Best universities in the UK 2024

Source: Times Higher Education
UK rank 2024  World University Rank 2024 University City/town
1 1 University of Oxford Oxford
2 5 University of Cambridge Cambridge
3 8 Imperial College London London
4 22 UCL London
5 =30 University of Edinburgh Edinburgh
6 =38 King’s College London London
7 46 London School of Economics and Political Science London
8 51 University of Manchester Manchester
9 81 University of Bristol Bristol
10 =87 University of Glasgow Glasgow
11 =97 University of Southampton Warwick
12 101 University of Birmingham Birmingham
13 105 University of Sheffield Sheffield
14 =106 University of warwick warwick
15 129 University of Leeds leeds
16 =130 University of Nottingham London
17 147 university of york London
18 =155 Lancaster University Nottingham
19 =168 University of Liverpool liverpool
19 =168 Newcastle University Newcastle
20 174 Durham University Durham
21 =177 University of Exeter Exeter
22 190 Cardiff University Cardiff
25 =193 University of St Andrews Scotland
26 201–250 University of Aberdeen Aberdeen
26 201–250 University of Leicester Leicester
26 201–250 Queen’s University Belfast Belfast
26 201–250 University of Reading Reading
26 201-250 University of Sussex Sussex
27 251-300 University of Bath Suburban
27 251-300 University of East Anglia Anglia
27 251-300 Loughborough University St Andrews
27 251-300 University of Surrey Surrey
27 251-300 Swansea University Falmer
28 301-350 University of Dundee Dundee
28 301-350 University of Essex Essex
28 301-350 Royal Holloway, University of London London
28 301-350 St George’s, University of London London
28 301-350 University of Strathclyde Cambridge
29 351-400 Brunel University London Brunel
29 351-400 Birkbeck, University of London London
29 351-400 City, University of London London
29 351-400 Heriot-Watt University Midlothian
30 401-500 Aston University Aston Triangle
30 401-500 Bangor University Bangor
30 401-500 Bournemouth University London
30 401-500 Goldsmiths, University of London Stirling
30 401-500 University of Hull Hull
30 401-500 University of Kent Canterbury
30 401-500 University of Plymouth Plymouth
30 401-500 University of Portsmouth Portsmouth
30 401-500 SOAS University of London London
30 401-500 University of Stirling Stirling
31 501-600 Aberystwyth University Aberystwyth
31 501-600 Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) Cambridgeshire
31 501-600 University of Bradford Bradford
31 501-600 Brighton and Sussex Medical School Brighton
31 501-600 Edinburgh Napier University Edinburgh
31 501-600 University of Greenwich Greenwich
31 501-600 University of Huddersfield Huddersfield
31 501-600 Keele University Keele
31 501-600 University of Lincoln Lincoln
31 501-600 Liverpool John Moores University Liverpool
31 501-600 Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester
31 501-600 Middlesex University London
31 501-600 Northumbria University Newcastle upon Tyne
31 501-600 Nottingham Trent University Nottingham
32 601-800 Birmingham City University Birmingham
32 601-800 Coventry University Coventry
32  601-800 De Montfort University London
32 601-800 University of Derby Derby
32 601-800 Glasgow Caledonian University Glasgow
32 601-800 University of Hertfordshire Hertfordshire
32 601-800 London South Bank University London
32 601-800 The Open University Buckinghamshire
32 601-800 Oxford Brookes University Oxford
32 601-800 SRUC (Scotland’s Rural College) Edinburgh
32 601-800 Ulster University Londonderry
32 601-800 University of the West of Scotland Paisley
32 601-800 University of Wolverhampton Wolverhampton
33 801-1000 University of Brighton Brighton
33 801-1000 University of Gloucestershire Gloucestershire
33 801-1000 Kingston University Kingston upon Thames
33 801-1000 Leeds Beckett University Leeds
33 801-1000 Robert Gordon University Aberdeen
33 801-1000 University of Roehampton Roehampton Lane
33 801-1000 University of Salford Salford
33 801-1000 Sheffield Hallam University Sheffield
33 801-1000 University of Westminster London
34 1001-1200 University of Bedfordshire Bedfordshire
34 1001-1200 Canterbury Christ Church University Canterbury
34 1001-1200 University of Central Lancashire Lancashire
34 1001-1200 University of East London London
34 1001-1200 Edge Hill University Lancashire
34 1001-1200 University of South Wales Pontypridd
34 1001-1200 Staffordshire University Staffordshire
34 1001-1200 Teesside University Middlesbrough
34 1001-1200 University of West London London