Top 20 university campuses in the UK

Loughborough University has been voted as the best UK university campus, according to current students

Student life

Seeta Bhardwa

Editor, THE Student

June 15 2018

Loughborough University has been voted the best university campus in the UK, in new research by Student Crowd.

In a survey of 7,849 students, the Midlands university topped the list for having the best campus in the country. The campuses were rated by students on their social, academic and environmental strengths. These included campus/facilities, clubs and societies, students union, careers service and internet/wifi.

Loughborough University was scored five stars out five for campus/facilities, clubs and societies, students union and careers services and four out of five for internet/wifi. One student review said: “The facilities are of extremely high quality and the overall campus atmosphere is friendly and welcoming.”

The rest of the top 10 is mostly made up of universities from the Midlands and the North of England, except for the University of Bath (9), in the South of England.

Rank	University	Average score of campus/facilities
1	Loughborough University	4.870416
2	University of Exeter	4.731183
3	Lancaster University	4.718978
4	University of Dundee	4.711111
5	Edge Hill University	4.707692
6	University of Sheffield	4.704403
7	University of Leeds	4.630137
8	University of Nottingham	4.622222
9	University of Bath	4.58794
10	Newcastle University	4.58427
11	University of St Andrews	4.557377
12	University of Reading	4.550265
13	University of Birmingham	4.54717
14	Trent University	4.488189
15	University of East Anglia	4.485714
16	University of Huddersfield	4.485714
17	Durham University	4.466667
18	University of Surrey	4.44382
19	University of Kent	4.439716
20	University of Glasgow	4.38961