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
31	29	University of Leeds	155	127	181	64	67	59	5	658
32	38	Aston University Birmingham	167	111	156	72	65	58	20	649
33	33	University of Essex	192	136	146	48	54	61	5	642
34	34	Queen's University Belfast	152	122	174	71	60	70	-10	639
35	44	Heriot-Watt University	139	120	178	66	50	79	5	637
36	32	University of Liverpool	142	131	164	60	62	72	5	636
37	36=	University of Reading	125	139	155	63	65	75	10	632
38	39	Keele University	147	115	152	59	55	73	30	631
39	45	University of Aberdeen	145	114	170	69	66	74	-20	618
40	40	University of Wales, Swansea	165	125	135	61	57	69	-5	607
41	35	Goldsmiths College, London	150	139	139	55	64	54	5	606
42	41	Queen Mary, London	107	135	143	68	61	91	0	605
43	42	Brunel University	176	89	143	60	66	48	20	602
44	43	University of Surrey	103	134	154	78	57	60	15	601
45	49	University of Strathclyde	132	103	178	72	65	68	-25	593
46	46	University of Hull	167	91	138	52	56	53	15	572
47	53	University of Stirling	125	111	157	45	67	62	0	567
48	50	University of Wales, Bangor	114	111	134	48	56	65	20	548
49	51	University of Kent	100	115	152	66	59	45	10	547
50	48	University of Wales, Aberystwyth	111	114	145	50	63	53	10	546
51	47	City University	89	107	149	79	59	62	0	545
52	52	University of Ulster	135	68	130	67	63	66	15	544
53	54	Oxford Brookes University	167	47	125	71	57	40	20	527
54	59	Nottingham Trent University	150	39	133	61	57	50	20	510
55	58	University of Brighton	162	48	124	61	54	45	15	509
56=	56=	University of Bradford	107	96	127	62	54	55	5	506
56=	62	University of Wales, Lampeter	100	124	115	43	60	54	10	506
58	55	University of the Arts London	175	50	120	43	53	35	25	501
59	56=	Northumbria University	150	32	129	66	49	54	20	500
60	64=	College of St Mark and St John	188	9	104	66	44	51	35	497
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