Top universities for Theology and Religious Studies

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Theology and Religious Studies Rankings

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UNIVERSITY 2024
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Ulster Uni

1st

4.18 / 5

89 / 100

71 / 100

Bournemouth Uni

2nd

4.14 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Brighton

3rd

3.92 / 5

86 / 100

83 / 100

Durham Uni

4th

4.02 / 5

85 / 100

81 / 100

8.95
Uni of Exeter

5th

4.23 / 5

85 / 100

86 / 100

30.31
Aberystwyth Uni

6th

4.14 / 5

82 / 100

89 / 100

St Marys Twickenham

7th

3.89 / 5

91 / 100

67 / 100

32.41
Uni of Bristol

8th

4.21 / 5

83 / 100

85 / 100

42.28
Uni of Birmingham

9th

4.25 / 5

87 / 100

86 / 100

17.54
Uni of York

10th

4.16 / 5

83 / 100

86 / 100

Uni of Huddersfield

11th

3.94 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

Northumbria Uni

12th

4.23 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Sunderland

13th

3.94 / 5

85 / 100

50 / 100

Edge Hill Uni

14th

4.19 / 5

90 / 100

80 / 100

The Uni of Salford

15th

4.03 / 5

84 / 100

75 / 100

Uni of Reading

16th

4.17 / 5

87 / 100

81 / 100

Newman Uni

17th

4.16 / 5

90 / 100

86 / 100

60.00
Uni of Sheffield

18th

4.32 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

Staffordshire Uni

19th

3.98 / 5

87 / 100

33 / 100

Uni of Chester

20th

4.13 / 5

87 / 100

84 / 100

21.93
De Montfort

21st

4.06 / 5

82 / 100

89 / 100

Uni of Liverpool

22nd

4.36 / 5

85 / 100

86 / 100

Uni of Strathclyde

23rd

4.03 / 5

87 / 100

88 / 100

Manchester Met Uni

24th

4.08 / 5

84 / 100

85 / 100

Uni of Aberdeen

25th

4.01 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

18.56
Cardiff Uni

26th

4.23 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

Loughborough Uni

27th

4.23 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

Swansea Uni

28th

4.26 / 5

85 / 100

86 / 100

Nottingham Trent

29th

4.32 / 5

83 / 100

85 / 100

Liverpool JM

30th

4.28 / 5

86 / 100

82 / 100

Royal Holloway

31st

3.93 / 5

83 / 100

86 / 100

Uni of Essex

32nd

3.95 / 5

83 / 100

85 / 100

Uni of Oxford

33rd

4.26 / 5

86 / 100

77 / 100

5.67
Uni of Nottingham

34th

4.20 / 5

87 / 100

86 / 100

26.08
Uni of Manchester

35th

3.91 / 5

85 / 100

82 / 100

26.73
Bath Spa Uni

36th

4.03 / 5

83 / 100

71 / 100

Leeds Beckett Uni

37th

4.17 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

Sheffield Hallam Uni

38th

4.19 / 5

87 / 100

71 / 100

Uni of Edinburgh

39th

4.05 / 5

85 / 100

89 / 100

9.67
Newcastle Uni

40th

4.17 / 5

85 / 100

84 / 100

Uni of Plymouth

41st

4.10 / 5

87 / 100

75 / 100

Oxford Brookes

42nd

4.04 / 5

84 / 100

85 / 100

UWEBristol

43rd

4.04 / 5

83 / 100

86 / 100

Uni of Worcester

44th

4.02 / 5

89 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Cambridge

45th

4.09 / 5

85 / 100

76 / 100

7.81
Uni of Derby

46th

3.91 / 5

86 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Glasgow

47th

4.12 / 5

85 / 100

79 / 100

Uni of C.Lancashire

48th

4.03 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

York St John Uni

49th

4.12 / 5

86 / 100

92 / 100

35.97
Queens Uni

50th

4.04 / 5

87 / 100

79 / 100

Uni of Southampton

51st

4.07 / 5

85 / 100

79 / 100

Uni of Hertfordshire

52nd

3.93 / 5

84 / 100

67 / 100

Uni of Portsmouth

53rd

4.13 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Warwick

54th

4.03 / 5

85 / 100

85 / 100

Anglia Ruskin Uni

55th

4.20 / 5

86 / 100

67 / 100

LSE

56th

4.02 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

Uni of Sussex

57th

4.07 / 5

82 / 100

82 / 100

Liverpool Hope Uni

58th

4.11 / 5

88 / 100

75 / 100

20.53
Uni of Leeds

59th

4.20 / 5

84 / 100

85 / 100

26.19
UCL

60th

4.12 / 5

87 / 100

84 / 100

31.37
Uni of Hull

61st

3.98 / 5

87 / 100

88 / 100

Keele Uni

62nd

3.99 / 5

87 / 100

90 / 100

Uni of Kent

63rd

3.98 / 5

82 / 100

83 / 100

50.44
Uni of Greenwich

64th

4.01 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Westminster

65th

3.93 / 5

82 / 100

33 / 100

Uni of Dundee

66th

3.86 / 5

87 / 100

83 / 100

Uni of Winchester

67th

3.89 / 5

85 / 100

85 / 100

34.05
Lancaster Uni

68th

3.95 / 5

85 / 100

95 / 100

7.09
Uni of Gloucestershire

69th

3.90 / 5

84 / 100

67 / 100

51.52
Uni of Leicester

70th

4.06 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

Uni of Chichester

71st

3.84 / 5

86 / 100

67 / 100

73.33
Uni of Lincoln

72nd

4.05 / 5

83 / 100

88 / 100

Bangor Uni

73rd

3.99 / 5

84 / 100

86 / 100

Coventry Uni

74th

3.90 / 5

83 / 100

83 / 100

Kingston Uni

75th

3.80 / 5

82 / 100

Uni of Roehampton

76th

3.88 / 5

82 / 100

70 / 100

26.23
City UOL

77th

3.83 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

Queen MaryUOL

78th

4.01 / 5

86 / 100

85 / 100

Uni of Northampton

79th

3.84 / 5

86 / 100

67 / 100

Open Uni

80th

3.86 / 5

84 / 100

73 / 100

32.97
UEA

81st

3.99 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

Uni of Wolverhampton

82nd

3.78 / 5

87 / 100

83 / 100

Uni of Cumbria

83rd

3.78 / 5

88 / 100

50 / 100

Brunel Uni London

84th

3.80 / 5

82 / 100

100 / 100

LSBU

85th

3.90 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

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