Top Universities in the UK - League Table & Ranking 2024
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The University of Oxford topped the Best UK Universities 2024 table, while three of the five best universities are from London. Here is a list of the best UK universities according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024.
UK Rank 2025World University
Rank 2025UniversityCity/town11University of OxfordOxford2=5University of CambridgeCambridge312Imperial College LondonLondon4=18UCLLondon527London School of Economics and Political ScienceLondon6=30University of EdinburghEdinburgh7=35King’s College LondonLondon850University of ManchesterManchester9=78University of WarwickWarwick10=86University of GlasgowGlasgow1192University of BristolBristol12=105University of BirminghamBirmingham13110University of SheffieldSheffield14=117Queen Mary University of LondonLondon15=122Lancaster UniversityLancaster16124University of SouthamptonSouthampton17=127University of LeedsLeeds18141University of NottinghamNottingham19=143University of ExeterExeter20=146Newcastle UniversityNewcastle21=151University of SussexBrighton22=158University of AberdeenAberdeen23=162Durham UniversityDurham24169University of YorkYork25=178University of LiverpoolLiverpool26182University of East AngliaNorwich27=185University of LeicesterLeicester28189Cardiff UniversityCardiff=29201–250University of BathBath=29201–250Brighton and Sussex Medical SchoolBrighton=29201–250University of DundeeDundee=29201–250Queen's University BelfastBelfast=29201–250University of ReadingReading=29201–250St George’s, University of LondonLondon=29201–250University of St AndrewsSt Andrews=29201–250University of SurreyGuildford37251–300Swansea UniversitySwansea=38301–350Anglia Ruskin University ARUEast Anglia=38301–350University of EssexEssex=40351–400Birkbeck, University of LondonLondon=40351–400Bournemouth UniversityBournemouth=40351–400Brunel University LondonLondon=40351–400City, University of LondonLondon=40351–400University of KentKent=40351–400Loughborough UniversityLoughborough=40351–400Royal Holloway, University of LondonLondon=40351–400University of StirlingStirling=48401–500Aston UniversityBirmingham=48401–500Bangor UniversityBangor=48401–500Goldsmiths, University of LondonLondon=48401–500Liverpool John Moores UniversityLiverpool=48401–500Middlesex UniversityLondon=48401–500Northumbria UniversityNorthumbria=48401–500University of PlymouthPlymouth=48401–500Royal Veterinary CollegeLondon=48401–500SOAS University of LondonLondon=48401–500SRUC (Scotland’s Rural College)Edinburgh=48401–500University of StrathclydeStrathclyde=48401–500University of the West of EnglandBristol
Source: THE 2025 Rankings
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