Cardiff University is a dynamic and successful centre of higher education with an international reputation for high quality teaching and research.
The University of Dundee is growing fast in both size and reputation. It has performed well in both teaching and research assessment exercises.
Loughborough University has an international reputation for excellence in teaching and research, strong links with industry, and unrivalled sporting achievement. Recently published league tables place Loughborough among the top 10 universities in the UK, confirming it as one of the country's leading higher education institutions.
The University of Nottingham has been confirmed in the top 1% of more than seven and a half thousand higher education institutions anywhere in the world. It is a popular choice for international students, with over 6,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students from over 130 different countries.
York opened in 1963, part of the new wave of British universities, and since then has gone on to become one of the best places in the country to study.