The Moist University Rankings

The drought is over. Discover who Gushes Excellence in the Moist University Rankings!

The rankings are based on five key metrics: average annual rainfall (source: Met Office, nearest climate station), distance to the coast, area of campus covered in water (source: HESA), number of swimming facilities (source: CUG and BUCS), and the number of the letters W, A, T, E and R in the university's name. These metrics are weighted 75%, 10%, 10%, 4.5% and 0.5% towards the final ranking. The rankings are based on main campus postcodes only.

Not included in these rankings: ornamental Japanese ponds, staff with water related names, wet labs, VCs who are also Olympic swimmers, number of leaking roofs, number of water coolers, large puddles, and flooded car parks.

I am obviously not a data expert, and so if you would like to submit constructive feedback about my methodology please print your letter of complaint and shred it immediately.

The Moist University Rankings

Moistness rank	University	Average annual rainfall (mm)	Distance to sea (miles)	Coverage of water (hectares)	Number of pools	W, A, T, E & R
1	PRIFYSGOL ABERYSTWYTH	1216.7	0.8	0	1	7
2	CARDIFF UNIVERSITY	1151.9	2	0	2	5
3	CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY	1151.9	3	0	2	10
4	UNIVERSITY OF WALES: TRINITY SAINT DAVID	1323.2	8.5	0	1	12
5	ROYAL WELSH COLLEGE OF MUSIC AND DRAMA LIMITED	1151.9	1.7	0	-	12
6	UNIVERSITY OF WALES PRIFYSGOL CYMRU	1151.9	1.7	0	-	8
7	UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND	1245.1	8.9	0.246	0	10
8	UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH WALES/PRIFYSGOL DE CYMRU	1151.9	12.4	0	2	10
9	UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW	1124.3	12.4	4	1	5
10	UNIVERSITY OF LANCASTER	1048.8	3.8	2.36	1	8
11	UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE	1124.3	14.2	0.44	1	8
12	BANGOR UNIVERSITY	1099.7	0.2	0	1	5
13	GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY	1124.3	13.9	0	1	8
14	ROYAL CONSERVATOIRE OF SCOTLAND	1124.3	13.6	0	-	10
15	GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART.	1124.3	13.4	0	-	5
16	PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY	1007.4	0.5	0.48	2	4
17	UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING	1018.9	6.1	9.65	1	5
18	UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON	1118.6	22.3	0	1	4
19	UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD	1118.6	23.1	0	1	7
20	UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE	1033.6	9.1	0.158	0	11
21	FALMOUTH UNIVERSITY	998.8	1.5	1	2	5
22	SWANSEA UNIVERSITY	999.2	0.1	0.041	2	7
23	UNIVERSITY OF WALES TRINITY SAINT DAVID	999.2	0.1	0	-	12
24	UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER	969.6	2.6	0	3	6
25	PLYMOUTH MARJON UNIVERSITY	1007.4	3.4	0	0	7
26	LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY	1024.1	36.7	0	3	10
27	UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS	1024.1	36.9	0	1	5
28	LEEDS TRINITY UNIVERSITY	1024.1	41.2	0	1	8
29	UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD	1028.4	46.1	0	1	6
30	UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD	1024.1	45.4	0	1	6
31	THE UNIVERSITY OF CUMBRIA	872.1	6.2	0	6	7
32	UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL	841.1	0.7	1	1	5
33	NORTHERN SCHOOL OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE	1024.1	36.2	0	-	11
34	LEEDS COLLEGE OF ART	1024.1	36.9	0	-	7
35	QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY OF BELFAST	944.1	3.9	0	0	8
36	ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY COLLEGE	944.1	3.9	0	0	8
37	LEEDS COLLEGE OF MUSIC	1024.1	36	0	-	4
38	STRANMILLIS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE	944.1	4.8	0	-	8
39	LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY	836.6	0.7	0	9	7
40	MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY	867.1	23.8	0.295	5	13
41	EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY	836.6	7.8	1.01	1	5
42	UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE	843.4	17.9	0.355	6	9
43	THE LIVERPOOL INSTITUTE FOR PERFORMING ARTS	836.6	0.7	0	-	15
44	ROYAL NORTHERN COLLEGE OF MUSIC	867.1	23.8	1	-	8
45	THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER	867.1	23.9	0	2	10
46	LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY	836.6	3	0	0	6
47	BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY	835.2	2.4	0	1	6
48	UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN	814.9	0.8	0	3	8
49	ARTS UNIVERSITY BOURNEMOUTH	835.2	2.3	0	0	11
50	THE ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY	814.9	2.3	0.1	-	10
51	BATH SPA UNIVERSITY	814.1	15.5	2	1	6
52	UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND	802.1	6.5	0.6	3	12
53	SOUTHAMPTON SOLENT UNIVERSITY	779.4	0.8	5	0	8
54	UNIVERSITY OF BATH (THE)	814.1	18.9	0.28	2	7
55	UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL	802.1	6.5	0.503	1	5
56	UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON	779.4	2.7	0	4	6
57	HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY	754.2	8.3	1.69	1	10
58	UNIVERSITY OF EXETER	784.9	9.1	0	4	8
59	SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY	834.6	40.7	0	1	7
60	UNIVERSITY OF KEELE	806.1	29	1	2	6
61	UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD	834.6	41.4	0.04	1	5
62	ROYAL AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY	806.3	18.9	0	-	10
63	STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY	806.1	31.4	1.4	0	8
64	UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER	726.2	6.7	3.4	1	7
65	BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY	814.7	51.8	0	1	8
66	UNIVERSITY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS	732.8	8.3	143	-	8
67	UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON	722.7	1.7	0	5	5
68	UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE	722	0.3	0	3	5
69	HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY	804.9	39	0	1	9
70	UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE	722	0.4	0	1	10
71	THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICHESTER	725.1	5.5	0	2	9
72	UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER	746.5	11.9	0	1	8
73	UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX	722.7	6.2	0.101	1	4
74	GLYNDWR UNIVERSITY	726.2	14.8	0.66	0	5
75	UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM	751.1	53.7	1.6	1	5
76	NEWMAN UNIVERSITY	751.1	51.4	0	-	6
77	UNIVERSITY COLLEGE BIRMINGHAM	751.1	55.9	0	-	7
78	BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY	751.1	58.2	0	0	6
79	IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE	704.5	26	1.8	2	12
80	UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM	709.4	51.6	23	2	8
81	THE CITY UNIVERSITY	704.5	23.1	0	2	6
82	KING'S COLLEGE LONDON	704.5	23.5	0	2	2
83	UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE	712.3	45.8	0	6	7
84	UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON	704.5	24.3	0	4	5
85	UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE	712.3	34.8	0	1	9
86	NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY	709.4	50	0.2	4	10
87	COURTAULD INSTITUTE OF ART	704.5	23.5	0	-	10
88	GUILDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC & DRAMA	704.5	22.6	0	-	4
89	UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS, LONDON	704.5	23.6	0	0	8
90	UNIVERSITY OF DERBY	709.4	57.9	0.32	2	5
91	LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY	704.5	23.8	0	0	8
92	LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & POLITICAL SCIENCE	704.5	23.6	0	0	5
93	ASTON UNIVERSITY	712.4	56.4	0	1	5
94	SCHOOL OF PHARMACY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON(THE)	704.5	23.9	0	-	8
95	INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON	704.5	24.1	0	-	10
96	THE CONSERVATOIRE FOR DANCE AND DRAMA	704.5	24.2	0	-	15
97	SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL AND AFRICAN STUDIES	704.5	24.2	0	-	10
98	LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE	704.5	24.2	0	0	8
99	MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY	704.5	29.4	0	1	5
100	THE ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE	704.5	24.5	0	0	12
101	UNIVERSITY OF LONDON	704.5	24.1	0	-	3
102	THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER	704.5	24.7	0	0	11
103	BIRKBECK COLLEGE	704.5	24.2	0	-	4
104	ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC	704.5	25.1	0	-	5
105	INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH: ROYAL CANCER HOSPITAL (THE)	704.5	26.2	0	-	21
106	ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART	704.5	26.1	0	-	9
107	THE ROYAL CENTRAL SCHOOL OF SPEECH AND DRAMA	704.5	26.3	0	-	14
108	LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL	704.5	25.6	0	-	1
109	ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC	704.5	26	0	-	4
110	HEYTHROP COLLEGE	704.5	26.6	0	-	5
111	UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH	704.2	5.4	1	3	5
112	QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY, EDINBURGH	704.2	1.7	0.316	0	13
113	UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS	690.8	5.2	2.17	4	8
114	UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH	699.1	3.8	0	2	6
115	SRUC	704.2	5.4	0	-	1
116	EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY	704.2	7.7	0	0	8
117	UNIVERSITY OF HULL	679.9	4.6	0.9	0	3
118	UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA	661.8	19.6	7.88	3	8
119	UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK	700.1	57.8	8.23	1	7
120	NORWICH UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS	674.2	17.3	0	2	10
121	UNIVERSITY OF KENT	645.8	4.9	0.39	2	5
122	CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY	645.8	6.5	0	3	11
123	COVENTRY UNIVERSITY	700.1	60.6	0	2	6
124	UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM	651.1	11.2	0	4	5
125	UNIVERSITY FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS	691	28.9	0	0	14
126	UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD	659.7	50.1	1	1	4
127	UNIVERSITY OF SURREY	656.6	30.5	1.39	1	6
128	UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON	681.2	56.2	0	1	8
129	UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX	613.7	4.8	2	2	5
130	OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY	659.7	51.8	0	2	6
131	ROEHAMPTON UNIVERSITY	622.5	28.9	1000	1	7
132	THE UNIVERSITY OF BUCKINGHAM	657.4	64	0	1	6
133	OPEN UNIVERSITY	657.4	62	0.279	-	6
134	UNIVERSITY OF YORK	603.2	22.3	15	4	4
135	UNIVERSITY OF READING	635.4	41.9	6	0	6
136	CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY	657.4	61.5	0	-	6
137	ST. GEORGE'S, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON	622.5	26	0.71	-	7
138	YORK ST JOHN UNIVERSITY	626	23.9	0	0	5
139	BRUNEL UNIVERSITY	639.8	38.9	0.085	0	5
140	NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY	597.2	8.3	0	3	8
141	UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND	597.2	8.5	0	4	6
142	UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN	614.6	32.3	4.922	1	3
143	UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON	638.1	58.7	0	1	9
144	NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY NEWCASTLE	597.2	8.1	0	1	12
145	UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON	622.5	31.5	0	0	6
146	ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY, TWICKENHAM	622.5	32.8	0	-	10
147	UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER	606.4	32.6	4.893	1	11
148	WRITTLE COLLEGE	591.8	13.9	8	-	7
149	UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER	620.2	52.7	0.251	2	8
150	ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY	591.8	11.9	0	2	6
151	DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY	620.2	53	0.165	1	7
152	LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY	620.2	54.1	0.21	1	4
153	TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY	574.2	6.5	0	1	7
154	BISHOP GROSSETESTE UNIVERSITY	613.2	31.2	0	0	9
155	UNIVERSITY CAMPUS SUFFOLK	560.5	6.4	0	-	5
156	ROYAL HOLLOWAY COLLEGE AND BEDFORD NEW COLLEGE	601.7	42.8	0	1	13
157	UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON	557.4	15.8	0	1	6
158	ROSE BRUFORD COLLEGE	557.4	13.8	0	-	6
159	TRINITY LABAN CONSERVATOIRE OF MUSIC AND DANCE	557.4	18.6	0	-	15
160	UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH	557.4	18.5	0	0	7
161	RAVENSBOURNE	557.4	18.2	0	-	5
162	QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON	557.4	20.4	0	-	7
163	GOLDSMITHS' COLLEGE	557.4	19.8	0	0	3
164	UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE	568.1	42.3	0	4	6
165	LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY	557.4	22.8	0	0	5
166	KINGSTON UNIVERSITY	590.8	31.8	0.1	0	4