Student Experience Survey 2018: best UK universities for facilities

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

March 22 2018

Student Experience Survey 2018: Best universities for facilities

View the overall results of the 2018 Student Experience Survey

Whether these are sports facilities, the bar and shops on campus or the library facilities, these are important factors that students look for when looking for a university. Participants in the 2018 Student Experience Survey were asked to provide a rating between “strongly agree” and “strongly disagree” as to whether their university has:

High-quality facilities
Centralised / convenient facilities
Cheap shop / bar / amenities
Good library and library opening hours
Good sports facilities

Loughborough University took the top spot as the institution with the best facilities possible down to the high-quality sports facilities on campus.

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The best UK universities for facilities 2018

Rank	University name	University facilities score
1	Loughborough University	87.3
2	University of Leeds	84.2
3	University of Bath	83.5
4	University of Dundee	83.3
5	Harper Adams University	83.2
6	Lancaster University	82.8
7	University of Sheffield	82.3
8	Edge Hill University	82.2
9	Queen's University Belfast	82.0
10	University of Lincoln	81.7
=11	University of Surrey	81.6
=11	Northumbria University	81.6
13	University of Exeter	81.3
14	Trent University	81.0
=15	University of Chichester	80.8
=15	Durham University	80.8
=15	Teesside University	80.8
18	University of Glasgow	80.7
19	Falmouth University	80.6
20	University of Nottingham	80.4
21	Newcastle University	80.3
22	University of Stirling	80.2
23	University of York	80.1
24	University of East Anglia (UEA)	79.8
=25	University of Southampton	79.7
=25	York St John University	79.7
=27	University of Oxford	79.6
=27	University of Reading	79.6
29	University of Liverpool	79.5
30	Bangor University	79.3
31	De Montfort University	79.1
32	University of Cambridge	79.0
33	University of Manchester	78.9
34	Sheffield Hallam University	78.7
35	Cardiff University	78.6
36	Aberystwyth University	78.5
=37	University of Strathclyde	78.4
=37	University of Hull	78.4
39	Royal Veterinary College	78.0
40	Manchester Metropolitan University	77.9
41	Keele University	77.8
42	University of Edinburgh	77.7
43	University of Birmingham	77.6
=44	Swansea University	77.5
=44	Glasgow Caledonian University	77.5
=46	University of Warwick	77.4
=46	Imperial College London	77.4
=48	University of St Andrews	77.3
=48	University of Worcester	77.3
=50	Heriot-Watt University	77.1
=50	University of Hertfordshire	77.1
=52	Coventry University	77.0
=52	University of Huddersfield	77.0
54	Leeds Beckett University	76.8
=55	Plymouth University	76.5
=55	University of Portsmouth	76.5
57	University of Essex	76.4
=58	Bournemouth University	76.3
=58	University of Aberdeen	76.3
60	King's College London	76.2
=61	University of Chester	76.1
=61	Aston University	76.1
=61	University of Central Lancashire	76.1
64	Canterbury Christ Church University	75.7
65	University of East London	75.6
=66	University of Sussex	75.4
=66	Robert Gordon University	75.4
68	Southampton Solent University	75.3
=69	University of Derby	75.2
=69	Staffordshire University	75.2
71	University of Bristol	74.8
72	University of Bradford	74.7
73	University of Winchester	74.5
=74	University of Leicester	74.4
=74	University of Kent	74.4
=74	Birkbeck, University of London	74.4
77	University of Salford	74.2
=78	Royal Holloway, University of London	74.0
=78	University of Sunderland	74.0
80	University of Gloucestershire	73.9
81	University of the West of England, Bristol (UWE)	73.2
82	Brunel University London	73.0
83	UCL	72.8
84	Cardiff Metropolitan University	72.7
85	St George's, University of London	72.6
86	Liverpool John Moores University	72.1
87	Goldsmiths, University of London	72.0
88	London School of Economics and Political Science	71.9
=89	Birmingham City University	71.8
=89	Anglia Ruskin University	71.8
91	University of Wolverhampton	71.5
=92	Buckinghamshire New University	71.2
=92	Edinburgh Napier University	71.2
=94	University of Cumbria	71.0
=94	University of West London	71.0
=96	Ulster University	70.9
=96	University of South Wales	70.9
98	University of Bedfordshire	70.8
=99	Queen Mary, University of London	70.7
=99	University of Northampton	70.7
101	Kingston University	70.6
=102	Bath Spa University	70.5
=102	Oxford Brookes University	70.5
=102	City, University of London	70.5
105	University of Westminster	70.4
106	University of Brighton	70.3
107	Middlesex University	70.2
108	University of Roehampton	69.8
109	London South Bank University	69.6
110	London Metropolitan University	68.9
111	University of the Arts London	68.8
112	University of Greenwich	68.2
113	University of Wales Trinity Saint David	67.0
114	University of the West of Scotland	65.2
115	University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI)	64.9
116	Norwich University of the Arts	64.3