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2020 University
Rank
2020

1 1 University of Oxford Oxford

2 3 University of Cambridge Cambridge

3 10 Imperial College London London

4 15 UCL London

5 =27 London School of Economics and Political London

Science

6 30 University of Edinburgh Edinburgh

7 =36 King’s College London London

8 =55 University of Manchester Manchester

9 77 University of Warwick Warwick

10 87 University of Bristol Bristol

11 =99 University of Glasgow Glasgow

12 =110 Queen Mary University of London London

13 112 University of Birmingham Birmingham

14 =117 University of Sheffield Sheffield

15 122 University of Southampton Southampton

16 =128 University of York York

17 133 Durham University Durham

18 =139 Lancaster University Lancaster

=19 =146 University of Exeter Exeter

=19 =146 University of Sussex Sussex

21 =152 University of Nottingham Nottingham

22 =155 University of Leeds Leeds

23 165 University of Liverpool Liverpool

24 =166 University of Leicester Leicester

25 =168 University of Aberdeen Aberdeen

26 192 University of East Anglia Norwich

=27 =198 Cardiff University Cardiff

=27 =198 University of St Andrews St Andrews

=29 201–250 University of Dundee Dundee

=29 201–250 Newcastle University Newcastle

=29 201–250 Queen’s University Belfast Belfast

=29 201–250 University of Reading Reading

=29 201–250 St George’s, University of London London

=34 251–300 University of Bath Bath

=34 251–300 Brighton and Sussex Medical School Brighton

=34 251–300 University of Essex Essex

=34 251–300 Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh

=34 251–300 Royal Holloway, University of London London

=34 251–300 University of Surrey Guildford

=34 251–300 Swansea University Swansea

41 301–350 Anglia Ruskin University ARU East Anglia

=42 351–400 Birkbeck, University of London London

=42 351–400 Brunel University London London

=42 351–400 Goldsmiths, University of London London

=42 351–400 University of Kent Kent

=42 351–400 Loughborough University Loughborough

=42 351–400 Northumbria University Newcastle Upon

Tyne

=42 351–400 University of Stirling Stirling

=49 401–500 Aberystwyth University Aberystwyth

=49 401–500 Bangor University Bangor

=49 401–500 Bournemouth University Bournemouth

=49 401–500 City, University of London London

=49 401–500 Liverpool John Moores University Liverpool

=49 401–500 Middlesex University London

=49 401–500 University of Portsmouth Portsmouth

=49 401–500 Royal Veterinary College London

=49 401–500 SOAS University of London London

=49 401–500 University of Strathclyde Strathclyde

=59 501–600 Aston University Birmingham

=59 501–600 University of Hull Hull

=59 501–600 Keele University Keele

=59 501–600 The Open University UK-wide

=59 501–600 University of Plymouth Plymouth

=59 501–600 University of the West of Scotland Paisley

=65 601–800 University of Brighton Brighton

=65 601–800 Coventry University Coventry

=65 601–800 De Montfort University Leicester

=65 601–800 Glasgow Caledonian University Glasgow

=65 601–800 University of Greenwich Greenwich

=65 601–800 University of Hertfordshire Hatfield

=65 601–800 University of Huddersfield Huddersfield

=65 601–800 University of Lincoln Lincoln

=65 601–800 Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester

=65 601–800 Nottingham Trent University Nottingham

=65 601–800 Oxford Brookes University Oxford

=65 601–800 Ulster University Ulster

=65 601–800 University of the West of England Bristol

=65 601–800 University of Westminster London

=79 801– University of Bedfordshire Luton

1000

=79 801– Birmingham City University Birmingham

1000

=79 801– University of Bradford Bradford

1000

=79 801– Cardiff Metropolitan University Cardiff

1000

=79 801– University of Central Lancashire Preston

1000

=79 801– University of Derby Derby

1000
=79 801– University of East London London
1000

=79 801– Edinburgh Napier University Edinburgh

1000

=79 801– Kingston University London

1000

=79 801– Leeds Beckett University Leeds

1000

=79 801– University of Roehampton London

1000

=79 801– University of Salford Salford

1000

=79 801– Sheffield Hallam University Sheffield

1000

=79 801– Staffordshire University Stoke-on-Trent

1000

=79 801– Teesside University Teesside

1000
=79 801– University of Wolverhampton Wolverhampton
1000

=95 1001+ Canterbury Christ Church University Canterbury

=95 1001+ University of Chester Chester

=95 1001+ Edge Hill University Ormskirk

=95 1001+ London South Bank University London

=95 1001+ Robert Gordon University Aberdeen

=95 1001+ University of South Wales Pontypridd