Exeter or Loughborough

[Alex74]

Hi there

My ds has offers from Exeter and Loughborough for Business and we are struggling to decide as the firm offer. He is sporty and would no doubt be able to play at least IMS at Loughborough and I imagine Exeter. My thoughts are that they’re both great unis, but Loughborough is still underrated. It’s been top 10 in Sunday Times and CUG for the past 10 years now, and I assume there’s a reason for that! This year its rated at 6 in CUG above Durham, Bath etc. Yet people always assume it’s just good for sports! On the other hand Exeter is Russell Group and located in a
lovely part of the country. Any advice would be appreciated.

I did business at loughboro - amazing experience!

@Breadcat24 Absolute rubbish! It’s very good for lots of disciplines!

No I have interviewed people from there and they have been very weak

Ranked 36th in uk

edurank.org/uni/loughborough-university/rankings/

Thank you! He wants to do sport science, We have now been to both campuses and think Loughborough is the far better choice.

Actually the engineering is excellent and held in high regard by employers

Even your rubbish tables show it's good for engineering...

Lets see now. Loughborough is:-

Ranked 7th in UK (Complete uni guide 2026, CUG) above Bath, Warwick, Exeter etc.
Ranked 11th overall in Sunday Times and Guardian 2026.

Ranked 1st for Architecture - Sunday Times 2026
4th for Art - Sunday Times 2026
11th tor Business - CUG, Guardian
9th for Engineering - Sunday Times
7th for Geography - Sunday Times.

You clearly do not know what you are on about!