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Top Universities in the United Kingdom

Introduction

What are the most popular Colleges and Universities in the United Kingdom? uniRank answers this question by publishing the 2025 UK University Ranking of 165 UK higher-education institutions meeting the following uniRank selection criteria:

uniRank aims to provide a non-academic League Table of the top UK Universities and Colleges based on valid, unbiased and non-influenceable web metrics provided by independent web intelligence sources rather than data submitted by the Universities themselves.

2025 UK University Ranking


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