National Student Survey 2016: overall satisfaction results

See the full results for UK universities ranked by student satisfaction in the National Student Survey 2016

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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.

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So, which UK universities have the happiest students?

The University 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 University of Law.

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