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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For those interested in Business degrees (Business Mgmt, Management, etc) the brand new 2026 rankings are here:

1) University of Oxford
2) University of St Andrews
3) University of Bath 
4) University of Warwick
5) London School of Economics and Poli...
6) King's College 
7) UCL (University College London) 
8) The University of Edinburgh 
9) University of Exeter 
10) University of Bristol
 [/quote]

We live in London and have been keeping an eye on the uni rankings for Business Management for our 16-year-old. Some of the unis have really moved up in the last few years. Exeter, Bristol and Bath are definitely heading in the right direction. Edinburgh always seems to be in the top 10, and Warwick is pretty much always in the top 5.

King’s used to be quite popular in our circles, but lately it’s lost a bit of its shine. A lot of my friends feel like they’re mainly focused on international students now. The percentage is so high that it’s hard not to feel like local students are being overlooked. It seems like the uni is chasing the overseas fees more than anything.

[b]Among our friends in London[/b], mostly families with kids at independent / boarding schools, the general view is that if Oxbridge doesn’t work out, then St Andrews is the next best option. That’s definitely a shift from when we were growing up. No one really thought about sending their kids to Scotland back then. But now St Andrews is hugely popular, even though it’s become harder for English students to get in. The bar seems higher every year for English kids.

Not many of us are encouraging our kids to stay in London. LSE and UCL are obviously great academically, but most parents I know would prefer their kids to move out and have the full uni experience. It’s hard to do that when you’re still living at home with Mum and Dad just around the corner.

So beyond Oxbridge and St Andrews, the names that come up most often are Bath, Bristol, Durham, Exeter, Warwick and Edinburgh. They’re all strong academically, offer a good student life, and feel a bit more realistic in terms of entry requirements vs Oxbridge and St Andrews.

I actually found this forum while looking into US universities. My son is considering applying over there too. The big issue is cost. Without a scholarship, it’s tough to justify. The numbers are just so high, even for great schools. [/quote]

Do you mean your American friends in London? Because this is not representative of most native Londoners at all. The big Oxbridge rejects go to Durham, Exeter, Bristol, York, Edinburgh and in London to Imperial, LSE and to a lesser extent UCL and Kings.[/quote]

No…. We are all in the financial and legal industries. None of us wanted our kids at London unis (UCL, LSE and Imperial). Not because they aren’t great unis, but because we wanted them out if London.

Yes, Durham definitely in the Mix, but over the last 10 years, St Andrews has shown up in the lists of most of the kids at our kids’ boarding schools as an alternative to Oxbridge, alongside Durham sure.  The data is available for you at all top private/boarding schools. The 7 (couples) of us have the data for the 5 schools our kids attend (75% londoners families at these 5 schools). It is what it is.

Anecdotally, someone posted this elsewhere for this yr:

https://www.reddit.com/r/6thForm/s/u5ygGj8tSl

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Same with us. When my daughter was trying to decide where to go, staying in London was the last thing in her mind. Yes, she loves London. But it is home. She wanted to go away. She was not accepted at Cambridge, but was accepted to both Durham and St Andrews.[/quote]

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