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 2025
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Uni of Worcester

1st

0

4.02 / 5

89 / 100

100 / 100

84.29
Uni of Greenwich

2nd

0

3.68 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

39.38
Leeds Beckett Uni

3rd

2

3.98 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

21.09
Anglia Ruskin Uni

4th

0

3.89 / 5

86 / 100

67 / 100

63.20
Nottingham Trent

5th

2

4.36 / 5

83 / 100

85 / 100

26.23
Keele Uni

6th

11

4.07 / 5

87 / 100

90 / 100

19.79
Uni of Chester

7th

3

4.10 / 5

87 / 100

84 / 100

25.18
Edge Hill Uni

8th

3

4.20 / 5

90 / 100

80 / 100

20.69
Northumbria Uni

9th

-1

4.00 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

8.44
Liverpool JM

10th

6

4.30 / 5

86 / 100

82 / 100

16.06
Uni of Derby

11th

30

4.08 / 5

86 / 100

100 / 100

Bournemouth Uni

12th

12

4.14 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Hull

13th

7

3.83 / 5

87 / 100

88 / 100

21.06
UWE, Bristol

14th

4

3.90 / 5

83 / 100

86 / 100

27.22
York St John Uni

15th

-9

3.50 / 5

86 / 100

92 / 100

26.67
Uni of Liverpool

16th

-1

4.29 / 5

85 / 100

86 / 100

10.09
Uni of C.Lancashire

17th

-8

3.44 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

19.34
De Montfort

18th

12

4.00 / 5

82 / 100

89 / 100

19.48
Uni of Leicester

19th

16

4.13 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

11.40
Uni of Nottingham

20th

7

4.19 / 5

87 / 100

86 / 100

8.06
Ulster Uni

21st

-7

3.91 / 5

89 / 100

71 / 100

32.22
Uni of Strathclyde

22nd

0

3.74 / 5

87 / 100

88 / 100

17.87
Uni of Birmingham

23rd

-4

4.08 / 5

87 / 100

86 / 100

7.94
Uni of Lincoln

24th

10

3.99 / 5

83 / 100

88 / 100

13.98
Lancaster Uni

25th

6

3.65 / 5

85 / 100

95 / 100

12.89
Cardiff Uni

26th

0

4.07 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

6.27
Uni of Portsmouth

27th

-2

3.86 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Sheffield

28th

-16

3.96 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

8.32
Uni of Plymouth

29th

0

3.86 / 5

87 / 100

75 / 100

27.04
Uni of Huddersfield

30th

6

3.72 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

23.52
University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol

31st

13

4.21 / 5

85 / 100

84 / 100

6.35
Manchester Met Uni

32nd

14

4.11 / 5

84 / 100

85 / 100

8.88
Uni of Reading

33rd

-12

3.83 / 5

87 / 100

81 / 100

18.15
Uni of Winchester

34th

19

3.86 / 5

85 / 100

85 / 100

14.93
Uni of Exeter

35th

-2

4.08 / 5

85 / 100

86 / 100

5.80
Swansea Uni

36th

-13

3.96 / 5

85 / 100

86 / 100

9.02
Uni of Leeds

37th

1

4.09 / 5

84 / 100

85 / 100

7.62
Uni of Gloucestershire

38th

2

3.58 / 5

84 / 100

67 / 100

46.90
Uni of Chichester

39th

27

3.82 / 5

86 / 100

67 / 100

34.97
Loughborough Uni

40th

-3

4.08 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

Canterbury Uni

41st

22

3.64 / 5

88 / 100

83 / 100

16.26
City, UOL

42nd

9

3.62 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of York

43rd

0

4.00 / 5

83 / 100

86 / 100

7.53
UEA

44th

16

3.97 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

8.87
Uni of Wolverhampton

45th

24

3.75 / 5

87 / 100

83 / 100

13.23
Oxford Brookes

46th

9

3.96 / 5

84 / 100

85 / 100

8.46
Uni of Manchester

47th

26

3.99 / 5

85 / 100

82 / 100

7.95
UCL

48th

-6

3.85 / 5

87 / 100

84 / 100

6.74
Sheffield Hallam Uni

49th

-4

3.96 / 5

87 / 100

71 / 100

17.52
Queen Mary, UOL

50th

0

3.76 / 5

86 / 100

85 / 100

7.66
Open Uni

51st

26

4.02 / 5

84 / 100

73 / 100

17.39
Uni of Warwick

52nd

4

3.81 / 5

85 / 100

85 / 100

6.39
Aberystwyth Uni

53rd

-40

3.17 / 5

82 / 100

89 / 100

23.59
Uni of Bristol

54th

-15

3.74 / 5

83 / 100

85 / 100

7.48
Royal Holloway

55th

16

3.71 / 5

83 / 100

86 / 100

7.19
Uni of Sussex

56th

3

3.78 / 5

82 / 100

82 / 100

11.33
Uni of Edinburgh

57th

-9

3.58 / 5

85 / 100

89 / 100

4.34
Liverpool Hope Uni

58th

-30

3.32 / 5

88 / 100

75 / 100

25.38
Queen's Uni

59th

-1

3.68 / 5

87 / 100

79 / 100

9.68
Brunel Uni London

60th

7

3.36 / 5

82 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Glasgow

61st

4

3.83 / 5

85 / 100

79 / 100

5.40
LSBU

62nd

-15

3.23 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

Bath Spa Uni

63rd

-2

3.58 / 5

83 / 100

71 / 100

24.55
Bangor Uni

64th

8

3.67 / 5

84 / 100

86 / 100

Uni of Stirling

65th

9

2.82 / 5

86 / 100

93 / 100

14.23
Uni of Dundee

66th

-12

3.11 / 5

87 / 100

83 / 100

15.63
Uni of Essex

67th

-18

3.15 / 5

83 / 100

85 / 100

17.77
Uni of Cambridge

68th

7

3.86 / 5

85 / 100

76 / 100

2.39
Northeastern Uni

69th

25

2.90 / 5

86 / 100

100 / 100

USW

70th

12

3.58 / 5

86 / 100

50 / 100

40.43
Durham Uni

71st

-1

3.48 / 5

85 / 100

81 / 100

6.17
Uni of Kent

72nd

-4

3.35 / 5

82 / 100

83 / 100

10.46
Uni of Northampton

73rd

-9

2.85 / 5

86 / 100

67 / 100

35.63
Coventry Uni

74th

4

3.40 / 5

83 / 100

83 / 100

Uni of Southampton

75th

-13

3.18 / 5

85 / 100

79 / 100

8.81
Goldsmiths, UOL

76th

8

3.27 / 5

83 / 100

70 / 100

19.48
Uni of St. Andrews

77th

4

2.97 / 5

84 / 100

85 / 100

6.76
Uni of Oxford

78th

-21

3.17 / 5

86 / 100

77 / 100

1.96
Uni of Roehampton

79th

0

3.07 / 5

82 / 100

70 / 100

16.16
SOAS

80th

0

2.78 / 5

82 / 100

80 / 100

12.64
Bishop Grosseteste Uni

81st

12

3.59 / 5

89 / 100

33 / 100

33.83
St Mary's, Twickenham

82nd

1

3.20 / 5

91 / 100

67 / 100

Uni of Hertfordshire

83rd

-7

2.81 / 5

84 / 100

67 / 100

22.71
UWTSD

84th

8

2.94 / 5

82 / 100

80 / 100

Uni of Westminster

85th

1

3.73 / 5

82 / 100

33 / 100

29.30
Newman Uni

86th

-83

1.04 / 5

90 / 100

86 / 100

37.00
Uni of Cumbria

87th

1

3.42 / 5

88 / 100

50 / 100

Highlands & Islands

88th

-3

0.69 / 5

87 / 100

88 / 100

36.30
Uni of Suffolk

89th

9

3.00 / 5

89 / 100

50 / 100

Teesside Uni

90th

0

2.90 / 5

88 / 100

50 / 100

St Mellitus College

91st

-2

0.59 / 5

96 / 100

100 / 100

LSE

92nd

-60

1.01 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

14.81
Uni of Aberdeen

93rd

-41

1.00 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

10.83
Uni of Sunderland

94th

-7

2.53 / 5

85 / 100

50 / 100

Staffordshire Uni

95th

-4

3.02 / 5

87 / 100

33 / 100

Glasgow School of Art

96th

-1

0.57 / 5

77 / 100

100 / 100

Courtauld Institute of Art

97th

0

0.52 / 5

68 / 100

100 / 100

Kingston Uni

98th

1

3.66 / 5

82 / 100

Birkbeck Uni

99th

-3

0.68 / 5

80 / 100

64 / 100

8.24
Leeds Trinity Uni

100th

0

3.10 / 5

86 / 100

Wrexham Uni

n/a

0

0.80 / 5

84 / 100

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