Sunday Times University of the Year
The Sunday Times University of the Year is a prestigious annual award given to a British university or other higher education institution by The Sunday Times. The current University of the Year for 2020 is University of St Andrews, while the University of the Year for 2019 was the Loughborough University.
The award is given as part of the annual 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. 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
Although very similar in name, this award has no connection to the "University of the Year" award given by Times Higher Education.
List of winners
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Also shortlisted |
| 2020 | University of St Andrews | ||
| 2019 | Loughborough University | ||
| 2018 | Lancaster University | Loughborough University | University of Nottingham University of Essex University of Glasgow |
| 2017 | University of Leeds | University of Dundee | |
| 2016 | University of Surrey | University of Leeds | Durham University Imperial College London University of Kent |
| 2015 | University of Nottingham | ||
| 2014 | University of Birmingham | University of Leicester | Coventry University University of St Andrews University of Surrey |
| 2013 | University of Exeter | University of Leicester | Plymouth University |
| 2012 | University of Bath | University of Exeter | The Robert Gordon University University of Surrey University of Leeds |
| 2011 | King's College London | University of Nottingham | London School of Economics and Political Science University of Exeter Oxford Brookes University Edge Hill University |
| 2010 | University of Oxford | University College London | University of Birmingham University of Glasgow University of Stirling Edge Hill University |
| 2008 | Loughborough University | Imperial College London | Aston University University of Sheffield University of Southampton |
| 2007 | University of Cambridge | University of St Andrews | Harper Adams University College University of Leicester Queen's University Belfast Edge Hill University |
| 2006 | University of Manchester | University of Exeter | King's College London Lancaster University University of St Andrews |
| 2005 | Durham University | University of Bath University of East Anglia University of Hull Loughborough University | |
| 2004 | University College London | University of Dundee University of Durham Kingston University University of Manchester | |
| 2003 | University of York | Cardiff University University of Exeter Loughborough University Oxford Brookes University | |
| 2002 | University of St Andrews | The London Institute University of Plymouth University of Southampton University of Warwick | |
| 2001 | University of Sheffield | University of Exeter The London Institute Oxford Brookes University University of Ulster University of Warwick | |
| 2000 | University of Newcastle upon Tyne | University of Bath Kingston University University of Nottingham University of York | |
| 1999 | University of Brighton | University of Bristol Loughborough University University of Northumbria at Newcastle |