Best Universities in the UK 2022

This league table reveals the best UK universities and colleges, according to the trusted Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2022.

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Best universities in the UK 2024

This league table reveals the best UK universities and colleges, according to the trusted Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024.

Rank	Name Country/Region	No. of FTE Students	No. of students per staff	International Students	Female:Male Ratio	% Interdiscip. Science Research
1	University of Oxford United Kingdom	21,750	10.9	42%	49 : 51	23%
2	Stanford University United States	14,517	6.4	23%	47 : 53	22%
3	Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States	11,085	8.0	33%	41 : 59	40%
4	Harvard University United States	20,050	9.0	25%	51 : 49	12%
5	University of Cambridge United Kingdom	20,565	11.5	38%	48 : 52	27%
6	Princeton University United States	7,753	7.3	23%	47 : 53	43%
7	California Institute of Technology United States	2,240	6.1	33%	37 : 63	49%
8	Imperial College London United Kingdom	20,275	11.8	61%	42 : 58	28%
9	University of California, Berkeley United States	39,991	17.9	22%	52 : 48	36%
10	Yale University United States	11,924	5.2	21%	51 : 49	13%
11	ETH Zurich Switzerland	22,619	15.4	43%	33 : 67	43%
12	Tsinghua University China	38,518	11.2	10%	n/a	42%
13	The University of Chicago United States	15,792	6.2	36%	47 : 53	29%
14	Peking University China	33,064	10.9	14%	n/a	33%
15	Johns Hopkins University United States	15,772	4.1	28%	56 : 44	15%
16	University of Pennsylvania United States	21,312	6.2	22%	54 : 46	13%
17	Columbia University United States	25,914	5.2	35%	n/a	23%
18	University of California, Los Angeles United States	42,634	9.6	15%	56 : 44	21%
19	National University of Singapore Singapore Explore	33,334	20.0	24%	49 : 51	28%
20	Cornell University United States	23,620	10.0	24%	51 : 49	25%
21	University of Toronto Canada	79,282	25.8	27%	56 : 44	17%
22	UCL United Kingdom	41,110	11.3	61%	59 : 41	21%
23	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	45,783	8.1	16%	51 : 49	22%
24	Carnegie Mellon University United States	13,562	11.9	44%	44 : 56	43%
25	University of Washington United States	49,486	10.1	16%	56 : 44	20%
26	Duke University United States	15,527	3.9	18%	52 : 48	15%
27	New York University United States	48,461	11.8	42%	58 : 42	21%
28	Northwestern University United States	18,894	13.1	18%	52 : 48	18%
29	The University of Tokyo Japan	26,345	10.3	15%	n/a	35%
=30	University of Edinburgh United Kingdom	33,940	11.5	46%	61 : 39	24%
=30	Technical University of Munich Germany Explore	35,506	44.4	39%	37 : 63	36%
32	Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Singapore	25,895	16.7	27%	49 : 51	38%
33	École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Switzerland	12,543	13.5	64%	30 : 70	44%
34	University of California, San Diego United States	40,596	12.0	19%	45 : 55	21%
35	University of Hong Kong Hong Kong Explore	18,103	18.3	43%	55 : 45	36%
36	Georgia Institute of Technology United States	32,079	28.0	29%	34 : 66	43%
37	University of Melbourne Australia	51,307	25.1	47%	58 : 42	18%
=38	King’s College London United Kingdom	32,835	13.9	53%	63 : 37	12%
=38	LMU Munich Germany Explore	34,622	33.5	18%	62 : 38	21%
40	Paris Sciences et Lettres – PSL Research University Paris France	16,120	15.0	22%	51 : 49	30%
41	University of British Columbia Canada	58,987	19.4	34%	55 : 45	21%
42	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States	50,250	19.6	23%	51 : 49	35%
43	Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	38,472	12.6	9%	37 : 63	31%
44	Fudan University China	38,101	12.6	9%	52 : 48	24%
45	KU Leuven Belgium Explore	49,435	37.3	19%	52 : 48	23%
46	London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom	11,945	12.6	72%	56 : 44	15%
47	Universität Heidelberg Germany Explore	19,315	13.3	20%	55 : 45	20%
48	Delft University of Technology Netherlands	21,262	15.9	30%	31 : 69	50%
49	McGill University Canada Explore	30,821	11.9	29%	61 : 39	22%
50	Karolinska Institute Sweden	8,085	9.9	27%	70 : 30	4%
51	University of Manchester United Kingdom Explore	40,725	15.6	45%	56 : 44	26%
52	University of Texas at Austin United States	48,558	16.4	8%	55 : 45	36%
53	Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong Explore	18,290	18.8	25%	n/a	25%
54	Monash University Australia	58,460	43.1	38%	56 : 44	21%
=55	Kyoto University Japan	21,817	9.0	11%	25 : 75	32%
=55	Zhejiang University China Explore	48,169	12.0	16%	n/a	32%
57	University of Science and Technology of China China Explore	20,252	8.1	5%	n/a	43%
58	Université Paris-Saclay France	31,662	13.0	24%	50 : 50	35%
59	University of California, Davis United States	37,926	13.3	18%	60 : 40	22%
60	The University of Sydney Australia	57,414	23.1	51%	58 : 42	18%
61	University of Amsterdam Netherlands	28,649	13.2	36%	60 : 40	16%
62	Seoul National University South Korea	28,620	16.1	13%	n/a	26%
63	University of Wisconsin-Madison United States	41,209	9.9	13%	n/a	24%
=64	Brown University United States	9,781	10.3	19%	n/a	17%
=64	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong Explore	9,794	19.9	30%	n/a	44%
=64	Wageningen University & Research Netherlands	15,899	18.1	28%	54 : 46	28%
67	Australian National University Australia	17,293	15.1	48%	52 : 48	29%
68	Washington University in St Louis United States	13,825	7.3	22%	52 : 48	12%
69	University of California, Santa Barbara United States	25,540	27.5	18%	54 : 46	39%
70	The University of Queensland Australia Explore	42,847	39.1	42%	55 : 45	21%
71	Institut Polytechnique de Paris France	6,073	6.8	42%	25 : 75	47%
72	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	30,782	7.7	8%	60 : 40	12%
73	Nanjing University China	36,711	16.7	8%	54 : 46	41%
74	University of Southern California United States	44,083	14.2	24%	49 : 51	20%
75	Sorbonne University France	41,527	14.5	22%	60 : 40	32%
76	Yonsei University (Seoul campus) South Korea Explore	18,961	13.9	17%	49 : 51	21%
77	Leiden University Netherlands Explore	35,072	19.3	21%	60 : 40	24%
78	Boston University United States	26,677	10.8	29%	58 : 42	16%
79	University of Groningen Netherlands Explore	31,942	28.8	29%	53 : 47	17%
80	University of Zurich Switzerland	25,608	14.7	24%	58 : 42	19%
81	University of Bristol United Kingdom Explore	27,335	14.8	31%	55 : 45	27%
82	City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong Explore	9,076	13.2	67%	54 : 46	39%
83	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) South Korea	10,130	10.7	8%	21 : 79	40%
84	UNSW Sydney Australia Explore	47,044	36.6	40%	47 : 53	26%
85	University of Minnesota United States	59,556	11.8	9%	55 : 45	22%
86	Purdue University West Lafayette United States	42,633	18.3	17%	44 : 56	37%
=87	University of Glasgow United Kingdom Explore	32,270	14.4	43%	59 : 41	23%
=87	Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong Explore	20,034	30.6	30%	51 : 49	38%
=87	Humboldt University of Berlin Germany	34,761	54.5	18%	n/a	23%
90	RWTH Aachen University Germany	34,914	43.3	29%	34 : 66	39%
91	University of Bonn Germany	26,290	44.5	17%	57 : 43	26%
=92	University of California, Irvine United States	35,675	16.2	26%	53 : 47	25%
=92	Vanderbilt University United States	12,971	3.9	17%	55 : 45	16%
94	Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin Germany	8,868	17.5	21%	65 : 35	6%
=95	Lomonosov Moscow State University Russian Federation	32,680	9.6	37%	50 : 50	39%
=95	University of Tübingen Germany	21,632	27.1	14%	59 : 41	21%
=97	KTH Royal Institute of Technology Sweden	13,269	15.9	26%	34 : 66	46%
=97	University of Southampton United Kingdom	19,920	13.0	35%	51 : 49	32%
=99	Erasmus University Rotterdam Netherlands Explore	33,874	36.0	25%	54 : 46	10%
=99	Ohio State University (Main campus) United States	55,538	11.4	11%	51 : 49	22%

UK University Ranking

Best Universities in the UK 2022

Ranked 5 in the UK for Student Union

Bucks New University

Ranked 6th out of 123 for Student Satisfaction

Research Excellence Framework

Ranked 29 in the UK

University of Dundee

Ranked 201–250th

Teaching Excellent Framework Gold Award

Ranked 38 in the UK

Anglia Ruskin University

Ranked 301–350th

Teaching Excellent Framework Sliver Award

69th in UK

University of Bolton

Ranked 37th in UK

Ranked 2nd in UK & 3rd Globally for Accounting and Finance