Forget Oxbridge: St Andrews knocks top universities off perch

Latest Guardian University Guide shows leading trio are in league of their own for undergraduate courses

Oxbridge is being replaced at the apex of UK universities by “Stoxbridge” after St Andrews overtook Oxford and Cambridge at the top of the latest Guardian University Guide.

It is the first time the Fife university has been ranked highest in the Guardian’s annual guide to undergraduate courses, pushing Oxford into second and Cambridge into third.

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The Guardian University Guide 2022 – the rankings

Find a course at one of the top universities in the country. Our league tables rank them all subject-by-subject, as well as by student satisfaction, staff numbers, spending and career prospects

• This table was amended on 11 September 2021. An earlier version showed the overall scores out of 100 from last year for each institution, rather than the most recent figures. This has been corrected.

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Oxford University takes top spot in Guardian’s annual university guide

This year’s report sees Oxford moving up from third to first for the first time in a decade

Oxford University has vaulted into top place in the Guardian’s annual universities guide for the first time in a decade, thanks to new employment data showing that more Oxford students are moving into graduate-level jobs after completing their studies.

This year’s Guardian university guide sees Oxford moving up from third to first, while the University of St Andrews stays in second place and Oxford’s ancient rival Cambridge drops to third after occupying the top spot for nine years.

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