Best Universities in England 2025

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.

England is home to some of the oldest universities in the world and is generally considered to be one of the best countries to study in, in the world. Our England universities ranking takes into account the university's overall course quality, their accommodation rankings and their employability r...

Top 100 English Universities 2025

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UNIVERSITY 2025 OVERALL
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Nottingham Trent View All Courses

1st

4.36 4.15 4.44 4.51 4.34 99%
Liverpool JM View All Courses

2nd

4.30 4.10 4.35 4.45 4.31 99%
Uni of Liverpool View All Courses

3rd

4.29 4.19 4.20 4.54 4.23 100%
Middlesex Uni View All Courses

4th

4.26 4.17 4.42 4.23 4.22 98%
Newcastle Uni View All Courses

5th

4.21 4.34 4.16 4.47 3.85 98%
Edge Hill Uni View All Courses

6th

4.20 4.40 4.24 4.21 3.96 100%
Uni of Nottingham View All Courses

7th

4.19 3.82 4.28 4.45 4.19 99%
Bournemouth Uni View All Courses

8th

4.14 3.96 4.18 4.33 4.11 100%
Uni of Leicester View All Courses

9th

4.13 4.15 4.14 4.13 4.09 92%
Manchester Met Uni View All Courses

10th

4.11 3.71 4.29 4.23 4.22 99%
Uni of Chester View All Courses

11th

4.10 3.96 4.35 3.94 4.17 97%
Uni of Leeds View All Courses

12th

4.09 4.00 4.07 4.32 3.96 96%
Uni of Birmingham View All Courses

13th

4.08 3.95 4.16 4.20 4.01 99%
Uni of Exeter View All Courses

14th

4.08 4.06 4.14 4.14 3.98 100%
Uni of Derby View All Courses

15th

4.08 3.96 4.30 3.80 4.24 98%
Loughborough Uni View All Courses

16th

4.08 3.91 4.12 4.06 4.21 98%
Uni of Surrey View All Courses

17th

4.07 3.95 4.19 4.03 4.13 99%
The Uni of Salford View All Courses

18th

4.07 3.89 4.18 4.09 4.12 95%
Keele Uni View All Courses

19th

4.07 3.92 4.14 4.01 4.21 97%
Ravensbourne View All Courses

20th

4.05 3.86 4.17 3.96 4.21 94%
Uni of Worcester View All Courses

21st

4.02 3.75 4.16 4.20 3.99 100%
Open Uni View All Courses

22nd

4.02 4.09 4.11 3.58 4.29 100%
Uni of York View All Courses

23rd

4.00 3.83 4.10 4.22 3.85 100%
De Montfort View All Courses

24th

4.00 4.04 4.04 3.78 4.13 92%
Northumbria Uni View All Courses

25th

4.00 3.59 4.07 4.38 3.94 98%
Uni of Lincoln View All Courses

26th

3.99 4.05 4.10 3.89 3.92 95%
Uni of Manchester View All Courses

27th

3.99 3.38 4.24 4.40 3.94 97%
Leeds Beckett Uni View All Courses

28th

3.98 3.76 4.13 4.06 3.96 100%
UEA View All Courses

29th

3.97 3.66 4.10 4.15 3.98 98%
Aston Uni View All Courses

30th

3.96 3.76 4.14 3.82 4.14 98%
Oxford Brookes View All Courses

31st

3.96 3.63 4.21 3.98 4.00 100%
Sheffield Hallam Uni View All Courses

32nd

3.96 3.82 4.03 4.10 3.87 99%
Uni of Sheffield View All Courses

33rd

3.96 3.90 3.84 4.30 3.79 99%
Falmouth Uni View All Courses

34th

3.91 3.65 4.23 3.77 3.98 100%
UWE, Bristol View All Courses

35th

3.90 3.59 3.99 4.13 3.86 96%
Anglia Ruskin Uni View All Courses

36th

3.89 3.63 4.19 3.84 3.88 97%
Uni of Portsmouth View All Courses

37th

3.86 3.65 3.80 4.11 3.87 98%
Uni of Cambridge View All Courses

38th

3.86 3.60 4.11 3.52 4.20 100%
Uni of Winchester View All Courses

39th

3.86 3.66 4.19 3.48 4.09 97%
Uni of Plymouth View All Courses

40th

3.86 3.56 3.97 3.87 4.02 100%
UCL View All Courses

41st

3.85 3.34 4.14 3.71 4.22 96%
Birmingham City Uni View All Courses

42nd

3.84 3.43 4.04 3.86 4.01 91%
Uni of Hull View All Courses

43rd

3.83 3.67 3.79 3.98 3.90 100%
Uni of Reading View All Courses

44th

3.83 3.52 3.98 3.84 4.00 97%
Uni of Chichester View All Courses

45th

3.82 3.62 4.04 3.63 3.98 100%
Uni of Warwick View All Courses

46th

3.81 3.66 4.13 3.55 3.89 98%
Uni of Sussex View All Courses

47th

3.78 3.57 4.09 3.98 3.49 98%
Uni of Brighton View All Courses

48th

3.78 3.92 3.76 3.90 3.54 96%
Queen Mary, UOL View All Courses

49th

3.76 3.41 3.93 3.68 4.03 100%
Uni of Wolverhampton View All Courses

50th

3.75 3.33 3.86 3.75 4.04 96%
Uni of Bristol View All Courses

51st

3.74 3.56 3.95 3.84 3.63 97%
Uni of Westminster View All Courses

52nd

3.73 3.26 4.02 3.72 3.94 100%
Uni of Huddersfield View All Courses

53rd

3.72 3.69 3.84 3.55 3.78 92%
Royal Holloway View All Courses

54th

3.71 4.00 3.77 3.44 3.64 100%
Uni of Greenwich View All Courses

55th

3.68 3.39 3.99 3.85 3.50 94%
Kingston Uni View All Courses

56th

3.66 3.51 3.69 3.66 3.79 87%
Uni of Bath View All Courses

57th

3.65 3.41 3.69 3.49 4.02 96%
Lancaster Uni View All Courses

58th

3.65 3.75 3.65 3.44 3.77 94%
Canterbury Uni View All Courses

59th

3.64 3.47 3.91 3.60 3.56 94%
City, UOL View All Courses

60th

3.62 3.19 4.03 3.48 3.77 92%
Bishop Grosseteste Uni View All Courses

61st

3.59 3.50 3.68 3.29 3.87 89%
Bath Spa Uni View All Courses

62nd

3.58 3.96 3.48 3.19 3.68 100%
Uni of Gloucestershire View All Courses

63rd

3.58 3.08 3.69 3.69 3.86 100%
York St John Uni View All Courses

64th

3.50 2.99 4.04 3.48 3.50 100%
Durham Uni View All Courses

65th

3.48 3.01 3.58 3.30 4.02 93%
Imperial College View All Courses

66th

3.46 3.40 3.51 3.39 3.54 100%
UCLan View All Courses

67th

3.44 3.46 3.61 3.02 3.67 94%
Uni of Cumbria View All Courses

68th

3.42 3.38 3.50 3.38 3.43 100%
Coventry Uni View All Courses

69th

3.40 3.27 3.61 3.16 3.57 100%
Arts Bournemouth View All Courses

70th

3.40 3.45 3.36 3.42 3.38 83%
Uni of East London View All Courses

71st

3.39 3.28 3.47 3.34 3.48 100%
City St George's, UOL View All Courses

72nd

3.38 3.29 3.38 3.34 3.53 100%
Uni of Law View All Courses

73rd

3.37 2.89 3.92 3.24 3.44 100%
Brunel Uni London View All Courses

74th

3.36 3.02 3.42 3.25 3.75 92%
Uni of Kent View All Courses

75th

3.35 3.03 3.60 3.47 3.31 97%
Uni College Birmingham View All Courses

76th

3.35 3.43 3.47 3.00 3.50 100%
Liverpool Hope Uni View All Courses

77th

3.32 3.00 3.52 3.52 3.23 100%
Goldsmiths, UOL View All Courses

78th

3.27 3.30 2.95 3.46 3.37 100%
AUP View All Courses

79th

3.23 3.24 3.24 3.28 3.19 100%
LSBU View All Courses

80th

3.23 2.93 3.25 3.21 3.55 96%
Exeter College View All Courses

81st

3.22 3.09 3.23 3.28 3.26 100%
Uni of West London View All Courses

82nd

3.21 3.12 3.34 3.22 3.17 100%
Leeds Arts University View All Courses

83rd

3.21 2.87 2.96 3.51 3.48 100%
St Mary's, Twickenham View All Courses

84th

3.20 2.88 3.51 2.92 3.49 90%
Uni of Southampton View All Courses

85th

3.18 2.84 3.26 3.25 3.39 100%
Solent Uni View All Courses

86th

3.17 2.66 3.25 3.44 3.34 100%
Uni of Oxford View All Courses

87th

3.17 3.21 3.43 2.77 3.26 100%
Uni of Bolton View All Courses

88th

3.17 2.99 3.38 3.33 2.96 100%
Uni of Bedfordshire View All Courses

89th

3.16 3.43 3.48 2.29 3.43 88%
Uni of Essex View All Courses

90th

3.15 3.03 3.40 3.11 3.08 95%
Royal Agricultural University View All Courses

91st

3.14 3.20 3.28 2.74 3.37 100%
Rose Bruford College View All Courses

92nd

3.14 2.96 3.22 3.14 3.23 100%
Bedford View All Courses

93rd

3.12 3.29 3.29 3.19 2.72 100%
Leeds Trinity Uni View All Courses

94th

3.10 2.96 3.30 2.91 3.21 100%
UCFB View All Courses

95th

3.09 3.09 3.17 3.00 3.10 100%
Uni of Roehampton View All Courses

96th

3.07 2.66 3.25 3.22 3.16 100%
East Sussex College View All Courses

97th

3.04 2.89 3.20 2.95 3.14 100%
Uni of Staffordshire View All Courses

98th

3.02 2.73 3.21 3.09 3.03 88%
Uni of Suffolk View All Courses

99th

3.00 2.51 3.20 3.10 3.20 80%
Uni for Creative Arts View All Courses

100th

2.96 2.97 2.96 2.89 3.02 87%

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