The University of Warwick is the number one university in the Midlands for students who aspire to start their own company or run a business, according to a new survey by Hitachi Capital Invoice Finance.
The UK-wide study included 1,555,000 students at 18 universities in the Midlands, and found that at more than one in eight (12.02%) of Warwick students started their own company, or held high-ranking managerial positions, after graduating.
5.15% of the University of Warwick alumni surveyed have gone on to start their own business, and 5.76% of them are now in CEO and high managerial roles.
The complete results of the research are here:
University | University Rank | Midlands Rank | % |
University of Warwick | 9 | 1 | 12.02% |
University of Derby | 26 | 2 | 11.03% |
De Montfort University | 62 | 3 | 10.74% |
University of Nottingham | 18 | 4 | 10.58% |
University of Wolverhampton | 115 | 5 | 10.30% |
University of Leicester | 84 | 6 | 10.22% |
Staffordshire University | 37 | 7 | 10.19% |
University of Loughborough | 4 | 8 | 10.12% |
Aston University | 36 | 9 | 10.09% |
Nottingham Trent University | 12 | 10 | 10.00% |
Birmingham City University | 81 | 11 | 9.78% |
University of Birmingham | 16 | 12 | 9.76% |
University of Northampton | 93 | 13 | 9.14% |
University of Lincoln | 17 | 14 | 9.01% |
Keele University | 32 | 15 | 8.65% |
University of Worcester | 88 | 16 | 8.63% |
Coventry University | 15 | 17 | 8.31% |
Newman University Birmingham | 110 | 18 | 7.37% |
Notes:
Hitachi Capital Invoice Finance commissioned this study involving 9,544,010 former university students in the UK.
