University Rankings UK

This is the Uni Compare Top 100 universities in the United Kingdom. These are the universities that rank the highest and are the most popular among Uni Compare users.

Best Universities in the UK

This is the Uni Compare Top 100 ranking. Here, you can see the one hundred best universities in the UK. In this ranking, we include every university from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland then select the top one hundred universities that have been voted for by Uni Compare users.

University Rankings UK

University (Score)

1st

4

Loughborough University

(4.42)

4.24

4.48

4.40

4.58

99%

2nd

1

Nottingham Trent University

(4.34)

3.95

4.39

4.67

4.34

98%

3rd

11

University of Oxford

(4.33)

4.04

4.38

4.19

4.71

96%

4th

21

Aston University

(4.32)

3.97

4.37

4.41

4.53

97%

5th

3

University of Leeds

(4.31)

4.03

4.26

4.72

4.24

96%

6th

37

Imperial College London

(4.31)

4.08

4.29

4.06

4.79

94%

7th

51

Cardiff Metropolitan University

(4.27)

4.04

4.23

4.52

4.27

94%

8th

4

University of Sheffield

(4.26)

3.95

4.25

4.56

4.29

97%

9th

—

Liverpool John Moores University

(4.23)

3.86

4.30

4.51

4.25

97%

10th

10

University of Birmingham

(4.23)

4.01

4.21

4.42

4.27

96%

11th

7

University of Liverpool

(4.21)

3.94

4.19

4.55

4.17

94%

12th

11

Newcastle University

(4.21)

3.86

4.05

4.71

4.23

98%

13th

2

Swansea University

(4.20)

3.95

4.26

4.48

4.13

99%

14th

54

University of Cambridge

(4.20)

4.06

4.24

3.83

4.68

97%

15th

24

University of Bath

(4.20)

3.89

4.17

4.07

4.66

98%

16th

26

Durham University

(4.19)

3.71

4.21

4.26

4.59

98%

17th

68

University of Exeter

(4.19)

4.19

4.18

4.16

4.22

97%

18th

9

Sheffield Hallam University

(4.18)

3.91

4.12

4.51

4.19

95%

19th

4

University of Bristol

(4.18)

3.76

4.10

4.52

4.35

97%

20th

40

Edge Hill University

(4.18)

4.17

4.23

3.98

4.33

97%

21st

13

University of Nottingham

(4.17)

3.75

4.14

4.54

4.27

98%

22nd

8

Bristol, University of the West of England (UWE)

(4.17)

3.86

4.22

4.40

4.21

97%

23rd

17

University of Southampton

(4.17)

3.90

4.28

4.26

4.22

98%

24th

26

University of Hull

(4.16)

4.10

4.19

4.29

4.05

95%

25th

6

UCL, University of London

(4.16)

3.57

4.28

4.17

4.60

95%

26th

71

Arts University Bournemouth

(4.15)

3.78

4.34

4.25

4.25

93%

27th

10

Northumbria University

(4.15)

3.73

4.23

4.52

4.11

96%

28th

18

University of York

(4.15)

3.91

4.31

4.16

4.20

98%

29th

16

Leeds Beckett University

(4.15)

3.74

4.25

4.47

4.12

94%

30th

32

University of Reading

(4.15)

4.04

4.17

4.25

4.13

96%

31st

20

University of Portsmouth

(4.14)

3.97

4.10

4.42

4.07

96%

32nd

41

York St John University

(4.13)

3.83

4.12

4.26

4.29

94%

33rd

3

Queen's University, Belfast

(4.12)

3.91

4.11

4.27

4.19

92%

34th

16

Cardiff University

(4.12)

3.53

4.12

4.59

4.23

95%

35th

6

University of Lincoln

(4.12)

3.91

4.21

4.30

4.05

98%

36th

20

University of Edinburgh

(4.11)

3.74

4.13

4.22

4.35

96%

37th

6

Manchester Metropolitan University

(4.10)

3.69

4.15

4.45

4.13

96%

38th

15

Birmingham City University

(4.10)

3.74

4.28

4.19

4.19

95%

39th

32

University of Derby

(4.10)

3.91

4.31

4.00

4.16

95%

40th

5

King's College London, UOL

(4.09)

3.60

4.24

4.02

4.52

95%

41st

16

Lancaster University

(4.09)

4.02

4.21

3.91

4.23

95%

42nd

51

Queen Mary, University of London

(4.09)

3.81

4.25

4.08

4.23

96%

43rd

72

Leeds College of Art

(4.09)

3.72

4.29

4.26

4.08

96%

44th

5

University of Warwick

(4.08)

3.92

4.21

3.73

4.48

92%

45th

38

University of Aberdeen

(4.08)

3.63

4.23

4.23

4.25

97%

46th

13

De Montfort University (DMU)

(4.08)

3.85

4.19

4.18

4.09

95%

47th

20

Edinburgh Napier University

(4.08)

3.95

3.98

4.13

4.24

92%

48th

3

University of Kent

(4.07)

4.04

4.15

4.18

3.93

92%

49th

15

Bangor University

(4.07)

3.90

4.38

4.07

3.94

93%

50th

22

University of Glasgow

(4.07)

3.32

4.18

4.39

4.40

97%

51st

3

University of East Anglia (UEA)

(4.07)

3.87

4.07

4.22

4.13

96%

52nd

9

Heriot-Watt University

(4.07)

3.64

4.27

3.94

4.44

93%

53rd

30

University of Strathclyde

(4.07)

3.53

3.98

4.40

4.37

94%

54th

30

The Royal Veterinary College

(4.06)

3.79

4.26

3.56

4.64

92%

55th

1

University of Salford

(4.06)

4.04

4.05

4.08

4.07

94%

56th

7

London School of Economics

(4.05)

3.93

4.24

3.47

4.58

88%

57th

25

Royal Holloway, University of London

(4.05)

4.16

4.19

3.74

4.11

98%

58th

72

Falmouth University

(4.05)

4.04

4.21

3.94

4.00

97%

59th

38

University of Sunderland

(4.05)

3.66

4.25

3.97

4.32

93%

60th

24

Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU)

(4.05)

3.39

4.18

4.21

4.42

94%

61st

14

University of Sussex

(4.04)

3.69

4.07

4.40

4.01

95%

62nd

71

University of Chichester

(4.04)

3.65

4.33

3.97

4.21

97%

63rd

53

University of Dundee

(4.04)

3.50

4.15

4.38

4.13

95%

64th

1

University of Huddersfield

(4.04)

3.70

4.27

3.89

4.29

97%

65th

5

Ulster University

(4.04)

3.66

4.20

3.98

4.30

98%

66th

44

University of Plymouth

(4.04)

3.71

4.08

4.29

4.06

97%

67th

43

University of Worcester

(4.03)

3.77

4.21

4.03

4.12

95%

68th

18

University of Central Lancashire

(4.03)

3.70

4.15

4.22

4.03

95%

69th

15

The University of Manchester

(4.02)

3.13

4.08

4.50

4.39

93%

70th

271

Royal Agricultural University

(4.02)

3.60

3.94

4.16

4.39

90%

71st

45

University of Chester

(4.02)

3.84

4.18

4.04

4.00

94%

72nd

27

Keele University

(4.01)

3.59

4.25

4.00

4.22

97%

73rd

4

University of Essex

(4.01)

3.78

4.11

4.11

4.02

95%

74th

42

Bournemouth University

(4.00)

3.83

3.95

4.38

3.84

92%

75th

70

University of Bradford

(4.00)

3.75

4.12

3.80

4.32

94%

76th

88

Newman University

(3.99)

3.76

4.22

3.76

4.22

83%

77th

59

Belfast Metropolitan College

(3.99)

4.11

3.77

3.94

4.11

85%

78th

11

University of Gloucestershire

(3.98)

3.76

4.13

4.04

4.00

96%

79th

13

University of Surrey

(3.97)

3.89

4.01

3.90

4.09

93%

80th

34

University of East London

(3.96)

3.84

4.16

3.80

4.05

88%

82nd

202

Solihull College & University Centre

(3.96)

3.96

3.75

4.17

3.96

83%

81st

44

City of Glasgow College

(3.96)

3.54

3.96

4.17

4.17

83%

83rd

96

University of Westminster

(3.96)

3.54

4.15

4.06

4.07

93%

84th

29

University of South Wales

(3.95)

3.71

4.08

3.84

4.18

88%

85th

78

Bishop Grosseteste University

(3.95)

3.95

4.09

3.59

4.16

86%

86th

14

Solent University

(3.95)

3.51

4.03

4.18

4.07

90%

87th

11

Aberystwyth University

(3.95)

3.80

4.17

4.03

3.77

91%

88th

19

The Robert Gordon University

(3.94)

3.38

4.18

4.00

4.21

96%

89th

51

St Georges, University of London

(3.94)

3.73

3.85

3.85

4.35

89%

90th

4

University of Roehampton

(3.93)

3.58

4.19

3.98

3.98

91%

91st

12

St Mary's University, Twickenham

(3.93)

3.54

4.33

3.96

3.91

85%

92nd

28

Bath Spa University

(3.93)

4.06

4.05

3.80

3.82

92%

93rd

3

Coventry University

(3.92)

3.61

4.05

3.96

4.07

90%

94th

24

Queen Margaret University

(3.92)

3.81

4.01

3.58

4.28

96%

95th

5

University of Winchester

(3.92)

3.91

4.02

3.73

4.02

94%

96th

23

Open University

(3.91)

3.58

4.42

3.20

4.44

96%

97th

18

Oxford Brookes University

(3.91)

3.67

3.98

4.01

3.99

93%

98th

11

University of Hertfordshire

(3.91)

3.72

4.17

3.65

4.09

94%

99th

93

Harper Adams University

(3.90)

3.68

4.32

3.68

3.94

88%

100th

26

Anglia Ruskin University ARU

(3.89)

3.66

4.04

3.72

4.16

94%

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