UK University Rankings 2019
Factors to consider when choosing a UK University
UK University rankings are highly competitive. There are over 150 higher education institutions to choose from in the UK, and it is important you have all the information on where to go and what to study before applying. Some significant factors to consider when choosing a UK University include:
- University ranking: There are multiple ranking agencies and sites that rank UK Universities such as The Times and Sunday Times, The Complete University Guide, THE World University Rankings, QS Top Universities, Webometrics and more
- Subject ranking: This is the key (our recommendation). Difference between a rank 3 or a rank 4 University in the UK may not be much. It is however the department for your subject that determines how good a University will be for you thanks to factors like Professors teaching, research undertaken, access to facilities, etc.
- Location: Location can a very important factor in the UK. You may prefer to study in London, a big city or some other cities like Manchester, Cardiff, NewCastle, etc. where the life may not be as quick paced as London. Larger cities like London can provide great access to industry connections that one can make helps in the future career. Besides, in the UK, weather can play a very important role
- Cost of living in the UK: Living cost in London could be a couple thousand pounds higher than living in a smaller city
- Student satisfaction: Students should connect with current and past students to learn about the overall satisfaction during their study and stay in the UK while at a particular University. Special point should be made here that all students have different kinds of goals when selecting a particular University. Thus, asking more than one student would help while taking feedback
- Research ranking: Students who are keen on doing research should read about the Professors’s work and the research undertaken by the Universities in the UK they are applying to. Some UK Universities may only be best known for their taught Masters
- Percentage of international students: Most Universities will have this statistic on their website
Note: UK officially does not have a ranking system. However, there are various ranking systems conducted by world bodies based on varied factors.
Among different ranking systems, The Complete University Guide’s University League Table and The Times and Sunday Times are considered the most trusted indicators of UK University. Over a 100 UK Universities are ranked by these ranking systems.
UK University Rankings by The Times and Sunday Times
UK University Rankings 2019
UK University Rank | University in the UK | |
| 1 | University of Cambridge | Enquire Now |
| 2 | University of Oxford | Enquire Now |
| 3 | University of St Andrews | Enquire Now |
| 4 | Imperial College London | Enquire Now |
| 5 | Loughborough University | Enquire Now |
| 6 | Lancaster University | Enquire Now |
| 7 | Durham University | Enquire Now |
| 8 | University College London | Enquire Now |
| 9 | London School of Economics | Enquire Now |
| 10 | University of Warwick | Enquire Now |
| 11 | University of Leeds | Enquire Now |
| 12 | University of Exeter | Enquire Now |
| 13 | University of Bath | Enquire Now |
| 14 | University of Birmingham | Enquire Now |
| 15 | University of East Anglia | Enquire Now |
| 16 | University of Nottingham | Enquire Now |
| 17 | University of Glasgow | Enquire Now |
| 18 | University of Southampton | Enquire Now |
| 19 | University of Bristol | Enquire Now |
| 19 | University of Manchester | Enquire Now |
| 21 | Newcastle University | Enquire Now |
| 22 | University of York | Enquire Now |
| 23 | University of Surrey | Enquire Now |
| 24 | Royal Holloway, University of London | Enquire Now |
| 25 | University of Sheffield | Enquire Now |
| 26 | University of Aberdeen | Enquire Now |
| 27 | University of Dundee | Enquire Now |
| 28 | University of Edinburgh | Enquire Now |
| 29 | University of Essex | Enquire Now |
| 30 | Swansea University | Enquire Now |
| 31 | University of Liverpool | Enquire Now |
| 32 | Cardiff University | Enquire Now |
| 33 | University for the Creative Arts | Enquire Now |
| 33 | Harper Adams University | Enquire Now |
| 35 | Heriot-Watt University | Enquire Now |
| 35 | King’s College London | Enquire Now |
| 37 | Nottingham Trent University | Enquire Now |
| 38 | University of Leicester | Enquire Now |
| 38 | Queen’s University Belfast | Enquire Now |
| 40 | University of Reading | Enquire Now |
| 41 | University of Sussex | Enquire Now |
| 42 | University of Lincoln | Enquire Now |
| 43 | University of Buckingham | Enquire Now |
| 44 | University of Stirling | Enquire Now |
| 44 | University of Strathclyde | Enquire Now |
| 46 | Queen Mary, University of London | Enquire Now |
| 46 | Coventry University | Enquire Now |
| 48 | Aberystwyth University | Enquire Now |
| 48 | Keele University | Enquire Now |
| 50 | Liverpool Hope University | Enquire Now |
| 51 | Arts University Bournemouth | Enquire Now |
| 51 | University of Portsmouth | Enquire Now |
| 53 | SOAS University of London | Enquire Now |
| 55 | University of Kent | Enquire Now |
| 56 | Aston University | Enquire Now |
| 57 | Staffordshire University | Enquire Now |
| 58 | UWE Bristol | Enquire Now |
| 59 | Edge Hill University | Enquire Now |
| 60 | Ulster University | Enquire Now |
| 61 | Northumbria University | Enquire Now |
| 62 | University of Huddersfield | Enquire Now |
| 63 | Bangor University | Enquire Now |
| 63 | Oxford Brookes University | Enquire Now |
| 65 | De Montfort University | Enquire Now |
| 66 | Norwich University of the Arts | Enquire Now |
| 67 | Sheffield Hallam University | Enquire Now |
| 69 | Manchester Metropolitan University | Enquire Now |
| 70 | University of Roehampton | Enquire Now |
| 71 | Goldsmiths, University of London | Enquire Now |
| 72 | University of Portsmouth | Enquire Now |
| 73 | University of Chester | Enquire Now |
| 74 | Liverpool John Moores University | Enquire Now |
| 75 | University of Derby | Enquire Now |
| 76 | Brunel University London | Enquire Now |
| 77 | St Mary’s University, London | Enquire Now |
| 78 | Bournemouth University | Enquire Now |
| 79 | University of Winchester | Enquire Now |
| 80 | St George’s, University of London | Enquire Now |
| 81 | University of Salford | Enquire Now |
| 81 | University of Gloucestershire | Enquire Now |
| 83 | University of West London | Enquire Now |
| 84 | Falmouth University | Enquire Now |
| 85 | Solent University | Enquire Now |
| 85 | Teesside University | Enquire Now |
| 87 | Birmingham City University | Enquire Now |
| 87 | Leeds Trinity University | Enquire Now |
| 89 | University of Wales Trinity Saint David | Enquire Now |
| 90 | University of Hertfordshire | Enquire Now |
| 91 | University of Worcester | Enquire Now |
| 92 | University of the West of Scotland | Enquire Now |
| 93 | University of Sunderland | Enquire Now |
| 94 | University of the Arts London | Enquire Now |
| 94 | University of Chichester | Enquire Now |
| 96 | Robert Gordon University | Enquire Now |
| 97 | Queen Margaret University | Enquire Now |
| 98 | University of Bradford | Enquire Now |
| 99 | University of Northampton | Enquire Now |
| 100 | University of Greenwich | Enquire Now |
| 101 | Glasgow Caledonian University | Enquire Now |
| 102 | York St John University | Enquire Now |
| 103 | Bath Spa University | Enquire Now |
| 103 | University of Hull | Enquire Now |
| 105 | Abertay University | Enquire Now |
| 105 | University of Central Lancashire | Enquire Now |
| 107 | London South Bank University | Enquire Now |
| 108 | Cardiff Metropolitan University | Enquire Now |
| 110 | Kingston University | Enquire Now |
| 110 | Middlesex University | Enquire Now |
| 110 | University of South Wales | Enquire Now |
| 113 | Bishop Grosseteste University | Enquire Now |
| 114 | University of Westminster | Enquire Now |
| 115 | University of East London | Enquire Now |
| 115 | Royal Agricultural University | Enquire Now |
| 117 | Bucks New University | Enquire Now |
| 118 | Canterbury Christ Church University | Enquire Now |
| 120 | Edinburgh Napier University | Enquire Now |
| 121 | University of Bedfordshire | Enquire Now |
| 122 | Anglia Ruskin University | Enquire Now |
| 123 | University of Brighton | Enquire Now |
| 124 | Leeds Beckett University | Enquire Now |
| 125 | University of Cumbria | Enquire Now |
| 126 | University of Bolton | Enquire Now |
| 127 | University of Wolverhampton | Enquire Now |
| 128 | Birkbeck, University of London | Enquire Now |
| 129 | Glyndwr University | Enquire Now |
| 130 | University of Suffolk | Enquire Now |
| 131 | London Metropolitan University | Enquire Now |
UK University Rankings by The Complete University Guide
UK University Rankings and League Tables 2020
UK University Ranking | UK University Name | |
| Rank 1 | Cambridge | Enquire Now |
| Rank 2 | Oxford | Enquire Now |
| Rank 3 | St Andrews | Enquire Now |
| Rank 4 | London School of Economics | Enquire Now |
| Rank 5 | Imperial College London | Enquire Now |
| Rank 6 | Durham | Enquire Now |
| Rank 7 | Lancaster | Enquire Now |
| Rank 8 | Loughborough | Enquire Now |
| Rank 9 | Bath | Enquire Now |
| Rank 10 | University College London | Enquire Now |
| Rank 11 | Exeter | Enquire Now |
| Rank 12 | Warwick | Enquire Now |
| Rank 13 | Birmingham | Enquire Now |
| Rank 14 | Leeds | Enquire Now |
| Rank 15 | Manchester | Enquire Now |
| Rank 16 | Edinburgh | Enquire Now |
| Rank 17 | Bristol | Enquire Now |
| Rank 18 | Glasgow | Enquire Now |
| Rank 19 | Nottingham | Enquire Now |
| Rank 20 | Southampton | Enquire Now |
| Rank 21 | East Anglia (UEA) | Enquire Now |
| Rank 22 | Newcastle | Enquire Now |
| Rank 23 | Royal Holloway, University of London | Enquire Now |
| Rank 24 | Surrey | Enquire Now |
| Rank 25 | King’s College London | Enquire Now |
| Rank 26 | Cardiff | Enquire Now |
| Rank 27 | Harper Adams | Enquire Now |
| Rank 28 | Liverpool | Enquire Now |
| Rank 29 | Aberdeen | Enquire Now |
| Rank 30 | York | Enquire Now |
| Rank 31 | Dundee | Enquire Now |
| Rank 32 | Sussex | Enquire Now |
| Rank 33 | Sheffield | Enquire Now |
| Rank 34 | Aston | Enquire Now |
| Rank 35 | Swansea | Enquire Now |
| Rank 36 | Heriot-Watt | Enquire Now |
| Rank 37 | Queen’s, Belfast | Enquire Now |
| Rank 38 | Nottingham Trent | Enquire Now |
| Rank 39 | Strathclyde | Enquire Now |
| Rank 40 | Reading | Enquire Now |
| Rank 41 | Queen Mary, University of London | Enquire Now |
| Rank 42 | Lincoln | Enquire Now |
| Rank 43 | Stirling | Enquire Now |
| Rank 44 | Essex | Enquire Now |
| Rank 45 | SOAS University of London | Enquire Now |
| Rank 46 | Leicester | Enquire Now |
| Rank 47 | St George’s, University of London | Enquire Now |
| Rank 48 | University for the Creative Arts | Enquire Now |
| Rank 49 | Kent | Enquire Now |
| Rank 50 | Northumbria | Enquire Now |
| Rank 51 | Oxford Brookes | Enquire Now |
| Rank 52 | Keele | Enquire Now |
| Rank 53 | Coventry | Enquire Now |
| Rank 54 | Portsmouth | Enquire Now |
| Rank 55 | West of England, Bristol | Enquire Now |
| Rank 56 | Manchester Metropolitan | Enquire Now |
| Rank 57 | City, University of London | Enquire Now |
| Rank 58 | Ulster | Enquire Now |
| Rank 59 | Edge Hill | Enquire Now |
| Rank 60 | Staffordshire | Enquire Now |
| Rank 61 | University of the Arts, London | Enquire Now |
| Rank 62 | Liverpool Hope | Enquire Now |
| Rank 63 | Bradford | Enquire Now |
| Rank 64 | Huddersfield | Enquire Now |
| Rank 65 | Arts University Bournemouth | Enquire Now |
| Rank 66 | Liverpool John Moores | Enquire Now |
| Rank 67 | De Montfort | Enquire Now |
| Rank 68 | Queen Margaret | Enquire Now |
| Rank 69 | Brunel University London | Enquire Now |
| Rank 70 | Bournemouth | Enquire Now |
| Rank 71 | Aberystwyth | Enquire Now |
| Rank 72 | Goldsmiths, University of London | Enquire Now |
| Rank 73 | Sheffield Hallam | Enquire Now |
| Rank 74 | Hertfordshire | Enquire Now |
| Rank 75 | Central Lancashire | Enquire Now |
| Rank 76 | Norwich University of the Arts | Enquire Now |
| Rank 77 | Glasgow Caledonian | Enquire Now |
| Rank 78 | Plymouth | Enquire Now |
| Rank 79 | Falmouth | Enquire Now |
| Rank 80 | Salford | Enquire Now |
| Rank 81 | Roehampton | Enquire Now |
| Rank 82 | Hull | Enquire Now |
| Rank 83 | Bangor | Enquire Now |
| Rank 84 | Greenwich | Enquire Now |
| Rank 85 | Robert Gordon | Enquire Now |
| Rank 86 | Edinburgh Napier | Enquire Now |
| Rank 87 | London South Bank | Enquire Now |
| Rank 88 | Chichester | Enquire Now |
| Rank 89 | Middlesex | Enquire Now |
| Rank 90 | West London | Enquire Now |
| Rank 91 | Birmingham City | Enquire Now |
| Rank 92 | Westminster | Enquire Now |
| Rank 93 | Kingston | Enquire Now |
| Rank 94 | Bath Spa | Enquire Now |
| Rank 95 | Leeds Arts University | Enquire Now |
| Rank 96 | Cardiff Metropolitan | Enquire Now |
| Rank 97 | St Mary’s, Twickenham | Enquire Now |
| Rank 98 | Derby | Enquire Now |
| Rank 99 | Gloucestershire | Enquire Now |
| Rank 100 | Teesside | Enquire Now |
| Rank 101 | Chester | Enquire Now |
| Rank 102 | University of Wales Trinity Saint David | Enquire Now |
| Rank 103 | Abertay | Enquire Now |
| Rank 104 | West of Scotland | Enquire Now |
| Rank 105 | Solent | Enquire Now |
| Rank 106 | Winchester | Enquire Now |
| Rank 107 | Sunderland | Enquire Now |
| Rank 108 | Buckingham | Enquire Now |
| Rank 109 | Worcester | Enquire Now |
| Rank 110 | Northampton | Enquire Now |
| Rank 111 | York St John | Enquire Now |
| Rank 112 | Leeds Trinity | Enquire Now |
| Rank 113 | South Wales | Enquire Now |
| Rank 114 | Brighton | Enquire Now |
| Rank 115 | Buckinghamshire New | Enquire Now |
| Rank 116 | East London | Enquire Now |
| Rank 117 | Canterbury Christ Church | Enquire Now |
| Rank 118 | Anglia Ruskin | Enquire Now |
| Rank 119 | Bishop Grosseteste | Enquire Now |
| Rank 120 | Cumbria | Enquire Now |
| Rank 121 | Leeds Beckett | Enquire Now |
| Rank 122 | Bedfordshire | Enquire Now |
| Rank 123 | Royal Agricultural University | Enquire Now |
| Rank 124 | Wolverhampton | Enquire Now |
| Rank 125 | Newman | Enquire Now |
| Rank 126 | London Metropolitan | Enquire Now |
| Rank 127 | Plymouth Marjon | Enquire Now |
| Rank 128 | Bolton | Enquire Now |
| Rank 129 | Suffolk | Enquire Now |
| Rank 130 | Wrexham Glyndŵr | Enquire Now |
| Rank 131 | Ravensbourne | Enquire Now |
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