Which United Kingdom universities are better? According 2017 USNEWS World University Rankings,United Kingdom have 68 universities on the list.
| Area Rank |
University | Area | World Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Oxford | United Kingdom | 6 |
| 2 | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom | 7 |
| 3 | Imperial College London | United Kingdom | 19 |
| 4 | University College London | United Kingdom | 23 |
| 5 | University of Edinburgh | United Kingdom | 36 |
| 6 | King's College London | United Kingdom | 45 |
| 7 | University of Manchester | United Kingdom | 59 |
| 8 | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine | United Kingdom | 70 |
| 9 | University of Bristol | United Kingdom | 76 |
| 10 | University of Southampton | United Kingdom | 104 |
| 11 | University of Glasgow | United Kingdom | 108 |
| 12 | University of Birmingham | United Kingdom | 118 |
| 13 | Queen Mary, University of London | United Kingdom | 128 |
| 14 | University of Leeds | United Kingdom | 131 |
| 15 | University of Liverpool | United Kingdom | 137 |
| 16 | University of Sheffield | United Kingdom | 138 |
| 17 | University of Nottingham | United Kingdom | 147 |
| 18 | Cardiff University | United Kingdom | 149 |
| 19 | University of Warwick | United Kingdom | 160 |
| 20 | University of Exeter | United Kingdom | 164 |
| 21 | Durham University | United Kingdom | 172 |
| 22 | Newcastle University | United Kingdom | 191 |
| 23 | University of Sussex | United Kingdom | 213 |
| 24 | University of York | United Kingdom | 218 |
| 25 | University of Aberdeen | United Kingdom | 231 |
| 26 | University of St. Andrews | United Kingdom | 245 |
| 27 | Lancaster University | United Kingdom | 251 |
| 28 | University of East Anglia | United Kingdom | 254 |
| 28 | University of Leicester | United Kingdom | 254 |
| 30 | London School of Economics and Political Science | United Kingdom | 261 |
| 31 | University of Dundee | United Kingdom | 267 |
| 32 | Royal Holloway, University of London (RHUL) | United Kingdom | 269 |
| 33 | Queen's University Belfast | United Kingdom | 303 |
| 34 | University of Reading | United Kingdom | 313 |
| 35 | St George's University of London | United Kingdom | 376 |
| 36 | University of Plymouth | United Kingdom | 386 |
| 37 | University of Bath | United Kingdom | 394 |
| 38 | Brunel University | United Kingdom | 403 |
| 39 | London Business School | United Kingdom | 438 |
| 40 | University of Surrey | United Kingdom | 464 |
| 41 | University of Strathclyde | United Kingdom | 514 |
| 42 | Loughborough University | United Kingdom | 527 |
| 43 | Swansea University | United Kingdom | 539 |
| 44 | Open University | United Kingdom | 559 |
| 45 | Bangor University | United Kingdom | 574 |
| 45 | Heriot Watt University | United Kingdom | 574 |
| 47 | Aberystwyth University | United Kingdom | 576 |
| 48 | University of Hertfordshire | United Kingdom | 581 |
| 49 | University of Portsmouth | United Kingdom | 584 |
| 50 | University of Essex | United Kingdom | 613 |