Student Experience Survey 2018: best UK universities for student welfare

The best universities in the UK for student welfare – as decided by current students – have been revealed

March 22 2018

Student Experience Survey 2018: best universities for student welfare

View the overall results of the 2018 Student Experience Survey

It's no secret that more and more students are coming forward and reporting feeling stressed and overwhelmed, sometimes leading to more severe mental health conditions. Due to this universities must provide high-quality mental health services to cater to the needs of the student body.

Participants in the 2018 Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey were asked to provide a rating between “strongly agree” and “strongly disagree” on:

Personal requirements catered for
Good welfare support

These responses were then combined to determine which universities provide the best welfare support. Loughborough University coming in second

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The best UK universities for student welfare 2018

Rank	University name	Student welfare score
1	Harper Adams University	83.4
2	Loughborough University	82.8
3	University of Chichester	80.6
4	University of St Andrews	80.5
5	University of Leeds	80.2
=6	University of Bath	80.1
=6	Falmouth University	80.1
=8	Royal Veterinary College	79.2
=8	Durham University	79.2
=10	University of Sheffield	79.0
=10	University of Surrey	79.0
12	University of Oxford	78.9
=13	University of Exeter	77.8
=13	Robert Gordon University	77.8
15	Swansea University	77.7
16	Teesside University	77.6
17	University of Worcester	77.4
=18	Edge Hill University	77.3
=18	Bangor University	77.3
20	Northumbria University	77.0
=21	University of Dundee	76.8
=21	Aberystwyth University	76.8
23	University of Nottingham	76.7
=24	Newcastle University	76.6
=24	Lancaster University	76.6
26	Cardiff University	76.5
=27	University of Manchester	76.4
=27	University of Derby	76.4
=29	University of Reading	76.2
=29	University of Birmingham	76.2
=29	Manchester Metropolitan University	76.2
32	University of Gloucestershire	76.1
=33	University of Lincoln	75.9
=33	University of Southampton	75.9
=33	Keele University	75.9
=33	University of Wales Trinity Saint David	75.9
=37	University of York	75.8
=37	University of Chester	75.8
=39	Queen's University Belfast	75.6
=39	Glasgow Caledonian University	75.6
=41	University of Cambridge	75.4
=41	Canterbury Christ Church University	75.4
43	York St John University	75.3
44	University of Strathclyde	75.0
=45	De Montfort University	74.9
=45	University of Hull	74.9
=47	University of Stirling	74.7
=47	Staffordshire University	74.7
=49	University of East Anglia (UEA)	74.6
=49	University of Essex	74.6
=51	Trent University	74.5
=51	University of Liverpool	74.5
=51	Heriot-Watt University	74.5
=51	King's College London	74.5
=55	Sheffield Hallam University	74.2
=55	Aston University	74.2
57	Bournemouth University	74.0
=58	University of Sussex	73.9
=58	St George's, University of London	73.9
=58	University of Sunderland	73.9
=61	Coventry University	73.8
=61	University of Leicester	73.8
=61	Birkbeck, University of London	73.8
=64	University of Winchester	73.4
=64	Imperial College London	73.4
66	University of Central Lancashire	73.3
67	University of Cumbria	73.2
=68	University of Warwick	73.1
=68	University of Bristol	73.1
=68	University of Portsmouth	73.1
=68	University of Salford	73.1
72	University of Huddersfield	73.0
73	Royal Holloway, University of London	72.9
74	Plymouth University	72.8
75	University of Hertfordshire	72.7
75	Southampton Solent University	72.7
77	University of the West of England, Bristol (UWE)	72.5
=78	University of Glasgow	72.4
=78	Liverpool John Moores University	72.4
80	University of Kent	72.3
81	Ulster University	72.1
=82	University of Edinburgh	72.0
=82	University of Aberdeen	72.0
84	University of East London	71.8
=85	Bath Spa University	71.7
=85	Buckinghamshire New University	71.7
=87	Queen Mary University of London	71.5
=87	Birmingham City University	71.5
=89	Cardiff Metropolitan University	71.4
=89	Edinburgh Napier University	71.4
=89	University of South Wales	71.4
92	Brunel University London	71.3
93	University of Brighton	71.1
=94	University of Bradford	70.9
=94	Oxford Brookes University	70.9
96	University of the Arts London	70.8
97	University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI)	70.7
=98	University of Roehampton	70.6
=98	Norwich University of the Arts	70.6
100	Goldsmiths, University of London	70.4
101	Kingston University	70.2
102	UCL	69.9
103	Anglia Ruskin University	69.8
104	University of West London	69.6
105	University of Northampton	69.4
106	London South Bank University	69.0
107	Leeds Beckett University	68.4
108	City, University of London	68.3
109	University of Wolverhampton	68.2
110	University of Westminster	67.2
111	University of Greenwich	67.1
=112	London Metropolitan University	66.9
=112	University of Bedfordshire	66.9
114	University of the West of Scotland	66.8
115	London School of Economics and Political Science	65.8
116	Middlesex University	65.2