According to The Sunday Times University Guide 2010, Oxford is ranked No. 1 this year, up from 2nd and now ahead of Cambridge. The University of Warwick continues to lead the region of Midlands, ranked top in the Midlands for the past 12 years,with Nottingham in 2nd position regionally. UCL is now a Top 4 institution in the UK, moving up two places from the previous year's ranking.
League Table 2010 (published in September 2009):
1 University of Oxford
2 University of Cambridge
3 Imperial College London
4 University College London
5 University of St Andrews
6 University of Warwick
7 Durham
8 York
9 LSE
10 Bristol
League Table (published in September 2008):
1. Cambridge
2. Oxford
3. Imperial
4. LSE
5. St Andrews
6. UCL
7. Warwick
8. Durham
9. York
10. Bath
Top in the Midlands (2010 ranking):
1 Warwick
2 Nottingham
3 Loughborough
4= Leicester
4= Birmingham
6 Aston
7 Keele
8 Harper Adams
9= Nottingham Trent
9= De Montfort
11 Coventry
12 Staffordshire
13 Lincoln
14 Birmingham City
15 Northampton
16 Newman University College
17 Derby
18 Worcester
19 University College Birmingham
Source: Sunday Times
* Suggested Reading: Britain's Top Universities
League Table 2010 (published in September 2009):
1 University of Oxford
2 University of Cambridge
3 Imperial College London
4 University College London
5 University of St Andrews
6 University of Warwick
7 Durham
8 York
9 LSE
10 Bristol
League Table (published in September 2008):
1. Cambridge
2. Oxford
3. Imperial
4. LSE
5. St Andrews
6. UCL
7. Warwick
8. Durham
9. York
10. Bath
Top in the Midlands (2010 ranking):
1 Warwick
2 Nottingham
3 Loughborough
4= Leicester
4= Birmingham
6 Aston
7 Keele
8 Harper Adams
9= Nottingham Trent
9= De Montfort
11 Coventry
12 Staffordshire
13 Lincoln
14 Birmingham City
15 Northampton
16 Newman University College
17 Derby
18 Worcester
19 University College Birmingham
Source: Sunday Times
* Suggested Reading: Britain's Top Universities