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.
