Top Public Universities in the United Kingdom 2024

Top Public Universities in the United Kingdom

#Rank	University	Town
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1	University of Oxford	Oxford
2	University of Cambridge	Cambridge
3	University College London	London
4	University of Edinburgh	Edinburgh
5	The London School of Economics and Political Science	London
6	University of Manchester	Manchester
7	University of Southampton	Southampton ...
8	University of Glasgow	Glasgow ...
9	Imperial College London	London
10	University of Birmingham	Birmingham
11	University of Warwick	Coventry
12	King's College London	London
13	University of Leeds	Leeds
14	Newcastle University	Newcastle upon Tyne ...
15	University of Liverpool	Liverpool ...
16	University of Nottingham	Nottingham ...
17	The University of York	York
18	Lancaster University	Lancaster
19	University of St Andrews	St Andrews
20	University of Exeter	Exeter ...
21	Durham University	Durham ...
22	Queen Mary University of London	London
23	University of Sheffield	Sheffield ...
24	University of Bath	Bath
25	University of Bristol	Bristol
26	University of Sussex	Brighton
27	University of Leicester	Leicester
28	University of Surrey	Guildford
29	University of Reading	Reading ...
30	Queen's University Belfast	Belfast
31	Cardiff University	Cardiff
32	University of East Anglia	Norwich
33	University of Aberdeen	Aberdeen
34	University of Strathclyde	Glasgow
35	University of Kent	Canterbury ...
36	City, University of London	London
37	Loughborough University	Loughborough ...
38	University of Essex	Colchester ...
39	Swansea University	Swansea
40	Heriot-Watt University	Edinburgh ...
41	Royal Holloway, University of London	Egham ...
42	University of Dundee	Dundee
43	University of Portsmouth	Portsmouth
44	Birkbeck, University of London	London
45	Goldsmiths, University of London	London
46	University of the West of England	Bristol
47	University of Plymouth	Plymouth ...
48	De Montfort University	Leicester ...
49	Brunel University London	Uxbridge
50	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London	London
51	Nottingham Trent University	Nottingham
52	Sheffield Hallam University	Sheffield
53	Manchester Metropolitan University	Manchester ...
54	University of Stirling	Stirling ...
55	University of the Arts London	London ...
56	University of Hertfordshire	Hatfield ...
57	Anglia Ruskin University	Cambridge ...
58	SOAS, University of London	London
59	Aberystwyth University	Aberystwyth
60	Bangor University	Bangor ...
61	University of Brighton	Brighton ...
62	Oxford Brookes University	Oxford
63	Keele University	Keele
64	University of Salford	Salford
65	Ulster University	Coleraine ...
66	Aston University	Birmingham
67	Northumbria University	Newcastle upon Tyne
68	Coventry University	Coventry ...
69	University of Central Lancashire	Preston ...
70	Middlesex University	London
71	University of Greenwich	London ...
72	University of Hull	Hull ...
73	Bournemouth University	Poole ...
74	Cranfield University	Cranfield ...
75	University of London	London
76	University of Lincoln	Lincoln ...
77	Kingston University	Kingston upon Thames
78	Edinburgh Napier University	Edinburgh
79	University of Huddersfield	Huddersfield
80	London Business School	London ...
81	University of Westminster	London
82	Birmingham City University	Birmingham
83	University of Wolverhampton	Wolverhampton ...
84	University of Bedfordshire	Luton ...
85	Liverpool John Moores University	Liverpool
86	Royal College of Art	London
87	University of East London	London ...
88	Leeds Beckett University	Leeds ...
90	London South Bank University	London ...
91	London Metropolitan University	London
92	University of Derby	Derby ...
93	University of South Wales	Pontypridd ...
94	University of Sunderland	Sunderland ...
95	Staffordshire University	Stoke-on-Trent ...
96	Teesside University	Middlesbrough ...
97	Robert Gordon University	Aberdeen
98	University of the Highlands and Islands	Inverness ...
99	University of Roehampton	London
100	University of Bradford	Bradford
101	The University of Northampton	Northampton
102	The Royal Veterinary College University of London	London ...
103	Glasgow Caledonian University	Glasgow ...
104	Edge Hill University	Ormskirk ...
105	Canterbury Christ Church University	Canterbury ...
106	The Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London	London
107	Bath Spa University	Bath
108	University of Chester	Chester ...
109	The Glasgow School of Art	Glasgow
110	University of Wales Trinity Saint David	Carmarthen ...
111	Abertay University	Dundee
112	University of Worcester	Worcester
113	St George's, University of London	London
114	University for the Creative Arts	Farnham ...
115	University of Gloucestershire	Cheltenham ...
116	Solent University	Southampton ...
117	Scotland's Rural College	Edinburgh ...
119	University of the West of Scotland	Paisley ...
120	Royal College of Music	London
121	University of Bolton	Bolton
123	Cardiff Metropolitan University	Cardiff
124	Liverpool Hope University	Liverpool
125	University of Winchester	Winchester
126	University of West London	Ealing ...
127	University of Cumbria	Carlisle ...
128	York St John University	York
129	The Royal Academy of Music, University of London	London
130	Falmouth University	Falmouth
131	Wrexham University	Wrexham ...
132	University of Chichester	Chichester
135	Queen Margaret University	Edinburgh ...
136	Ravensbourne University London	London
137	Harper Adams University	Newport
138	Royal Northern College of Music	Manchester
139	Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine	Liverpool
141	University of Suffolk	Ipswich
143	Leeds Trinity University	Leeds
144	Arts University Bournemouth	Poole
145	Norwich University of the Arts	Norwich
148	The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama	London
150	Buckinghamshire New University	High Wycombe ...
151	The Royal Agricultural University	Cirencester
152	Bishop Grosseteste University	Lincoln
153	University of Wales	Cardiff ...
157	Birmingham Newman University	Birmingham
160	University College Birmingham	Birmingham
162	Writtle University College	Chelmsford
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