Leading UK universities ranked by the Complete University Guide 2025

Published by D. Clark, Jan 7, 2025

The University of Cambridge was listed as the best university in the United Kingdom in 2025 with an overall score of 1000, compared with the University of Oxford, which came in second-place with a score of 965.

The Complete University Guide's top twenty universities in the United Kingdom in 2025, by overall score (max = 1000)

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2025

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2025

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