We asked ChatGPT to rank the Russell Group unis from best to worst, and it’s so brutal – The Tab
ChatGPT didn’t put Oxbridge top *gasp*
It’s hard to form a judgement on which Russell Group unis are actually the best, since there are about a gazillion different league tables that rank UK unis on slightly different factors. We wanted a definitive, totally objective, entirely fool-proof, super reliable ranking of all the Russell Group unis… so we turned to ChatGPT. It was so, so jarring to read. Oxbridge wasn’t top.
Apologies to students at the University of Sheffield and the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). ChatGPT failed to register that these unis are also part of the Russell Group. I have truly no idea why ChatGPT’s is so obsessed with Harry Potter and birds.
So, here is ChatGPT’s ranking of the UK’s Russell Group unis, from best to worst. Enjoy.
This King’s campus really deserves a mention
Bristol girlies feat. that photogenic bridge
The gorgeous campus in question
Ta-da
Fyi: The UCL and King’s campuses are really close to each other, and students from both unis live all over London. It’s absolutely not the case that all UCL students live in Zone 1 of the London Underground and spend more on rent than King’s students. ChatGPT appears to have written that Newcastle Uni won an award for student life because this uni came top of University Compare’s ranking for this.
When ChatGPT alludes to global rankings, it’s talking about the QS World University Rankings 2026. After some nudging, ChatGPT also cited seven The Tab articles that I actually wrote as sources. It attempted to feed some of my own jokes back to me. Fun times.
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‘I can’t help you, ask Pitbull’
I’m both excited and nervous
I can’t escape it
She has since spoken to him in prison
‘Shawn Licari is a phenomenal person’
It’s been a solid year for Hollywood blockbusters
Oxford isn’t even on the list
I can’t stop watching
‘I’m still bleeding from the altercation’
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