Glasgow universities ranked among best in Scotland
The Complete University Guide has today released a list of the country's top 12 universities based on entry standards, student satisfaction, research quality, research intensity, academic services spend, facilities spent, continuation, student to staff ratio, graduate prospects outcomes and graduate prospects on track.
At the top of the list was the University of St Andrews with the University of the West of Scotland at the bottom.
(Image: University of Glasgow, Newsquest) In third place is the University of Glasgow in the West End, fourth place is University of Strathclyde in the city centre and in ninth place is Glasgow Caledonian University, which is also in the city centre.
The University of Glasgow has an overall score of 75% with entry standards at 99%, student satisfaction at 76% and graduate prospects at 83%.
The University of Strathclyde received an overall score of 73% with entry standards sitting at 99%, student satisfaction at 78% and graduate prospects at 86%.
Meanwhile, Glasgow Caledonian University had an overall score of 61% with entry standards sitting at 83%, student satisfaction at 77% and graduate prospects at 81%.
(Image: University of Strathclyde , Newsquest) Also included in the list is the likes of the University of Aberdeen, University of Stirling and University of Edinburgh.
For the full list, click HERE
All the data in the university league tables come from sources in the public domain.
The data of entry standards, graduate prospects and such is collected from UK universities by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), and supplied by Jisc, the UK digital agency that supports further and higher education.
In some cases the source data wasn't available and was instead obtained directly from the individual universities.
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