| CUG Rank | University Name | |
| 2016 | 2015 | |
| 1 | 1 | Cambridge |
| 2 | 2 | Oxford |
| 3 | 3 | London School of Economics |
| 4 | 6 | Imperial College London |
| 5 | 5 | Durham |
| 5 | 4 | St Andrews |
| 7 | 7 | Warwick |
| 8 | 12 | Surrey |
| 9 | 11 | Lancaster |
| 10 | 10 | Exeter |
| 11 | 8 | Bath |
| 11 | 13 | Loughborough |
| 13 | 9 | University College London |
| 14 | 16 | Southampton |
| 15 | 18 | Bristol |
| 16 | 15 | East Anglia |
| 17 | 14 | York |
| 18 | 17 | Birmingham |
| 19 | 23 | Leeds |
| 20 | 21 | Edinburgh |
| 21 | 38 | Sussex |
| 22 | 22 | Kent |
| 23 | 28 | King’s College London |
| 24 | 19 | Leicester |
| 25 | 23 | Nottingham |
| 26 | 20 | Newcastle |
| 27 | 26 | Sheffield |
| 28 | 28 | Manchester |
| 29 | 37 | Reading |
| 30 | 30 | Glasgow |
| 31 | 23 | Cardiff |
| 32 | 27 | Aston |
| 33 | 36 | Queen Mary, University of London |
| 34 | 33 | Royal Holloway, University of London |
| 34 | 39 | Essex |
| 36 | 31 | Queen’s, Belfast |
| 37 | 33 | Heriot-Watt |
| 38 | 41 | Strathclyde |
| 39 | 31 | Liverpool |
| 40 | 44 | Aberdeen |
| 41 | 40 | City |
| 42 | 49 | Dundee |
| 43 | 35 | SOAS, University of London |
| 43 | 46 | St George’s, University of London |
| 45 | 42 | Swansea |
| 46 | 43 | Keele |
| 47 | 45 | Stirling |
| 48 | 51 | Coventry |
| 49 | 47 | Brunel University London |
| 50 | 50 | Goldsmiths, University of London |
| 51 | 55 | Lincoln |
| 52 | 62 | University for the Creative Arts |
| 53 | 52 | Nottingham Trent |
| 54 | 71 | De Montfort |
| 54 | 65 | Bournemouth |
| 54 | 48 | Oxford Brookes |
| 57 | 57 | Arts University Bournemouth |
| 58 | 64 | Bangor |
| 59 | 63 | Portsmouth |
| 60 | 84 | Harper Adams |
| 60 | 58 | Northumbria |
| 62 | 53 | West of England, Bristol |
| 63 | 77 | Bradford |
| 63 | 66 | Hull |
| 63 | 54 | Robert Gordon |
| 66 | 93 | Roehampton |
| 66 | 84 | Ulster |
| 68 | 81 | Liverpool John Moores |
| 69 | 61 | Buckingham |
| 70 | 69 | Bath Spa |
| 70 | 55 | Falmouth |
| 72 | 66 | Sheffield Hallam |
| 73 | 73 | Manchester Metropolitan |
| 74 | 70 | Huddersfield |
| 75 | 60 | Hertfordshire |
| 76 | 73 | Brighton |
| 77 | 76 | Chichester |
| 78 | 80 | Queen Margaret |
| 79 | 98 | Cardiff Metropolitan |
| 80 | 91 | Gloucestershire |
| 80 | 66 | University of the Arts, London |
| 82 | 89 | Edge Hill |
| 83 | 72 | Glasgow Caledonian |
| 83 | 73 | Northampton |
| 85 | 83 | Royal Agricultural University |
| 86 | 87 | Aberystwyth |
| 86 | 59 | Winchester |
| 88 | 82 | Birmingham City |
| 89 | 94 | Middlesex |
| 90 | 79 | Plymouth |
| 91 | 90 | Central Lancashire |
| 92 | 101 | Edinburgh Napier |
| 93 | 78 | Chester |
| 94 | 87 | Derby |
| 95 | 91 | Abertay |
| 96 | 84 | Salford |
| 97 | – | Liverpool Hope |
| 98 | 96 | Teesside |
| 99 | 95 | York St John |
| 100 | 96 | Westminster |
| 101 | 113 | Leeds Trinity |
| 102 | 100 | South Wales |
| 103 | 105 | Staffordshire |
| 104 | 107 | Kingston |
| 105 | 104 | Worcester |
| 106 | 103 | Canterbury Christ Church |
| 107 | 99 | Greenwich |
| 108 | 110 | West London |
| 109 | – | St Mary’s, Twickenham |
| 110 | 117 | Bedfordshire |
| 111 | 112 | Cumbria |
| 112 | 109 | St Mark and St John |
| 113 | 115 | Buckinghamshire New |
| 114 | 102 | Leeds Beckett |
| 115 | 116 | Anglia Ruskin |
| 116 | 108 | Sunderland |
| 117 | 118 | Bishop Grosseteste |
| 118 | 119 | West of Scotland |
| 119 | 120 | London South Bank |
| 120 | 106 | Newman |
| 121 | 121 | Bolton |
| 122 | 114 | Southampton Solent |
| 123 | 110 | Glyndwr |
| 124 | 122 | East London |
| 125 | – | Trinity Saint David |
| 126 | 123 | London Metropolitan |
