The University of Sussex has risen in national rankings from 26th to 19th this year.
The university benefited from good student satisfaction scores, spending on academic services such as IT and libraries and student facilities, including sports centres and other venues.
Brighton University was ranked 73 out of 115 universities.
University of Sussex Vice-Chancellor, Professor Michael Farthing, welcomed the latest ranking, saying: "I believe this climb up the table reflects the work that we started three years ago to improve the student experience in the round - work that is clearly making a difference.
"Our success also reflects on the positive effect of new schemes such as Sussex Plus, which will enable our graduates to demonstrate what they have achieved in all of their academic and extra-curricular activities at Sussex.
"Current developments, including a major new teaching building opening in the summer, a radically overhauled library, a new creative arts centre for 2011 and more placement opportunities for our students, will further enhance the experience for future generations of students at Sussex."
The list in full
1 Oxford
2 Cambridge
3 Imperial College London
4 Durham
5 London School of Economics
6 St Andrews
7 Warwick
8 Lancaster
9 University College London
10 York
11 Edinburgh
12 Bath
13 King's College London
14 Southampton
15 School of Oriental and African Studies
16 Bristol
17 Aston
18 Nottingham
19 Sussex
20 Buckingham
21 Leicester
22 Birmingham
23 Exeter
24 Loughborough
25 Sheffield
26 Glasgow
27 Leeds
28 East Anglia
29 Newcastle
30 Royal Holloway
31 Manchester
32 Liverpool
33 Surrey
34 Heriot-Watt
35 Strathclyde
35 Queen's, Belfast
37 Essex
38 Kent
39 Queen Mary
40 Reading
41 Hertfordshire
42 Cardiff
43 Keele
44 Aberdeen
45 Dundee
46 Brunel
47 City
47 Aberystwyth
49 Nottingham Trent
50 Oxford Brookes
51 Robert Gordon
52 Stirling
53 Chichester
54 Ulster
55 Bournemouth
56 Hull
57 Goldsmiths College
58 Birmingham City
59 University of Wales Institute, Cardiff
60 Swansea
61 Bradford
62 Gloucestershire
63 Bangor
64 Northumbria
65 Plymouth
65 De Montfort
67 Huddersfield
68 Sheffield Hallam
68 University of the West of England, Bristol
70 University of the Arts, London
71 Lincoln
72 Central Lancashire
73 Brighton
74 Edinburgh Napier
75 Coventry
76 Winchester
77 Queen Margaret
78 York St John
79 Glasgow Caledonian
80 Staffordshire
81 Chester
81 Cumbria
83 Bath Spa
84 Kingston
85 Leeds Metropolitan
86 Glamorgan
87 Roehampton
88 Edge Hill
89 Manchester Metropolitan
89 University of Wales, Newport
89 Portsmouth
92 Glyndwr
93 Sunderland
94 Westminster
95 Thames Valley
96 Salford
97 Middlesex
98 Abertay, Dundee
99 Lampeter
100 Northampton
101 Bedfordshire
102 Liverpool John Moores
102 Worcester
104 Derby
105 Teesside
106 Anglia Ruskin
106 Canterbury Christ Church
108 Buckinghamshire New
109 University for the Creative Arts
110 Greenwich
111 Southampton Solent
112 Bolton
113 East London
114 London South Bank
115 London Metropolitan
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