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Universities ranked by region 2027

See which universities take the top places in the 2027 subject rankings, region by region across the UK.

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Sophie Rogers 02 Jun 2026
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CONTENTS

  1. England

  2. Northern Ireland

  3. Scotland

  4. Wales

England

East Midlands

University Appearances in subject tables Top places Times in top ten Percentage in top ten
1 Loughborough 32 2 15 46.9
2 Nottingham 42 0 14 33.3
3 Lincoln 38 0 5 13.2
4 Leicester 30 0 2 6.7
5 Nottingham Trent 45 0 3 6.7
6 De Montfort 34 0 0 0.0
7 Derby 34 0 0 0.0
8 Lincoln Bishop 5 0 0 0.0
9 Northampton 25 0 0 0.0

 

East of England

University Appearances in subject tables Top places Times in top ten Percentage in top ten
1 Cambridge 43 28 43 100.0
2 East Anglia UEA 35 0 8 22.9
3 Hertfordshire 37 0 2 5.4
4 Anglia Ruskin ARU 32 0 0 0.0
5 Bedfordshire 20 0 0 0.0
6 Essex 34 0 0 0.0
7 Norwich University of the Arts 6 0 0 0.0
8 Suffolk 18 0 0 0.0

 

London

University Appearances in subject tables Top places Times in top ten Percentage in top ten
1 Imperial College London 14 5 14 100.0
2 London School of Economics 13 5 13 100.0
3 University College London 42 2 32 76.2
4 Guildhall School of Music and Drama 2 0 1 50.0
5 Royal Veterinary College 2 0 1 50.0
6 King's College London 37 1 18 48.6
7 SOAS, University of London 10 0 2 20.0
8 Queen Mary, University of London 32 0 2 6.3
9 Roehampton 20 0 1 5.0
10 Westminster 26 0 1 3.8
11 Brunel University London 27 0 1 3.7
12 East London 27 0 1 3.7
13 City St George's, University of London 29 0 1 3.4
14 Kingston 29 0 1 3.4
15 Goldsmiths, University of London 18 0 0 0.0
16 Greenwich 34 0 0 0.0
17 London Metropolitan 23 0 0 0.0
18 London South Bank 29 0 0 0.0
19 Middlesex 22 0 0 0.0
20 Northeastern 2 0 0 0.0
21 Regent's 2 0 0 0.0
22 Rose Bruford 2 0 0 0.0
23 St Mary's, Twickenham 13 0 0 0.0
24 Trinity Laban 2 0 0 0.0
25 University of the Arts London 7 0 0 0.0
26 West London 18 0 0 0.0

 

North East

University Appearances in subject tables Top places Times in top ten Percentage in top ten
1 Durham 32 1 31 96.9
2 Newcastle 44 0 8 18.2
3 Sunderland 26 0 3 11.5
4 Northumbria 35 0 3 8.6
5 Teesside 30 0 1 3.3

 

North West

University Appearances in subject tables Top places Times in top ten Percentage in top ten
1 Manchester 52 0 28 53.8
2 Lancaster 35 0 10 28.6
3 Liverpool 44 1 8 18.2
4 Edge Hill 29 0 3 10.3
5 Manchester Metropolitan 40 0 3 7.5
6 Liverpool John Moores 37 0 2 5.4
7 Lancashire 45 0 1 2.2
8 Chester 33 0 0 0.0
9 Cumbria 15 0 0 0.0
10 Greater Manchester 22 0 0 0.0
11 Liverpool Hope 24 0 0 0.0
12 Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts 2 0 0 0.0
13 Salford 34 0 0 0.0

 

South East

University Appearances in subject tables Top places Times in top ten Percentage in top ten
1 Oxford 39 9 39 100.0
2 University of the Built Environment 2 0 1 50.0
3 Southampton 40 0 15 37.5
4 Reading 40 1 9 22.5
5 Surrey 33 2 7 21.2
6 Royal Holloway, University of London 27 0 3 11.1
7 Sussex 29 0 3 10.3
8 Winchester 27 0 1 3.7
9 Kent 34 0 1 2.9
10 Oxford Brookes 34 0 1 2.9
11 Portsmouth 40 0 1 2.5
12 BIMM 2 0 0 0.0
13 Brighton 36 0 0 0.0
14 Buckingham 6 0 0 0.0
15 Buckinghamshire New 18 0 0 0.0
16 Canterbury Christ Church 30 0 0 0.0
17 Chichester 22 0 0 0.0
18 Southampton Solent 20 0 0 0.0
19 University for the Creative Arts 8 0 0 0.0

 

South West

University Appearances in subject tables Top places Times in top ten Percentage in top ten
1 Bath 28 2 25 89.3
2 Bristol 42 0 30 71.4
3 Exeter 40 0 24 60.0
4 Royal Agricultural University 3 0 1 33.3
5 Plymouth 43 1 9 20.9
6 Arts University Bournemouth 6 0 1 16.7
7 Plymouth Marjon 9 0 1 11.1
8 Bristol, UWE 39 0 2 5.1
9 Gloucestershire 26 0 1 3.8
10 Bournemouth 31 0 1 3.2
11 Arts University Plymouth 2 0 0 0.0
12 Bath Spa 19 0 0 0.0
13 Falmouth 11 0 0 0.0
14 Hartpury 2 0 0 0.0

 

West Midlands

University Appearances in subject tables Top places Times in top ten Percentage in top ten
1 Warwick 31 2 24 77.4
2 Birmingham 48 0 20 41.7
3 Harper Adams 5 0 2 40.0
4 Aston 25 0 2 8.0
5 Birmingham City 34 0 2 5.9
6 Keele 29 0 1 3.4
7 Coventry 42 0 1 2.4
8 Birmingham Newman 13 0 0 0.0
9 Staffordshire 24 0 0 0.0
10 Wolverhampton 33 0 0 0.0
11 Worcester 25 0 0 0.0

 

Yorkshire and the Humber

University Appearances in subject tables Top places Times in top ten Percentage in top ten
1 Sheffield 43 2 22 51.2
2 Leeds 53 0 21 39.6
3 York 31 0 12 38.7
4 Huddersfield 39 0 4 10.3
5 Bradford 21 0 2 9.5
6 Leeds Beckett 34 0 3 8.8
7 Sheffield Hallam 44 0 3 6.8
8 Hull 32 0 1 3.1
9 Leeds Arts University 4 0 0 0.0
10 Leeds Trinity 11 0 0 0.0
11 York St John 26 0 0 0.0

 

Northern Ireland

University Appearances in subject tables Top places Times in top ten Percentage in top ten
1 Queen's Belfast 39 2 14 35.9
2 Ulster 46 0 10 21.7

 

Scotland

University Appearances in subject tables Top places Times in top ten Percentage in top ten
1 SRUC 2 0 2 100.0
2 St Andrews 25 1 24 96.0
3 Edinburgh 48 0 22 45.8
4 Strathclyde 36 1 10 27.8
5 Glasgow 45 2 12 26.7
6 Glasgow Caledonian 26 0 5 19.2
7 Robert Gordon 22 0 3 13.6
8 Dundee 30 0 4 13.3
9 Queen Margaret, Edinburgh 15 0 2 13.3
10 Heriot-Watt 21 0 2 9.5
11 Stirling 24 1 2 8.3
12 Abertay 14 0 1 7.1
13 West of Scotland 24 0 1 4.2
14 Aberdeen 34 0 1 2.9
15 Edinburgh Napier 21 0 0 0.0
16 Highlands and Islands (UHI) 12 0 0 0.0
17 Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 3 0 0 0.0

 

Wales

University Appearances in subject tables Top places Times in top ten Percentage in top ten
1 Cardiff 42 2 12 28.6
2 Swansea 42 0 9 21.4
3 Bangor 31 0 5 16.1
4 Aberystwyth 32 0 3 9.4
5 Cardiff Metropolitan 22 0 2 9.1
6 Wrexham 15 0 1 6.7
7 South Wales 27 1 1 3.7
8 Trinity Saint David 12 0 0 0.0
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