Student Experience Survey 2018: the safest UK universities

The safest universities in the UK, as perceived by current students, have been revealed

Student life

March 22 2018

Student Experience Survey 2018: safest universities

View the overall results of the 2018 Student Experience Survey

Feeling safe while studying is a top consideration for many prospective students when they start thinking about where to go to university. Enjoying a sense of security, comfort and happiness during your time at college can make the difference between staying on and getting a good degree or deciding to look elsewhere or even drop out altogether.

As part of the Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey 2018, more than 20,000 students were asked the extent to which they agreed that their university offered “good security”. The table below shows how the UK’s institutions perform on this question.

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The safest UK universities 2018

Rank	University name	Good security score
1	University of Surrey	86.9
2	University of Bath	86.2
=3	University of Chichester	85.6
=3	Lancaster University	85.6
5	University of St Andrews	85.5
6	University of East Anglia (UEA)	84.4
7	Edge Hill University	84.3
=8	Loughborough University	84.2
=8	University of York	84.2
10	University of Reading	83.6
11	University of Exeter	83.2
12	University of Cambridge	82.8
13	Royal Veterinary College	82.4
=14	Durham University	82.3
=14	Bangor University	82.3
16	Aberystwyth University	82.2
=17	Falmouth University	81.7
=17	St George's, University of London	81.7
19	Northumbria University	81.5
20	University of Leeds	81.3
=21	University of Sheffield	81.1
=21	Newcastle University	81.1
23	University of Warwick	81.0
=24	University of Oxford	80.9
=24	University of Dundee	80.9
=26	University of Chester	80.6
=26	University of Kent	80.6
=28	Harper Adams University	80.4
=28	Swansea University	80.4
=30	University of Lincoln	80.2
=30	University of Winchester	80.2
32	University of Nottingham	80.0
33	University of West London	79.8
=34	University of Southampton	79.7
=34	University of Bristol	79.7
36	University of Worcester	79.6
37	Trent University	79.5
38	York St John University	79.4
=39	De Montfort University	78.9
=39	Heriot-Watt University	78.9
=39	Imperial College London	78.9
42	King's College London	78.7
=43	Cardiff University	78.6
=43	Canterbury Christ Church University	78.6
=43	University of Edinburgh	78.6
=46	Sheffield Hallam University	78.3
=46	Aston University	78.3
=46	University of Hertfordshire	78.3
=49	Queen's University Belfast	78.1
=49	Royal Holloway, University of London	78.1
51	University of Gloucestershire	78.0
52	Buckinghamshire New University	77.9
53	University of Glasgow	77.7
=54	University of Aberdeen	77.6
=54	University of Central Lancashire	77.6
=54	Bath Spa University	77.6
57	Birmingham City University	77.4
=58	Teesside University	77.3
=58	University of Liverpool	77.3
=58	University of Hull	77.3
=61	University of Manchester	77.2
=61	University of the Arts London	77.2
63	Brunel University London	77.1
=64	University of Sussex	77.0
=64	Coventry University	77.0
=66	Liverpool John Moores University	76.8
=66	University of Bradford	76.8
68	Manchester Metropolitan University	76.7
69	UCL	76.6
70	University of Strathclyde	76.5
=71	University of Derby	76.4
=71	University of Westminster	76.4
73	University of the West of England, Bristol (UWE)	76.2
=74	Robert Gordon University	76.1
=74	Ulster University	76.1
=76	University of Stirling	76.0
=76	London Metropolitan University	76.0
=78	University of Essex	75.9
=78	Bournemouth University	75.9
=80	University of Leicester	75.7
=80	Leeds Beckett University	75.7
82	Glasgow Caledonian University	75.6
83	London School of Economics and Political Science	75.5
84	Plymouth University	75.4
85	Norwich University of the Arts	75.1
86	Birkbeck, University of London	75.0
=87	University of Birmingham	74.8
=87	Keele University	74.8
=87	University of Huddersfield	74.8
90	Staffordshire University	74.6
91	University of Wales Trinity Saint David	74.4
=92	University of Cumbria	74.3
=92	Edinburgh Napier University	74.3
94	Oxford Brookes University	74.2
95	University of Salford	74.1
96	Cardiff Metropolitan University	74.0
97	University of South Wales	73.9
98	University of Sunderland	73.5
99	London South Bank University	73.3
100	University of Brighton	73.0
101	University of Wolverhampton	72.9
102	Southampton Solent University	72.6
103	University of Portsmouth	72.4
104	University of East London	72.0
105	Anglia Ruskin University	71.9
106	University of Bedfordshire	71.6
107	University of the West of Scotland	71.0
108	University of Northampton	70.8
109	University of Greenwich	70.5
110	Kingston University	70.3
111	Queen Mary University of London	70.0
112	University of Roehampton	69.7
113	City University London	69.3
114	University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI)	69.0
115	Goldsmiths, University of London	68.3
116	Middlesex University	66.7