Student Experience Survey 2018: best UK universities for accommodation

The best universities in the UK for accommodation – as decided by current students – have been revealed

Student life

March 22 2018

Student Experience Survey 2018: best universities for accommodation

View the overall results of the 2018 Student Experience Survey

Choosing the right university and the right course are at the top of many students’ lists when they are contemplating where to study. But what if you arrive at your chosen college and end up in a pokey room with no space to actually get any studying done?

As part of the Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey, we asked more than 20,000 students the extent to which they agreed that their university offered “good accommodation”. Harper Adams University took the top three positions for having the best accommodation.

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The best UK universities for accommodation 2018

Rank	University name	Good accommodation score
1	Lancaster University	86.1
2	Loughborough University	83.6
3	Harper Adams University	83.1
4	Edge Hill University	82.9
5	University of Sheffield	82.8
6	Bangor University	82.2
7	University of Exeter	81.2
=8	University of Leeds	80.0
=8	University of Cambridge	80.0
10	Aberystwyth University	79.3
11	University of Southampton	78.9
12	University of Bath	78.5
13	University of Reading	78.4
14	University of Oxford	78.0
15	University of Winchester	77.9
16	University of Lincoln	77.7
17	University of Birmingham	77.4
18	University of Surrey	77.3
19	St George's, University of London	77.2
20	University of Warwick	77.0
=21	Royal Veterinary College	76.7
=21	Aston University	76.7
23	Newcastle University	76.5
24	University of Nottingham	76.4
25	Royal Holloway, University of London	76.3
26	Sheffield Hallam University	76.0
27	Bournemouth University	75.7
=28	University of York	75.3
=28	Durham University	75.3
=28	University of Hertfordshire	75.3
31	Falmouth University	75.1
32	University of East Anglia (UEA)	75.0
33	University of Dundee	74.8
34	Trent University	74.7
35	Imperial College London	74.6
36	University of Kent	74.5
37	Swansea University	74.0
38	University of Liverpool	73.9
39	University of Chichester	73.4
40	York St John University	73.3
41	De Montfort University	73.0
42	University of Edinburgh	72.7
43	University of Sussex	72.6
44	Heriot-Watt University	72.0
45	University of South Wales	71.7
46	Oxford Brookes University	71.6
47	University of Worcester	71.4
=48	University of Bristol	71.3
=48	University of Bradford	71.3
=50	Northumbria University	71.0
=50	Plymouth University	71.0
52	Cardiff University	70.9
=53	University of Hull	70.7
=53	Canterbury Christ Church University	70.7
=53	University of Salford	70.7
=53	Liverpool John Moores University	70.7
=57	University of Chester	70.6
=57	University of Leicester	70.6
59	University of the West of England, Bristol (UWE)	70.4
60	Queen's University Belfast	70.3
61	University of Essex	70.2
62	University of St Andrews	70.1
63	University of Derby	69.7
=64	Buckinghamshire New University	69.3
=64	Brunel University London	69.3
66	Manchester Metropolitan University	69.0
67	University of Strathclyde	68.9
68	University of Huddersfield	68.8
=69	Southampton Solent University	68.7
=69	Leeds Beckett University	68.7
71	University of Central Lancashire	68.5
72	Bath Spa University	68.3
73	Coventry University	68.2
74	Robert Gordon University	68.1
=75	University of Manchester	67.7
=75	London School of Economics and Political Science	67.7
=77	Staffordshire University	67.0
=77	Birkbeck, University of London	67.0
79	University of Gloucestershire	66.5
80	King's College London	66.4
81	Teesside University	66.2
=82	University of Portsmouth	65.8
=82	Queen Mary University of London	65.8
84	University of Cumbria	65.6
85	Birmingham City University	65.4
86	Edinburgh Napier University	65.1
87	University of Glasgow	64.8
88	University of East London	64.7
89	London Metropolitan University	64.1
90	University of Sunderland	64.0
91	Ulster University	63.7
=92	Keele University	63.3
=92	University of the Arts London	63.3
94	Cardiff Metropolitan University	63.2
95	University of Roehampton	63.1
=96	University of Stirling	62.8
=96	Norwich University of the Arts	62.8
98	University of Aberdeen	62.7
99	University of the West of Scotland	62.4
100	City, University of London	62.0
101	Middlesex University	61.9
102	Anglia Ruskin University	61.7
=103	University of Northampton	61.6
=103	University of Greenwich	61.6
105	Kingston University	61.4
=106	Glasgow Caledonian University	61.1
=106	London South Bank University	61.1
=108	University of Westminster	60.8
=108	University of Bedfordshire	60.8
=110	University of Wales Trinity Saint David	60.7
=110	University of West London	60.7
112	University of Brighton	60.2
113	UCL	59.6
114	Goldsmiths, University of London	58.5
115	University of Wolverhampton	57.6
116	University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI)	56.9