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Student Experience Survey 2017: best UK universities for facilities

The best universities in the UK for their facilities – as decided by current students – have been revealed

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March 23 2017
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View the overall results of the 2017 Student Experience Survey

A well-rounded university experience would not be possible without good facilities. Whether these are sports facilities, the bar and shops on campus or the library facilities, students assess these when looking for prospective universities. Participants in the Student Experience Survey were asked to provide a rating between “strongly agree” and “strongly disagree” as to whether their university has: 

  • High-quality facilities 
  • Centralised / convenient facilities 
  • Cheap shop / bar / amenities 
  • Good library and library opening hours 
  • Good sports facilities

Answers to these questions were then pulled together to produce a score for facilities. Loughborough 51Ƶ topped the list, cementing its reputation as one of the best sporting universities in the UK. However, Loughborough student Luke Starr says that the fantastic sporting facilities should not overshadow the university’s students’ union and all the opportunities that it provides. “A lot of students agree that the SU really is the beating heart of life here, and it certainly wouldn’t be the same without it,” he added in a blog.

See the full results for facilities below. 

Rank 51Ƶ name 51Ƶ facilities composite
1 Loughborough 51Ƶ 89.3
2 Queen’s 51Ƶ Belfast 84.8
3 51Ƶ of Leeds 84.6
4 51Ƶ of Sheffield 84.5
5 51Ƶ of Dundee 84.2
6 Harper Adams 51Ƶ 84.2
7 51Ƶ of Surrey 84.1
8 Edge Hill 51Ƶ 83.9
9 Lancaster 51Ƶ 82.8
10 Northumbria 51Ƶ 82.0
11 51Ƶ of East Anglia (UEA) 81.9
12 Newcastle 51Ƶ 81.8
13 51Ƶ of Oxford 81.7
14 Durham 51Ƶ 81.6
15 51Ƶ of Bath 81.6
16 Trent 51Ƶ 81.2
17 Falmouth 51Ƶ 81.0
18 51Ƶ of Reading 80.9
19 51Ƶ of Glasgow 80.6
20 51Ƶ of Exeter 80.4
21 51Ƶ of Central Lancashire 80.3
22 51Ƶ of York 80.3
23 51Ƶ of Stirling 80.2
24 Bangor 51Ƶ 80.1
25 Cardiff 51Ƶ 80.1
26 51Ƶ of Lincoln 80.0
27 Keele 51Ƶ 79.9
28 Brunel 51Ƶ London 79.9
29 51Ƶ of Manchester 79.8
30 51Ƶ of Chester 79.7
31 Coventry 51Ƶ 79.7
32 Heriot-Watt 51Ƶ 79.7
33 51Ƶ of Portsmouth 79.6
34 51Ƶ of Liverpool 79.6
35 51Ƶ of Nottingham 79.6
36 51Ƶ of Strathclyde 79.4
37 Teesside 51Ƶ 79.4
38 Leeds Beckett 51Ƶ 79.3
39 51Ƶ of Cambridge 79.3
40 Imperial College London 79.2
41 51Ƶ of Southampton 79.2
42 51Ƶ of Birmingham 79.2
43 York St John 51Ƶ 79.0
44 Royal Veterinary College 78.7
45 De Montfort 51Ƶ 78.5
46 Swansea 51Ƶ 78.4
47 51Ƶ of Winchester 78.3
48 Manchester Metropolitan 51Ƶ 77.9
49 51Ƶ of Derby 77.8
50 51Ƶ of Worcester 77.7
51 Aston 51Ƶ 77.5
52 Liverpool Hope 51Ƶ 77.3
53 51Ƶ of Edinburgh 77.2
54 51Ƶ of St Andrews 77.0
55 Sheffield Hallam 51Ƶ 77.0
56 Aberystwyth 51Ƶ 76.8
57 51Ƶ of Hull 76.7
58 Cardiff Metropolitan 51Ƶ 76.7
59 Queen Margaret 51Ƶ, Edinburgh 76.5
60 51Ƶ of Leicester 76.5
61 Plymouth 51Ƶ 76.4
62 Southampton Solent 51Ƶ 76.3
63 51Ƶ of Huddersfield 76.3
64 51Ƶ of Aberdeen 76.2
65 Robert Gordon 51Ƶ 76.1
66 51Ƶ of Salford 75.6
67 St George’s, 51Ƶ of London 75.6
68 51Ƶ of Warwick 75.3
69 51Ƶ of Hertfordshire 75.2
70 51Ƶ of Gloucestershire 74.9
71 Bournemouth 51Ƶ 74.9
72 51Ƶ of Sussex 74.9
73 Glasgow Caledonian 51Ƶ 74.9
74 51Ƶ of Kent 74.6
75 51Ƶ of Wolverhampton 74.6
76 Ulster 51Ƶ 74.6
77 Edinburgh Napier 51Ƶ 74.6
78 51Ƶ of Bristol 74.5
79 51Ƶ of the West of England 74.2
80 King’s College London 74.1
81 Canterbury Christ Church 51Ƶ 74.0
82 Buckinghamshire New 51Ƶ 73.9
83 51Ƶ of Essex 73.9
84 51Ƶ of Bedfordshire 73.9
85 51Ƶ of East London 73.7
86 Middlesex 51Ƶ 73.7
87 Goldsmiths, 51Ƶ of London 73.5
88 51Ƶ of Bradford 73.4
89 51Ƶ Campus Suffolk 73.3
90 Anglia Ruskin 51Ƶ 73.3
91 Oxford Brookes 51Ƶ 73.1
92 Liverpool John Moores 51Ƶ 73.1
93 Newman  51Ƶ 72.7
94 Staffordshire 51Ƶ 72.6
95 51Ƶ of Greenwich 72.5
96 Queen Mary, 51Ƶ of London 72.2
97 51Ƶ of Sunderland 71.9
98 Birmingham City 51Ƶ 71.9
99 51Ƶ of Cumbria 71.7
100 Royal Holloway, 51Ƶ of London 71.7
101 Arts 51Ƶ Bournemouth 71.2
102 51Ƶ College London (UCL) 70.8
103 Abertay 51Ƶ 70.6
104 City, 51Ƶ of London 69.8
105 Kingston 51Ƶ 69.8
106 51Ƶ of Roehampton 69.8
107 Bath Spa 51Ƶ 69.7
108 51Ƶ of Westminster 68.8
109 51Ƶ of Northampton 68.3
110 51Ƶ of West London 68.2
111 51Ƶ of South Wales 68.0
112 51Ƶ of Brighton 67.7
113 Norwich 51Ƶ of the Arts 66.7
114 London School of Economics and Political Science 66.5
115 Soas, 51Ƶ of London 66.4
116 London South Bank 51Ƶ 66.4
117 51Ƶ of the West of Scotland 66.3
118 51Ƶ of Wales Trinity Saint David 66.0
119 51Ƶ of the Arts London 63.9
120 London Metropolitan 51Ƶ 62.5
121 51Ƶ for the Creative Arts 61.8
122 The Open 51Ƶ 56.2

Read more: 

THE Student Experience Survey 2017 results
Student Experience Survey 2017: hear from students at the top institutions 

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