What are UK University Rankings?

UK university ranking - also known as "uni rankings" - assesses several different aspects in order to rank universities in the United Kingdom according to their quality level. Factors measured include students' satisfaction, teaching quality, graduate prospects, entrance qualifications, degree results achieved, student-staff ratios, facilities, and completion rates. The main uni rankings in the United Kingdom are published annually by The Times and The University League.

World Rank 2021  UK Rank 2021 University City/Town
1 1 University of Oxford Oxford
6 2 University of Cambridge Cambridge
27 3 London School of Economics London
201-250 4 University of St. Andrews St Andrews
11 5 Imperial College London London
149= 6 Durham University Durham
351-400 7 Loughborough University Loughborough
16 8 UCL (University College London) London
77 9 University of Warwick Coventry
201-250 10 University of Bath Bath
136= 11 Lancaster University Lancaster
30 12 University of Edinburgh Edinburgh
51= 13= University of Manchester Manchester
174= 13= University of Exeter Exeter
127= 15 University of Southampton Southampton
601-800 16 University of Glasgow Glasgow
91 17 University of Bristol Bristol
133= 18 University of York York
601-800 19 University of Birmingham Birmingham
160= 20 University of Leeds Leeds
35 21 King's College London London
200= 22 University of East Anglia UEA Norwich
351-400 23 Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh
158= 24 University of Nottingham Nottingham
191= 25 Cardiff University Cardiff
801-1000 26 University of Sheffield Sheffield
301-350 27 University of Essex Essex
201-250 28 University of Dundee Dundee
251-300 29 Swansea University Swansea
401-500 30= University of Strathclyde Glasgow
163 30= University of Liverpool Liverpool
301-350 32 Royal Holloway, University of London London
1001+ 33 Harper Adams University Newport
200= 34 Queen's University Belfast Belfast
251-300 35 University of Surrey Guildford
201-250 36 University of Reading Reading
178= 37 Newcastle University Newcastle
301-350 38= University of Stirling Stirling
178= 38= University of Aberdeen Aberdeen
170= 40 University of Leicester Leicester
160= 41= University of Sussex Brighton
110 41= Queen Mary University of London London
1001+ 43 University of the Arts London London
601-800 44 Ulster University Coleraine
158= 45 Nottingham Trent University Nottingham
501-600 46 University of Lincoln Lincoln
401-500 47 Aston University, Birmingham Birmingham
501-600 48 SOAS University of London London
351-400 49 Northumbria University, Newcastle Newcastle
301-350 50 University of Kent Canterbury
601-800 51 Oxford Brookes University Oxford
601-800 52 Coventry University Coventry
601-800 53 University of Huddersfield Huddersfield
351-400 54 City, University of London London
1001+ 55 Bristol, University of the West of England Bristol
601-800 56 Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester
1001+ 57 Arts University Bournemouth Bournemouth
501-600 58= Keele University Keele
401-500 58= Aberystwyth University Aberystwyth
1001+ 60 Edge Hill University Ormskirk
201-250 61 St George's, University of London London
351-400 62 Brunel University London Uxbridge
801-1000 63= Cardiff Metropolitan University Cardiff
401-500 63= Goldsmiths, University of London London
1001+ 65= Robert Gordon University Abderdeen
401-500 65= Bangor University Bangor
801-1000 67 Sheffield Hallam University Sheffield
401-500 68 Bournemouth University Poole
401-500 69 University of Plymouth Plymouth
1001+ 70= University of Chichester Chichester
501-600 70= University of Hull Hull
1001+ 72 University of Chester Chester
401-500 73 Liverpool John Moores University Liverpool
501-600 74 University of Portsmouth Portsmouth
1001+ 75 University for the Creative Arts Epsom
1001+ 76 Liverpool Hope University Liverpool
601-800 77= Edinburgh Napier University Edinburgh
601-800  77= Glasgow Caledonian University Glasgow
801-1000 79 University of Roehampton London
801-1000 80= University of Hertfordshire Hatfield
601-800 80= University of Brighton Brighton
601-800 82 Birmingham City University Birmingham
801-1000 83 University of Salford Salford
1001+ 84 Norwich University of the Arts Norwich
601-800 85= University of Bradford Bradford
801-1000 85= Kingston University London
1001+ 87 University of Worcester Worcester
1001+ 88 Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh Edinburgh
801-1000 89 University of Central Lancashire Preston
1001+ 90 University of Northampton Northampton
1001+ 91 University of South Wales Pontypridd
1001+ 92= University of Sunderland Sunderland
601-800 92= University of Greenwich London
1001+ 94 University of West London London
801-1000 95 Teesside University, Middlesbrough Middlesbrough
801-1000 96 University of Derby Derby
1001+ 97 Staffordshire University London
1001+ 98 University of Gloucestershire Cheltenham
1001+ 99 Falmouth University Falmouth
1001+ 100 University of Cumbria Carlisle