2001 Rating Proportion of Staff Selected Category A and A* Research Active Staff (FTE) Flagged Research Groups
| Birkbeck College | 5 | A | 16.4 | |
| University of Birmingham | 5 | C | 24.5 | |
| Bournemouth University | 3a | E | 4.0 | |
| University of Bristol | 5 | B | 37.0 | |
| Brunel University | 5 | A | 18.3 | |
| University of Cambridge | 5* | A | 75.9 | |
| University of Central Lancashire | 4 | E | 15.0 | |
| City University | 5 | B | 10.0 | |
| De Montfort University | 4 | E | 14.0 | |
| University of Durham | 5* | A | 20.0 | |
| University of East Anglia | 5 | B | 19.0 | |
| University of East London | 3a | E | 7.0 | |
| University of Essex | 5 | B | 33.0 | |
| University of Exeter | 5 | C | 20.0 | |
| University of Greenwich | 3b | F | 1.0 | |
| University of Hull | 5 | B | 21.4 | |
| Keele University | 5* | A | 19.8 | |
| University of Kent at Canterbury | 5 | B | 24.0 | |
| King's College London | 5 | A | 53.0 | |
| Lancaster University | 5 | B | 14.0 | |
| University of Leeds | 5 | A | 30.9 | |
| Leeds Metropolitan University | 3a | E | 7.7 | |
| University of Leicester | 5 | A | 39.3 | |
| University of Liverpool | 4 | B | 21.3 | |
| Institute of Advanced Legal Studies | 4 | A | 7.3 | |
| London School of Economics and Political Science | 5* | A | 42.9 | |
| University of Manchester | 5 | A | 42.5 | |
| University of Newcastle | 5 | C | 14.0 | |
| University of Nottingham | 5 | A | 39.6 | |
| Nottingham Trent University | 4 | F | 19.3 | |
| School of Oriental and African Studies | 5 | A | 17.0 | |
| University of Oxford | 5* | B | 80.0 | |
| Oxford Brookes University | 4 | D | 6.0 | |
| Queen Mary, University of London | 5* | B | 39.7 | |
| University of Reading | 5 | B | 15.5 | |
| University of Sheffield | 5 | C | 33.2 | |
| Sheffield Hallam University | 3a | F | 4.0 | |
| University of Southampton | 5* | B | 27.5 | |
| Southampton Institute | 3a | D | 11.0 | |
| Staffordshire University | 3a | F | 6.0 | |
| University of Sussex | 4 | B | 18.8 | |
| Thames Valley University | 2 | F | 2.0 | |
| University College London | 5* | A | 39.0 | |
| University of Warwick | 5 | B | 32.0 | |
| University of West of England, Bristol | 4 | F | 12.0 | |
| University of Westminster | 5 | F | 9.0 | |
| University of Wolverhampton | 3a | E | 9.0 | |
| University of Aberdeen | 5 | B | 28.5 | |
| University of Dundee | 5 | B | 26.2 | |
| University of Edinburgh | 5 | B | 40.7 | |
| University of Glasgow | 5 | B | 30.7 | |
| Glasgow Caledonian University | 3b | E | 4.0 | |
| Napier University | 3a | D | 6.0 | |
| Robert Gordon University | 3a | D | 7.0 | |
| University of Strathclyde | 5 | A | 25.4 | |
| University of Wales, Swansea | 3a | B | 13.1 | |
| University of Wales, Aberystwyth | 4 | B | 22.0 | |
| Cardiff University | 5 | C | 34.0 | |
| The Queen's University of Belfast | 5 | B | 30.5 | |
| University of Ulster | 5 | C | 11.0 | |
