Top Universities in UK

149 universities in UK with a measured position, 55 of them ranked worldwide.

#UniversityCityWorld rankIn-countryCitations
101 Cardiff and Vale College not ranked #144 326
102 Runshaw College not ranked #145 127
103 ifs University College not ranked — 72
104 University of Birmingham Birmingham not ranked #55 25,598,151
105 London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, University of London not ranked #57 10,729,164
106 City St George's, University of London (School of Health and Medical Sciences) not ranked #60 4,007,738
107 Royal Holloway University of London not ranked #61 3,996,593
108 University of Wales not ranked #62 3,639,830
109 Open University not ranked #64 2,352,977
110 Cranfield University not ranked #65 2,326,121
111 University of Kent at Canterbury not ranked #66 2,172,688
112 The Manchester Metropolitan University not ranked #72 1,474,669
113 Middlesex University - London not ranked #74 887,888
114 Bournemouth University not ranked #76 880,943
115 University of Central Lancashire not ranked #75 880,004
116 Glasgow Caledonian University not ranked #78 809,901
117 University of Brighton Brighton not ranked #80 767,130
118 De Montfort University Leicester not ranked #81 737,952
119 Edinburgh Napier University not ranked #83 606,608
120 University of Lincoln not ranked #85 571,054
121 Leeds Beckett University not ranked #88 524,125
122 Birmingham City University not ranked #89 502,627
123 University of Wales Institute, Cardiff not ranked #90 494,328
124 London South Bank University not ranked #91 457,139
125 University of Teesside not ranked #92 456,578
126 The Robert Gordon University not ranked #93 424,152
127 University of Bedfordshire not ranked #94 396,681
128 University of East London not ranked #96 361,542
129 University of Derby not ranked #97 351,711
130 University of Sunderland not ranked #102 249,618
131 University of Worcester not ranked #107 178,235
132 New College Swindon not ranked #110 130,978
133 Wrexham University not ranked — 109,328
134 Liverpool Hope University College not ranked #114 87,016
135 University of Buckingham not ranked #115 79,381
136 University of Chichester not ranked — 69,975
137 Newcastle College not ranked #117 65,704
138 Buckinghamshire New University not ranked #118 62,547
139 Institue of Historical Research, University of London not ranked #120 49,112
140 School of Advanced Study, University of London not ranked #121 49,112
141 Middlesbrough College not ranked #126 43,685
142 West Suffolk College not ranked #132 8,956
143 St.Patrick's International College, London not ranked #133 7,710
144 Richmond University - The American International University in London not ranked #138 3,889
145 Heythrop College, University of London not ranked #139 3,620
146 British College of Osteopathic Medicine not ranked #137 2,931
147 Royal Academy of Music, University of London not ranked #140 2,783
148 West Herts College not ranked #143 1,756
149 Wakefield College not ranked #141 1,615
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What the two columns mean

In-country is the position the ranking record gives the university among those in its own country, and it is often the more useful number: a university ranked 480th in the world may still be third at home. It is carried over as published, so it does not always follow the order of the other two columns. World rank is the university's QS World University Rankings position. Citations are the number of times work published by the university has been cited, as recorded in OpenAlex; it is the measure used to order universities that QS does not rank at all.

The two do not always agree. A large research university can out-cite a smaller one that sits above it in QS, because QS weighs reputation surveys and staff ratios as well as research.

Rankings in other countries

USA 138 ranked Germany 40 ranked China 37 ranked Australia 31 ranked Canada 26 ranked France 19 ranked Italy 18 ranked South Korea 17 ranked Japan 16 ranked Spain 15 ranked Switzerland 13 ranked Malaysia 11 ranked