Top Universities in the United Kingdom

2021 UK University Ranking

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1	University of Oxford	Oxford
2	University of Cambridge	Cambridge
3	University College London	London
4	The University of Edinburgh	Edinburgh
5	The University of Manchester	Manchester
6	The London School of Economics and Political Science	London
8	University of Glasgow	Glasgow ...
7	Imperial College London	London
9	The University of Warwick	Coventry
11	University of Southampton	Southampton ...
10	University of Leeds	Leeds
16	The University of Nottingham	Nottingham ...
12	University of Liverpool	Liverpool ...
13	University of Birmingham	Birmingham
14	Newcastle University	Newcastle upon Tyne ...
15	King's College London	London
20	Heriot-Watt University	Edinburgh ...
17	The University of York	York
18	University of St Andrews	St Andrews
21	University of Exeter	Exeter ...
23	Lancaster University	Lancaster
19	University of Bristol	Bristol
22	The University of Sheffield	Sheffield ...
28	Cardiff University	Cardiff
25	Queen Mary University of London	London
24	University of Leicester	Leicester
26	University of Aberdeen	Aberdeen
27	University of Bath	Bath
30	Durham University	Durham ...
29	University of Surrey	Guildford
33	University of Reading	Reading ...
32	University of Sussex	Brighton
31	University of East Anglia	Norwich
34	Queen's University Belfast	Belfast
35	University of Strathclyde	Glasgow
42	University of Essex	Colchester ...
39	Loughborough University	Loughborough ...
38	University of Kent	Canterbury ...
36	University of the Arts London	London ...
37	City, University of London	London
81	University of the Highlands and Islands	Inverness ...
43	Swansea University	Swansea
40	University of Dundee	Dundee
44	University of the West of England	Bristol
45	De Montfort University	Leicester ...
46	Goldsmiths, University of London	London
52	Brunel University London	Uxbridge
48	Coventry University	Coventry ...
47	Royal Holloway, University of London	Egham ...
56	Nottingham Trent University	Nottingham
41	University of Portsmouth	Portsmouth
49	University of Plymouth	Plymouth
54	Birkbeck, University of London	London
57	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London	London
53	University of Stirling	Stirling ...
63	Aberystwyth University	Aberystwyth
50	Sheffield Hallam University	Sheffield
51	University of London	London
55	SOAS, University of London	London
59	Aston University	Birmingham
58	Manchester Metropolitan University	Manchester ...
60	University of Hertfordshire	Hatfield ...
69	Bournemouth University	Poole ...
61	University of Salford	Salford
80	University of Greenwich	London ...
70	Northumbria University	Newcastle upon Tyne
83	University of Lincoln	Lincoln ...
62	Anglia Ruskin University	Cambridge ...
66	Middlesex University	London
71	Bangor University	Bangor ...
65	University of Brighton	Brighton ...
74	Ulster University	Coleraine ...
67	Keele University	Keele
64	Birmingham City University	Birmingham
73	The University of Hull	Hull ...
72	Leeds Beckett University	Leeds ...
68	London Business School	London ...
92	Liverpool John Moores University	Liverpool
77	University of Central Lancashire	Preston ...
79	Kingston University	Kingston upon Thames
75	Oxford Brookes University	Oxford
78	University of Westminster	London
76	Royal College of Art	London
82	Edinburgh Napier University	Edinburgh
86	University of East London	London ...
84	Cranfield University	Cranfield ...
85	University of Wolverhampton	Wolverhampton ...
90	University of Huddersfield	Huddersfield
88	London Metropolitan University	London
94	University of Derby	Derby ...
87	London South Bank University	London ...
89	University of South Wales	Pontypridd ...
91	School of Advanced Study, University of London	London
96	University of Sunderland	Sunderland ...
97	Glasgow Caledonian University	Glasgow ...
95	Robert Gordon University	Aberdeen
93	Staffordshire University	Stoke-on-Trent ...
101	University of Bedfordshire	Luton ...
100	Teesside University	Middlesbrough ...
107	Abertay University	Dundee
98	The Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London	London
102	University of Bradford	Bradford
99	University of Roehampton	London
103	The University of Northampton	Northampton
108	Bath Spa University	Bath
104	Royal Veterinary College University of London	London ...
105	Edge Hill University	Ormskirk ...
109	Canterbury Christ Church University	Canterbury ...
110	Solent University	Southampton ...
106	The Glasgow School of Art	Glasgow
111	University of Chester	Chester ...
128	University of Cumbria	Carlisle ...
127	University of Bolton	Bolton
126	University of Worcester	Worcester
125	York St John University	York
112	University of Gloucestershire	Cheltenham ...
113	Falmouth University	Falmouth
114	University for the Creative Arts	Farnham ...
117	The University of Buckingham	Buckingham
116	University of the West of Scotland	Paisley ...
119	The University of Winchester	Winchester
120	University of West London	Ealing ...
123	University of Wales Trinity Saint David	Carmarthen ...
122	Cardiff Metropolitan University	Cardiff
115	St George's, University of London	London
118	Royal Academy of Music, University of London	London
124	Liverpool Hope University	Liverpool
121	Royal College of Music	London
137	The University of Law	Guildford ...
129	Scotland's Rural College	Edinburgh ...
131	Guildhall School of Music and Drama	London
130	St Mary's University, Twickenham	Twickenham
138	Wrexham Glyndwr University	Wrexham ...
133	University of Chichester	Chichester
136	Regent's University London	London
132	Queen Margaret University	Edinburgh ...
134	Royal Northern College of Music	Manchester
141	Buckinghamshire New University	High Wycombe ...
135	Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance	London
144	Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine	Liverpool
140	Ravensbourne University London	London
139	Harper Adams University	Newport
152	Leeds Conservatoire	Leeds
145	Arts University Bournemouth	Poole
142	Leeds Trinity University	Leeds
147	The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama	London
143	Royal Conservatoire of Scotland	Glasgow
148	Richmond, The American International University in London	London ...
150	University of Wales	Cardiff ...
151	Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts	Liverpool
154	Plymouth Marjon University	Plymouth
153	University of Suffolk	Ipswich
155	Leeds Arts University	Leeds
146	Norwich University of the Arts	Norwich
149	University College Birmingham	Birmingham
156	Royal Agricultural University	Cirencester
161	The London Institute of Banking and Finance	London
157	Hartpury University and Hartpury College	Gloucester
158	Plymouth College of Art	Plymouth
160	Bishop Grosseteste University	Lincoln
162	Newman University, Birmingham	Birmingham
159	European School of Economics	London ...
164	Writtle University College	Chelmsford
165	Northern School of Contemporary Dance	Leeds
166	Rose Bruford College	London
Un	BPP University	Manchester
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