Ranking	Ranking in 2003		Teaching excellence (250)	Research quality (200)	A/AS-level/Higher points (250)	Employment (100)	Firsts/2:1s awarded (100)	Student/staff ratio (100)	Dropout rate	Total
1	1	University of Cambridge	241	185	250	81	90	100	10	957
2	2	University of Oxford	214	178	249	69	86	100	5	901
3	4	Imperial College London	205	167	233	81	73	100	5	864
4	3	London School of Economics	219	179	223	69	74	81	-25	820
5	5	University College London	194	156	192	70	75	100	30	817
6	6	University of York	219	158	206	62	68	61	15	789
7	8	University of Warwick	184	161	214	64	79	70	10	782
8	7	University of Bristol	164	148	210	72	81	88	10	773
9	10	University of Nottingham	184	142	209	62	77	72	5	751
10	9	University of St Andrews	167	152	209	54	78	79	10	749
11	17	University of Durham	170	149	212	61	72	61	15	740
12	11	University of Edinburgh	164	143	196	63	77	90	-5	728
13=	18	King's College London	170	134	183	70	71	97	0	725
13=	13	Loughborough University	237	123	172	70	67	51	5	725
13=	n/a	University of Manchester	173	145	183	61	69	89	5	725
16	12	University of Bath	167	148	185	76	74	63	5	718
17	15	University of Southampton	163	154	180	62	69	71	15	714
18	30	School of Oriental and African Studies	179	151	156	63	72	100	-10	711
19	22=	University of Newcastle upon Tyne	170	125	182	77	67	74	10	705
20	19	University of East Anglia	181	143	173	57	66	68	10	698
21	16	Cardiff University	170	128	179	63	69	77	10	696
22	25=	University of Sheffield	158	129	198	62	72	71	5	695
23	20=	University of Birmingham	169	122	191	59	67	66	15	689
24	20=	University of Exeter	170	133	178	54	68	69	0	672
25=	28	Lancaster University	153	154	173	54	65	54	15	668
25=	27	Royal Holloway, London	135	150	171	58	65	79	10	668
27=	31	University of Glasgow	167	121	185	58	70	81	-15	667
27=	25=	University of Sussex	167	147	166	51	70	61	5	667
29	24	University of Leicester	175	129	164	66	67	75	-10	666
30	36=	University of Dundee	172	120	159	78	64	73	-5	661
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