| 2016 Times Ranking | 2015 Times Ranking | University |
| 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 |
| 21 | 21 | University of Sheffield |
| 22 | 22= | University of Edinburgh |
| 23= | 30 | University of Kent |
| 23= | 22= | Newcastle University |
| 25 | 22= | University of Nottingham |
| 26 | 26 | University of Glasgow |
| 27 | 29 | King’s College London |
| 28= | 20 | University of Leicester |
| 28= | 28 | University of Manchester |
| 30 | 34= | Aston University Birmingham |
| 31 | 38 | Queen’s University, Belfast |
| 32 | 33 | University of Reading |
| 33 | 27 | Cardiff University |
| 34 | 37 | Queen Mary, University of London |
| 35 | 32 | University of Essex |
| 36 | 34 | Royal Holloway, University of London |
| 37 | 45 | University of Dundee |
| 38= | 36 | University of Liverpool |
| 38= | 41 | Heriot-Watt University |
| 38= | 48 | University of Buckingham |
| 41= | 43 | Swansea University |
| 41= | 46 | City University |
| 43 | 40 | Keele University |
| 44 | 31 | Soas |
| 45 | 44 | University of Aberdeen |
| 46 | 39 | University of Strathclyde |
| 47 | 42 | Coventry University |
| 48 | St George’s, University of London | |
| 49 | 63 | Harper Adams University |
| 50 | 53 | University of Stirling |
| 51 | Royal Agricultural University | |
| 52 | 50 | Bangor University |
| 53 | 54 | De Montfort University |
| 54 | 52 | Nottingham Trent University |
| 55 | 49 | Oxford Brookes University |
| 56 | 51 | Falmouth University |
| 57 | 69 | Ulster University |
| 58 | 70 | Bath Spa University |
| 59 | 57 | University of Portsmouth |
| 60 | 47 | Brunel University London |
| 61 | Norwich University of the Arts | |
| 62= | 60 | University of Lincoln |
| 62= | 70 | University for the Creative Arts |
| 64 | 61 | University of Winchester |
| 65 | 66 | Northumbria University |
| 66 | 55 | Goldsmiths, University of London |
| 67 | 58 | University of Hull |
| 68 | 72 | Edge Hill University |
| 69= | 65 | University of Chichester |
| 69= | 77= | University of Huddersfield |
| 69= | 64 | Robert Gordon University |
| 72 | 62 | Sheffield Hallam University |
| 73 | 68 | University of the West of England |
| 74 | 71 | Liverpool John Moores University |
| 75 | 76 | University of Bradford |
| 76 | 79 | University of Hertfordshire |
| 77 | 89 | Manchester Metropolitan University |
| 78 | 73 | Roehampton University |
| 79= | Liverpool Hope University | |
| 79 | 93 | Aberystwyth University |
| 81 | 59 | Arts University Bournemouth |
| 82= | 56 | University of Northampton |
| 82= | 81 | Bournemouth University |
| 84 | 81 | University of Derby |
| 85= | 80 | Plymouth University |
| 85= | 75 | Middlesex University |
| 87 | 67 | University of Chester |
| 88 | 67 | York St John University |
| 89 | 83 | University of Gloucestershire |
| 90 | 82 | University of Brighton |
| 91 | 91= | Leeds Trinity University |
| 92 | 77= | University of Central Lancashire |
| 93 | 97 | Edinburgh Napier University |
| 94 | 84 | Glasgow Caledonian University |
| 95 | 101 | Staffordshire University |
| 96 | 86 | Queen Margaret University Edinburgh |
| 97 | 106 | Abertay University |
| 98 | 105 | University of Salford |
| 99 | 85 | University of the Arts London |
| 100= | 107 | University of Worcester |
| 100= | 100 | St Mary’s University, Twickenham |
| 102 | 94 | Teesside University |
| 103 | 90 | Cardiff Metropolitan University |
| 104 | 99 | University of Sunderland |
| 105 | 91= | Birmingham City University |
| 106 | 98 | University of Greenwich |
| 107 | 96 | Canterbury Christ Church University |
| 108 | 110 | Anglia Ruskin University |
| 109 | 116 | Buckinghamshire New University |
| 110 | 108 | University of Bedfordshire |
| 111 | 117 | Kingston University |
| 112= | 102= | Bishop Grosseteste University |
| 112= | 114 | University of South Wales |
| 114 | 111 | Leeds Beckett University |
| 115= | 112 | University of Westminster |
| 115= | 115 | Southampton Solent University |
| 115= | 104 | Newman University, Birmingham |
| 118 | 118 | Univ of the West of Scotland |
| 119 | 95 | University of Cumbria |
| 120 | 122 | London South Bank University |
| 121 | 109 | University of West London |
| 122 | 113 | Glyndwr University |
| 123= | 120 | University of Bolton |
| 123= | 102= | University of St Mark & St John, Plymouth |
| 125 | 123 | London Metropolitan University |
| 126 | 121 | University of the Highlands and Islands |
| 127 | 119 | University of East London |
