Ranked: All 24 Russell Group unis by public funding grants – Queen’s Belfast highest, LSE lowest

Queen’s University Belfast receives the highest proportion of its income from public funding grants of any Russell Group university, at 24.1 per cent, while LSE receives the lowest at just five per cent, according to HESA data for 2024-25.

Glasgow and Edinburgh, the only two Scottish universities in the Russell Group, receive comparatively high proportions of income from public funding grants, at 17.2 and 14 per cent respectively.

Among English universities in the Russell Group, Newcastle had the highest proportion, at 13.8 per cent.

Oxford and Cambridge receive a low percentage of their income from public funding grants, both at just 7.4 per cent.

Public funding grants are payments to universities from higher education funding bodies such as the Office for Students, distributing government money for teaching and research purposes.

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Here are all the Russell Group universities ranked from highest to lowest proportion of income coming from public funding grants in 2024-25, using HESA data. Although Nottingham is absent from HESA’s data, the percentage has been calculated using its financial report.

1. Queen’s University Belfast – 24.1 per cent
2. University of Glasgow – 17.2 per cent
3. University of Edinburgh – 14 per cent
4. Newcastle University – 13.8 per cent
5. University of Nottingham – 13.7 per cent
6. Cardiff University – 13.1 per cent
7. University of Sheffield – 13.1 per cent
8. University of Liverpool – 12.9 per cent
9. Queen Mary University of London – 12.2 per cent
10. King’s College London – 11.4 per cent
11. University of Southampton – 11.2 per cent
12. University of York – 10.7 per cent
13. Imperial College London – 10.6 per cent
14. University of Manchester – 10.6 per cent
15. University of Exeter – 10.4 per cent
16. University of Bristol – 10.3 per cent
17. University College London (UCL) – 10.3 per cent
18. University of Birmingham – 10.2 per cent
19. University of Leeds – 10.1 per cent
20. Durham University – 8.5 per cent
21. University of Warwick – 8.3 per cent
22. University of Cambridge – 7.4 per cent
23. University of Oxford – 7.4 per cent
24. London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) – 5 per cent

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