UK University Rankings, A Complete List

Picking your university can feel like a daunting task. Your next three to four years and potentially your future career could be largely shaped by the institution you choose.

You don’t have to make your decision without help however, and one of the most useful tools for comparing universities are university rankings. We have collated two of the highest regarded rankings, the Guardian University League Tables and the Times Good University Guide. Explore them below and visit their institution profiles to find out more:

Guardian 2022	Times 2022	Institution
1	2	University of Oxford
2	3	University of Cambridge
3	1	University of St Andrews
4	5	London School of Economics and Political Science
5	6	Durham University
6	8	University of Warwick
7	4	Imperial College London
8	9	University of Bath
9	7	University College London
10	10	Loughborough University
11	12	University of Glasgow
12	13	University of Edinburgh
13	11	Lancaster University
14	14	University of Bristol
15	21	University of Exeter
16	15	University of Leeds
17	16	University of Southampton
18	17	University of Strathclyde
19	19	University of York
20	20	University of Aberdeen
21	50	University of Chichester
22	26	Royal Holloway, University of London
23	18	King’s College London
24	39	Swansea University
25	45	Aston University
26	52	University of the Arts, London
27	22	University of Sheffield
28	23	University of Manchester
29	25	University of Birmingham
30	37	University of Leicester
31	35=	University of Dundee
32	51+	University for the Creative Arts
33	24	Queen’s University, Belfast
34	49	University of Lincoln
35	51+	University of West London
36=	30=	Heriot-Watt University
36=	51+	UWE Bristol
38=	51+	Coventry University
38=	35=	Cardiff University
40	30=	University of Liverpool
41=	51+	Northumbria University
41=	27	University of East Anglia
41=	51+	University of Plymouth
44	47	University of Sussex
45	51+	Kingston University
46=	51+	University of Bolton
46=	51+	Oxford Brookes University
48	48	Keele University
49	41	University of Stirling
50	46	University of Kent

Updated January 2022

UK University Rankings, A Complete List

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