National Student Survey 2016: overall satisfaction results

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Carly Minsky

August 9 2016

The results of the 2016 National Student Survey reveal which UK universities are keeping their students the most satisfied.

At the two universities with the joint highest scores, 97 per cent of taught students either definitely or mostly agreed that they were satisfied overall with the quality of their course.

So, which UK universities have the happiest students?

The 51国产视频 of Buckingham in the south of England increased its overall satisfaction score from 95 per cent in 2015, and jumped from third to joint first place, alongside the 51国产视频 of Law.

The 51国产视频 of Law, which has branches in Birmingham, Bristol, Chester, Guildford, Leeds, London and Manchester, increased its satisfaction score by 9 per cent, rising from 47th place last year.

In total, about 312,000 final-year students from 155 institutions responded to the survey. The table below excludes further education colleges and small or specialist colleges. The results below are ranked only by overall satisfaction.

Even at the institutions with the lowest scores, between 71 per cent and 75 per cent of students were generally satisfied.

Of all the respondents to the survey, 86 per cent said they were satisfied overall with their course.

National Student Survey (NSS) Results 2016: Overall Satisfaction

NSS Rank 2016	Institution	Overall Satisfaction (%)
=1	51国产视频 of Buckingham	97
=1	The 51国产视频 of Law	97
3	St Mary's 51国产视频 College, Belfast	95
=4	Courtauld Institute of Art	94
=4	Keele 51国产视频	94
=4	51国产视频 of St Andrews	94
=7	Bishop Grosseteste 51国产视频	92
=7	Harper Adams 51国产视频	92
=7	Liverpool Hope 51国产视频	92
=7	Aberystwyth 51国产视频	92
=11	Coventry 51国产视频	91
=11	51国产视频 of East Anglia	91
=11	51国产视频 of Exeter	91
=11	Heythrop College, 51国产视频 of London	91
=11	Lancaster 51国产视频	91
=11	51国产视频 of Lincoln	91
=11	Royal Veterinary College	91
=11	51国产视频 of Dundee	91
=11	Stranmillis 51国产视频 College	91
=20	51国产视频 of Bath	90
=20	51国产视频 of Cambridge	90
=20	Conservatoire for Dance and Drama	90
=20	51国产视频 of Essex	90
=20	51国产视频 of Kent	90
=20	51国产视频 of Leeds	90
=20	Medway School of Pharmacy	90
=20	Newcastle 51国产视频	90
=20	51国产视频 of Oxford	90
=20	Rose Bruford College	90
=20	Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, 51国产视频 of London	90
=20	51国产视频 of Surrey	90
=20	Bangor 51国产视频	90
=20	Swansea 51国产视频	90
=20	Queen's 51国产视频 Belfast	90
=35	51国产视频 of Birmingham	89
=35	Durham 51国产视频	89
=35	Loughborough 51国产视频	89
=35	51国产视频 of Nottingham	89
=35	Trent 51国产视频	89
=35	The Open 51国产视频	89
=35	51国产视频 of Portsmouth	89
=35	Royal Academy of Music	89
=35	Royal Holloway, 51国产视频 of London	89
=35	51国产视频 of Sheffield	89
=35	51国产视频 of St Mark and St John	89
=35	51国产视频 of Sussex	89
=35	51国产视频 of York	89
=35	51国产视频 of Glasgow	89
=35	Heriot-Watt 51国产视频	89
=35	51国产视频 of Stirling	89
=51	Aston 51国产视频	88
=51	Leeds College of Art	88
=51	School of Oriental and African Studies	88
=51	Royal Agricultural 51国产视频	88
=51	51国产视频 of Warwick	88
=51	York College	88
=51	51国产视频 of Aberdeen	88
=51	51国产视频 of Abertay Dundee	88
=51	51国产视频 of Leicester	88
=51	Ulster 51国产视频	88
=60	Birkbeck, 51国产视频 of London	87
=60	51国产视频 of Chester	87
=60	51国产视频 of Chichester	87
=60	Edge Hill 51国产视频	87
=60	51国产视频 of Huddersfield	87
=60	51国产视频 of Liverpool	87
=60	Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts	87
=60	Oxford Brookes 51国产视频	87
=60	51国产视频 of Reading	87
=60	Teesside 51国产视频	87
=60	Tyne Metropolitan College	87
=60	51国产视频 of the West of England	87
=60	51国产视频 of Winchester	87
=60	51国产视频 of Strathclyde	87
=60	51国产视频 of the West of Scotland	87
=60	Cardiff 51国产视频	87
=76	Anglia Ruskin 51国产视频	86
=76	51国产视频 College Birmingham	86
=76	51国产视频 of Bristol	86
=76	51国产视频 of Derby	86
=76	51国产视频 of Gloucestershire	86
=76	51国产视频 of Hull	86
=76	Northumbria 51国产视频	86
=76	Royal College of Music	86
=76	51国产视频 of Southampton	86
=76	Queen Margaret 51国产视频	86
=76	Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama	86
=87	City 51国产视频 London	85
=87	51国产视频 for the Creative Arts	85
=87	De Montfort 51国产视频	85
=87	Falmouth 51国产视频	85
=87	Guildhall School of Music and Drama	85
=87	Hull and York Medical School	85
=87	51国产视频 of Manchester	85
=87	Manchester Metropolitan 51国产视频	85
=87	Newman 51国产视频	85
=87	Plymouth 51国产视频	85
=87	Richmond, the American International 51国产视频 in London, Inc.	85
=87	St Mary's 51国产视频, Twickenham	85
=87	Staffordshire 51国产视频	85
=87	51国产视频 of Worcester	85
=87	Robert Gordon 51国产视频	85
=87	Wrexham Glyndwr 51国产视频	85
=102	Bath Spa 51国产视频	84
=102	51国产视频 of Bedfordshire	84
=102	Birmingham City 51国产视频	84
=102	Canterbury Christ Church 51国产视频	84
=102	Leeds Beckett 51国产视频	84
=102	Liverpool John Moores 51国产视频	84
=102	51国产视频 College London	84
=102	51国产视频 of Northampton	84
=102	Queen Mary 51国产视频 of London	84
=102	Sheffield Hallam 51国产视频	84
=102	51国产视频 of West London	84
=102	The 51国产视频 of Wolverhampton	84
=102	Edinburgh Napier 51国产视频	84
=102	51国产视频 of Wales Trinity Saint David	84
=116	51国产视频 of Bradford	83
=116	Brunel 51国产视频 London	83
=116	51国产视频 of Central Lancashire	83
=116	51国产视频 of East London	83
=116	Goldsmiths, 51国产视频 of London	83
=116	51国产视频 of Greenwich	83
=116	Imperial College London	83
=116	Middlesex 51国产视频	83
=116	51国产视频 of Sunderland	83
=116	York St John 51国产视频	83
=116	Glasgow Caledonian 51国产视频	83
=116	Royal Conservatoire of Scotland	83
=116	Cardiff Metropolitan 51国产视频	83
=129	Arts 51国产视频 Bournemouth	82
=129	51国产视频 of Bolton	82
=129	Bournemouth 51国产视频	82
=129	Buckinghamshire New 51国产视频	82
=129	51国产视频 of Hertfordshire	82
=129	King's College London	82
=129	51国产视频 of Roehampton	82
=129	Royal Northern College of Music	82
=129	51国产视频 of Salford	82
=138	Trinity 51国产视频	81
=138	London Metropolitan 51国产视频	81
=138	London South Bank 51国产视频	81
=138	Plymouth College of Art	81
=138	Southampton Solent 51国产视频	81
=138	51国产视频 of Westminster	81
=138	51国产视频 of the Highlands and Islands	81
=145	51国产视频 of Brighton	80
=145	51国产视频 of Cumbria	80
=145	ifs 51国产视频 College	80
=145	Kingston 51国产视频	80
=145	St George's, 51国产视频 of London	80
=145	51国产视频 Campus Suffolk	80
=145	51国产视频 of Edinburgh	80
=145	51国产视频 of South Wales	80
153	Norwich 51国产视频 of the Arts	79
154	SRUC	76
=155	BPP 51国产视频 Limited	75
=155	London School of Economics and Political Science	75
157	Glasgow School of Art.	74
=158	51国产视频 of the Arts London	72
=158	Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance	72
160	Ravensbourne	71