=90	Glasgow Caledonian University	85
=90	Queen Margaret University	85
=106	University of Bristol	84
=106	Falmouth University	84
=106	University of Hertfordshire	84
=106	University of Edinburgh	84
=106	Edinburgh Napier University	84
=111	University of Bedfordshire	83
=111	University of Bolton	83
=111	University of Brighton	83
=111	University of Gloucestershire	83
=111	Goldsmiths, University of London	83
=111	University of Greenwich	83
=111	Guildhall School of Music and Drama	83
=111	University College London	83
=111	Middlesex University	83
=111	University of Roehampton	83
=111	University of Salford	83
=111	Staffordshire University	83
=111	Aberystwyth University	83
=111	Cardiff Metropolitan University	83
=125	University College Birmingham	82
=125	Bucks New University	82
=125	Kingston University	82
=125	Leeds Beckett University	82
=125	London South Bank University	82
=125	Royal Academy of Music	82
=125	Southampton Solent University	82
=125	University of Wolverhampton	82
=133	Arts University Bournemouth	81
=133	Birmingham City University	81
=133	University for the Creative Arts	81
=133	King’s College London	81
=133	Leeds College of Art	81
=133	London School of Economics and Political Science	81
=133	BPP University	81
=133	SRUC	81
=141	Ravensbourne	80
=141	Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance	80
=141	University of Westminster	80
=141	Glasgow School of Art	80
=141	University of the Highlands and Islands	80
=141	Glyndwr University	80
=147	Bournemouth University	79
=147	London Metropolitan University	79
=147	University of West London	79
=147	Royal Conservatoire of Scotland	79
=147	University of South Wales	79
=147	University of Wales Trinity Saint David	79
=153	University of Cumbria	78
=153	University of East London	78
=153	University of St Mark and St John	78
=153	Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama	78
157	Royal Central School of Speech and Drama	77
=158	University of the Arts, London	75
=158	Writtle College	75
160	Plymouth College of Art	74

Note: this list does not include further education colleges that offer higher education courses. More on FE NSS results.

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