The University of Aberdeen is one of the oldest universities outside of Oxbridge and is one of the four ancient universities of Scotland. It has an excellent reputation and in recent years has been busy recruiting many high powered academics.
The University of Birmingham is the original “red brick University” and aspires to be “The Oxbridge of the Midlands”. Whatever a student’s chosen subject they will benefit tremendously by studying at Birmingham.
The University offers excellent programmes of study sustained by teaching of the highest quality. In the last Research Assessment Exercise, 78 per cent of the University's departments were judged as world class or internationally excellent.
Situated in west London, Brunel University is a modern, dynamic institution, which prides itself on the quality of its academic programmes and the applied nature of its research activity. Areas of expertise include: Engineering, Maths, Science (including Computer Science).
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.
Located in south-west England, Exeter University has particular strengths in Accountancy and Finance and gained a research rating of 5 for this area of study during the last RAE.
The University of Glasgow established more than 550 years ago, is Scotland's second oldest university, the UK's fourth oldest. It also has one of the largest research bases in the UK, with an annual income from research grants and contracts of over £77M. It has an excellent reputation for the quality of its teaching.
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.
Newcastle University is a leading research institution and was established as a School of Medicine and Surgery in 1834. It is located in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the north of England and with its great academic track record it is always a popular choice with applicants.
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.
With over 20,000 students, the University of Strathclyde’s strengths are business and engineering.
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.