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Universities ranked by region 2025

See which universities take the top places in the 2025 subject rankings, region by region across the UK.

LEAGUE TABLES

Cicely Oliver 14 May 2024

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England

East Midlands

University		Appearances in subject tables	Top places	Times in top ten	Percentage in top ten
1	Loughborough	32	3	18	56.3
2	Nottingham	49	0	18	36.7
3	Lincoln	37	0	5	13.5
4	Nottingham Trent	47	0	6	12.8
5	Northampton	29	0	1	3.4
6	Leicester	30	0	1	3.3
7	Bishop Grosseteste	9	0	0	0.0
8	De Montfort	35	0	0	0.0
9	Derby	38	0	0	0.0

East of England

University		Appearances in subject tables	Top places	Times in top ten	Percentage in top ten
1	Cambridge	40	34	40	100.0
2	East Anglia (UEA)	34	1	7	20.6
3	Suffolk	13	0	1	7.7
4	Bedfordshire	23	0	1	4.3
5	Anglia Ruskin ARU	36	0	1	2.8
6	Essex	34	0	0	0.0
7	Hertfordshire	39	0	0	0.0
8	Norwich University of the Arts	5	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	2	14	100.0
2	London School of Economics	13	4	13	100.0
3	University College London	40	1	35	87.5
4	Guildhall School of Music & Drama	2	0	1	50.0
5	Royal Veterinary College	2	0	1	50.0
6	King's College London	36	1	16	44.4
7	SOAS, University of London	10	0	2	20.0
8	Goldsmiths, University of London	18	0	1	5.6
9	City, University of London	21	0	1	4.8
10	Kingston	30	0	1	3.3
11	Queen Mary, University of London	33	0	1	3.0
12	Brunel University London	29	0	0	0.0
13	East London	26	0	0	0.0
14	Greenwich	37	0	0	0.0
15	London Metropolitan	25	0	0	0.0
16	London South Bank	33	0	0	0.0
17	Middlesex	22	0	0	0.0
18	Roehampton	20	0	0	0.0
19	St George's, University of London	7	0	0	0.0
20	St Mary's, Twickenham	14	0	0	0.0
21	Trinity Laban	2	0	0	0.0
22	University of the Arts, London	7	0	0	0.0
23	West London	19	0	0	0.0
24	Westminster	27	0	0	0.0

North East

University		Appearances in subject tables	Top places	Times in top ten	Percentage in top ten
1	Durham	33	0	31	93.9
2	Newcastle	43	1	12	27.9
3	Northumbria	35	0	6	17.1
4	Sunderland	26	0	0	0.0
5	Teesside	31	0	0	0.0

North West

University		Appearances in subject tables	Top places	Times in top ten	Percentage in top ten
1	Manchester	52	1	23	44.2
2	Lancaster	35	1	15	42.9
3	Liverpool	45	0	7	15.6
4	Manchester Metropolitan	38	0	4	10.5
5	Edge Hill	27	0	1	3.7
6	Salford	35	0	1	2.9
7	Liverpool John Moores	38	0	1	2.6
8	Central Lancashire	45	0	1	2.2
9	Bolton	19	0	0	0.0
10	Chester	33	0	0	0.0
11	Cumbria	17	0	0	0.0
12	Liverpool Hope	27	0	0	0.0

South East

University		Appearances in subject tables	Top places	Times in top ten	Percentage in top ten
1	Oxford	38	8	38	100.0
2	Southampton	38	0	11	28.9
3	Surrey	34	3	9	26.5
4	Reading	36	1	6	16.7
5	Sussex	31	0	3	9.7
6	Royal Holloway, University of London	27	0	2	7.4
7	Kent	39	0	2	5.1
8	Portsmouth	41	0	2	4.9
9	Canterbury Christ Church	29	0	1	3.4
10	Winchester	30	0	1	3.3
11	Brighton	35	0	1	2.9
12	Oxford Brookes	38	0	1	2.6
13	Buckingham	7	0	0	0.0
14	Buckinghamshire New	15	0	0	0.0
15	Chichester	19	0	0	0.0
16	Solent	17	0	0	0.0
17	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	29	1	25	86.2
2	Bristol	42	0	28	66.7
3	Exeter	38	0	21	55.3
4	Royal Agricultural University	3	0	1	33.3
5	Plymouth	44	0	9	20.5
6	Plymouth Marjon	7	0	1	14.3
7	West of England, Bristol	39	0	4	10.3
8	Gloucestershire	27	0	1	3.7
9	Bournemouth	32	0	1	3.1
10	Arts University Bournemouth	6	0	0	0.0
11	Arts University Plymouth	2	0	0	0.0
12	Bath Spa	17	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	30	1	17	56.7
2	Harper Adams	6	0	3	50.0
3	Birmingham	49	1	19	38.8
4	Aston	26	0	2	7.7
5	Birmingham City	35	0	2	5.7
6	Coventry	42	0	2	4.8
7	Worcester	27	0	1	3.7
8	Keele	30	0	1	3.3
9	Birmingham Newman	10	0	0	0.0
10	Staffordshire	26	0	0	0.0
11	Wolverhampton	34	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	53	1	26	49.1
2	York	29	0	14	48.3
3	Sheffield	43	2	17	39.5
4	Leeds Beckett	34	0	5	14.7
5	Sheffield Hallam	44	0	4	9.1
6	Bradford	23	0	2	8.7
7	Huddersfield	40	0	2	5.0
8	Hull	32	0	0	0.0
9	Leeds Arts University	2	0	0	0.0
10	Leeds Trinity	13	0	0	0.0
11	York St John	24	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	12	30.0
2	Ulster	45	1	11	24.4

Scotland

University		Appearances in subject tables	Top places	Times in top ten	Percentage in top ten
1	St Andrews	26	1	23	88.5
2	Edinburgh	47	0	30	63.8
3	Glasgow	44	1	19	43.2
4	Strathclyde	36	1	11	30.6
5	Glasgow Caledonian	27	0	7	25.9
6	Robert Gordon	21	0	4	19.0
7	Queen Margaret	14	0	2	14.3
8	Dundee	26	1	3	11.5
9	Aberdeen	35	0	4	11.4
10	Heriot-Watt	21	0	2	9.5
11	West of Scotland	25	0	1	4.0
12	Abertay	14	0	0	0.0
13	Edinburgh Napier	21	0	0	0.0
14	Highlands & Islands	11	0	0	0.0
15	Royal Conservatoire of Scotland	3	0	0	0.0
16	Stirling	23	0	0	0.0

Wales

University		Appearances in subject tables	Top places	Times in top ten	Percentage in top ten
1	Cardiff	44	1	9	20.5
2	Swansea	44	1	7	15.9
3	Bangor	29	0	4	13.8
4	Aberystwyth	29	0	3	10.3
5	Cardiff Metropolitan	21	0	1	4.8
6	South Wales	31	0	1	3.2
7	Trinity Saint David	17	0	0	0.0
8	Wrexham	9	0	0	0.0