Universities Ranking 2021

UK rank 2021  World University Rank 2021 University City/town
1 1 University of Oxford Oxford
2 6 University of Cambridge Cambridge
3 11 Imperial College London London
4 16 UCL London
5 27 London School of Economics and Political Science London
6 30 University of Edinburgh Edinburgh
7 35 King’s College London London
8 51= University of Manchester Manchester
9 77 University of Warwick Warwick
10 91 University of Bristol Bristol
11 92= University of Glasgow Glasgow
12 107= University of Birmingham Birmingham
13 110 Queen Mary University of London London
14 121= University of Sheffield Sheffield
15 127= University of Southampton Southampton
16 133= University of York York
17 136= Lancaster University Durham
18 149= Durham University Lancaster
19 158= University of Nottingham Nottingham
20 160= University of Leeds Leeds
20 160= University of Sussex Sussex
21 163 University of Liverpool Liverpool
22 170= University of Leicester Leicester
23 174= University of Exeter Exeter
24 178= University of Aberdeen Aberdeen
24 178= Newcastle University Newcastle
25 191= Cardiff University Cardiff
26 200= University of East Anglia Norwich
26 200= Queen’s University Belfast Belfast
27 201-250 University of Bath Bath
27 201-250 University of Dundee Dundee
27 201-250 University of Reading Reading
27 201-250 St George’s, University of London London
27 201-250 University of St Andrews St Andrews
28 251-300 Brighton and Sussex Medical School Brighton
28 251-300 University of Surrey Guildford
28 251-300 Swansea University Swansea
29 301-350 Anglia Ruskin University ARU East Anglia
29 301-350 University of Essex Essex
29 301-350 University of Kent Kent
29 301-350 Royal Holloway, University of London London
29 301-350 University of Stirling Stirling
30 351-400 Birkbeck, University of London London
30 351-400 Brunel University London London
30 351-400 City, University of London London
30 351-400 Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh
30 351-400 Loughborough University Loughborough
30 351-400 Northumbria University Newcastle Upon Tyne
31 401-500 Aberystwyth University Aberystwyth
31 401-500 Aston University Birmingham
31 401-500 Bangor University Bangor
31 401-500 Bournemouth University Bournemouth
31 401-500 Goldsmiths, University of London London
31 401-500 Liverpool John Moores University Liverpool
31 401-500 Middlesex University London
31 401-500 University of Plymouth Plymouth
31 401-500 Royal Veterinary College London
31 401-500 SRUC (Scotland’s Rural College)
31 401-500 University of Strathclyde Strathclyde
31 401-500 University of the West of England Bristol
32 501-600 University of Hull Hull
32 501-600 Keele University Keele
32 501-600 University of Lincoln Lincoln
32 501-600 University of Portsmouth Portsmouth
32 501-600 SOAS University of London London
32 501-600 University of the West of Scotland Paisley
33 601-800 Birmingham City University Birmingham
33 601-800 University of Bradford Bradford
33 601-800 University of Brighton Brighton
33 601-800 Coventry University Coventry
33 601-800 De Montfort University Leicester
33 601-800 Edinburgh Napier University Edinburgh
33 601-800 Glasgow Caledonian University Glasgow
33 601-800 University of Greenwich Greenwich
33 601-800 University of Huddersfield Huddersfield
33 601-800 Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester
33 601-800 Nottingham Trent University Nottingham
33 601-800 The Open University UK-wide
33 601-800 Oxford Brookes University Oxford
33 601-800 Ulster University Ulster
34 801-1000 University of Hertfordshire Hatfield
34 801-1000 Cardiff Metropolitan University Cardiff
34 801-1000 University of Central Lancashire Preston
34 801-1000 University of Derby Derby
34 801-1000 University of East London London
34 801-1000 University of Hertfordshire Hatfield
34 801-1000 Kingston University London
34 801-1000 Leeds Beckett University Leeds
34 801-1000 University of Roehampton London
34 801-1000 University of Salford Salford
34 801-1000 Sheffield Hallam University Sheffield
34 801-1000 Staffordshire University Stoke-on-Trent
34 801-1000 Teesside University Teesside
34 801-1000 University of Wolverhampton Wolverhampton
35 1001+ Canterbury Christ Church University Canterbury
35 1001+ University of Chester Chester
35 1001+ Edge Hill University Ormskirk
35 1001+ London South Bank University London
35 1001+ Robert Gordon University Aberdeen
35 1001+ University of South Wales Pontypridd