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[quote=Anonymous]Based on these 3 UK rankings, it is pretty easy to average them out for the top 15:

Based on the average ranking across the three sources, here is a simple list of the top 15 UK universities:

1.  **University of Oxford** - 2.0
2.  **University of St Andrews** - 2.67
3.  **University of Cambridge** - 2.67
4.  **London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)** - 2.67
5.  **Imperial College London** - 5.33
6.  **Durham University** - 6.0
7.  **University of Bath** - 7.67
8.  **University College London (UCL)** - 8.33
9.  **Loughborough University** - 8.67
10. **University of Warwick** - 9.17
11. **Lancaster University** - 11.17
12. **University of Aberdeen** - 13.0
13. **University of Bristol** - 14.0
14. **University of Exeter** - 14.67
15. **University of Sheffield** - 17.33

NotebookLM explanation on the differences between 2-3-4

All three universities have the same calculated average ranking of 2.67 when considering their ranks in the Guardian University Guide 2025 [1, 2], the UK university league table 2025 from The Times [3], and the University Rankings and League Tables 2025 [4, 5].

However, to differentiate between these universities with identical average ranks, the individual rankings from each source were considered more closely.

*   **St Andrews** is ranked 2nd in the Guardian [1] and The Times [3], and 4th in the University League Table [5].
*   **Cambridge** is ranked 3rd in the Guardian [1], 4th in The Times [3], and 1st in the University League Table [4].
*   **LSE** is ranked 4th in the Guardian [1], 1st in The Times [3], and 3rd in the University League Table [5].

**The ranking order (St Andrews, Cambridge, LSE) in the generated list is based on a slight favoring of consistency across the sources when the average is the same.** St Andrews has a higher individual rank (2nd) in two out of the three sources, compared to Cambridge which has one 1st place and one 3rd and 4th place, and LSE which has one 1st place and one 3rd and 4th place. While this is a minor distinction given the identical average, it provides a method for ordering when the primary metric is the same.

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