Guardian《卫报》是在英国仅次于TIMES《泰晤士报》的影响第二大的报纸，是中产阶级媒体，其排名明显与TIMES研究方法不同，较为偏重就业方面。各个排名算法不同，结果也大相径庭，因此切勿盲目迷信某项排名。
排名参考标准
Satisfied with course：学生针对课程的满意度
Satisfied with teaching：学生对教学质量的满意度
Satisfied with feedback： 教学评估与反馈
Student staff ratio：师生比
Spend per student：学校用在每个学生身上的费用
Ave entry tariff：入学标准(门槛高度)
Value added score：这个指标反映的是学校该专业的学生在入学之前和毕业之后个人能力的提高情况
Career after 6 months 学生毕业6个月以后的就业情况
Rank 2017 Institution Guardian score/100 Satisfied with course Satisfied with teaching Satisfied with feedback Student to staff ratio Spend per student/10 Average entry tariff Value added score/10 Career after 6 months 1 Surrey 100 96.7 97.6 84.2 10.4 8 478 5 75 2 Manchester 99.5 98.0 96.0 84.7 13.3 6 556 5 76 3 Cambridge 97.7 83 91.5 67.5 16.5 10 545 6 90 4 Guildhall School of Music and Drama 96.8 81.8 82.8 76.3 7.9 7 398 8 93 5 Royal College of Music 96 86 92.2 77.6 10.6 9 316 7 100 6 Oxford 94.3 94.1 95.5 79.2 17.8 - 509 7 89 7 Royal Holloway 92.9 98.0 98.7 81.2 12.9 6 468 5 78 8 Edinburgh 91.2 74 86.6 62.5 9.5 10 479 7 - 9 Royal Northern College of Music 90.8 85.9 88.8 83.0 11.6 5 359 8 87 10 Southampton 88.9 90 95.3 80.8 8.3 5 404 7 65 11 Royal Academy of Music 88.4 82 88.7 64.7 9.3 6 328 8 94 11 Birmingham City 88.4 91 95.5 82.6 9.9 9 334 4 80 13 Nottingham 88.3 85.4 94.8 79.2 11.6 8 391 5 80 14 City 88 90 93.5 88.4 8.8 8 349 - 77 15 King's College London 87.7 69.7 93.2 70.8 11.9 4 471 5 89 15 Cardiff 87.7 92.9 96.5 74.5 14.4 7 440 8 72 17 Durham 87.3 74 83.3 64.5 11.1 5 564 5 83 18 York 86.4 86 93.8 71.1 17.1 9 384 7 83 19 Birmingham 84.9 69.7 76.9 57.4 12.7 10 470 5 87 20 Hull 84.5 83 86.5 76.8 11.4 7 389 8 55 21 Sheffield 84.3 85 88.8 82.8 12 5 395 6 62 22 Ulster 83.6 93.9 96.7 90 12 4 334 6 - 23 Bangor 82.9 97 95.8 88.4 10.7 2 356 4 74 24 Middlesex 82.7 86 92.7 78.4 13.5 8 299 7 82 25 Sussex 81.9 84 89.5 68.8 8.1 7 366 5 - 26 Edinburgh Napier 81.8 90 92.1 66.7 12.9 3 424 10 58 26 Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 81.8 83.2 85.5 60.5 10.9 8 385 5 89 28 Manchester Met 80.9 78 87.1 87.2 10.9 3 326 8 - 29 Bristol 80.6 83.8 92.2 60.6 14.7 5 491 5 82 29 Newcastle 80.6 83 90.3 59.5 13.9 7 407 7 70 31 Queen's, Belfast 80.2 91 92.0 80.4 11.4 5 397 5 64 32 Keele 79.9 89 90.5 83.4 13.7 5 311 8 - 33 Brunel 77.8 82.2 87.2 77.2 8.9 5 350 6 - 34 Bath Spa 77.3 93 92 76.8 15.7 7 339 6 73 35 Royal Welsh College 76.7 68 72.5 49.5 8.6 - 328 8 95 36 Aberdeen 76.6 94.1 91.5 72.6 - 4 443 5 - 37 Bournemouth 75.9 78 82.5 68.7 8.2 10 308 - - 38 Teesside 75 87 87.8 76.5 13.1 8 301 - - 39 Salford 74.8 92 90 76.0 14.5 3 318 10 41 40 Goldsmiths 74.5 82 91 62 14.7 4 375 8 69 41 Leeds 73.9 86 88.7 67.9 14.4 4 469 4 69 42 Trinity Laban Conservatoire 72.7 78.2 82.6 49.7 9.7 8 326 4 88 43 Oxford Brookes 72 82 82.0 84.4 16.5 2 337 - - 44 The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts 71.8 86 83.2 80.1 14 3 321 8 72 45 Liverpool Hope 71.6 95 97.5 92.4 12.8 2 322 3 52 46 East London 69.9 76 87.4 68.1 18.5 - 308 9 - 47 Greenwich 69.5 88 83.0 64.5 15.8 - 405 7 - 48 Falmouth 69.4 92 92.0 79.0 15.6 7 317 2 66 49 Northampton 69.2 95.0 98.8 89.7 22.7 3 302 - - 50 Glasgow 68.9 100 97 70.7 14.2 5 474 1 60 51 West London 67.4 67.8 79.9 57.3 8.4 7 344 7 55 52 York St John 67.1 91.1 86.3 66.9 13.7 4 287 7 62 53 Gloucestershire 67 70 80 80 19.4 4 294 8 - 54 Kent 65.5 52.5 72.9 68.9 11.2 5 342 9 52 55 Brighton 64.7 80 85 72.7 16.3 4 - 7 - 56 Liverpool 64.4 89 90 61.8 13.7 4 384 4 53 57 Central Lancashire 64 80 83.6 75.3 17.5 7 299 6 63 58 Derby 62.6 84 93 78 14 6 294 1 62 59 Chichester 62.4 76.8 84.4 68.8 12.1 3 330 7 44 60 Chester 62.3 65 82.5 61 12.1 4 324 5 - 61 De Montfort 61.6 78.3 86.9 70.7 13.7 5 294 3 72 62 Leeds Beckett 60.5 91 98.5 91.4 29.3 3 307 - - 63 Southampton Solent 59.9 91.9 89.9 86.0 16 3 283 5 41 64 Huddersfield 57.8 87.1 89.3 77.4 20.3 2 350 2 78 65 West of Scotland 57.3 93.1 82.3 79.3 16.3 3 373 3 45 66 South Wales 56.7 76.8 84.9 73.4 16.8 6 308 5 44 67 Coventry 56.4 68.1 74.7 65.1 - 5 335 4 - 68 Plymouth 55.4 61 83.4 64 14.1 5 303 8 37 69 Sunderland 54.3 81.9 90.9 82.8 20.1 7 275 2 58 70 London Met 53.2 59.9 74.6 76.2 14.1 3 234 7 - 71 Essex 52.6 80 88 62.4 19.6 3 253 - 64 72 Kingston 50.4 67.7 83.5 71.3 19.7 5 309 2 56 73 London South Bank 49.5 61.4 82.8 75 19.7 8 268 2 - 74 Hertfordshire 49.4 80 84.5 73.8 25.3 2 312 4 73 75 Canterbury Christ Church 48.2 81.2 83 67.1 14.1 2 274 5 40 76 Westminster 48.1 65.7 70.6 62.8 21.2 3 304 6 75 77 Bucks New University 43.5 72 85.5 71.4 11.9 3 278 1 43 78 Cumbria 40.7 57 65.6 48.5 23.9 3 313 8 - 79 Anglia Ruskin 38.3 66.7 76.1 51.3 17.5 6 256 4 45 80 Highlands & Islands 36.4 66.7 69.6 52.0 - 10 - 1 52
