Student Experience Survey 2018: best UK universities for industry connections

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

Careers

March 22 2018

Student Experience Survey 2018: best universities for industry connections

View the overall results of the 2018 Student Experience Survey

Many students heading off to university want to be sure that their institution has good connections with industry. Opportunities to secure work placements, and to learn from the expertise of practising professionals in the “real world”, can be invaluable additions to the academic side of a student’s time in higher education.

As part of the 2018 Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey, more than 20,000 students were asked the extent to which they agreed that their university had good industry connections.

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The best UK universities for industry connections 2018

Rank	University name	Good industry connections score
1	Harper Adams University	90.8
2	Loughborough University	88.8
3	University of Bath	87.5
4	Royal Veterinary College	86.4
5	London School of Economics and Political Science	86.0
6	Imperial College London	85.3
7	University of Surrey	82.5
8	University of Leeds	82.3
9	University of Cambridge	81.5
=10	Falmouth University	81.4
=10	Robert Gordon University	81.4
12	University of Warwick	80.9
13	Heriot-Watt University	80.8
14	University of Oxford	80.5
=15	University of the Arts London	80.3
=15	Norwich University of the Arts	80.3
17	Aston University	80.0
18	Teesside University	79.9
19	University of Strathclyde	79.8
20	University of Nottingham	79.5
21	University of Manchester	79.2
=22	Northumbria University	78.8
=22	Southampton Solent University	78.8
=24	Queen's University Belfast	78.1
=24	Swansea University	78.1
=26	Sheffield Hallam University	77.9
=26	Bournemouth University	77.9
=28	Trent University	77.8
=28	King's College London	77.8
30	University of Sheffield	77.7
=31	Edge Hill University	77.6
=31	De Montfort University	77.6
33	University of Derby	77.4
34	University of Birmingham	77.1
35	Glasgow Caledonian University	77.0
36	University of Chichester	76.9
=37	Coventry University	76.6
=37	St George's, University of London	76.6
=39	Newcastle University	76.4
=39	University of Exeter	76.4
41	University of Southampton	76.3
=42	Staffordshire University	76.1
=42	UCL	76.1
=42	Bucks New University	76.1
45	University of Salford	75.9
=46	University of Gloucestershire	75.3
=46	University of Huddersfield	75.3
=48	University of Reading	75.2
=48	University of Sunderland	75.2
50	University of Hertfordshire	74.8
=51	University of Bristol	74.7
=51	University of the West of England, Bristol (UWE)	74.7
53	Liverpool John Moores University	74.5
=54	University of York	74.3
=54	Cardiff University	74.3
=56	Durham University	74.2
=56	Manchester Metropolitan University	74.2
=56	Birmingham City University	74.2
=56	City, University of London	74.2
60	University of St Andrews	74.1
=61	Plymouth University	73.7
=61	Brunel University London	73.7
63	University of Stirling	73.5
=64	Lancaster University	73.4
=64	University of Lincoln	73.4
66	University of East London	73.2
=67	University of Chester	73.0
=67	University of Hull	73.0
69	University of West London	72.9
=70	University of Edinburgh	72.8
=70	Edinburgh Napier University	72.8
=70	University of South Wales	72.8
73	London South Bank University	72.6
74	Cardiff Metropolitan University	72.5
75	University of Glasgow	72.4
=76	University of Liverpool	72.3
=76	University of Portsmouth	72.3
78	University of Cumbria	72.1
=79	University of Dundee	72.0
=79	Bangor University	72.0
=81	University of Sussex	71.9
=81	Canterbury Christ Church University	71.9
=83	Ulster University	71.7
=83	University of Wolverhampton	71.7
85	University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI)	71.6
=86	University of Essex	71.5
=86	University of Bradford	71.5
88	University of Greenwich	71.4
89	Birkbeck, University of London	71.3
90	Oxford Brookes University	71.2
91	University of Worcester	71.1
92	University of Westminster	71.0
93	Keele University	70.8
=94	Royal Holloway, University of London	70.7
=94	University of Central Lancashire	70.7
96	University of Wales Trinity Saint David	70.5
97	University of East Anglia (UEA)	70.4
98	Queen Mary, University of London	70.3
99	Kingston University	70.1
100	Leeds Beckett University	69.9
101	University of Aberdeen	69.7
=102	York St John University	69.6
=102	London Metropolitan University	69.6
104	University of Leicester	69.2
105	Bath Spa University	69.1
=106	Aberystwyth University	69.0
=106	University of Brighton	69.0
108	University of Northampton	68.5
=109	Anglia Ruskin University	68.4
=109	University of Bedfordshire	68.4
111	University of Kent	68.2
112	Goldsmiths, University of London	67.4
=113	Middlesex University	67.3
=113	University of the West of Scotland	67.3
115	University of Winchester	65.8
116	University of Roehampton	64.5