UK University Guide-Comparing Top UK Universities

Here we look at some of the famous UK university guides published every year: Guardian, The Complete University Guide, The Times, etc.

Guardian University Ranking focuses on the quality of teaching and what students themselves think.

The Independent Good University Guide (now The Complete University Guide) uses nine measures of quality:

-student satisfaction,

-research assessment,

-entry standards,

-student/staff ratio,

-library/computing spend,

-facilities spend,

-degree classifications,

-graduate prospects,

-completion rates.

All universities are assessed in these nine quality factors. It is a highly regarded university guide; students often make a reference to the ranking tables when choosing a university. There are 59 subject tables which rank the universities within individual subjects.

However, a university which ranked highly in The Times may appear in a poor position in other university guides such as the Sunday Times or the Guardian.

Students should make reference to different university guides for choosing a high quality institution.

Please visit the relevant guides for more information on the latest university rankings and world ranking of top universities.

The author, Loke Yuen Wong, holds an MBA from Heriot-Watt University (UK) and a BCom degree from The University of Adelaide (Australia).

Related University Ranking Articles:

http://hubpages.com/hub/Sunday-Times-University-Ranking-Top-10-UK-Universities

http://hubpages.com/hub/Australian-5-star-University-The-University-of-Adelaide

http://hubpages.com/hub/World-Best-Online-University-University-of-London

http://hubpages.com/hub/Leicester-University-Top-Ranking-in-UK-University-Guides

http://hubpages.com/hub/Adelaide-University-in-the-World-Top-100-Ranking

http://hubpages.com/hub/Top-Ten-Online-and-Distance-Universities-in-world