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Universities ranked by region 2021
See which universities take the top places in the 2021 subject rankings, region by region across the UK.

Cicely Oliver
08 Jan 2021
CONTENTS
England
East Midlands
University | Appearances in subject tables | Top places | Times in top ten | Percentage in top ten |
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Loughborough | 30 | 2 | 14 | 46.7 |
2 | Nottingham | 49 | 0 | 13 | 26.5 |
3 | Nottingham Trent | 40 | 0 | 5 | 12.5 |
4 | Lincoln | 29 | 0 | 2 | 6.9 |
5 | De Montfort | 30 | 0 | 2 | 6.7 |
6 | Leicester | 31 | 0 | 2 | 6.5 |
7 | Bishop Grosseteste | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
8 | Derby | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
9 | Northampton | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
East of England
University | Appearances in subject tables | Top places | Times in top ten |
Percentage in top ten |
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Cambridge | 44 | 31 | 44 | 100.0 |
2 | East Anglia (UEA) | 30 | 0 | 3 | 10.0 |
3 | Anglia Ruskin | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
4 | Bedfordshire | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
5 | Essex | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
6 | Hertfordshire | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
7 | Norwich University of the Arts | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
8 | Suffolk | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
9 | Writtle University College | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
London
North East
University | Appearances in subject tables | Top places | Times in top ten |
Percentage in top ten |
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Durham | 33 | 1 | 31 | 93.9 |
2 | Newcastle | 41 | 0 | 12 | 29.3 |
3 | Northumbria | 30 | 0 | 2 | 6.7 |
4 | Sunderland | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
5 | Teesside | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
North West
University | Appearances in subject tables | Top places | Times in top ten |
Percentage in top ten |
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lancaster | 32 | 1 | 18 | 56.3 |
2 | Manchester | 49 | 0 | 21 | 42.9 |
3 | Liverpool | 42 | 0 | 7 | 16.7 |
4 | Manchester Metropolitan | 41 | 0 | 4 | 9.8 |
5 | Liverpool John Moores | 34 | 0 | 3 | 8.8 |
6 | Salford | 37 | 0 | 2 | 5.4 |
7 | Central Lancashire | 45 | 0 | 1 | 2.2 |
8 | Bolton | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
9 | Chester | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
10 | Cumbria | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
11 | Edge Hill | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
12 | Liverpool Hope | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
13 | Royal Northern College of Music | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
South East
University | Appearances in subject tables | Top places | Times in top ten |
Percentage in top ten |
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Oxford | 37 | 11 | 37 | 100.0 |
2 | Southampton | 38 | 1 | 15 | 39.5 |
3 | Surrey | 30 | 0 | 6 | 20.0 |
4 | Reading | 33 | 0 | 6 | 18.2 |
5 | Kent | 37 | 0 | 6 | 16.2 |
6 | Sussex | 31 | 0 | 3 | 9.7 |
7 | Oxford Brookes | 36 | 0 | 3 | 8.3 |
8 | Royal Holloway, University of London | 26 | 0 | 2 | 7.7 |
9 | Portsmouth | 42 | 0 | 2 | 4.8 |
10 | Canterbury Christ Church | 29 | 0 | 1 | 3.4 |
11 | Brighton | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
12 | Buckingham | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
13 | Buckinghamshire New | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
14 | Chichester | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
15 | Solent | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
16 | University for the Creative Arts | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
17 | Winchester | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
South West
University | Appearances in subject tables | Top places | Times in top ten |
Percentage in top ten |
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bath | 26 | 1 | 18 | 69.2 |
2 | Exeter | 37 | 0 | 24 | 64.9 |
3 | Bristol | 40 | 0 | 14 | 35.0 |
4 | Arts University Bournemouth | 5 | 0 | 1 | 20.0 |
5 | Bournemouth | 30 | 0 | 4 | 13.3 |
6 | Plymouth Marjon | 10 | 0 | 1 | 10.0 |
7 | West of England, Bristol | 37 | 0 | 3 | 8.1 |
8 | Plymouth | 43 | 0 | 3 | 7.0 |
9 | Bath Spa | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
10 | Falmouth | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
11 | Gloucestershire | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
12 | Hartpury | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
13 | Plymouth College of Art | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
14 | Royal Agricultural University | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
West Midlands
University | Appearances in subject tables | Top places | Times in top ten |
Percentage in top ten |
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Warwick | 28 | 0 | 17 | 60.7 |
2 | Birmingham | 49 | 1 | 25 | 51.0 |
3 | Harper Adams | 4 | 0 | 1 | 25.0 |
4 | Coventry | 39 | 0 | 4 | 10.3 |
5 | Aston | 26 | 0 | 2 | 7.7 |
6 | Birmingham City | 28 | 0 | 2 | 7.1 |
7 | Keele | 29 | 0 | 1 | 3.4 |
8 | Wolverhampton | 37 | 0 | 1 | 2.7 |
9 | Newman | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
10 | Staffordshire | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
11 | Worcester | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Yorkshire and the Humber
University | Appearances in subject tables | Top places | Times in top ten |
Percentage in top ten |
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Leeds | 51 | 1 | 17 | 33.3 |
2 | Sheffield | 39 | 0 | 12 | 30.8 |
3 | York | 29 | 0 | 6 | 20.7 |
4 | Bradford | 26 | 0 | 4 | 15.4 |
5 | Huddersfield | 33 | 0 | 3 | 9.1 |
6 | Sheffield Hallam | 36 | 0 | 2 | 5.6 |
7 | Hull | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
8 | Leeds Arts University | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
9 | Leeds Beckett | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
10 | Leeds Trinity | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
11 | York St John | 20 | 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 | 40 | 1 | 10 | 25.0 |
2 | Ulster | 42 | 1 | 7 | 16.7 |
Scotland
University | Appearances in subject tables | Top places | Times in top ten |
Percentage in top ten |
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | St Andrews | 25 | 1 | 25 | 100.0 |
2 | Glasgow | 43 | 8 | 33 | 76.7 |
3 | Strathclyde | 33 | 3 | 20 | 60.6 |
4 | Dundee | 29 | 2 | 11 | 37.9 |
5 | Edinburgh | 48 | 1 | 18 | 37.5 |
6 | Aberdeen | 36 | 0 | 8 | 22.2 |
7 | Glasgow Caledonian | 24 | 1 | 5 | 20.8 |
8 | Robert Gordon | 24 | 0 | 4 | 16.7 |
9 | Heriot-Watt | 19 | 1 | 3 | 15.8 |
10 | Queen Margaret | 14 | 0 | 2 | 14.3 |
11 | Stirling | 23 | 0 | 3 | 13.0 |
12 | Edinburgh Napier | 21 | 0 | 1 | 4.8 |
13 | Highlands & Islands | 21 | 0 | 1 | 4.8 |
14 | West of Scotland | 26 | 0 | 1 | 3.8 |
15 | Abertay | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
16 | 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 | 46 | 1 | 13 | 28.3 |
2 | Swansea | 41 | 1 | 10 | 24.4 |
3 | Aberystwyth | 26 | 0 | 4 | 15.4 |
4 | Bangor | 31 | 0 | 3 | 9.7 |
5 | Wrexham Glyndŵr | 19 | 0 | 1 | 5.3 |
6 | Trinity Saint David | 21 | 0 | 1 | 4.8 |
7 | South Wales | 32 | 0 | 1 | 3.1 |
7 | Cardiff Metropolitan | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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