Students across the country will be receiving their A-level results this week, which can be an anxiety-inducing business.

For those whose grades don't quite meet the demands of a university's conditional offer, the clearing process is there to help you find a last-minute alternative place.

But how best to choose a college or university? The decision can be a daunting one but seeing how the UK's top universities rank might help you make an informed decision.

Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey

Times Higher Education ranks Britain's universities based on the opinion of current students.

Undergraduates complete a survey on their experiences in higher education and the results are compiled to form a national league table.

Here's the overall top 10, followed by a selection of top 10s according to different criteria, ranking institutions according to such considerations as accommodation, student safety and the campus social scene.

Overall Top 10

Loughborough University Harper Adams University University of Leeds University of Bath University of Sheffield University of Oxford University of Surrey Newcastle University University of Exeter University of Chichester

Academic Excellence

Harper Adams University University of Oxford University of St Andrews University of Cambridge University of Chichester Royal Veterinary College University of Wales Trinity Saint David University of York Falmouth University Bangor University

Safest

University of Surrey University of Bath University of Chichester Lancaster University University of St Andrews University of East Anglia Edge Hill University Loughborough University University of York University of Reading

Accommodation

Lancaster University Loughborough University Harper Adams University Edge Hill University University of Sheffield Bangor University University of Exeter University of Leeds University of Cambridge Aberystwyth University

Social Life

Loughborough University University of Leeds University of Sheffield Newcastle University University of Bath Harper Adams University University of East Anglia University of Exeter Cardiff University University of Nottingham

Industry Connections

Harper Adams University Loughborough University University of Bath Royal Veterinary College London School of Economics and Political Science Imperial College London University of Surrey University of Leeds University of Cambridge Falmouth University

The Complete University Guide

This ranking grades Britain's universities according to their entry standards, student satisfaction (where available), research quality and graduate prospects.

The University of Wolverhampton (Wikipedia)

Here's its league table for the 2018/19 academic year.

Cambridge Oxford London School of Economics Imperial College London St Andrews Durham Loughborough Lancaster Warwick University College London

The Complete University Guide also ranks institutions according to the number of times they appear in subject league tables, breaking down the results by region.

Here are the top universities in London, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. You can see the full list for the rest of England on the guide's website.

London

Imperial College London Courtauld Institute Royal Veterinary College London School of Economics University College London King's College London SOAS University of London Westminster City, University of London Queen Mary, University of London

Scotland

St Andrews Glasgow Strathclyde Edinburgh Dundee Glasgow Caledonian Robert Gordon Aberdeen Stirling Heriot-Watt

Northern Ireland

Queen's, Belfast Ulster

Wales