The Complete University Guide 2018 was released recently. It acts as an excellent guide for international students to choose the best university by analysing its ranking and shows an improving picture for students looking to apply for courses next year.
Cambridge holds on to first place for the seventh year in a row, with Oxford University in second place for the fourth. The universities comprising the top ten remain the same as last year, the order in which they are ranked has changed.
Referring to complete University Guide rankings will allow you to assess the credibility of a university from several perspectives they are: Entry Standards, Student Satisfaction, Research Assessment (Quality Intensity), Graduate Prospects, Student-Staff Ratio, Facilities Spend, Good Honours, Degree Completion. When an international student makes a decision to study in a university, he/she is making an important decision about his/her career ahead.
This ranking table depicts Top 20 Universities in Complete University Guide Ranking 2018 (Full list is availiable on UKuni ranking page):
| Rank | University Name | Entry Standards | Student Satisfaction | Overall Score |
| 1st | University of Cambridge | 592 | 4.14 | 1000 |
| 2nd | University of Oxford | 570 | 4.13 | 998 |
| 3rd | St Andrews University | 525 | 4.38 | 962 |
| 4th | London School of Economics | 537 | 3.75 | 952 |
| 5th | Imperial College London | 552 | 3.99 | 925 |
| 6th | Durham University | 519 | 4.16 | 920 |
| 7th | University College London | 501 | 3.97 | 909 |
| 8th | Warwick University | 478 | 4.12 | 896 |
| 9th | Lancaster University | 402 | 4.17 | 889 |
| 10th | University of Loughborough | 400 | 4.18 | 883 |
| 11th | University of Bath | 479 | 4.16 | 868 |
| 12th | University of East Anglia (UEA) | 407 | 4.16 | 853 |
| 13th | University of Surrey | 438 | 4.20 | 851 |
| 14th | University of Exeter | 471 | 4.20 | 850 |
| 14th | University of Leeds | 427 | 4.15 | 850 |
| 16th | University of Birmingham | 421 | 4.09 | 836 |
| 17th | University of Bristol | 485 | 4.05 | 834 |
| 18th | University of Nottingham | 425 | 4.12 | 825 |
| 19th | University of Sussex | 366 | 4.09 | 817 |
| 20th | York University | 422 | 4.20 | 814 |
