University Destinations
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Russell Group Universities: 71%
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G5 Universities: 50%
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Top QS Universities: 69%
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Top UK Universities
Numbers of students at UK top universities according to the Complete University Guide rankings.
| Rank | University | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Total |
| 1 | University of Cambridge | 18 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 82 |
| 2 | University of Oxford | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 32 |
| 3 | University of St Andrews | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | London School of Economics and Political Science | 14 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 130 |
| 5 | Imperial College London | 10 | 26 | 18 | 18 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 160 |
| 6 | Loughborough University | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Durham University | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| 8 | Lancaster University | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | University of Bath | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| 10 | University College London | 16 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 32 | 31 | 25 | 36 | 28 | 25 | 244 |
| 11 | University of Warwick | 5 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 46 |
| 12 | University of Exeter | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
| 13 | University of Birmingham | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| 14 | University of Bristol | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 34 |
| 15 | University of Edinburgh | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 21 |
When our students leave us, they continue their studies in universities all over the world. Click on the map below to see how many of our students have go on to study in each country, over the past 5 years.
UK
| AA School of Architecture | 1 |
| Aston University | 5 |
| Brighton & Sussex Medical School | 1 |
| Brunel University London | 3 |
| Cardiff University | 19 |
| City University of London | 4 |
| Coventry University | 1 |
| Durham University | 14 |
| Imperial College London | 98 |
| Keele University | 1 |
| Kent and Medway Medical School | 1 |
| King’s College London | 58 |
| Lancaster University | 2 |
| London School of Economics and Political Science | 69 |
| Loughborough University | 2 |
| Mander Portman Woodward | 1 |
| Newcastle University | 2 |
| Northumbria University, Newcastle | 1 |
| Plymouth University | 2 |
| Queen Mary University of London | 14 |
| Queen’s University Belfast | 2 |
| Royal Veterinary College | 3 |
| St George’s University of London | 10 |
| Swansea University | 1 |
| University College London | 173 |
| University of Aberdeen | 1 |
| University of Bath | 5 |
| University of Birmingham | 11 |
| University of Bristol | 17 |
| University of Cambridge | 45 |
| University of Central Lancashire | 3 |
| University of East Anglia | 1 |
| University of Edinburgh | 8 |
| University of Essex | 1 |
| University of Exeter | 6 |
| University of Glasgow | 5 |
| University of Leeds | 5 |
| University of Leicester | 2 |
| University of Liverpool | 3 |
| University of Manchester | 20 |
| University of Nottingham | 7 |
| University of Oxford | 20 |
| University of Plymouth | 3 |
| University of Sheffield | 7 |
| University of Southampton | 1 |
| University of St Andrews | 13 |
| University of Surrey | 2 |
| University of the Arts London | 2 |
| University of Warwick | 28 |
USA
| Amherst College | 1 |
| Boston University | 1 |
| Claremont McKenna College | 1 |
| Columbia Univeristy | 1 |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 |
| MIT | 1 |
| New York University | 4 |
| Northwestern University | 1 |
| Pennsylvania State University | 1 |
| University of California Berkeley | 4 |
| Stanford | 1 |
| University of Michigan | 1 |
| University of Southern California | 1 |
| University of California Los Angeles | 1 |
Austrailia
| Australian National University | 1 |
| Griffith University | 2 |
| University of Adelaide | 1 |
| University of Melbourne | 1 |
| University of New South Wales | 3 |
| University of Queensland | 1 |
| University of Sydney | 3 |
Hong Kong
| Chinese University of Hong Kong | 35 |
| City University of Hong Kong | 68 |
| Hong Kong University of Science & Technology | 4 |
| University of Hong Kong | 56 |
Malaysia
| International Medical University | 2 |
Thailand
| King Mongkut | 2 |
| Mahidol University | 1 |
| Srinakharinwirot University | 1 |
Ireland
| Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland | 2 |
| Trinity College Dublin | 5 |
| University College Cork | 3 |
| University College Dublin | 1 |
Canada
| University of British Columbia | 2 |
| University of Toronto | 1 |
Singapore
| Nanyang Technological University | 1 |
Spain
| Universidad de Navarra | 1 |
| Universitat de Barcelona | 1 |
Japan
| University of Tokyo | 1 |
