University of Warwick named as the best in the West Midlands

The University of Warwick has been named as the best university in the West Midlands - and 10th in the country - according to The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021.

The guide provides rankings for UK universities and describes itself as the most comprehensive overview of higher education in Britain.

The top ten for the West Midlands is:

1. University of Warwick

2. University of Birmingham

3. Harper Adams University

4. Aston University

5. Coventry University

6. Keele University

7. Staffordshire University

8. Birmingham City University

9. University of Worcester

10. Newman University

This year's report profiles on 135 universities and will be published this weekend in The Sunday Times (September 20).

The academic league table is made up of nine indicators including student satisfaction with teaching quality and their wider student experience, research quality, graduate prospects, entrance qualifications held by new students, degree results achieved, student/staff ratios, service and facilities spend, and degree completion rates.

A fully searchable website with university profiles and 67 subject tables will be published at https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/good-university-guide-in-full-tp6dzs7wn today (September 18) for subscribers to The Times and The Sunday Times.

The top ten for the whole of the county are:

1 University of Cambridge

2 University of Oxford

3 University of St Andrews

4 London School of Economics and Political Science

5 Imperial College London

6 Durham University

7 Loughborough University

8 University College London

9 University of Bath

10=Lancaster University

10=University of Warwick

For more information visit www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/gooduniversityguide

University of Warwick named as the best in the West Midlands - and tenth in the whole country