This page contains the 2025 National Student Survey (NSS) results data as spreadsheets.
Student characteristics data
Summary 2025 NSS results student characteristics (XLSX, 97 MB)
Download the CSV with the full student characteristics results (ZIP, 66 MB)
Provider-level data
Summary results
2025 headline NSS results (XLSX, 37 KB)
2025 NSS results by teaching provider (all modes of study) (XLSX, 115.2 MB)
2025 NSS results by teaching provider (full-time) (XLSX, 110.3 MB)
2025 NSS results by teaching provider (part-time) (XLSX, 6.6 MB)
2025 NSS results by teaching provider (apprenticeship) (XLSX, 10.5 MB)
2025 NSS results by registering provider (all modes of study) (XLSX, 112.0 MB)
2025 NSS results by registering provider (full-time) (XLSX, 107.6 MB)
2025 NSS results by registering provider (part-time) (XLSX, 6.6 MB)
2025 NSS results by registering provider (apprenticeship) (XLSX, 10.5 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, 520.4 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 2025 NSS results.
Download the CSV with the full results (ZIP, 307.5 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, 325.5 MB)
Usage and quality notes
To assure the quality and reliability of the 2025 NSS publication we continued to review the data, survey approach and analysis process.
The survey had been running in the same format for three years, and there were no additional concerns in 2025 about the quality or reliability of the data.
For 2025, we produced a short update on the quality characteristics of the data to complement the more comprehensive quality report published in 2024.
Download the NSS 2025 quality update
Download the NSS 2024 quality report
Download Annex A of the quality report
Headline results
The percentage of respondents who gave the two most positive answers to the survey questions.
How good are the teaching staff at explaining things?
How often do teaching staff make the subject engaging?
How often is the course intellectually stimulating?
How often does your course challenge you to achieve your best work?
To what extent have you had the chance to explore ideas and concepts in depth?
How well does your course introduce subjects and skills in a way that builds on what you have already learned?
To what extent have you had the chance to bring together information and ideas from different topics?
To what extent does your course have the right balance of directed and independent study?
How well has your course developed your knowledge and skills that you think you will need for your future?
How clear were the marking criteria used to assess your work?
How fair has the marking and assessment been on your course?
How well have assessments allowed you to demonstrate what you have learned?
How often have you received assessment feedback on time?
How often does feedback help you to improve your work?
How easy was it to contact teaching staff when you needed to?
How well have teaching staff supported your learning?
Organisation and management
How well organised is your course?
How well were any changes to teaching on your course communicated?
How well have the IT resources and facilities supported your learning?
How well have the library resources (e.g. books, online services and learning spaces) supported your learning?
How easy is it to access subject specific resources (e.g. equipment, facilities, software) when you need them?
To what extent do you get the right opportunities to give feedback on your course?
To what extent are students' opinions about the course valued by staff?
How clear is it that students' feedback on the course is acted on?
How well does the students' union (association or guild) represent students' academic interests?
How well communicated was information about your university/college's mental wellbeing support services?
Freedom of expression
The following question was only asked to students registered at providers in England.
During your studies, how free did you feel to express your ideas, opinions, and beliefs?
Overall satisfaction
The following question used a five-point agreement response scale and is therefore not directly comparable with the other questions in the survey. This question was only asked to students registered at providers in Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland.
Overall, I am satisfied with the quality of the course.
