| | 2001 Rating |
Proportion of Staff Selected |
Category A and A* Research Active Staff (FTE) |
Flagged Research Groups |
| Anglia Polytechnic University | 5 | C | 11.4 | |
| Bath Spa University College | 4 | B | 11.8 | |
| Birkbeck College | 5* | B | 23.0 | |
| University of Birmingham | 5 | C | 37.5 | |
| Bolton Institute of Higher Education | 3a | C | 8.9 | |
| Bretton Hall | 3b | C | 5.0 | |
| University of Bristol | 5 | C | 14.0 | |
| University of Cambridge | 5* | B | 57.5 | |
| University of Central England in Birmingham | 3a | D | 7.0 | |
| University of Central Lancashire | 3a | C | 9.0 | |
| Chester College of Higher Education | 2 | C | 7.5 | |
| University College Chichester | 3a | A | 10.0 | |
| Dartington College of Arts | 2 | A | 5.5 | |
| De Montfort University | 5 | A | 19.5 | |
| University of Durham | 5* | A | 21.2 | |
| University of East Anglia | 5 | B | 17.4 | |
| Edge Hill College of Higher Education | 3b | D | 9.0 | |
| University of Essex | 4 | B | 16.0 | American literature |
| University of Exeter | 5 | B | 20.5 | |
| Falmouth College of Arts | 3b | B | 3.0 | |
| University of Gloucestershire | 4 | A | 14.0 | |
| Goldsmiths College | 5 | A | 21.0 | |
| University of Hertfordshire | 3a | B | 7.1 | |
| University of Huddersfield | 3a | C | 9.0 | |
| University of Hull | 5 | B | 13.9 | |
| Keele University | 5 | B | 9.0 | |
| University of Kent at Canterbury | 5 | B | 19.7 | |
| King's College London | 4 | B | 23.9 | |
| Kingston University | 3a | B | 12.0 | |
| Lancaster University | 5 | A | 22.3 | |
| University of Leeds | 5* | A | 45.0 | |
| University of Leicester | 5 | A | 17.3 | |
| University of Liverpool | 5* | B | 23.5 | |
| Liverpool Hope | 3b | E | 4.5 | |
| Liverpool John Moores University | 4 | C | 12.5 | |
| Loughborough University | 5 | C | 10.3 | |
| University of Manchester | 5 | B | 26.5 | |
| Manchester Metropolitan University | 4 | C | 16.2 | poetry |
| Middlesex University | 4 | D | 8.5 | |
| University of Newcastle | 5 | A | 24.0 | |
| Newman College | 3b | D | 5.0 | |
| University College Northampton | 4 | C | 15.0 | |
| University of North London | 3a | C | 9.5 | |
| University of Northumbria at Newcastle | 3a | C | 7.0 | |
| Norwich School of Art & Design | 3b | E | 0.7 | |
| University of Nottingham | 5 | A | 24.1 | |
| Nottingham Trent University | 5 | C | 14.9 | |
| Open University | 4 | C | 14.5 | |
| University of Oxford | 5* | A | 81.0 | |
| Oxford Brookes University | 5 | C | 8.8 | |
| University of Plymouth | 3a | B | 8.4 | |
| Queen Mary, University of London | 5 | A | 32.5 | |
| University of Reading | 5* | B | 28.0 | |
| Royal Holloway, University of London | 5 | A | 20.0 | |
| College of St Mark & St John | 3a | E | 1.5 | |
| St Martin's College | 3a | E | 7.0 | |
| St Mary's College | 4 | D | 8.5 | |
| University of Sheffield | 5 | B | 31.0 | |
| Sheffield Hallam University | 4 | B | 13.9 | |
| University of Southampton | 5 | A | 22.0 | |
| South Bank University | 4 | B | 7.6 | |
| Staffordshire University | 3a | D | 9.0 | |
| University of Sunderland | 4 | C | 10.4 | |
| University of Surrey Roehampton | 4 | B | 25.4 | |
| University of Sussex | 5 | B | 26.2 | |
| Thames Valley University | 2 | A | 2.0 | |
| Trinity & All Saints | 3b | E | 1.5 | |
| University College London | 5* | A | 27.0 | |
| University of Warwick | 5* | B | 30.4 | |
| University of West of England, Bristol | 4 | B | 16.6 | |
| University of Westminster | 3b | D | 5.0 | |
| University College Worcester | 3b | C | 8.0 | |
| University of York | 5* | A | 38.3 | |
| York St John College | 3b | D | 6.0 | |
| University of Aberdeen | 4 | B | 23.0 | Scott edition |
| University of Dundee | 4 | A | 16.3 | |
| University of Edinburgh | 5* | A | 22.7 | |
| University of Glasgow | 5* | B | 42.3 | |
| University of St Andrews | 5* | B | 17.0 | |
| University of Stirling | 5 | B | 20.8 | |
| University of Strathclyde | 5 | B | 12.5 | |
| University of Glamorgan | 4 | B | 12.0 | |
| University of Wales, Bangor | 4 | B | 17.0 | |
| University of Wales, Swansea | 4 | A | 15.3 | |
| University of Wales, Aberystwyth | 4 | B | 16.0 | |
| Cardiff University | 5* | B | 36.5 | |
| University of Wales, Lampeter | 5 | B | 6.0 | |
| The Queen's University of Belfast | 5 | A | 26.0 | |
| University of Ulster | 4 | C | 14.5 | |