Top universities for English Language and Literature

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UNIVERSITY 2025
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RESEARCH QUALITY
Bishop Grosseteste Uni

1st

8

3.59 / 5

89 / 100

100 / 100

49.80
Uni of Wolverhampton

2nd

2

3.75 / 5

87 / 100

100 / 100

33.68
USW

3rd

0

3.58 / 5

86 / 100

100 / 100

38.29
Edge Hill Uni

4th

1

4.20 / 5

90 / 100

100 / 100

15.05
Uni of Winchester

5th

6

3.86 / 5

85 / 100

90 / 100

33.03
Canterbury Uni

6th

7

3.64 / 5

88 / 100

82 / 100

38.47
Anglia Ruskin Uni

7th

-1

3.89 / 5

86 / 100

100 / 100

19.51
Uni of Chichester

8th

10

3.82 / 5

86 / 100

83 / 100

33.33
Ulster Uni

9th

-1

3.91 / 5

89 / 100

85 / 100

25.50
Bournemouth Uni

10th

10

4.14 / 5

84 / 100

89 / 100

21.54
Leeds Trinity Uni

11th

3

3.10 / 5

86 / 100

100 / 100

31.74
Keele Uni

12th

14

4.07 / 5

87 / 100

88 / 100

19.36
UWE, Bristol

13th

6

3.90 / 5

83 / 100

100 / 100

18.03
Leeds Beckett Uni

14th

2

3.98 / 5

85 / 100

90 / 100

20.15
Edinburgh Napier

15th

18

3.79 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

25.51
Uni of Northampton

16th

-14

2.85 / 5

86 / 100

100 / 100

33.33
The Uni of Salford

17th

20

4.07 / 5

84 / 100

89 / 100

18.53
Uni of Bedfordshire

18th

-1

3.16 / 5

86 / 100

67 / 100

50.69
Liverpool Hope Uni

19th

-12

3.32 / 5

88 / 100

100 / 100

19.20
Uni of Surrey

20th

2

4.07 / 5

88 / 100

92 / 100

8.89
Uni of Hull

21st

9

3.83 / 5

87 / 100

87 / 100

19.42
Uni of Bolton

22nd

-10

3.17 / 5

88 / 100

75 / 100

40.63
Uni of Chester

23rd

11

4.10 / 5

87 / 100

86 / 100

14.18
Uni of Worcester

24th

22

4.02 / 5

89 / 100

80 / 100

16.85
Liverpool JM

25th

7

4.30 / 5

86 / 100

82 / 100

13.71
Birmingham City Uni

26th

-2

3.84 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

23.03
Uni of Liverpool

27th

0

4.29 / 5

85 / 100

90 / 100

8.25
Uni of Gloucestershire

28th

3

3.58 / 5

84 / 100

86 / 100

26.97
Uni of Huddersfield

29th

10

3.72 / 5

85 / 100

78 / 100

28.74
Uni of Strathclyde

30th

-2

3.74 / 5

87 / 100

93 / 100

13.64
Oxford Brookes

31st

17

3.96 / 5

84 / 100

87 / 100

16.62
De Montfort

32nd

19

4.00 / 5

82 / 100

86 / 100

18.80
University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol

33rd

7

4.08 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

9.97
Cardiff Met Uni

34th

-9

3.89 / 5

89 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Nottingham

35th

14

4.19 / 5

87 / 100

86 / 100

7.16
Uni of Greenwich

36th

-1

3.68 / 5

84 / 100

89 / 100

19.49
Uni of Reading

37th

-8

3.83 / 5

87 / 100

89 / 100

11.57
Sheffield Hallam Uni

38th

-2

3.96 / 5

87 / 100

88 / 100

10.12
Uni of Plymouth

39th

3

3.86 / 5

87 / 100

70 / 100

25.48
Uni of C.Lancashire

40th

-19

3.44 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

23.14
Nottingham Trent

41st

9

4.36 / 5

83 / 100

75 / 100

16.72
Uni of Leicester

42nd

25

4.13 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

7.23
Northumbria Uni

43rd

0

4.00 / 5

85 / 100

91 / 100

7.46
Swansea Uni

44th

-6

3.96 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

14.05
Uni of Birmingham

45th

2

4.08 / 5

87 / 100

88 / 100

4.75
Newcastle Uni

46th

17

4.21 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

8.04
Uni of Manchester

47th

38

3.99 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

8.51
City, UOL

48th

17

3.62 / 5

85 / 100

50 / 100

44.71
Bath Spa Uni

49th

-5

3.58 / 5

83 / 100

100 / 100

9.98
Uni of Sheffield

50th

-9

3.96 / 5

86 / 100

87 / 100

6.93
UCL

51st

1

3.85 / 5

87 / 100

83 / 100

10.81
UEA

52nd

26

3.97 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

7.27
Uni of York

53rd

6

4.00 / 5

83 / 100

89 / 100

8.39
Manchester Met Uni

54th

25

4.11 / 5

84 / 100

86 / 100

6.27
Uni of Hertfordshire

55th

-40

2.81 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

22.61
Uni of Leeds

56th

4

4.09 / 5

84 / 100

85 / 100

7.41
Royal Holloway

57th

11

3.71 / 5

83 / 100

93 / 100

10.80
Bangor Uni

58th

-2

3.67 / 5

84 / 100

85 / 100

16.33
Uni of Portsmouth

59th

-5

3.86 / 5

84 / 100

87 / 100

10.52
Uni of Lincoln

60th

16

3.99 / 5

83 / 100

79 / 100

15.23
Cardiff Uni

61st

1

4.07 / 5

86 / 100

83 / 100

5.43
Uni of Exeter

62nd

2

4.08 / 5

85 / 100

85 / 100

4.59
Uni of Sunderland

63rd

-53

2.53 / 5

85 / 100

75 / 100

43.50
Lancaster Uni

64th

8

3.65 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

10.12
Uni of Warwick

65th

10

3.81 / 5

85 / 100

86 / 100

7.78
Queen's Uni

66th

-5

3.68 / 5

87 / 100

85 / 100

8.64
York St John Uni

67th

-22

3.50 / 5

86 / 100

84 / 100

14.29
Glasgow Caledonian

68th

-11

3.46 / 5

88 / 100

100 / 100

Open Uni

69th

25

4.02 / 5

84 / 100

77 / 100

11.56
Aston Uni

70th

-1

3.96 / 5

87 / 100

88 / 100

Uni of Cumbria

71st

10

3.42 / 5

88 / 100

100 / 100

Aberystwyth Uni

72nd

-49

3.17 / 5

82 / 100

83 / 100

25.79
Queen Mary, UOL

73rd

9

3.76 / 5

86 / 100

84 / 100

6.95
Uni of Glasgow

74th

-1

3.83 / 5

85 / 100

86 / 100

5.30
Uni of Westminster

75th

12

3.73 / 5

82 / 100

86 / 100

11.63
Newman Uni

76th

-75

1.04 / 5

90 / 100

100 / 100

44.15
Uni of Sussex

77th

9

3.78 / 5

82 / 100

85 / 100

9.03
Kingston Uni

78th

14

3.66 / 5

82 / 100

75 / 100

18.68
Uni of Bath

79th

-8

3.65 / 5

86 / 100

92 / 100

Uni of Brighton

80th

11

3.78 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

Uni of Cambridge

81st

7

3.86 / 5

85 / 100

84 / 100

3.30
Uni of Roehampton

82nd

-24

3.07 / 5

82 / 100

100 / 100

10.98
Durham Uni

83rd

-9

3.48 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

6.84
Uni of Bristol

84th

-14

3.74 / 5

83 / 100

83 / 100

8.16
Uni of Edinburgh

85th

-1

3.58 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

7.71
Uni of Southampton

86th

-31

3.18 / 5

85 / 100

87 / 100

10.95
Falmouth Uni

87th

13

3.91 / 5

75 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Dundee

88th

-11

3.11 / 5

87 / 100

79 / 100

15.90
Uni of Derby

89th

12

4.08 / 5

86 / 100

75 / 100

Goldsmiths, UOL

90th

5

3.27 / 5

83 / 100

89 / 100

9.48
Teesside Uni

91st

-2

2.90 / 5

88 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Stirling

92nd

1

2.82 / 5

86 / 100

93 / 100

9.15
Uni of Essex

93rd

-10

3.15 / 5

83 / 100

83 / 100

13.46
Uni of Kent

94th

-4

3.35 / 5

82 / 100

83 / 100

9.11
Uni of St. Andrews

95th

2

2.97 / 5

84 / 100

88 / 100

10.39
Brunel Uni London

96th

3

3.36 / 5

82 / 100

75 / 100

13.64
Uni of Oxford

97th

-31

3.17 / 5

86 / 100

83 / 100

3.08
St Mary's, Twickenham

98th

-2

3.20 / 5

91 / 100

50 / 100

20.07
Uni of Suffolk

99th

8

3.00 / 5

89 / 100

80 / 100

Heriot-Watt Uni

100th

-2

2.97 / 5

84 / 100

89 / 100

Middlesex Uni

101st

3

4.26 / 5

86 / 100

50 / 100

Coventry Uni

102nd

0

3.40 / 5

83 / 100

78 / 100

UWTSD

103rd

5

2.94 / 5

82 / 100

80 / 100

SOAS

104th

-1

2.78 / 5

82 / 100

80 / 100

Staffordshire Uni

105th

0

3.02 / 5

87 / 100

50 / 100

Plymouth Marjon Uni

106th

-26

0.94 / 5

89 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Aberdeen

107th

-54

1.00 / 5

85 / 100

87 / 100

14.25
Solent Uni

108th

-2

3.17 / 5

80 / 100

50 / 100

Arts Bournemouth

109th

0

3.40 / 5

73 / 100

50 / 100

Uni of East London

110th

2

3.39 / 5

85 / 100

Birkbeck Uni

111th

-1

0.68 / 5

80 / 100

69 / 100

9.08
LSBU

112th

-1

3.23 / 5

84 / 100

Northeastern Uni

113th

1

2.90 / 5

86 / 100

Blackburn

n/a

-1

2.83 / 5

78 / 100

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