Oxford is the second best university in the UK

Cambridge have beaten us in the Guardian uni rankings again


Oxford has been ranked as the second best university in the UK in the latest Guardian university rankings.

Our ranking sees no change from last year as we again finish behind Cambridge, this year by 4.6 points.

The rest of the top ten are Cambridge, St Andrews, Surrey, Loughborough, Durham, Imperial, Lancaster and Warwick.

Oxford received a score of 95.4 out of 100, and beat Cambridge on several categories including “satisfied with course” and “satisfied with teaching”.

Unfortunately, Cambridge’s higher scores for “satisfied with feedback” and “career after six months” meant we were unable to come out on top this year.

Oxford scored particularly highly for the following subjects:

Anthropology – 4th

Art – 2nd

Biosciences – 2nd

Business, management & marketing – 1st

Chemistry – 2nd

Classics & Ancient History – 2nd

Computer science & information systems – 3rd

Earth & marine sciences – 3rd

Economics – 1st

Engineering – 2nd

Materials & Mineral Engineering – 1st

English & Creative Writing – 5th

Forensic science & archaeology – 5th

Geography & environmental studies – 1st

History – 5th

Law – 2nd

Mathematics – 1st

Medicine – 3rd

Modern languages & linguistics – 2nd

Music – 7th

Philosophy – 2nd

Physics – 3rd

Politics – 3rd

Psychology – 9th

Religious studies & theology – 5th