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Best Universities in England 2023/2024

Here are all of the universities in England. England has the most universities in the UK and this is a comprehensive ranking of all the universities in the country.

English University Rankings

This is a ranking of the best universities in England. Here, you will see what the top universities in England are as voted for by Uni Compare users. This ranking has universities from cities from all over like Manchester, London, Liverpool, Norwich, Birmingham, Coventry and more.This is a ranking of the best universities in England. Here, you will see what the top universities in England are as voted for by Uni Compare users. This ranking has universities from cities from all over like Manchester, London, Liverpool, Norwich, Birmingham, Coventry and more.

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Top 100 English Universities 2023/2024

University (Score)

1st

University of Liverpool

(4.36)

4.13

4.30

4.69

4.30

100%

2nd

University of Sheffield

(4.32)

4.16

4.22

4.63

4.29

99%

3rd

Nottingham Trent University

(4.32)

4.05

4.38

4.59

4.26

99%

4th

Liverpool John Moores University

(4.28)

4.03

4.39

4.44

4.25

98%

5th

University of Oxford

(4.26)

3.94

4.32

4.15

4.62

100%

6th

University of Birmingham

(4.25)

4.04

4.25

4.41

4.28

99%

7th

Northumbria University

(4.23)

4.02

4.26

4.56

4.09

98%

8th

University of Exeter

(4.23)

4.14

4.29

4.27

4.21

100%

9th

Loughborough University

(4.23)

4.17

4.20

4.23

4.29

98%

10th

King's College London, UOL

(4.21)

3.85

4.26

4.27

4.48

98%

11th

University of Bristol

(4.21)

3.97

4.22

4.43

4.23

98%

12th

University of Surrey

(4.21)

4.16

4.26

4.05

4.36

99%

13th

University of Leeds

(4.20)

4.09

4.05

4.58

4.08

94%

14th

University of Nottingham

(4.20)

4.00

4.20

4.44

4.16

99%

15th

Anglia Ruskin University

(4.20)

4.11

4.37

4.21

4.11

100%

16th

Sheffield Hallam University

(4.19)

4.00

4.20

4.36

4.20

98%

17th

Edge Hill University

(4.19)

4.32

4.21

4.03

4.19

100%

18th

Aston University

(4.19)

3.86

4.27

4.35

4.26

96%

19th

Newcastle University

(4.17)

4.16

4.01

4.54

3.98

97%

20th

Leeds Beckett University

(4.17)

3.96

4.30

4.41

4.01

97%

21st

University of Reading

(4.17)

4.13

4.21

4.23

4.09

97%

22nd

Birmingham Newman University

(4.16)

3.81

4.44

4.04

4.34

100%

23rd

University of York

(4.16)

3.91

4.27

4.35

4.10

98%

24th

Bournemouth University

(4.14)

4.05

4.10

4.40

4.01

100%

25th

University of Portsmouth

(4.13)

3.93

4.16

4.33

4.10

98%

26th

University of Chester

(4.13)

3.94

4.35

4.06

4.19

95%

27th

UCL, University of London

(4.12)

3.83

4.09

4.18

4.40

94%

28th

York St John University

(4.12)

3.92

4.27

4.26

4.03

100%

29th

University of Bath

(4.12)

3.91

4.19

3.98

4.38

97%

30th

Liverpool Hope University

(4.11)

4.10

4.16

4.18

4.02

94%

31st

University of Plymouth

(4.10)

4.01

4.07

4.33

4.01

100%

32nd

University of Cambridge

(4.09)

4.13

4.21

3.78

4.25

95%

33rd

Manchester Metropolitan University

(4.08)

3.72

4.22

4.30

4.09

99%

34th

Birmingham City University

(4.08)

3.77

4.27

4.14

4.15

92%

35th

University of Sussex

(4.07)

3.89

4.07

4.46

3.87

97%

36th

University of Southampton

(4.07)

3.92

4.12

4.10

4.14

100%

37th

Middlesex University

(4.07)

3.88

4.20

4.02

4.16

100%

38th

University of Leicester

(4.06)

4.01

4.17

4.12

3.95

90%

39th

De Montfort University (DMU)

(4.06)

4.04

4.05

4.10

4.03

90%

40th

University of Lincoln

(4.05)

4.03

4.03

4.21

3.93

95%

41st

University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol

(4.04)

3.69

4.13

4.25

4.08

92%

42nd

Oxford Brookes University

(4.04)

3.84

4.20

4.01

4.10

100%

43rd

The University of Salford

(4.03)

3.84

4.12

4.04

4.14

92%

44th

University of Central Lancashire

(4.03)

3.89

4.14

4.04

4.07

89%

45th

Solent University

(4.03)

3.71

4.11

4.35

3.96

100%

46th

Bath Spa University

(4.03)

4.03

4.15

4.03

3.90

100%

47th

University of Warwick

(4.03)

3.97

4.22

3.74

4.19

97%

48th

London School of Economics

(4.02)

3.71

4.33

3.65

4.41

100%

49th

Durham University

(4.02)

3.83

4.05

3.95

4.26

92%

50th

University of Worcester

(4.02)

3.67

4.31

3.96

4.11

100%

51st

Queen Mary, University of London

(4.01)

3.79

4.15

4.00

4.11

98%

52nd

University of Greenwich

(4.01)

3.70

4.38

3.84

4.14

93%

53rd

University College Birmingham

(4.00)

3.82

4.00

4.07

4.09

100%

54th

Keele University

(3.99)

3.68

4.26

4.02

4.02

96%

55th

University of East Anglia (UEA)

(3.99)

3.70

4.11

4.12

4.01

98%

56th

University of Kent

(3.98)

3.98

4.14

4.01

3.82

96%

57th

University of Hull

(3.98)

3.98

4.01

3.92

4.03

100%

58th

Staffordshire University

(3.98)

3.64

4.28

3.79

4.22

90%

59th

University of Essex

(3.95)

3.70

4.20

4.02

3.89

91%

60th

Lancaster University

(3.95)

3.97

3.94

3.84

4.05

93%

61st

University of Sunderland

(3.94)

3.87

4.19

3.72

3.98

92%

62nd

Imperial College London

(3.94)

3.70

4.14

3.65

4.27

100%

63rd

University of Huddersfield

(3.94)

3.85

4.10

3.93

3.86

90%

64th

University of Hertfordshire

(3.93)

3.52

4.27

3.72

4.23

92%

65th

University of Westminster

(3.93)

3.71

4.19

3.96

3.87

92%

66th

Royal Holloway, University of London

(3.93)

4.00

3.96

3.75

4.01

100%

67th

University of Brighton

(3.92)

3.55

4.03

4.22

3.89

91%

68th

Leeds Arts University

(3.91)

3.57

3.93

4.13

4.02

100%

69th

The University of Manchester

(3.91)

3.16

4.04

4.32

4.12

96%

70th

University of Derby

(3.91)

3.86

4.16

3.82

3.80

96%

71st

London South Bank University

(3.90)

3.31

4.08

3.94

4.28

95%

72nd

Coventry University

(3.90)

3.66

4.17

3.78

4.00

97%

73rd

University of Gloucestershire

(3.90)

4.08

3.97

3.94

3.59

100%

74th

St Mary's University, Twickenham

(3.89)

3.60

4.15

3.77

4.05

80%

75th

University of Winchester

(3.89)

4.01

3.95

3.53

4.06

96%

76th

University of Roehampton

(3.88)

3.71

4.10

3.97

3.73

100%

77th

University of Bolton

(3.88)

3.53

4.11

3.92

3.94

100%

78th

Open University

(3.86)

3.51

4.44

3.17

4.31

100%

79th

University of Chichester

(3.84)

3.64

4.15

3.66

3.92

100%

80th

University of Northampton

(3.84)

3.45

4.11

3.73

4.06

100%

81st

City, University of London

(3.83)

3.33

4.11

3.64

4.22

93%

82nd

London Metropolitan University

(3.82)

3.35

4.22

3.82

3.91

100%

83rd

Falmouth University

(3.81)

3.81

4.06

3.78

3.59

100%

84th

Brunel University London

(3.80)

3.53

3.81

4.00

3.86

95%

85th

Kingston University

(3.80)

3.47

3.90

3.80

4.01

83%

86th

The University of Cumbria

(3.78)

3.64

4.08

3.61

3.81

100%

87th

University of Wolverhampton

(3.78)

3.41

4.07

3.62

4.02

95%

88th

University of Bradford

(3.77)

3.37

4.05

3.53

4.10

93%

89th

Canterbury Christ Church University

(3.75)

3.61

3.83

3.61

3.97

92%

90th

Plymouth Marjon University (St Mark & St John)

(3.75)

3.27

4.04

3.91

3.78

83%

91st

University of Bedfordshire

(3.72)

3.82

4.01

3.24

3.83

83%

92nd

Arts University Bournemouth

(3.71)

3.90

3.53

3.76

3.63

80%

93rd

SOAS, University of London

(3.70)

3.12

3.98

3.99

3.70

93%

94th

Teesside University

(3.69)

3.55

3.79

3.46

3.96

80%

95th

The University of West London

(3.69)

3.59

3.94

3.46

3.76

86%

96th

University of East London

(3.67)

3.21

3.98

3.47

4.01

100%

97th

Goldsmiths, University of London

(3.67)

3.29

3.88

3.93

3.58

100%

98th

St Georges, University of London

(3.64)

3.26

3.61

3.45

4.22

100%

99th

Leeds Trinity University

(3.59)

3.42

3.80

3.22

3.94

100%

100th

The University of Law

(3.53)

2.89

4.12

2.98

4.14

93%

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