These are the UK's 25 best universities

A new ranking of British universities has put Coventry at 15 - the highest ever position by a former polytechnic.

The Guardian's league table ranks universities based on spending per student; student/staff ratios, career prospects for graduates and student satisfaction.

The top 25 is below, and you can see the full list here.

1 Cambridge (1)

2 Oxford (2)

3 St Andrews (3)

4 Surrey (6)

5 Bath (4)

6 Durham (8)

6 Warwick (9)

8 Imperial College (5)

9 Exeter (12)

10 Lancaster (10)

11 Loughborough (15)

12 UCL (11)

13 LSE (7)

14 Southampton (19)

15 Coventry (27)

16 Kent (20)

17 Birmingham (17)

18 Heriot-Watt (13)

19 Sussex (43)

20 Edinburgh (18)

20 UEA (14)

22 York (16)

23 Leeds (28)

24 Glasgow (25)

25 Reading (30)

(Last year's position)

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