Edinburgh University has narrowly missed out on the top ten of a new league table.
Released by The Guardian, the table scores various universities across a range of metrics, with the prestigious Oxford University coming out top.
An overall score of 100 is given by using data from various benchmarks: Satisfied with teaching; Satisfied with feedback; Student to staff ratio; Spend per student; Average entry tariff; Value added score; Career after 15 months and Continuation.
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Edinburgh hit a score of 69.4 out of 100 which landed it in 13th place – two up from last years Guardian table.
The capital institution scored highest in the Satisfaction with teacher and Continuation criteria.
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Heriot-Watt University saw a massive leap, moving up from 66th last year 33rd in the UK. It had an overall score of 60.9 out of 100.
Edinburgh Napier also moved up two spots from 96th to 94th – scoring 47.1 out of 100.
Queen Margaret however fell in the rankings, going from 91st last year to 97th. They scored 46.1 out of 100.
Elsewhere in Scotland, St Andrews came in second place. While Aberdeen was the next highest Scottish university, landing in 18th, six spots down from last year.
Strathclyde was close by in 19th, down to spots from 17th in 2025.
Glasgow fell a whopping ten spots from 14th last year to 24th in 2026. Meanwhile Dundee climbed from 52nd to 26th.
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Abertay also climbed up the rankings, going from 79th to 55th. Robert Gordon landed in 92nd, up from 95th.
Stirling fell from 94th to 104th meanwhile Glasgow Caledonian fell incredibly from 46th last year to 105th. West of Scotland fell from 121st last year to last place in 123rd.
You can view the full UK league table here.