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Top universities for computing in the UK: the Be Wise ranking
108 UK universities and colleges ranked for computing on official data.
Providers need at least 50 survey responses in computing to appear in the table. Student experience is the average share of final-year students giving positive answers across the seven National Student Survey themes. Earnings are medians five years after graduating, compared with the UK average for computing.
The table
| Position | University or college | Score out of 100 | Student experience | Continuation | Graduate prospects | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of St AndrewsSt Andrews, Scotland | 100.0 | 92.1% | 95.7% | 82.1% | £74,70080% above the UK average for this subject |
| 2 | University of CambridgeCambridge, England | 90.0 | 84.6% | 99.0% | 80.8% | £96,600132% above the UK average for this subject |
| 3 | University of BirminghamBirmingham, England | 84.9 | 92.0% | 90.9% | 74.8% | £62,60050% above the UK average for this subject |
| 4 | University of BathBath, England | 80.3 | 84.7% | 96.0% | 80.9% | £65,50057% above the UK average for this subject |
| 5 | Durham UniversityDurham, England | 78.6 | 81.4% | 91.1% | 92.3% | £69,50067% above the UK average for this subject |
| 6 | University of WarwickWarwick and Leamington Spa, England | 77.6 | 80.9% | 96.1% | 84.1% | £71,40072% above the UK average for this subject |
| 7 | University of BristolBristol, England | 75.2 | 86.8% | 87.4% | 75.3% | £70,10068% above the UK average for this subject |
| 8 | University of ExeterExeter, England | 72.9 | 84.5% | 96.1% | 80.6% | £50,90022% above the UK average for this subject |
| 9 | University of EdinburghEdinburgh, Scotland | 71.8 | 79.3% | 97.5% | 87.9% | £57,80039% above the UK average for this subject |
| 10 | University of SheffieldSheffield, England | 71.5 | 86.6% | 92.8% | 73.0% | £56,00035% above the UK average for this subject |
| 11 | University of SurreyGuildford, England | 70.7 | 86.2% | 87.2% | 82.6% | £53,40028% above the UK average for this subject |
| 12 | Loughborough UniversityLoughborough, England | 70.3 | 84.1% | 93.9% | 81.6% | £50,10021% above the UK average for this subject |
| 13 | Royal Holloway, University of LondonEgham, England | 68.8 | 84.6% | 91.6% | 75.8% | £57,10037% above the UK average for this subject |
| 14 | Aston UniversityBirmingham, England | 65.4 | 83.5% | 89.5% | 75.8% | £58,60041% above the UK average for this subject |
| 15 | Queen Mary University of LondonLondon, England | 64.0 | 81.5% | 95.1% | 71.5% | £59,30043% above the UK average for this subject |
| 16 | Swansea UniversitySwansea, Wales | 63.8 | 87.1% | 89.2% | 70.1% | £48,50017% above the UK average for this subject |
| 17 | University of SouthamptonSouthampton, England | 61.9 | 75.5% | 95.1% | 81.7% | £66,20059% above the UK average for this subject |
| 18 | University of YorkYork, England | 61.2 | 80.1% | 90.2% | 77.1% | £61,10047% above the UK average for this subject |
| 19 | University of LeicesterLeicester, England | 60.1 | 84.3% | 89.3% | 72.8% | £48,70017% above the UK average for this subject |
| 20 | Lancaster UniversityLancaster, England | 59.4 | 81.5% | 95.0% | 73.1% | £47,60014% above the UK average for this subject |
| 21 | University for the Creative ArtsCanterbury, England | 58.8 | 86.5% | 89.2% | 62.9% | Not published |
| 22 | University of LiverpoolLiverpool, England | 57.9 | 80.7% | 94.5% | 74.8% | £46,50012% above the UK average for this subject |
| 23 | Cardiff UniversityCardiff, Wales | 57.2 | 79.3% | 93.8% | 78.8% | £46,80012% above the UK average for this subject |
| 24 | Queen's University BelfastBelfast, Northern Ireland | 56.5 | 76.5% | 93.9% | 84.3% | Not in LEO data |
| 25 | University of KentCanterbury, England | 56.4 | 84.3% | 86.8% | 70.4% | £49,00018% above the UK average for this subject |
| 25 | University of ManchesterManchester, England | 56.4 | 80.6% | 90.6% | 69.9% | £57,90039% above the UK average for this subject |
| 27 | University of NottinghamNottingham, England | 55.6 | 75.2% | 91.7% | 80.3% | £62,60050% above the UK average for this subject |
| 28 | University of SussexBrighton, England | 55.4 | 80.6% | 94.8% | 66.6% | £52,30026% above the UK average for this subject |
| 29 | University of ReadingReading, England | 55.2 | 82.9% | 85.8% | 71.2% | £53,10028% above the UK average for this subject |
| 30 | Aberystwyth UniversityAberystwyth, Wales | 53.8 | 84.5% | 88.4% | 69.1% | £41,4001% below the UK average for this subject |
| 31 | Ulster UniversityBelfast, Northern Ireland | 53.2 | 82.1% | 86.9% | 72.8% | Not in LEO data |
| 32 | University of East AngliaNorwich, England | 51.2 | 81.2% | 87.6% | 71.6% | £47,90015% above the UK average for this subject |
| 33 | Liverpool John Moores UniversityLiverpool, England | 50.7 | 87.3% | 82.9% | 68.9% | £33,80019% below the UK average for this subject |
| 34 | King's College LondonLondon, England | 50.1 | 74.9% | 90.7% | 73.9% | £63,00051% above the UK average for this subject |
| 35 | University of WorcesterWorcester, England | 48.7 | 82.7% | 84.8% | 76.3% | £35,10016% below the UK average for this subject |
| 36 | Manchester Metropolitan UniversityManchester, England | 48.5 | 86.4% | 85.3% | 62.4% | £37,30010% below the UK average for this subject |
| 37 | Birmingham City UniversityBirmingham, England | 48.4 | 87.0% | 82.5% | 67.5% | £32,90021% below the UK average for this subject |
| 38 | University of StrathclydeGlasgow, Scotland | 48.3 | 77.1% | 85.8% | 79.9% | £51,20023% above the UK average for this subject |
| 39 | University of HullHull, England | 48.0 | 81.8% | 83.9% | 73.8% | £42,6002% above the UK average for this subject |
| 40 | University of GlasgowGlasgow, Scotland | 47.8 | 80.6% | 90.3% | 62.2% | £50,90022% above the UK average for this subject |
| 41 | Robert Gordon UniversityAberdeen, Scotland | 46.6 | 87.0% | 76.1% | 71.8% | £35,50015% below the UK average for this subject |
| 42 | University of EssexColchester, England | 46.3 | 84.9% | 85.5% | 56.7% | £46,50012% above the UK average for this subject |
| 43 | Abertay UniversityDundee, Scotland | 46.0 | 82.6% | 84.0% | 65.9% | £45,80010% above the UK average for this subject |
| 44 | Teesside UniversityMiddlesbrough, England | 45.3 | 90.1% | 78.9% | 61.4% | £28,50031% below the UK average for this subject |
| 44 | University of PlymouthPlymouth, England | 45.3 | 82.8% | 81.5% | 70.6% | £41,700In line with the UK average for this subject |
| 46 | University of PortsmouthPortsmouth, England | 45.1 | 82.2% | 86.5% | 69.2% | £36,20013% below the UK average for this subject |
| 47 | Norwich University of the ArtsNorwich, England | 44.7 | 84.5% | 90.2% | 50.4% | Not published |
| 48 | University of West LondonLondon, England | 44.6 | 84.3% | 82.7% | 68.5% | £34,40017% below the UK average for this subject |
| 49 | Nottingham Trent UniversityNottingham, England | 44.5 | 83.8% | 84.2% | 66.9% | £35,70014% below the UK average for this subject |
| 50 | Newcastle UniversityNewcastle upon Tyne, England | 43.6 | 72.2% | 93.5% | 81.4% | £45,0008% above the UK average for this subject |
| 51 | Leeds Beckett UniversityLeeds, England | 43.1 | 85.4% | 83.6% | 60.5% | £35,90014% below the UK average for this subject |
| 52 | University of LeedsLeeds, England | 43.0 | 76.8% | 76.9% | 86.1% | £49,80020% above the UK average for this subject |
| 53 | Northumbria UniversityNewcastle upon Tyne, England | 42.9 | 84.0% | 79.6% | 69.1% | £37,30010% below the UK average for this subject |
| 54 | Bournemouth UniversityBournemouth and Poole, England | 42.3 | 79.2% | 83.3% | 71.2% | £46,30011% above the UK average for this subject |
| 55 | UWE BristolBristol, England | 41.8 | 84.4% | 82.2% | 59.3% | £41,9001% above the UK average for this subject |
| 56 | Sheffield Hallam UniversitySheffield, England | 40.6 | 80.6% | 88.5% | 63.0% | £38,1008% below the UK average for this subject |
| 57 | City St George's, University of LondonLondon, England | 40.2 | 78.5% | 81.4% | 71.0% | £48,70017% above the UK average for this subject |
| 58 | York St John UniversityYork, England | 39.8 | 80.7% | 86.5% | 61.3% | Not published |
| 59 | Heriot-Watt UniversityEdinburgh, Scotland | 39.7 | 77.9% | 80.1% | 76.1% | £45,80010% above the UK average for this subject |
| 59 | University of ChesterChester, England | 39.7 | 83.0% | 84.0% | 62.4% | £35,50015% below the UK average for this subject |
| 61 | University of WolverhamptonWolverhampton, England | 39.4 | 88.5% | 81.9% | 52.0% | £30,00028% below the UK average for this subject |
| 62 | Brunel University LondonLondon, England | 38.8 | 83.0% | 76.4% | 66.0% | £43,2004% above the UK average for this subject |
| 62 | Southampton Solent UniversitySouthampton, England | 38.8 | 78.2% | 89.4% | 68.8% | £34,80016% below the UK average for this subject |
| 64 | University of Wales Trinity Saint DavidSwansea, Wales | 38.6 | 88.5% | 84.5% | 47.2% | £30,00028% below the UK average for this subject |
| 65 | University of NorthamptonNorthampton, England | 38.5 | 84.3% | 80.8% | 61.3% | £35,10016% below the UK average for this subject |
| 66 | Canterbury Christ Church UniversityCanterbury, England | 38.0 | 86.4% | 79.4% | 56.3% | £34,80016% below the UK average for this subject |
| 66 | Kingston UniversityLondon, England | 38.0 | 82.0% | 86.4% | 58.0% | £37,7009% below the UK average for this subject |
| 68 | University of StaffordshireStoke-on-Trent, England | 37.9 | 82.4% | 83.0% | 63.0% | £35,50015% below the UK average for this subject |
| 69 | Glasgow Caledonian UniversityGlasgow, Scotland | 37.1 | 81.4% | 83.9% | 65.1% | £33,30020% below the UK average for this subject |
| 70 | Keele UniversityKeele, England | 36.4 | 78.6% | 81.3% | 70.2% | £41,700In line with the UK average for this subject |
| 71 | Edinburgh Napier UniversityEdinburgh, Scotland | 35.5 | 84.0% | 75.7% | 61.3% | £39,9004% below the UK average for this subject |
| 72 | University of the Arts, LondonLondon, England | 35.4 | 84.2% | 84.7% | 47.6% | Not published |
| 73 | Cardiff Metropolitan UniversityCardiff, Wales | 34.6 | 84.1% | 71.5% | 68.7% | £35,50015% below the UK average for this subject |
| 74 | Anglia Ruskin UniversityCambridge, England | 34.3 | 85.2% | 83.1% | 49.7% | £34,20018% below the UK average for this subject |
| 75 | University of BrightonBrighton, England | 33.9 | 80.7% | 82.5% | 58.4% | £41,4001% below the UK average for this subject |
| 76 | Falmouth UniversityFalmouth, England | 33.5 | 77.6% | 87.3% | 68.7% | £30,40027% below the UK average for this subject |
| 77 | Bath Spa UniversityBath, England | 33.1 | 82.0% | 85.3% | Not published | £23,80043% below the UK average for this subject |
| 78 | University of HertfordshireHatfield, England | 31.8 | 81.1% | 80.7% | 56.3% | £41,700In line with the UK average for this subject |
| 79 | University of LincolnLincoln, England | 30.8 | 75.2% | 88.0% | 63.0% | £41,2001% below the UK average for this subject |
| 80 | London South Bank UniversityLondon, England | 30.6 | 83.3% | 71.3% | 67.7% | £32,20023% below the UK average for this subject |
| 81 | Coventry UniversityCoventry, England | 30.0 | 83.7% | 68.4% | 62.7% | £41,700In line with the UK average for this subject |
| 81 | Middlesex UniversityLondon, England | 30.0 | 83.5% | 80.6% | 51.6% | £34,40017% below the UK average for this subject |
| 83 | Oxford Brookes UniversityOxford, England | 29.3 | 74.9% | 85.6% | 65.7% | £40,3003% below the UK average for this subject |
| 84 | De Montfort UniversityLeicester, England | 29.2 | 80.6% | 77.0% | 63.0% | £36,20013% below the UK average for this subject |
| 85 | Edge Hill UniversityOrmskirk, England | 28.3 | 77.2% | 86.8% | 57.8% | £37,00011% below the UK average for this subject |
| 86 | University of GreenwichLondon, England | 28.1 | 81.7% | 75.7% | 57.3% | £39,5005% below the UK average for this subject |
| 87 | University of AberdeenAberdeen, Scotland | 26.9 | 65.4% | 94.1% | 71.3% | Not published |
| 88 | University of HuddersfieldHuddersfield, England | 26.8 | 77.8% | 80.8% | 64.6% | £33,50019% below the UK average for this subject |
| 88 | University of the West of ScotlandPaisley, Scotland | 26.8 | 85.7% | 78.5% | 45.7% | £30,40027% below the UK average for this subject |
| 90 | London Metropolitan UniversityLondon, England | 25.9 | 82.1% | 76.5% | 55.3% | £34,40017% below the UK average for this subject |
| 91 | University of BradfordBradford, England | 24.7 | 83.1% | 73.8% | 57.4% | £30,00028% below the UK average for this subject |
| 91 | University of GloucestershireCheltenham, England | 24.7 | 75.3% | 73.6% | 75.9% | £37,9009% below the UK average for this subject |
| 91 | University of SalfordSalford, England | 24.7 | 80.8% | 83.3% | 47.9% | £34,60017% below the UK average for this subject |
| 94 | University of South WalesPontypridd, Wales | 23.7 | 79.6% | 83.7% | 46.8% | £38,2008% below the UK average for this subject |
| 95 | University of East LondonLondon, England | 23.3 | 92.5% | 58.0% | 41.5% | £35,90014% below the UK average for this subject |
| 96 | Arden UniversityBirmingham, England | 23.0 | 79.0% | 81.5% | 48.1% | £41,700In line with the UK average for this subject |
| 97 | Goldsmiths, University of LondonLondon, England | 22.7 | 77.4% | 76.8% | 58.5% | £42,5002% above the UK average for this subject |
| 97 | University of WestminsterLondon, England | 22.7 | 79.1% | 81.5% | 49.2% | £39,2006% below the UK average for this subject |
| 99 | University of SunderlandSunderland, England | 21.4 | 77.6% | 72.3% | 66.1% | £37,10011% below the UK average for this subject |
| 100 | Buckinghamshire New UniversityHigh Wycombe, England | 20.7 | 82.6% | 64.9% | 64.7% | £30,70026% below the UK average for this subject |
| 101 | AAP EducationCollegeEngland | 19.4 | 73.2% | 86.2% | 59.7% | Not published |
| 102 | University of DerbyDerby, England | 18.1 | 81.5% | 67.0% | 57.7% | £35,50015% below the UK average for this subject |
| 102 | University of LancashirePreston, England | 18.1 | 79.0% | 71.0% | 63.0% | £31,10025% below the UK average for this subject |
| 104 | University of Greater ManchesterBolton, England | 17.6 | 81.3% | 76.7% | 46.5% | £32,00023% below the UK average for this subject |
| 105 | University of RoehamptonLondon, England | 16.3 | 81.7% | 76.8% | 42.9% | Not published |
| 106 | ICMP ManagementCollegeLondon, England | 13.9 | 77.5% | 76.1% | 53.8% | Not published |
| 107 | Ravensbourne University LondonLondon, England | 7.8 | 75.3% | 75.6% | 53.8% | Not published |
| 108 | University of BedfordshireLuton, England | 0.0 | 82.4% | 57.1% | 39.8% | £31,80024% below the UK average for this subject |
Sources: National Student Survey 2026, Office for Students (Open Government Licence v3.0), first degree, full-time, by teaching provider; LEO graduate outcomes, tax year 2023-24, Department for Education (Open Government Licence v3.0), median earnings five years after graduating; Discover Uni dataset, 8 September 2026 edition, HESA (CC BY 4.0), continuation and graduate prospects. All sources and licences.
Not enough data (44)
These providers teach computing but have fewer than 50 survey responses in the subject or too few published measures to include fairly. This says nothing about their quality. Discover Uni has their course-level data.
ACM Guildford; Arts University Plymouth; Bangor University; Birkbeck, University of London; Blackburn College; Blackpool and the Fylde College; Bradford College; Burnley College; Futureworks Training; Harper Adams University; Imperial College London; LTE Group; Leeds Trinity University; Liverpool Hope University; Liverpool Media Academy; London School of Science & Technology; Luminate Education Group; NCG; Northeastern University – London; QAHE (NU); QAHE (Solent); QAHE (Ulst); RTC Education; Regent's University London; Richmond, the American International University in London, Inc.; South Essex College of Further and Higher Education; St Mary’s University, Twickenham; TEC Partnership; The Glasgow School of Art; The Northern School of Art; UCL (University College London); University Academy 92; University College Birmingham; University of Buckingham; University of Chichester; University of Dundee; University of Stirling; University of Suffolk; University of Winchester; University of the Highlands and Islands; Warwickshire College; Weston College of Further and Higher Education; Wrexham University; dBs Music Holdings
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Which universities have the highest student satisfaction for computing?
In the 2026 National Student Survey, the highest average positive scores for computing among providers with at least 50 responses were University of East London (92.5%), University of St Andrews (92.1%), University of Birmingham (92.0%), Teesside University (90.1%), University of Wolverhampton (88.5%). This is one measure; the full table also shows graduate earnings.
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Across UK providers, the typical (median) earnings of computing graduates five years after graduating were £41,600 in the 2023-24 tax year, according to the Department for Education's LEO data. Earnings vary a lot by university, region and job.
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