The Complete University Guide uses a combination of measures, including student satisfaction, entry standards, the quality of research and graduate prospects, to judge the top UK universities.

Lancaster University Management School's Department of Marketing is the longest established in the UK, and has a reputation as one of Europe's foremost academic centres for marketing research and teaching.

Other subject areas at LUMS have also done well in the latest Complete University Guide:

• Accounting and Finance ranked 5th (11th last year)
• Business and Management ranked 7th (7th last year)
• Economics ranked 15th (17th last year)