The Times' ranking indicators are: student satisfaction, academic research quality, admission criteria, teacher-student ratio, library and computer expenditure, the proportion of students who have completed their studies, the proportion of students who have obtained good honorary degrees, graduation prospects and total scores.

The Guardian's ranking indicators include: students' satisfaction, students' satisfaction with teaching quality, admission criteria, teacher-student ratio, the cost spent by the school on each student, teaching evaluation and feedback, the improvement of students' personal ability before and after enrollment, the employment situation of students six months after graduation, and the total score.

Because the ranking indicators are different, the university rankings will certainly be different.