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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Sunday Times'' University of the Year}}
{{Infobox award
| name = ''University of the Year''
| image = 
| caption =
| awarded_for = Recognition in Higher Education
| presenter = The Times and The Sunday Times
| country = United Kingdom
| year = {{start date and age|df=yes|1999}}
| holder = [[Organization:University College London|University College London]]
| website = {{url|timesonline.co.uk/universityguide}}
}}
The '''''Sunday Times'' University of the Year''' is an annual award given to a British university or other [[Social:Higher education|higher education]] institution by ''The Sunday Times''. The current University of the Year for 2024 is [[Organization:University College London|University College London]].

The award is given as part of the annual ''[[Organization:Rankings of universities in the United Kingdom#The Times/The Sunday Times|Times and Sunday Times University Guide]]'' since the second supplement's second edition in 1999. Though the guide contains a league table of UK universities compiled from various statistics, the award is not necessarily given to the university at the top (in fact, it only has been in 2007 and 2010). Instead, a university is chosen by a panel of experts based on all round academic excellence.  

In addition to the winner, shortlisted universities are also named. A runners-up position was introduced in 2006.

From 2009 onwards, the ''University Guide'' took the year of its name from the following year (so the guide published in 2009 is known as 2010, the guide published in 2010 is known as 2011 etc.)

Although similar in name, this award has no connection to the "[[Organization:Times Higher Education University of the Year|University of the Year]]" award given by ''Times Higher Education''.

==List of winners==

{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Winner
!Runner-up
!Also shortlisted
|-
|2024<ref>{{cite news |title=The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024 is released |url=https://www.news.co.uk/the-times-good-university-guide-2024-released/ |work=The Times |date=15 September 2023}}</ref>
|[[Organization:University College London|University College London]]
|[[Organization:University of Exeter|University of Exeter]]
|[[Organization:University of Buckingham|University of Buckingham]]<br/> [[Organization:University of Liverpool|University of Liverpool]]<br/>London School of Economics and Political Science<br/> [[Organization:University of York|University of York]]
|-
|2023<ref>{{cite news |title=Why Bath is the University of the Year 2023 |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/why-bath-is-the-university-of-the-year-2023-k72kk3fwp |work=The Times |date=16 September 2022}}</ref>
|[[Organization:University of Bath|University of Bath]]
|[[Organization:University of Exeter|University of Exeter]]
|[[Organization:University of Birmingham|University of Birmingham]] <br/> [[Organization:University of Oxford|University of Oxford]] <br/> [[Organization:University of Surrey|University of Surrey]]
|-
|2022<ref>{{cite news |title=Why Imperial College London is The Sunday Times University of the Year 2022 |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/why-imperial-college-london-is-the-sunday-times-university-of-the-year-2022-mq8hqbdr3 |work=The Times |date=17 September 2021}}</ref>
|[[Organization:Imperial College London|Imperial College London]]
|[[Organization:University of Warwick|University of Warwick]]
|[[Organization:Edge Hill University|Edge Hill University]]<br/>[[Organization:Ulster University|Ulster University]]<br/>[[Organization:University of York|University of York]]
|-
|2021<ref>{{cite news |title=Good University Guide: Oxford named University of the Year 2021 |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/university-of-the-year-2021-oxford-university-is-uk-s-best-place-to-study-7z0rkbjf6 |work=The Times |date=20 September 2020}}</ref>
|[[Organization:University of Oxford|University of Oxford]]
|Queen Mary, University of London
|[[Organization:University of Bath|University of Bath]]<br/>[[Organization:Coventry University|Coventry University]]<br/>[[Organization:University of Strathclyde|University of Strathclyde]]
|-
|2020<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/good-university-guide-2020-of-year-st-andrews-uk-best-place-to-study-jbrf3mcdp|title=University of the Year 2020: St Andrews is UK's best place to study|date=22 September 2019|access-date=27 June 2020|author=Alastair McCall|newspaper=Sunday Times|language=en-GB}}</ref>
|[[Organization:University of St Andrews|University of St Andrews]]
|Harper Adams University
|London School of Economics and Political Science<br/>[[Organization:Royal Holloway, University of London|Royal Holloway, University of London]]<br/>[[Organization:Staffordshire University|Staffordshire University]]
|-
|-
|2019<ref>{{cite news |title=University of the Year 2019: Loughborough University |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/good-university-guide-2019-of-the-year-loughborough-qjpxdksnl |work=The Times |date=23 September 2018}}</ref>
|[[Organization:Loughborough University|Loughborough University]]
|[[Organization:Swansea University|Swansea University]]
|[[Organization:University of Aberdeen|University of Aberdeen]]<br/>[[Organization:University of Nottingham|University of Nottingham]]<br/>[[Organization:University of St Andrews|University of St Andrews]]
|-
|2018<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/good-university-guide-2018-university-of-the-year-2018-h3x7l80vl|title=Good University Guide: University of the Year 2018|last=McCall|first=Alastair|date=2017-09-24|work=The Sunday Times|access-date=2017-09-26|issn=0956-1382}}</ref>
|[[Organization:Lancaster University|Lancaster University]]
|[[Organization:Loughborough University|Loughborough University]]
|[[Organization:University of Essex|University of Essex]]<br/>[[Organization:University of Glasgow|University of Glasgow]]<br/>[[Organization:University of Nottingham|University of Nottingham]]
|-
|[[Organization:University of Leeds|University of Leeds]]<ref>{{cite web |title=University of the Year 2017 |date=23 September 2016 |url=https://www.leeds.ac.uk/news-university/news/article/3917/university-of-the-year-2017 |publisher=University of Leeds |access-date=27 February 2023}}</ref>
|[[Organization:University of St Andrews|University of St Andrews]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Sustained quality is their hallmark |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sustained-quality-is-their-hallmark-ztkbk60kx |work=The Times |date=25 September 2016}}</ref>
|[[Organization:University of Dundee|University of Dundee]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dundee.ac.uk/news/2016/dundee-is-scottish-university-of-the-year--again.php|title=Dundee Is Scottish University Of The Year Again : News|last=Dundee|first=University of|website=University of Dundee|access-date=2016-09-23}}</ref>
|-
|[[Organization:University of Surrey|University of Surrey]]
|[[Organization:University of Leeds|University of Leeds]]
|[[Organization:Durham University|Durham University]] <br/>[[Organization:Imperial College London|Imperial College London]] <br/>[[Organization:University of Kent|University of Kent]]
|-
|2015<ref>{{cite book |last1=O'Leary |first1=John |title=The Times Good University Guide 2015: Where to Go and What to Study |date=9 October 2014 |publisher=Times Books |isbn=978-0007591886}}</ref>
|[[Organization:University of Warwick|University of Warwick]]
|[[Organization:University of Leeds|University of Leeds]]
|[[Organization:Coventry University|Coventry University]]<br/>[[Organization:Loughborough University|Loughborough University]]<br/>[[Organization:University of St Andrews|University of St Andrews]]
|-
|2014<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140719070112/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/University_Guide/ Alastair McCall, Birmingham is on the move: Taking the stress out of results day helped our University of the Year stand out from the rest, says Alastair McCall', ''The Sunday Times'', 30 September 2013, University Guide 2014 section]</ref>
|[[Organization:University of Birmingham|University of Birmingham]]
|[[Organization:University of Leicester|University of Leicester]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/press/press-releases/2013/september/university-of-leicester-chosen-as-university-of-the-year-runner-up-in-first-ever-joint-sunday-times-times-guide |title = Marketing and Communications {{!}} External Relations {{!}} University of Leicester}}</ref>
|[[Organization:Coventry University|Coventry University]]<br/>[[Organization:University of St Andrews|University of St Andrews]]<br/>[[Organization:University of Surrey|University of Surrey]]
|-
|[[Organization:University of Exeter|University of Exeter]]
|[[Organization:University of Leicester|University of Leicester]]
|Plymouth University
|-
|2012<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140719070112/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/University_Guide/ Alastair McCall, 'University of Bath University of the Year', ''The Sunday Times'', 11 September 2011, University Guide 2012 section]</ref>
|[[Organization:University of Bath|University of Bath]]
|[[Organization:University of Exeter|University of Exeter]]
|[[Organization:University of Leeds|University of Leeds]]<br/>The Robert Gordon University<br/>[[Organization:University of Surrey|University of Surrey]]
|-
|2011<ref>Alastair McCall, 'King's Takes Academic Crown', ''The Sunday Times'', 12 September 2009, University Guide 2011 section, p. 2</ref>
|[[Organization:King's College London|King's College London]]
|[[Organization:University of Nottingham|University of Nottingham]]
|[[Organization:Edge Hill University|Edge Hill University]]<br/>[[Organization:University of Exeter|University of Exeter]]<br/>London School of Economics and Political Science<br/>[[Organization:Oxford Brookes University|Oxford Brookes University]]<br/>
|-
|2010<br /><small>(Published 2009)</small><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/sunday_times_university_guide/article6831831.ece |title = The Times & The Sunday Times}}</ref>
|[[Organization:University of Oxford|University of Oxford]]
|[[Organization:University College London|University College London]]
|[[Organization:University of Birmingham|University of Birmingham]]<br/>[[Organization:Edge Hill University|Edge Hill University]]<br/>[[Organization:University of Glasgow|University of Glasgow]]<br/>[[Organization:University of Stirling|University of Stirling]]
|-
|2009
| colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor=#EEEEEE| Change in name to represent forthcoming year.
|-
|2008<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/sunday_times_university_guide/article4765252.ece |title = The Times & The Sunday Times}}</ref>
|[[Organization:Loughborough University|Loughborough University]]
|[[Organization:Imperial College London|Imperial College London]]
|[[Organization:Aston University|Aston University]]<br/>[[Organization:University of Sheffield|University of Sheffield]]<br/>[[Organization:University of Southampton|University of Southampton]]
|-
|2007
|[[Organization:University of Cambridge|University of Cambridge]]
|[[Organization:University of St Andrews|University of St Andrews]]
|[[Organization:Edge Hill University|Edge Hill University]]<br/>Harper Adams University College<br/>[[Organization:University of Leicester|University of Leicester]]<br/>[[Organization:Queen's University Belfast|Queen's University Belfast]]
|-
|2006
|[[Organization:University of Manchester|University of Manchester]]
|[[Organization:University of Exeter|University of Exeter]]
|[[Organization:King's College London|King's College London]]<br />[[Organization:Lancaster University|Lancaster University]]<br />[[Organization:University of St Andrews|University of St Andrews]]
|-
|2005
|[[Organization:Durham University|Durham University]]
|
|[[Organization:University of Bath|University of Bath]]<br />[[Organization:University of East Anglia|University of East Anglia]]<br />[[Organization:University of Hull|University of Hull]]<br />[[Organization:Loughborough University|Loughborough University]]
|-
|2004
|[[Organization:University College London|University College London]]
|
|[[Organization:University of Dundee|University of Dundee]]<br />[[Organization:Durham University|Durham University]]<br />[[Organization:Kingston University|Kingston University]]<br />[[Organization:University of Manchester|University of Manchester]]
|-
|2003
|[[Organization:University of York|University of York]]
|
|[[Organization:Cardiff University|Cardiff University]]<br />[[Organization:University of Exeter|University of Exeter]]<br />[[Organization:Loughborough University|Loughborough University]]<br />[[Organization:Oxford Brookes University|Oxford Brookes University]]
|-
|2002
|[[Organization:University of St Andrews|University of St Andrews]]
|
|The London Institute<br />[[Organization:University of Plymouth|University of Plymouth]]<br />[[Organization:University of Southampton|University of Southampton]]<br />[[Organization:University of Warwick|University of Warwick]]
|-
|2001
|[[Organization:University of Sheffield|University of Sheffield]]
|
|[[Organization:University of Exeter|University of Exeter]]<br />The London Institute<br />[[Organization:Oxford Brookes University|Oxford Brookes University]]<br />University of Ulster<br />[[Organization:University of Warwick|University of Warwick]]
|-
|2000
|University of Newcastle upon Tyne
|
|[[Organization:University of Bath|University of Bath]]<br />[[Organization:Kingston University|Kingston University]]<br />[[Organization:University of Nottingham|University of Nottingham]]<br />[[Organization:University of York|University of York]]
|-
|1999
|[[Organization:University of Brighton|University of Brighton]]
|
|[[Organization:University of Bristol|University of Bristol]]<br />[[Organization:Loughborough University|Loughborough University]]<br />University of Northumbria at Newcastle
|}

===Universities with multiple appearances===
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{| class="wikitable" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" background: #f6e39c;
|+ Universities with 3+ Shortlists
|-
! scope="col" style="text-align:center"| University
! scope="col" style="width:55px"| Shortlists
|-
| [[Organization:Edge Hill University|Edge Hill University]]
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"| 4
|-
| [[Organization:University of St Andrews|University of St Andrews]]
|-
| [[Organization:University of Bath|University of Bath]]
| rowspan="9" style="text-align:center"| 3
|-
| [[Organization:Coventry University|Coventry University]]
|-
| [[Organization:University of Exeter|University of Exeter]]
|-
| London School of Economics and Political Science
|-
| [[Organization:Loughborough University|Loughborough University]]
|-
| [[Organization:University of Nottingham|University of Nottingham]]
|-
| [[Organization:Oxford Brookes University|Oxford Brookes University]]
|-
|[[Organization:University of Surrey|University of Surrey]]
|-
|[[Organization:University of York|University of York]]
|-
|}
{{col-float-break}}

{| class="wikitable" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" background: #f6e39c;
|+ Universities with 2+ Runner-ups
|-
! scope="col" style="text-align:center"| University
! scope="col" style="width:55px"| Runner-Ups
|-
| [[Organization:University of Exeter|University of Exeter]]
| style="text-align:center"| 4
|-
| [[Organization:University of Leeds|University of Leeds]]
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"| 2
|-
|[[Organization:University of Leicester|University of Leicester]]
|-
|[[Organization:University of St Andrews|University of St Andrews]]
|-
|}
{{col-float-break}}

{| class="wikitable" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" background: #f6e39c;
|+ Universities with 2+ Wins
|-
! scope="col" style="text-align:center"| University
! scope="col" style="width:55px"| Wins
|-
| [[Organization:University College London|University College London]]
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"| 2
|-
|[[Organization:Loughborough University|Loughborough University]]
|-
|[[Organization:University of Oxford|University of Oxford]]
|-
|[[Organization:University of St Andrews|University of St Andrews]]
|-
|[[Organization:University of Bath|University of Bath]]
|-
|}
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