The prestigious guide, published annually by the Times and The Sunday Times, provides rankings for all UK universities using data published in the previous two months, and an overview of higher education in Britain. It includes profiles on 135 universities.
In first place for the UK is the London School of Economics and Political Science, but five Scottish universities earned spots in the Top 20. And we’ve looked at the data available to create a Scottish version of the league table.
Have a look through our photo gallery to see the Scottish version of the Good University Guide 2025 league table, ranking our 14 universities from best to worst.
1. Scotland's 14 universities ranked from best to worst
Have a look through our photo gallery to see Scotland's 14 universities ranked from best to worst. Photo: Pixabay Photo: Pixabay
2. The University of St Andrews
Scotland Ranking - 1. National Ranking - 2. University of St Andrews is the number one university in Scotland, according to The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025. Despite slipping one spot in the institutional rankings, surpassed by the London School of Economics and Political Science, St Andrews has once again outperformed both the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge for the third time in the guide’s 31-year history of domestic UK university ranking, The University of St Andrews has been named the Scottish University of the Year 2025 and it took the title of University of the Year for Student Experience 2025. Photo: Third Party
3. University of Aberdeen
Scotland Ranking - 2. National Ranking - 15. The University of Aberdeen is a UK Top 20 and World Top 200 University with outstanding levels of student satisfaction. Photo: Third Party
4. University of Glasgow
Scotland Ranking -3. National Ranking - 16. The University of Glasgow is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world - and one of Scotland's four ancient universities. Photo: Third Party