Check Out the Top 50 Universities in the United Kingdom – 2021 Ranking. The UK is the home to some of the world’s best universities. It is counted among the top in the world, according to uniRank’s World University Rankings 2021.
Many of the UK’s universities are renowned for promoting a global outlook by recruiting international students, faculty and encouraging international collaborations, so you can expect an accommodating atmosphere as well as diversity on campus.
Universities in UK have always gained a wide reputation for good teaching and excellent research. UK universities are highly ranked among international schools and institutions worldwide, and they continue to attract the smartest people to their highly respected and prestigious degree programmes. All these top ranked colleges, universities, law schools, medical schools, and engineering schools have a wide, global reputation and continue to be the top-ranked schools for international students. To go to some of the best universities in the world for your Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Ph.D, you should certainly consider US as your destination for the best rankings and widest reputation.
uniRank tries to answer this question of the top universities in the UK by publishing the 2021 UK’s University Ranking of 50 recognized English higher-education institutions meeting the following uniRank selection criteria:
- being chartered, licensed and/or accredited by the appropriate higher education-related organization
- offering at least four-year undergraduate degrees (bachelor degrees) or postgraduate degrees (master or doctoral degrees)
- delivering courses predominantly in a traditional, face-to-face, non-distance education format
TOP 50 UNIVERSITIES IN THE UK – 2021 RANKING
| Rank | University | Town |
| 1 | University of Oxford | Oxford |
| 2 | University of Cambridge | Cambridge |
| 3 | University College London | London |
| 4 | The University of Edinburgh | Edinburgh |
| 5 | The University of Manchester | Manchester |
| 6 | The London School of Economics and Political Science | London |
| 7 | Imperial College London | London |
| 8 | University of Glasgow | Glasgow … |
| 9 | The University of Warwick | Coventry |
| 10 | University of Leeds | Leeds |
| 11 | University of Southampton | Southampton … |
| 12 | University of Liverpool | Liverpool … |
| 13 | University of Birmingham | Birmingham |
| 14 | Newcastle University | Newcastle upon Tyne … |
| 15 | King’s College London | London |
| 16 | The University of Nottingham | Nottingham … |
| 17 | The University of York | York |
| 18 | University of St Andrews | St Andrews |
| 19 | University of Bristol | Bristol |
| 20 | Heriot-Watt University | Edinburgh … |
| 21 | University of Exeter | Exeter … |
| 22 | The University of Sheffield | Sheffield … |
| 23 | Lancaster University | Lancaster |
| 24 | University of Leicester | Leicester |
| 25 | Queen Mary University of London | London |
| 26 | University of Aberdeen | Aberdeen |
| 27 | University of Bath | Bath |
| 28 | Cardiff University | Cardiff |
| 29 | University of Surrey | Guildford |
| 30 | Durham University | Durham … |
| 31 | University of East Anglia | Norwich |
| 32 | University of Sussex | Brighton |
| 33 | University of Reading | Reading … |
| 34 | Queen’s University Belfast | Belfast |
| 35 | University of Strathclyde | Glasgow |
| 36 | University of the Arts London | London … |
| 37 | City, University of London | London |
| 38 | University of Kent | Canterbury … |
| 39 | Loughborough University | Loughborough … |
| 40 | University of Dundee | Dundee |
| 41 | University of Portsmouth | Portsmouth |
| 42 | University of Essex | Colchester … |
| 43 | Swansea University | Swansea |
| 44 | University of the West of England | Bristol |
| 45 | De Montfort University | Leicester … |
| 46 | Goldsmiths, University of London | London |
| 47 | Royal Holloway, University of London | Egham … |
| 48 | Coventry University | Coventry … |
| 49 | University of Plymouth | Plymouth |
| 50 | Sheffield Hallam University | Sheffield |
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Leonel has been Teacher at Alliant International University since 2013. He began to write about admission details at Course Discovery.