i2i University Spinout Ranking

The i2i University Spinout Ranking helps raise awareness of universities and their spinout portfolios amongst media, investors, corporate partners, policymakers and relevant services providers. It also helps university leaders evaluate their spinout portfolios relative to peers.

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Position	University	Score
1	University of Dundee	100
2	Queen's University Belfast	96.08
3	University of Cambridge	82.31
4	Cardiff University	73.94
5	University College London	70.51
6	University of Oxford	69.2
7	King's College London	68.11
8	University of Leeds	66.97
9	University of Nottingham	66.53
10	Edinburgh Napier University	66.04
11	Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine	65.3
12	Institute of Cancer Research	65.11
13	University of York	64.75
14	University of Surrey	61.89
15	University of Aberdeen	60.87
16	University of East Anglia	59.46
17	University of Strathclyde	59.31
18	University of Glasgow	58.6
19	University of Liverpool	58.49
20	Queen Mary University of London	58.4
21	University of St Andrews	58.13
22	University of Sunderland	58.11
23	University of Salford	57.99
24	Nottingham Trent University	57.76
25	University of Durham	57.55
26	University of Ulster	57.5
27	University of Bradford	57.48
28	University of South Wales	57.17
29	University of Bristol	56.94
30	Royal Holloway and Bedford New College	56.94
31	University of Portsmouth	56.87
32	Royal College of Art	56.63
33	The University of Manchester	56.4
34	University of Bath	55.72
35	University of Birmingham	55.15
36	University of Southampton	54.97
37	Loughborough University	54.83
38	University of Kent	54.4
39	University of Warwick	53.85
40	University of Edinburgh	53.8
41	Glasgow Caledonian University	51.05
42	Newcastle University	50.89
43	University of Exeter	50.77
44	University of Sussex	50.66
45	The University of Leicester	50.03
46	The University of Essex	47.77
47	Swansea University	44.84
48	Coventry University	40.07
49	The University of Sheffield	39.17
50	University of the Arts, London	36.57
51	University of Plymouth	28.89
52	Oxford Brookes University	28.44
53	Staffordshire University	28.33
54	The University of Central Lancashire	28
55	The University of Wolverhampton	27.82
56	De Montfort University	27.15
57	The University of the West of Scotland	27.1
58	St George's Hospital Medical School	26.93
59	City, University of London	26.73
60	The Robert Gordon University	26.35
61	University of the West of England, Bristol	26.25
62	The University of Huddersfield	26.24
63	Brunel University	26.23
64	The Royal Veterinary College	25.98
65	Aston University	25.93
66	Cranfield University	25.87
67	University of Hertfordshire	25.28
68	Middlesex University	25.16
69	University of Northumbria at Newcastle	25.02
70	Falmouth University	24.55
71	Heriot-Watt University	23.57
72	Liverpool John Moores University	23.31
73	Aberystwyth University	22.13
74	Bangor University	21.56
75	The University of Northampton	21.5
76	Birmingham City University	19.85
77	Keele University	19.27
78	University of Wales Trinity Saint David	19.23
79	University of Greenwich	19.03
80	Sheffield Hallam University	18.95
81	University of Hull	18.72
82	Manchester Metropolitan University	18.58
83	Birkbeck College	18.33
84	Kingston University	18.31
85	London South Bank University	16.8
86	Roehampton University	16.06
87	Anglia Ruskin University	15.68
88	University of Lincoln	15.45
89	University of Bolton	15.38
90	Bournemouth University	15.36
91	Open University	15.16
92	University of Westminster	13.83
93	University of Bedfordshire	11.92
94	Goldsmiths College	9.49
95	University of Reading	8.98
96	University of East London	7.2
97	Glyndŵr University	6.11
98	University of Brighton	5.58
99	University of Stirling	4.46
100	University of Derby	2.05

Position	University	Score
1	University of Dundee	100
2	Queen's University Belfast	96.22
3	University of Cambridge	75.9
4	Cardiff University	75.67
5	University College London	69.82
6	University of Oxford	68.7
7	University of Leeds	68.66
8	University of Nottingham	68.43
9	Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine	67.2
10	University of Surrey	66.01
11	Edinburgh Napier University	65.41
12	The University of York	63.73
13	King's College London	63.43
14	University of Aberdeen	60.45
15	University of Glasgow	59.16
16	University of East Anglia	58.26
17	University of Bristol	57.95
18	Royal Holloway and Bedford New College	57.86
19	University of St Andrews	57.85
20	University of South Wales	57.67
21	University of Ulster	57.51
22	Queen Mary University of London	57.43
23	University of Sunderland	57.41
24	University of Bradford	57.12
25	University of Durham	56.79
26	The University of Manchester	56.69
27	University of Southampton	56.57
28	University of Strathclyde	56.06
29	Nottingham Trent University	55.53
30	University of Leicester	55.41
31	University of Salford	55.3
32	University of Birmingham	54.23
33	Loughborough University	54.14
34	University of Warwick	53.9
35	University of Liverpool	53.81
36	University of Bath	53.24
37	Glasgow Caledonian University	51.98
38	University of Exeter	51.77
39	Newcastle University	48.26
40	University of Kent	47.04
41	University of Essex	46.51
42	University of Sussex	41.71
43	Coventry University	34.76
44	University of the Arts, London	34.67
45	University of Sheffield	33.99
46	University of Plymouth	29.37
47	Oxford Brookes University	28.35
48	Staffordshire University	28.22
49	University of Central Lancashire	28.19
50	St George's Hospital Medical School	28.05
51	University of Wolverhampton	27.77
52	De Montfort University	27.51
53	Robert Gordon University	27.43
54	Royal College of Art	27.33
55	University of the West of Scotland	27.15
56	University of the West of England, Bristol	26.98
57	City, University of London	26.97
58	University of Huddersfield	26.96
59	Royal Veterinary College	26.95
60	Brunel University	26.66
61	University of Hertfordshire	26.32
62	Aston University	26.06
63	Cranfield University	25.8
64	University of Edinburgh	25.32
65	Middlesex University	25.23
66	University of Northumbria at Newcastle	24.74
67	Falmouth University	24.31
68	Heriot-Watt University	23.91
69	Liverpool John Moores University	23.52
70	Aberystwyth University	23.26
71	Swansea University	21.76
72	Manchester Metropolitan University	21.32
73	Keele University	21.31
74	Arts University Bournemouth	19.91
75	Birmingham City University	19.84
76	University of Northampton	19.13
77	Sheffield Hallam University	18.96
78	University of Greenwich	18.86
79	Birkbeck College	18.59
80	University of Hull	18.54
81	University of Reading	17.65
82	University of Portsmouth	17.16
83	Open University	16.57
84	London South Bank University	16.34
85	Roehampton University	15.66
86	Anglia Ruskin University	15.23
87	University of Lincoln	15.18
88	University of Bolton	13.99
89	Kingston University	13.63
90	University of Westminster	13.22
91	Bournemouth University	12.96
92	The Institute of Cancer Research	12.05
93	University of Bedfordshire	11.38
94	Goldsmiths College	9.61
95	University of Wales Trinity Saint David	9.22
96	University of Brighton	8.21
97	University of East London	7
98	Glyndŵr University	6.54
99	London Metropolitan University	6.01
100	University of Abertay Dundee	5.3

Position	University	Score
1	Queen's University Belfast	100
2	University of Cambridge	94.05
3	Cardiff University	93.35
4	University of Dundee	80.77
5	University of Leeds	80.28
6	University of Nottingham	78.99
7	University of Oxford	76.86
8	Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine	75.16
9	University of Surrey	72.91
10	University of York	69.42
11	King's College London	67.07
12	University College London	66.8
13	University of Glasgow	62.42
14	University of Aberdeen	62.38
15	University of Bristol	62.23
16	Royal Holloway and Bedford New College	58.93
17	University of Ulster	58.83
18	University of South Wales	58.52
19	University of East Anglia	58.47
20	University of Sunderland	58.02
21	University of Bradford	57.48
22	University of Durham	57.41
23	The University of Manchester	57.22
24	University of Strathclyde	56.42
25	University of Leicester	56.14
26	University of Salford	55.94
27	Nottingham Trent University	55.46
28	Loughborough University	54.86
29	University of Warwick	54.37
30	University of Birmingham	53.96
31	University of Liverpool	53.94
32	University of Bath	53.64
33	Glasgow Caledonian University	53.15
34	Queen Mary University of London	52.84
35	University of Exeter	50.51
36	University of Southampton	50.34
37	Newcastle University	45.33
38	Coventry University	39.49
39	University of the Arts, London	35.94
40	University of Sheffield	31.39
41	University of Plymouth	29.45
42	Oxford Brookes University	28.75
43	Edinburgh Napier University	28.73
44	Royal College of Art	28.31
45	St George's, University of London	28.2
46	Staffordshire University	27.91
47	University of St Andrews	27.87
48	University of Wolverhampton	27.79
49	Robert Gordon University	27.64
50	University of Central Lancashire	27.42
51	Royal Veterinary College	27.29
52	University of Essex	27.13
53	Swansea University	27.1
54	De Montfort University	26.94
55	University of the West of England, Bristol	26.93
56	University of the West of Scotland	26.91
57	Manchester Metropolitan University	26.72
58	City, University of London	26.66
59	Falmouth University	26.58
60	University of Huddersfield	26.57
61	Brunel University	26.53
62	University of Hull	26.39
63	Middlesex University	26.36
64	University of Hertfordshire	26.07
65	University of Kent	26.02
66	Cranfield University	25.97
67	Aston University	25.8
68	University of Edinburgh	24.93
69	Heriot-Watt University	24.85
70	University of Northumbria at Newcastle	24.09
71	University of Sussex	24.06
72	The Institute of Cancer Research	23.64
73	Keele University	22.19
74	Liverpool John Moores University	20.89
75	Aberystwyth University	20.74
76	University of Lancaster	20.13
77	Arts University Bournemouth	19.96
78	Birmingham City University	19.77
79	Roehampton University	19.03
80	University of Greenwich	19.02
81	University of Northampton	19
82	Birkbeck College	18.51
83	University of Reading	18.32
84	Open University	18.32
85	Bournemouth University	17.41
86	London South Bank University	17.2
87	University of Portsmouth	17.14
88	Sheffield Hallam University	15.95
89	London Metropolitan University	15.5
90	Anglia Ruskin University	15.08
91	University of Westminster	15.06
92	University of Lincoln	14.97
93	University of Bolton	14.25
94	University of Abertay Dundee	12.24
95	University of Brighton	11.9
96	University of Bedfordshire	11.12
97	Newman University	9.88
98	Goldsmiths College	9.39
99	University of Wales Trinity Saint David	9.36
100	University of East London	6.85

Position	University	Score

Position	University	Score
1	Queen’s University Belfast	100
2	University of Cambridge	95.1
3	Cardiff University	86.14
4	Queen Mary University of London	85.79
5	University of Leeds	81.21
6	University of Dundee	80.39
7	University of Nottingham	79.01
8	King's College London	72.99
9	University of Oxford	72.54
10	Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine	68.56
11	University of York	67.71
12	University of Aberdeen	62.82
13	Royal Holloway and Bedford New College	60.99
14	University of Ulster	59.87
15	University of South Wales	59.35
16	The University of Manchester	59.26
17	University of Durham	58.25
18	University College London	57.89
19	University of Strathclyde	57.46
20	University of Glasgow	57.17
21	University of Bradford	56.51
22	University of Salford	56.33
23	University of Warwick	55.86
24	University of Bath	55.78
25	University of East Anglia	55.64
26	University of Bristol	55.48
27	Glasgow Caledonian University	53.32
28	University of Leicester	53.26
29	University of Exeter	53.04
30	Loughborough University	52.37
31	University of Southampton	51.58
32	University of Sunderland	47.55
33	University of Birmingham	46.26
34	Coventry University	40.76
35	The Institute of Cancer Research	35.31
36	University of Sheffield	29.54
37	Royal College of Art	29.42
38	University of Plymouth	29.4
39	Oxford Brookes University	28.87
40	Edinburgh Napier University	28.74
41	St George's, University of London	28.7
42	Staffordshire University	28.58
43	University of Wolverhampton	28.44
44	Royal Veterinary College	28.26
45	Middlesex University	28.23
46	Manchester Metropolitan University	28.18
47	University of the Arts, London	27.95
48	Aston University	27.95
49	City, University of London	27.91
50	Robert Gordon University	27.85
51	Cranfield University	27.76
52	University of Hull	27.68
53	Brunel University	27.58
54	Nottingham Trent University	27.52
55	De Montfort University	27.5
56	University of Kent	27.46
57	Falmouth University	27.08
58	Bangor University	26.96
59	University of the West of England, Bristol	26.94
60	University of Edinburgh	26.79
61	University of Central Lancashire	26.27
62	Heriot-Watt University	26.26
63	Bournemouth University	25.94
64	Keele University	25.5
65	University of Liverpool	25.17
66	Swansea University	24.91
67	University of Hertfordshire	24.54
68	University of Lancaster	24.05
69	University of Surrey	23.89
70	University of Reading	23.71
71	Aberystwyth University	23.38
72	University of Sussex	22.98
73	Liverpool John Moores University	22.96
74	University of the West of Scotland	22.05
75	University of Huddersfield	21.49
76	University of Portsmouth	21.46
77	Sheffield Hallam University	21.23
78	University of Essex	20.09
79	Arts University Bournemouth	20
80	Birmingham City University	19.69
81	University of Greenwich	18.69
82	University of Westminster	18.24
83	Open University	17.91
84	Birkbeck College	17.87
85	University of Abertay Dundee	17.78
86	University of Northumbria at Newcastle	17.51
87	London South Bank University	17.18
88	University of Lincoln	15.95
89	Newcastle University	14.88
90	London Metropolitan University	14.85
91	Anglia Ruskin University	14.63
92	Roehampton University	14.31
93	University of Brighton	13.82
94	University of Northampton	10.74
95	University of Bolton	9.95
96	Newman University	9.95
97	University of Bedfordshire	9.67
98	Goldsmiths College	9.62
99	University of Wales Trinity Saint David	9.13
100	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine	8.17

Position	University	Score
1	Queen's University Belfast	100
2	University of Cambridge	95.53
3	Cardiff University	82.39
4	Queen Mary University of London	78.87
5	University of Dundee	77.34
6	University of Leeds	76.08
7	University of Oxford	74.75
8	University of Nottingham	73.03
9	University of York	67.78
10	King's College London	67.62
11	Imperial College London	66.98
12	University of Bristol	63.91
13	University of Aberdeen	61.39
14	University College London	60.15
15	Royal Holloway, University of London	59.6
16	Ulster University	58.98
17	University of South Wales	58.56
18	The University of Manchester	58.11
19	Durham University	57.37
20	University of Sunderland	57.05
21	University of Glasgow	56.97
22	University of Bradford	56.71
23	University of Strathclyde	56.17
24	University of Salford	55.47
25	University of East Anglia	54.91
26	University of Warwick	54.57
27	University of Leicester	53.4
28	Loughborough University	53.23
29	University of Bath	53.21
30	Glasgow Caledonian University	53.1
31	University of Liverpool	52.11
32	Nottingham Trent University	51.56
33	University of Exeter	51.22
34	University of Southampton	49.64
35	University of Birmingham	46.19
36	The Institute of Cancer Research	35.5
37	Coventry University	35.49
38	University of Surrey	33.92
39	University of Plymouth	29.47
40	Royal College of Art	29.2
41	Oxford Brookes University	28.88
42	Edinburgh Napier University	28.69
43	St George's, University of London	28.46
44	Bangor University	28.33
45	University of Wolverhampton	28.33
46	Staffordshire University	28.14
47	Robert Gordon University	28.13
48	Middlesex University London	27.98
49	Royal Veterinary College of London	27.96
50	University of Hull	27.77
51	Manchester Metropolitan University	27.75
52	City, University of London	27.68
53	University of the West of England, Bristol	27.61
54	Aston University	27.53
55	University of Central Lancashire	27.49
56	Cranfield University	27.45
57	De Montfort University, Leicester	27.38
58	Brunel University, London	27.21
59	University of the West of Scotland	27.17
60	University of Kent	26.85
61	University of the Arts, London	26.52
62	The University of Edinburgh	26.38
63	Falmouth University	26.21
64	University of Huddersfield	25.92
65	Heriot-Watt University	25.43
66	The University of Sheffield	25.39
67	Newcastle University	24.97
68	Bournemouth University	24.87
69	University of Hertfordshire	24.86
70	Keele University	24.52
71	Swansea University	24.05
72	University of Sussex	23.14
73	Aberystwyth University	22.95
74	Lancaster University	22.48
75	Liverpool John Moores University	21.95
76	Northumbria University, Newcastle	21.76
77	University of Reading	21.67
78	Birmingham City University	19.72
79	Sheffield Hallam University	19.12
80	University of Portsmouth	18.99
81	University of Greenwich	18.73
82	The Open University	18.19
83	University of Roehampton, London	18
84	University of Westminster	17.93
85	Birkbeck, University of London	17.89
86	University of Essex	17.87
87	London South Bank University	17.43
88	Abertay University, Dundee	17
89	University of Lincoln	16.3
90	London Metropolitan University	14.48
91	Anglia Ruskin University	13.75
92	University of Brighton	12.89
93	University of Northampton	11.63
94	Newman University, Birmingham	9.95
95	University of Bolton	9.94
96	Goldsmiths, University of London	9.56
97	University of Wales Trinity Saint David	9.18
98	Wrexham Glyndwy	8.05
99	University of Bedfordshire	5.62
100	University of Stirling	4.79

Position	University	Score
1	The University of Dundee	100
2	Queen's University Belfast	95.99
3	The University of Cambridge	78.84
4	Cardiff University	74.45
5	University College London	69.31
6	The University of Oxford	67.94
7	King's College London	67.29
8	The University of Southampton	65.67
9	Edinburgh Napier University	65.67
10	The University of York	65.29
11	Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine	64.56
12	University of Nottingham	64.46
13	The University of Leeds	64.26
14	The Institute of Cancer Research	61.95
15	The University of Surrey	61.65
16	The University of Leicester	61.47
17	The University of Aberdeen	60.24
18	The University of East Anglia	59.21
19	Queen Mary University of London	58.91
20	The University of Liverpool	58.47
21	The University of Glasgow	58.46
22	University of Plymouth	58.42
23	The University of Strathclyde	58.31
24	The Nottingham Trent University	58.01
25	The University of St Andrews	57.94
26	University of Durham	57.62
27	The University of Bradford	57.38
28	Ulster University	57.33
29	The University of Portsmouth	57.13
30	Royal Holloway and Bedford New College	57.01
31	The University of Bristol	56.77
32	University of South Wales	56.57
33	The University of Bath	56.23
34	The University of Salford	55.94
35	The University of Manchester	55.79
36	Royal College of Art	55.54
37	The University of Birmingham	55.46
38	The University of Kent	54.68
39	The University of Edinburgh	54.5
40	Loughborough University	54.49
41	The University of Warwick	52.85
42	Heriot-Watt University	52.37
43	Newcastle University	52.17
44	The University of Exeter	51.19
45	City, University of London	50.97
46	The University of Sussex	50.56
47	Glasgow Caledonian University	47.72
48	The University of Essex	47.41
49	Swansea University	45.71
50	Coventry University	43.54
51	The University of Sheffield	39.4
52	University of the Arts, London	36.3
53	Staffordshire University	28.7
54	Oxford Brookes University	28.4
55	The University of Central Lancashire	28.38
56	The University of Sunderland	28.22
57	The University of Wolverhampton	27.74
58	De Montfort University	26.83
59	St George's, University of London	26.68
60	The University of Huddersfield	26.38
61	The Royal Veterinary College	26.29
62	University of Hertfordshire	26.28
63	Aston University	26.27
64	The University of Northampton	26.14
65	University of the West of England, Bristol	25.87
66	Cranfield University	25.5
67	University of Northumbria at Newcastle	25.23
68	Falmouth University	24.31
69	Middlesex University	24.15
70	Aberystwyth University	23.99
71	Bangor University	21.6
72	Kingston University	20.12
73	Birmingham City University	19.88
74	The University of Lincoln	19.3
75	University of Wales Trinity Saint David	19.2
76	The University of Greenwich	19.08
77	Sheffield Hallam University	18.91
78	The Manchester Metropolitan University	18.85
79	The University of Hull	18.73
80	Liverpool John Moores University	18.07
81	Birkbeck College	17.76
82	Keele University	17.68
83	Bournemouth University	17.25
84	London South Bank University	16.8
85	Anglia Ruskin University	16.13
86	Roehampton University	15.86
87	The University of Bolton	15.83
88	The Open University	11.22
89	University of Derby	11.13
90	The University of Westminster	9.67
91	Goldsmiths College	9.54
92	Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh	7.38
93	The University of East London	7.28
94	The University of Reading	6.15
95	The University of Brighton	5.86
96	University of Bedfordshire	5.5
97	The University of Stirling	0.46
98	Bath Spa University	0
99	Bishop Grosseteste University	0
100	Buckinghamshire New University	0