Which United Kingdom universities are better? According 2018 QS World University Rankings,United Kingdom have 76 universities on the list.
| Area Rank |
University | Area | World Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom | 5 |
| 2 | University of Oxford | United Kingdom | 6 |
| 3 | UCL (University College London) | United Kingdom | 7 |
| 4 | Imperial College London | United Kingdom | 8 |
| 5 | King's College London | United Kingdom | 23 |
| 5 | The University of Edinburgh | United Kingdom | 23 |
| 7 | The University of Manchester | United Kingdom | 34 |
| 8 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) | United Kingdom | 35 |
| 9 | University of Bristol | United Kingdom | 44 |
| 10 | The University of Warwick | United Kingdom | 57 |
| 11 | University of Glasgow | United Kingdom | 65 |
| 12 | Durham University | United Kingdom | 78 |
| 13 | The University of Sheffield | United Kingdom | 82 |
| 14 | The University of Nottingham | United Kingdom | 84 |
| 14 | University of Birmingham | United Kingdom | 84 |
| 16 | University of St Andrews | United Kingdom | 92 |
| 17 | University of Leeds | United Kingdom | 101 |
| 18 | University of Southampton | United Kingdom | 102 |
| 19 | Queen Mary University of London | United Kingdom | 127 |
| 20 | Lancaster University | United Kingdom | 135 |
| 20 | University of York | United Kingdom | 135 |
| 22 | Cardiff University | United Kingdom | 137 |
| 23 | University of Aberdeen | United Kingdom | 158 |
| 23 | The University of Exeter | United Kingdom | 158 |
| 25 | University of Bath | United Kingdom | 160 |
| 26 | Newcastle University | United Kingdom | 161 |
| 27 | University of Liverpool | United Kingdom | 173 |
| 28 | University of Reading | United Kingdom | 188 |
| 29 | Queen's University Belfast | United Kingdom | 202 |
| 30 | University of Sussex | United Kingdom | 228 |
| 31 | Loughborough University | United Kingdom | 234 |
| 32 | University of Leicester | United Kingdom | 238 |
| 33 | Royal Holloway University of London | United Kingdom | 259 |
| 34 | University of Dundee | United Kingdom | 267 |
| 35 | University of Surrey | United Kingdom | 272 |
| 36 | University of East Anglia (UEA) | United Kingdom | 274 |
| 37 | University of Strathclyde | United Kingdom | 277 |
| 38 | SOAS University of London | United Kingdom | 296 |
| 39 | Birkbeck, University of London | United Kingdom | 308 |
| 40 | Heriot-Watt University | United Kingdom | 312 |
| 41 | City, University of London | United Kingdom | 343 |
| 42 | Brunel University London | United Kingdom | 346 |
| 43 | University of Essex | United Kingdom | 352 |
| 44 | Oxford Brookes University | United Kingdom | 361 |
| 45 | Aston University | United Kingdom | 373 |
| 45 | University of Kent | United Kingdom | 373 |
| 47 | Goldsmiths, University of London | United Kingdom | 398 |
| 48 | Swansea University | United Kingdom | 431-440 |
| 49 | Bangor University | United Kingdom | 441-450 |
| 50 | University of Stirling | United Kingdom | 451-460 |