Top universities for History

Looking to study History? Take a look at the best universities for History according to our research! See which students loved the most and offered the best career opportunities after graduation.

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UNIVERSITY 2024
SATISFACTION
REFLECTIONS
OUTCOMES
RESEARCH QUALITY
The Uni of Salford

1st

4.03 / 5

84 / 100

75 / 100

Ulster Uni

2nd

4.18 / 5

89 / 100

71 / 100

32.22
Edge Hill Uni

3rd

4.19 / 5

90 / 100

80 / 100

20.69
Nottingham Trent

4th

4.32 / 5

83 / 100

85 / 100

26.23
Northumbria Uni

5th

4.23 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

8.44
Bournemouth Uni

6th

4.14 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Liverpool

7th

4.36 / 5

85 / 100

86 / 100

10.09
Uni of Sheffield

8th

4.32 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

8.32
Liverpool JM

9th

4.28 / 5

86 / 100

82 / 100

16.06
Uni of Nottingham

10th

4.20 / 5

87 / 100

86 / 100

8.06
De Montfort

11th

4.06 / 5

82 / 100

89 / 100

19.48
Uni of York

12th

4.16 / 5

83 / 100

86 / 100

7.53
Anglia Ruskin Uni

13th

4.20 / 5

86 / 100

67 / 100

63.20
Uni of Birmingham

14th

4.25 / 5

87 / 100

86 / 100

7.94
Swansea Uni

15th

4.26 / 5

85 / 100

86 / 100

9.02
Leeds Beckett Uni

16th

4.17 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

21.09
Cardiff Uni

17th

4.23 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

6.27
Uni of Reading

18th

4.17 / 5

87 / 100

81 / 100

18.15
Newman Uni

19th

4.16 / 5

90 / 100

86 / 100

37.00
Uni of Exeter

20th

4.23 / 5

85 / 100

86 / 100

5.80
Uni of Chester

21st

4.13 / 5

87 / 100

84 / 100

25.18
Loughborough Uni

22nd

4.23 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

Uni of Southampton

23rd

4.07 / 5

85 / 100

79 / 100

8.81
UCL

24th

4.12 / 5

87 / 100

84 / 100

6.74
Bath Spa Uni

25th

4.03 / 5

83 / 100

71 / 100

24.55
Uni of Bristol

26th

4.21 / 5

83 / 100

85 / 100

7.48
Uni of Edinburgh

27th

4.05 / 5

85 / 100

89 / 100

4.34
Uni of Cambridge

28th

4.09 / 5

85 / 100

76 / 100

2.39
Uni of Worcester

29th

4.02 / 5

89 / 100

100 / 100

84.29
Uni of Leeds

30th

4.20 / 5

84 / 100

85 / 100

7.62
Sheffield Hallam Uni

31st

4.19 / 5

87 / 100

71 / 100

17.52
Newcastle Uni

32nd

4.17 / 5

85 / 100

84 / 100

6.35
UWEBristol

33rd

4.04 / 5

83 / 100

86 / 100

27.22
Aberystwyth Uni

34th

4.14 / 5

82 / 100

89 / 100

23.59
Uni of Oxford

35th

4.26 / 5

86 / 100

77 / 100

1.96
Uni of Plymouth

36th

4.10 / 5

87 / 100

75 / 100

27.04
Uni of Aberdeen

37th

4.01 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

10.83
Uni of Glasgow

38th

4.12 / 5

85 / 100

79 / 100

5.40
Manchester Met Uni

39th

4.08 / 5

84 / 100

85 / 100

8.88
Keele Uni

40th

3.99 / 5

87 / 100

90 / 100

19.79
Uni of Portsmouth

41st

4.13 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Sunderland

42nd

3.94 / 5

85 / 100

50 / 100

Uni of C.Lancashire

43rd

4.03 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

19.34
Liverpool Hope Uni

44th

4.11 / 5

88 / 100

75 / 100

25.38
Uni of Strathclyde

45th

4.03 / 5

87 / 100

88 / 100

17.87
Uni of Sussex

46th

4.07 / 5

82 / 100

82 / 100

11.33
Uni of Greenwich

47th

4.01 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

39.38
Queens Uni

48th

4.04 / 5

87 / 100

79 / 100

9.68
Uni of Lincoln

49th

4.05 / 5

83 / 100

88 / 100

13.98
Uni of Essex

50th

3.95 / 5

83 / 100

85 / 100

17.77
LSE

51st

4.02 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

14.81
Oxford Brookes

52nd

4.04 / 5

84 / 100

85 / 100

8.46
Uni of Huddersfield

53rd

3.94 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

23.52
Durham Uni

54th

4.02 / 5

85 / 100

81 / 100

6.17
Uni of Westminster

55th

3.93 / 5

82 / 100

33 / 100

29.30
York St John Uni

56th

4.12 / 5

86 / 100

92 / 100

26.67
Uni of Manchester

57th

3.91 / 5

85 / 100

82 / 100

7.95
Uni of Warwick

58th

4.03 / 5

85 / 100

85 / 100

6.39
Uni of Kent

59th

3.98 / 5

82 / 100

83 / 100

10.46
Uni of Brighton

60th

3.92 / 5

86 / 100

83 / 100

Staffordshire Uni

61st

3.98 / 5

87 / 100

33 / 100

Uni of Derby

62nd

3.91 / 5

86 / 100

100 / 100

St Marys Twickenham

63rd

3.89 / 5

91 / 100

67 / 100

Uni of Hull

64th

3.98 / 5

87 / 100

88 / 100

21.06
Bangor Uni

65th

3.99 / 5

84 / 100

86 / 100

Uni of Gloucestershire

66th

3.90 / 5

84 / 100

67 / 100

46.90
Uni of Leicester

67th

4.06 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

11.40
Royal Holloway

68th

3.93 / 5

83 / 100

86 / 100

7.19
Lancaster Uni

69th

3.95 / 5

85 / 100

95 / 100

12.89
Uni of Hertfordshire

70th

3.93 / 5

84 / 100

67 / 100

22.71
Uni of Chichester

71st

3.84 / 5

86 / 100

67 / 100

34.97
Uni of Winchester

72nd

3.89 / 5

85 / 100

85 / 100

14.93
Uni of Dundee

73rd

3.86 / 5

87 / 100

83 / 100

15.63
UEA

74th

3.99 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

8.87
Coventry Uni

75th

3.90 / 5

83 / 100

83 / 100

Queen MaryUOL

76th

4.01 / 5

86 / 100

85 / 100

7.66
Uni of Roehampton

77th

3.88 / 5

82 / 100

70 / 100

16.16
Uni of Northampton

78th

3.84 / 5

86 / 100

67 / 100

35.63
LSBU

79th

3.90 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

City UOL

80th

3.83 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

Kingston Uni

81st

3.80 / 5

82 / 100

Open Uni

82nd

3.86 / 5

84 / 100

73 / 100

17.39
Uni of Cumbria

83rd

3.78 / 5

88 / 100

50 / 100

Uni of Wolverhampton

84th

3.78 / 5

87 / 100

83 / 100

13.23
Brunel Uni London

85th

3.80 / 5

82 / 100

100 / 100

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