Student Experience Survey 2018: best UK universities for industry connections

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

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March 22 2018

Student Experience Survey 2018: best universities for industry connections

View the overall results of the 2018 Student Experience Survey

Many students heading off to university want to be sure that their institution has good connections with industry. Opportunities to secure work placements, and to learn from the expertise of practising professionals in the “real world”, can be invaluable additions to the academic side of a student’s time in higher education.

As part of the 2018 Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey, more than 20,000 students were asked the extent to which they agreed that their university had good industry connections.

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The best UK universities for industry connections 2018

Rank	51��Ƶ name	Good industry connections score
1	Harper Adams 51��Ƶ	90.8
2	Loughborough 51��Ƶ	88.8
3	51��Ƶ of Bath	87.5
4	Royal Veterinary College	86.4
5	London School of Economics and Political Science	86.0
6	Imperial College London	85.3
7	51��Ƶ of Surrey	82.5
8	51��Ƶ of Leeds	82.3
9	51��Ƶ of Cambridge	81.5
=10	Falmouth 51��Ƶ	81.4
=10	Robert Gordon 51��Ƶ	81.4
12	51��Ƶ of Warwick	80.9
13	Heriot-Watt 51��Ƶ	80.8
14	51��Ƶ of Oxford	80.5
=15	51��Ƶ of the Arts London	80.3
=15	Norwich 51��Ƶ of the Arts	80.3
17	Aston 51��Ƶ	80.0
18	Teesside 51��Ƶ	79.9
19	51��Ƶ of Strathclyde	79.8
20	51��Ƶ of Nottingham	79.5
21	51��Ƶ of Manchester	79.2
=22	Northumbria 51��Ƶ	78.8
=22	Southampton Solent 51��Ƶ	78.8
=24	Queen's 51��Ƶ Belfast	78.1
=24	Swansea 51��Ƶ	78.1
=26	Sheffield Hallam 51��Ƶ	77.9
=26	Bournemouth 51��Ƶ	77.9
=28	Trent 51��Ƶ	77.8
=28	King's College London	77.8
30	51��Ƶ of Sheffield	77.7
=31	Edge Hill 51��Ƶ	77.6
=31	De Montfort 51��Ƶ	77.6
33	51��Ƶ of Derby	77.4
34	51��Ƶ of Birmingham	77.1
35	Glasgow Caledonian 51��Ƶ	77.0
36	51��Ƶ of Chichester	76.9
=37	Coventry 51��Ƶ	76.6
=37	St George's, 51��Ƶ of London	76.6
=39	Newcastle 51��Ƶ	76.4
=39	51��Ƶ of Exeter	76.4
41	51��Ƶ of Southampton	76.3
=42	Staffordshire 51��Ƶ	76.1
=42	UCL	76.1
=42	Bucks New 51��Ƶ	76.1
45	51��Ƶ of Salford	75.9
=46	51��Ƶ of Gloucestershire	75.3
=46	51��Ƶ of Huddersfield	75.3
=48	51��Ƶ of Reading	75.2
=48	51��Ƶ of Sunderland	75.2
50	51��Ƶ of Hertfordshire	74.8
=51	51��Ƶ of Bristol	74.7
=51	51��Ƶ of the West of England, Bristol (UWE)	74.7
53	Liverpool John Moores 51��Ƶ	74.5
=54	51��Ƶ of York	74.3
=54	Cardiff 51��Ƶ	74.3
=56	Durham 51��Ƶ	74.2
=56	Manchester Metropolitan 51��Ƶ	74.2
=56	Birmingham City 51��Ƶ	74.2
=56	City, 51��Ƶ of London	74.2
60	51��Ƶ of St Andrews	74.1
=61	Plymouth 51��Ƶ	73.7
=61	Brunel 51��Ƶ London	73.7
63	51��Ƶ of Stirling	73.5
=64	Lancaster 51��Ƶ	73.4
=64	51��Ƶ of Lincoln	73.4
66	51��Ƶ of East London	73.2
=67	51��Ƶ of Chester	73.0
=67	51��Ƶ of Hull	73.0
69	51��Ƶ of West London	72.9
=70	51��Ƶ of Edinburgh	72.8
=70	Edinburgh Napier 51��Ƶ	72.8
=70	51��Ƶ of South Wales	72.8
73	London South Bank 51��Ƶ	72.6
74	Cardiff Metropolitan 51��Ƶ	72.5
75	51��Ƶ of Glasgow	72.4
=76	51��Ƶ of Liverpool	72.3
=76	51��Ƶ of Portsmouth	72.3
78	51��Ƶ of Cumbria	72.1
=79	51��Ƶ of Dundee	72.0
=79	Bangor 51��Ƶ	72.0
=81	51��Ƶ of Sussex	71.9
=81	Canterbury Christ Church 51��Ƶ	71.9
=83	Ulster 51��Ƶ	71.7
=83	51��Ƶ of Wolverhampton	71.7
85	51��Ƶ of the Highlands and Islands (UHI)	71.6
=86	51��Ƶ of Essex	71.5
=86	51��Ƶ of Bradford	71.5
88	51��Ƶ of Greenwich	71.4
89	Birkbeck, 51��Ƶ of London	71.3
90	Oxford Brookes 51��Ƶ	71.2
91	51��Ƶ of Worcester	71.1
92	51��Ƶ of Westminster	71.0
93	Keele 51��Ƶ	70.8
=94	Royal Holloway, 51��Ƶ of London	70.7
=94	51��Ƶ of Central Lancashire	70.7
96	51��Ƶ of Wales Trinity Saint David	70.5
97	51��Ƶ of East Anglia (UEA)	70.4
98	Queen Mary, 51��Ƶ of London	70.3
99	Kingston 51��Ƶ	70.1
100	Leeds Beckett 51��Ƶ	69.9
101	51��Ƶ of Aberdeen	69.7
=102	York St John 51��Ƶ	69.6
=102	London Metropolitan 51��Ƶ	69.6
104	51��Ƶ of Leicester	69.2
105	Bath Spa 51��Ƶ	69.1
=106	Aberystwyth 51��Ƶ	69.0
=106	51��Ƶ of Brighton	69.0
108	51��Ƶ of Northampton	68.5
=109	Anglia Ruskin 51��Ƶ	68.4
=109	51��Ƶ of Bedfordshire	68.4
111	51��Ƶ of Kent	68.2
112	Goldsmiths, 51��Ƶ of London	67.4
=113	Middlesex 51��Ƶ	67.3
=113	51��Ƶ of the West of Scotland	67.3
115	51��Ƶ of Winchester	65.8
116	51��Ƶ of Roehampton	64.5