St Mary’s University was this year the 15th best university in London, according to the Sunday Times University Guide 2012.

The Twickenham university was ranked 94th in the country, up from 108th last year, and 68.2 per cent of its students got graduate level jobs.

The London School of Economics and Political Science came top out of 21 universities in London.

More than 95 per cent of its students got graduate-level jobs.

St Mary’s University scored 78.1 per cent for teaching excellence and 8.5 per cent of its graduates were unemployed.

The Sunday Times published its 14th annual guide on Sunday, September 11.

It provides students and parents with full profiles of all universities and leading higher education colleges.