Student Experience Survey 2017: best UK universities for industry connections

By Anonymous (not verified), 23 March, 2017

View the overall results of the 2017 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 2017 Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey, more than 15,000 students were asked the extent to which they agreed that their university had good industry connections.

The table below shows who came out on top according to this particular question.

Rank	University name	Industry Connections Composite
1	Harper Adams University	93.3
2	University of Bath	89.9
3	Loughborough University	89.5
4	London School of Economics and Political Science	88.7
5	Imperial College London	88.3
6	University of Surrey	86.4
7	Heriot-Watt University	84.2
8	Aston University	83.5
9	University of Cambridge	83.4
10	Robert Gordon University	83.3
11	Royal Veterinary College	83.1
12	Queen's University Belfast	82.2
13	Falmouth University	82.0
14	Norwich University of the Arts	81.3
15	University of Leeds	81.3
16	University of Oxford	81.1
17	Bournemouth University	80.5
18	University of Manchester	80.4
19	University of Warwick	80.2
20	Arts University Bournemouth	80.1
21	St George's, University of London	80.1
22	Coventry University	80.0
23	University of Strathclyde	79.8
24	Brunel University London	79.6
25	University of Birmingham	79.0
26	University of Nottingham	79.0
27	University of Salford	78.9
28	University of Reading	78.7
29	University of the West of England, Bristol (UWE)	78.5
30	Edge Hill University	78.5
31	University of the Arts London	78.3
32	University of Portsmouth	78.1
33	Trent University	78.1
34	De Montfort University	77.9
35	Teesside University	77.9
36	Edinburgh Napier University	77.8
37	Ulster University	77.5
38	Northumbria University	77.4
39	Buckinghamshire New University	77.3
40	University of Derby	77.2
41	Sheffield Hallam University	77.2
42	University of Gloucestershire	77.1
43	University of Huddersfield	77.0
44	Abertay University	76.9
45	Newcastle University	76.8
46	University of Southampton	76.8
47	University of Sheffield	76.2
48	University for the Creative Arts	76.1
49	Liverpool John Moores University	76.1
50	Manchester Metropolitan University	76.0
51	Lancaster University	76.0
52	Cardiff Metropolitan University	75.8
53	Cardiff University	75.4
54	University of Glasgow	75.4
55	Swansea University	75.3
55	University of Bristol	75.3
57	University College London	75.1
58	University of Exeter	75.0
58	Southampton Solent University	75.0
60	University of St Andrews	74.8
61	Glasgow Caledonian University	74.6
62	University of Dundee	74.4
63	University of Stirling	74.3
64	University of Greenwich	74.3
65	University of Chester	74.2
66	City, University of London	74.2
67	Durham University	74.0
68	King's College London	74.0
69	University of Aberdeen	73.9
70	Staffordshire University	73.3
71	Leeds Beckett University	73.2
72	University of East Anglia (UEA)	73.2
73	Liverpool Hope University	73.1
74	Oxford Brookes University	73.0
75	Queen Mary University of London	73.0
76	Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh	72.9
77	University of Edinburgh	72.9
78	Newman University	72.7
79	University of Liverpool	72.6
80	Birmingham City University	72.4
81	University of Lincoln	72.3
82	University of Central Lancashire	72.0
83	Bangor University	72.0
84	University of Cumbria	72.0
85	University of York	72.0
86	London South Bank University	72.0
87	University of Bradford	71.8
88	University of Hertfordshire	71.5
89	York St John University	71.2
90	Keele University	71.1
91	University of Leicester	70.8
92	Anglia Ruskin University	70.8
93	University of Wolverhampton	70.7
94	University of Worcester	70.5
95	University of West London	70.3
96	Kingston University	70.0
97	Goldsmiths, University of London	70.0
97	University of the West of Scotland	70.0
99	Plymouth University	69.9
100	University of East London	69.9
101	University of Bedfordshire	69.7
102	University of Winchester	69.3
103	University of Hull	69.2
104	Royal Holloway, University of London	68.8
105	University Campus Suffolk	68.8
106	University of Essex	68.7
107	University of Westminster	68.4
108	University of Sussex	68.4
109	University of South Wales	68.4
110	University of Kent	68.3
111	Middlesex University	68.2
111	University of Sunderland	68.2
113	Aberystwyth University	68.1
114	Bath Spa University	67.3
115	University of Brighton	67.3
116	University of Wales Trinity Saint David	67.1
117	University of Roehampton	67.1
118	Canterbury Christ Church University	66.5
119	University of Northampton	66.5
120	Soas, University of London	66.4
121	Open University	63.6
122	London Metropolitan University	61.8