QS Rankings 2026

Best Universities in United Kingdom

Discover and compare the top 90 universities in United Kingdom by QS World Rankings 2026

Ranked Universities

Highest Rank

36.0

Avg. Score

34.0

Academic Rep.

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World	Local	University	City	Score	Academic	Employer
#2	#1	Imperial College London	London	99.4	99.6	100.0
#4	#2	University of Oxford	Oxford	97.9	100.0	100.0
#6	#3	University of Cambridge	Cambridge	97.2	100.0	100.0
#9	#4	UCL	London	95.8	99.9	99.4
#31	#5	King's College London	London	88.3	96.2	91.8
#34	#6	The University of Edinburgh	Edinburgh	87.2	99.6	98.2
#35	#7	The University of Manchester	Manchester	86.4	98.6	98.8
#51	#8	University of Bristol	Bristol	82.5	87.3	89.4
#56	#9	The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)	London	80.5	80.6	99.4
#74	#10	The University of Warwick	Coventry	75.2	82.7	93.0
#76	#11	University of Birmingham	Birmingham	73.8	81.1	75.7
#79	#12	University of Glasgow	Glasgow	73.4	88.3	73.5
#86	#13	University of Leeds	Leeds	72.0	81.8	82.1
#87	#14	University of Southampton	Southampton	71.2	62.6	55.9
#92	#15	The University of Sheffield	Sheffield,	70.9	73.0	61.7
#=94	#16	Durham University	Durham	70.1	74.1	91.9
#97	#17	University of Nottingham	Nottingham	69.4	75.4	78.4
#=110	#18	Queen Mary University of London	London	66.6	63.6	47.1
#113	#19	University of St Andrews	St. Andrews	66.4	61.5	74.9
#=132	#20	University of Bath	Bath	64.2	48.9	81.6
#137	#21	Newcastle University	Newcastle upon Tyne	63.9	62.9	68.7
#=147	#22	University of Liverpool	Liverpool	62.5	60.7	48.8
#=155	#23	University of Exeter	Exeter	61.5	57.9	58.5
#157	#24	Lancaster University	Lancaster,	61.4	51.2	45.8
#169	#25	University of York	York	59.4	56.8	42.3
#181	#26	Cardiff University	Cardiff	57.8	60.1	54.4
#=194	#27	University of Reading	Reading	56.2	45.7	46.8
#=199	#28	Queen's University Belfast	Belfast	55.7	49.6	43.4
#225	#29	Loughborough University	Loughborough	53.3	42.8	64.5
#=251	#30	University of Strathclyde	Glasgow	50.2	37.5	40.5