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American Studies
1 Warwick
2 Leicester
3 Sussex
4 Birmingham
5 Nottingham
6 Lancaster
7 Liverpool
8 Manchester
9 Keele
10 Kent
11 East Anglia
12 Swansea
13 Dundee
14 Hull
15 Wolverhampton
16 King's College London
17 Central Lancashire
18 Portsmouth
19 Derby
20 Winchester

Art & Design
1 University College London
2 Brunel
3 Newcastle
4 Edinburgh
5 Dundee
6 Reading
7 Goldsmiths College
8 Oxford
9 Loughborough
10 University of the Arts, London
11 Brighton
12 Leeds
13 Heriot-Watt
14 Salford
15 Nottingham Trent
16 Kingston
17 Lancaster
18 Bournemouth
19 Southampton
20 Robert Gordon

Classics & Ancient History
1 Cambridge
2 Oxford
3 Exeter
4 King's College London
5 Bristol
6 St Andrews
7 Durham
8 Warwick
9 University College London
10 Royal Holloway
11 Edinburgh
12 Birmingham
13 Leeds
14 Glasgow
15 Nottingham
16 Liverpool
17 Reading
18 Manchester
19 Swansea
20 Newcastle

Communication & Media Studies
1 Loughborough
2 Sheffield
3 Cardiff
4 Warwick
5 Leeds
6 Leicester
7 Stirling
8 Lancaster
9 Royal Holloway
10 Sussex
11 Goldsmiths College
12 Birmingham
13 Central Lancashire
14 City
15 University of the Arts, London
16 Nottingham Trent
17 Robert Gordon
18 Bournemouth
19 Liverpool
20 Glasgow Caledonian

Drama, Dance & Cinematics
1 Bristol
2 Warwick
3 Glasgow
4 Surrey
5 Royal Holloway
6 Lancaster
7 Kent
8 East Anglia
9 Loughborough
10 Exeter
11 Manchester
12 Queen Margaret
13 Essex
14 Birmingham
15 Goldsmiths College
16 Central School of Speech and Drama
17 Hull
18 Reading
19 UWIC, Cardiff
20 Aberystwyth

English
1 Cambridge
2 University College London
3 Durham
4 Oxford
5 St Andrews
6 York
7 Warwick
8 Leeds
9 Edinburgh
10 Royal Holloway
11 Glasgow
12 Leicester
13 Exeter
14 Nottingham
15 Bristol
16 Aberdeen
17 Queen Mary
18 Newcastle
19 Liverpool
20 Southampton

French
1 Cambridge
2 Oxford
3 St Andrews
4 University College London
5 Durham
6 Warwick
7 Royal Holloway
8 Southampton
9 Bath
10 King's College London
11 Bristol
12 Edinburgh
13 Queen Mary
14 Exeter
15 Aberdeen
16 Sheffield
17 Liverpool
18 Nottingham
19 Stirling
20 Queens, Belfast

German
1 Cambridge
2 Oxford
3 Edinburgh
4 Warwick
5 St Andrews
6 Bath
7 Exeter
8 King's College London
9 Bristol
10 University College London
11 Durham
12 Birmingham
13 Nottingham
14 Southampton
15 Sheffield
16 Royal Holloway
17 Cardiff
18 Manchester
19 Swansea
20 Aston

History
1 Cambridge
2 Oxford
3 Durham
4 King's College London
5 London School of Economics
6 Warwick
7 University College London
8 York
9 St Andrews
10 Exeter
11 Queen Mary
12 Leeds
13 Bristol
14 Royal Holloway
15 Sheffield
16 Edinburgh
17 Dundee
18 Bradford
19 Southampton
20 Glasgow

Iberian Languages
1 Cambridge
2 St Andrews
3 Oxford
4 Bath
5 King's College London
6 Durham
7 Edinburgh
8 Southampton
9 Nottingham
10 University College London
11 Sheffield
12 Bristol
13 Birmingham
14 Manchester
15 Queen Mary
16 Lancaster
17 Newcastle
18 Leeds
19 Exeter
20 Cardiff

Italian
1 Cambridge
2 Oxford
3 St Andrews
4 University College London
5 Edinburgh
6 Bath
7 Birmingham
8 Bristol
9 Exeter
10 Warwick
11 Royal Holloway
12 Cardiff
13 Reading
14 Salford
15 Manchester
16 Swansea
17 Durham
18 Leicester
19 Sussex
20 Leeds

Music
1 Oxford
2 Cambridge
3 King's College London
4 Nottingham
5 York
6 Manchester
7 Bristol
8 Durham
9 Edinburgh
10 Birmingham
11 Aberdeen
12 Southampton
13 Newcastle
14 Sheffield
15 Goldsmiths College
16 Queens, Belfast
17 Royal Academy of Music
18 Sussex
19 City
20 Royal Holloway

Philosophy
1 Cambridge
2 London School of Economics
3 Oxford
4 Durham
5 St Andrews
6 King's College London
7 Bristol
8 Edinburgh
9 Warwick
10 Sheffield
11 University College London
12 York
13 Nottingham
14 Aberdeen
15 Stirling
16 Southampton
17 Hull
18 Birmingham
19 Sussex
20 Reading

Politics
1 Oxford
2 St Andrews
3 London School of Economics
4 King's College London
5 Cambridge
6 Sheffield
7 Bristol
8 Warwick
9 Bath
10 Essex
11 Durham
12 York
13 Hull
14 Aberystwyth
15 Glasgow
16 Strathclyde
17 Birmingham
18 Exeter
19 Newcastle
20 Nottingham

Russian and East European Languages
1 Cambridge
2 Oxford
3 St Andrews
4 Bath
5 University College London
6 Sheffield
7 Birmingham
8 Bristol
9 Exeter
10 Surrey
11 Edinburgh
12 Nottingham
13 Queen Mary
14 Manchester
15 Leeds
16 Durham
17 Glasgow
18 Northumbria

Sociology
1 Cambridge
2 Bristol
3 Surrey
4 Warwick
5 Aberdeen
6 Loughborough
7 Durham
8 London School of Economics
9 Leeds
10 Edinburgh
11 Manchester
12 Exeter
13 Bath
14 Strathclyde
15 Lancaster
16 Essex
17 Glasgow
18 Newcastle
19 Royal Holloway
20 Kent

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