Top Universities in Scotland
2025 Scotland University Ranking New
Introduction
What are the top Universities in Scotland? uniRank answers this question by publishing the 2025 uniRank University Ranking of 18 Scotland higher-education institutions meeting the following uniRank selection criteria:
- being chartered, licensed or accredited by the appropriate higher education-related organization in the United Kingdom
- offering at least three-year bachelor's degrees or postgraduate master's or doctoral degrees
- delivering courses predominantly in a traditional, non-distance education format
uniRank aims to provide a non-academic League Table of the top Scotland Universities based on valid, unbiased and non-influenceable web metrics provided by independent web intelligence sources rather than data submitted by the Universities themselves.
2025 Scotland University Ranking
| #Rank | University | Town |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | University of Edinburgh | Edinburgh |
| 9 | University of Glasgow | Glasgow |
| 21 | University of St Andrews | St Andrews |
| 35 | University of Aberdeen | Aberdeen |
| 36 | University of Strathclyde | Glasgow |
| 41 | Heriot-Watt University | Edinburgh |
| 43 | University of Dundee | Dundee |
| 56 | University of Stirling | Stirling |
| 77 | Edinburgh Napier University | Edinburgh |
| 96 | University of the Highlands and Islands | Inverness |
| 99 | Robert Gordon University | Aberdeen |
| 104 | Glasgow Caledonian University | Glasgow |
| 111 | The Glasgow School of Art | Glasgow |
| 119 | University of the West of Scotland | Paisley |
| 121 | Abertay University | Dundee |
| 123 | Scotland's Rural College | Edinburgh |
| 133 | Queen Margaret University | Edinburgh |
| 143 | Royal Conservatoire of Scotland | Glasgow |
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