Download the NSS data

This page provides the latest National Student Survey (NSS) results data as spreadsheets.

Provider-level data

Summary results

2026 headline NSS results (XLSX, 36 KB)

2026 NSS results by teaching provider (all modes of study) (XLSX, 116.7 MB)

2026 NSS results by teaching provider (full-time) (XLSX, 111.3 MB)

2026 NSS results by teaching provider (part-time) (XLSX, 6.9 MB)

2026 NSS results by teaching provider (apprenticeship) (XLSX, 11.5 MB)

2026 NSS results by registering provider (all modes of study) (XLSX, 113.2 MB)

2026 NSS results by registering provider (full-time) (XLSX, 108.2 MB)

2026 NSS results by registering provider (part-time) (XLSX, 6.9 MB)

2026 NSS results by registering provider (apprenticeship) (XLSX, 11.4 MB)

Detailed provider-level data

This zip file has a spreadsheet for every provider in the NSS. Each file contains all the results for that provider.

Download the detailed provider-level data (ZIP, 528.0 MB)

These files use UK Provider Reference Numbers (UKPRN). Look up your UKPRN in the UK Register of Learning Providers.

Full results

These files contain all the published 2026 NSS results.

Download the CSV with the full results (ZIP, 325.6 MB)

The single CSV file will be too large to open in Excel, which is why we have also provided the data in a series of smaller CSVs.

Download the CSVs (ZIP, 326.0 MB)

Usage and quality notes

These results use the Common Aggregation Hierarchy (CAH) for subject breakdowns.

Find out more about the NSS data Read the NSS quality report

Contact

If you have any questions or feedback on these pages, please contact [email protected].

Published 10 August 2023
Last updated 08 July 2026
08 July 2026
New datafiles with NSS 2026 results.
05 November 2025
We have updated the NSS student characteristics datafiles. Three characteristics which were not available in July have now been added to the dashboard.
11 July 2025
Updated CSVs to remove duplicate rows for the CAH2 subject "English studies" and use clrf line breaks to meet tabular data standard.
09 July 2025
Published NSS 2025
16 April 2025
We have added a note to the published data.
16 October 2024
Published NSS 2024 student characteristics data
13 September 2024
Added data quality note for University of Edinburgh.
10 July 2024
Published NSS 2024 provider-level data.
22 November 2023
Student characteristics data updated.

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