Aston is University of the Year for Student Success 2025
Daily Mail University Guide 2025
Award recognises Aston graduates' excellent employability and earnings outcomes.
Aston University has been named the University of the Year for Student Success 2025 in the new Daily Mail University Guide.
The University beat 129 UK universities to be crowned the UK’s best for student success due to its impressive results in graduate outcomes, including high earnings, highly skilled jobs and proportion of students achieving a first or 2:1.
The award also recognises that Aston University recruits one of the most diverse student populations in the country and reflects the support the students receive, student experience and teaching quality. Overall, the guide ranked Aston University at 24th in the country.
Here are some of our recent accolades:
8th in the UK for job prospects
Based on student reviews on StudentCrowd between June 2022 and June 2024
Top 20 for graduate salaries
The median salary for Aston graduates five years after graduation is £35,400 (2024 Longitudinal Education Outcomes)
2nd for social mobility
2nd in England for social mobility (2023 HEPI Social Mobility Index)
21st in the UK
The Guardian University Guide 2025
Top 10% in the world
Top 10% of global evaluated institutions (QS World University Rankings 2025)
Gold standard teaching
Aston University was awarded Gold - the highest possible rating for the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF 2023)
Aston For Life - discover how we support our alumni
A major part of helping drive student success at Aston is through our incredible alumni network and the support we offer to all graduates of Aston University, wherever they may end up in the world.
Aston For Life is our exclusive online space for Aston alumni to share knowledge, experience and insights to support our global community's professional development.
We also recently opened The Alumni Club, a space in the heart of Birmingham exclusively for our alumni, a place for productivity, collaboration and connection where any of alumni can drop in anytime.
