100 Best universities for Creative Writing in the United Kingdom

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in the United Kingdom ranked based on their research performance in Creative Writing. A graph of 457K citations received by 24.4K academic papers made by 108 universities in the United Kingdom was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

Please note that our approach to subject rankings is based on scientific outputs and heavily biased on art-related topics towards institutions with computer science research profiles.

1. University of Oxford

England | Oxford

For Creative Writing

#1 in Europe

#1 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1096

2. University of Cambridge

England | Cambridge

For Creative Writing

#2 in Europe

#2 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

3. University College London

England | London

For Creative Writing

#3 in Europe

#5 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

4. University of Manchester

England | Manchester

For Creative Writing

#4 in Europe

#10 in the World

Founded: 1824

5. Lancaster University

England | Lancaster

For Creative Writing

#5 in Europe

#21 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1964

6. University of Edinburgh

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Creative Writing

#6 in Europe

#23 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

7. King's College London

England | London

For Creative Writing

#7 in Europe

#24 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1829

8. University of Nottingham

England | Nottingham

For Creative Writing

#8 in Europe

#25 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

9. University of Exeter

England | Exeter

For Creative Writing

#9 in Europe

#33 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

10. University of York

For Creative Writing

#10 in Europe

#37 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

11. Cardiff University

Wales | Cardiff

For Creative Writing

#11 in Europe

#40 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1997

12. University of Leeds

England | Leeds

For Creative Writing

#12 in Europe

#42 in the World

Founded: 1904

13. University of Birmingham

England | Birmingham

For Creative Writing

#13 in Europe

#44 in the World

Founded: 1900

14. University of Sheffield

England | Sheffield

For Creative Writing

#14 in Europe

#45 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1905

15. University of London

England | London

For Creative Writing

#15 in Europe

#46 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

16. University of Warwick

England | Coventry

For Creative Writing

#16 in Europe

#48 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

17. Durham University

England | Durham

For Creative Writing

#17 in Europe

#49 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 19,520
Founded: 1832

18. University of Bristol

England | Bristol

For Creative Writing

#19 in Europe

#59 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Enrollment: 27,513
Founded: 1909

19. Loughborough University

England | Loughborough

For Creative Writing

#20 in Europe

#63 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

20. University of Southampton

England | Southampton

For Creative Writing

#21 in Europe

#65 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

21. University of Sussex

England | Brighton

For Creative Writing

#22 in Europe

#66 in the World

Enrollment: 17,319
Male:Female: 44:56
Founded: 1961

22. University of Glasgow

Scotland | Glasgow

For Creative Writing

#23 in Europe

#73 in the World

Founded: 1451

23. University of Liverpool

England | Liverpool

For Creative Writing

#29 in Europe

#105 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

24. London School of Economics and Political Science

England | London

For Creative Writing

#31 in Europe

#114 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1895

25. University of Leicester

England | Leicester

For Creative Writing

#33 in Europe

#117 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Enrollment: 24,409
Male:Female: 46:54
Founded: 1957

26. Queen Mary University of London

England | London

For Creative Writing

#35 in Europe

#120 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1989

27. Newcastle University

England | Newcastle upon Tyne

For Creative Writing

#36 in Europe

#122 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Founded: 1963

28. University of Kent

England | Canterbury

For Creative Writing

#37 in Europe

#125 in the World

Founded: 1965

29. Royal Holloway, University of London

England | Egham

For Creative Writing

#40 in Europe

#133 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1849

30. University of Reading

England | Reading

For Creative Writing

#41 in Europe

#136 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Founded: 1892

31. University of St Andrews

Scotland | St Andrews

For Creative Writing

#42 in Europe

#139 in the World

Enrollment: 10,425
Founded: 1413

32. University of East Anglia

England | Norwich

For Creative Writing

#46 in Europe

#152 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1963

33. Nottingham Trent University

England | Nottingham

For Creative Writing

#49 in Europe

#170 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1992

34. Goldsmiths, University of London

England | London

For Creative Writing

#50 in Europe

#172 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1904

35. Queen's University Belfast

Northern Ireland | Belfast

For Creative Writing

#51 in Europe

#178 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1849

36. Keele University

England | Keele

For Creative Writing

#52 in Europe

#179 in the World

Founded: 1962

37. University of Stirling

Scotland | Stirling

For Creative Writing

#54 in Europe

#183 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 14,000
Founded: 1967

38. Manchester Metropolitan University

England | Manchester

For Creative Writing

#55 in Europe

#184 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1992

39. University of Aberdeen

Scotland | Aberdeen

For Creative Writing

#57 in Europe

#188 in the World

Founded: 1495

40. University of East London

England | London

For Creative Writing

#60 in Europe

#200 in the World

Founded: 1992

41. Northumbria University

England | Newcastle upon Tyne

For Creative Writing

#61 in Europe

#201 in the World

Founded: 1992

42. University of Brighton

England | Brighton

For Creative Writing

#62 in Europe

#202 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1992

43. University of Salford

England | Salford

For Creative Writing

#63 in Europe

#205 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1967

44. University of Plymouth

England | Plymouth

For Creative Writing

#66 in Europe

#210 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Founded: 1992

45. Birkbeck, University of London

England | London

For Creative Writing

#67 in Europe

#212 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 1823

46. University of the West of England

England | Bristol

For Creative Writing

#68 in Europe

#213 in the World

Enrollment: 30,732
Founded: 1992

47. University of Bath

For Creative Writing

#70 in Europe

#217 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Enrollment: 18,857
Male:Female: 53:47
Founded: 1966

48. Oxford Brookes University

England | Oxford

For Creative Writing

#71 in Europe

#220 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1865

49. Leeds Beckett University

England | Leeds

For Creative Writing

#72 in Europe

#221 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1992

50. SOAS, University of London

England | London

For Creative Writing

#75 in Europe

#226 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1916

51. University of Hertfordshire

England | Hatfield

For Creative Writing

#78 in Europe

#233 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1992

52. University of Hull

England | Kingston upon Hull

For Creative Writing

#79 in Europe

#234 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1954

53. Sheffield Hallam University

England | Sheffield

For Creative Writing

#80 in Europe

#236 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1992

54. University of Surrey

England | Guildford

For Creative Writing

#82 in Europe

#240 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1966

55. De Montfort University

England | Leicester

For Creative Writing

#84 in Europe

#242 in the World

Founded: 1992

56. Teesside University

England | Middlesbrough

For Creative Writing

#85 in Europe

#243 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 19,290
Founded: 1992

57. Bournemouth University

England | Poole

For Creative Writing

#86 in Europe

#252 in the World

Enrollment: 14,293
Founded: 1992

58. University of Strathclyde

Scotland | Glasgow

For Creative Writing

#90 in Europe

#261 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Founded: 1964

59. City, University of London

England | London

For Creative Writing

#94 in Europe

#265 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1966

60. Brunel University London

England | Uxbridge

For Creative Writing

#95 in Europe

#268 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1966

61. Ulster University

Northern Ireland | Coleraine

For Creative Writing

#96 in Europe

#269 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1968

62. University of Essex

England | Colchester

For Creative Writing

#97 in Europe

#271 in the World

Founded: 1964

63. University of Dundee

Scotland | Dundee

For Creative Writing

#101 in Europe

#275 in the World

Founded: 1967

64. Middlesex University

England | London

For Creative Writing

#103 in Europe

#280 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 1973

65. University of Huddersfield

England | Huddersfield

For Creative Writing

#106 in Europe

#287 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

66. University of Portsmouth

England | Portsmouth

For Creative Writing

#110 in Europe

#303 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

67. University of Roehampton

England | London

For Creative Writing

#111 in Europe

#307 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Founded: 2004

68. University of Central Lancashire

England | Preston

For Creative Writing

#116 in Europe

#317 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1992

69. Coventry University

England | Coventry

For Creative Writing

#118 in Europe

#324 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Enrollment: 22,980
Founded: 1992

70. Swansea University

Wales | Swansea

For Creative Writing

#119 in Europe

#326 in the World

Founded: 1920

71. Liverpool John Moores University

England | Liverpool

For Creative Writing

#128 in Europe

#346 in the World

Founded: 1992

72. University of Lincoln

England | Lincoln

For Creative Writing

#129 in Europe

#347 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 1992

73. University of Westminster

England | London

For Creative Writing

#136 in Europe

#383 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 19,000
Founded: 1838

74. Anglia Ruskin University

England | Cambridge

For Creative Writing

#138 in Europe

#389 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Founded: 1858

75. Canterbury Christ Church University

England | Canterbury

For Creative Writing

#139 in Europe

#392 in the World

Founded: 2005

76. University of Wolverhampton

England | Wolverhampton

For Creative Writing

#140 in Europe

#397 in the World

Founded: 1992

77. Imperial College London

England | London

For Creative Writing

#141 in Europe

#400 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

78. Bangor University

For Creative Writing

#145 in Europe

#405 in the World

Enrollment: 11,270
Founded: 1884

79. University of Greenwich

England | London

For Creative Writing

#148 in Europe

#414 in the World

Founded: 1890

80. University of Northampton

England | Northampton

For Creative Writing

#150 in Europe

#419 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 2005

81. Kingston University

England | Kingston upon Thames

For Creative Writing

#153 in Europe

#423 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1992

82. Aberystwyth University

Wales | Aberystwyth

For Creative Writing

#161 in Europe

#442 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1872

83. London Metropolitan University

England | London

For Creative Writing

#163 in Europe

#446 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1848

84. Aston University

England | Birmingham

For Creative Writing

#175 in Europe

#468 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1895

85. London South Bank University

England | London

For Creative Writing

#178 in Europe

#473 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1892

86. University of Sunderland

England | Sunderland

For Creative Writing

#179 in Europe

#475 in the World

Enrollment: 19,090
Founded: 1992

87. University of Derby

England | Derby

For Creative Writing

#180 in Europe

#476 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1992

88. Edge Hill University

England | Ormskirk

For Creative Writing

#189 in Europe

#495 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 28%
Founded: 2006

89. University of Winchester

England | Winchester

For Creative Writing

#192 in Europe

#501 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 2005

90. University of Bedfordshire

England | Luton

For Creative Writing

#196 in Europe

#510 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

91. Robert Gordon University

Scotland | Aberdeen

For Creative Writing

#199 in Europe

#522 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1992

92. Heriot-Watt University

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Creative Writing

#202 in Europe

#530 in the World

Founded: 1966

93. University of Chester

England | Chester

For Creative Writing

#203 in Europe

#531 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 95%
Founded: 2005

94. Edinburgh Napier University

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Creative Writing

#210 in Europe

#558 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1992

95. University of Wales

Wales | Cardiff

For Creative Writing

#211 in Europe

#561 in the World

Founded: 1893

96. Birmingham City University

England | Birmingham

For Creative Writing

#213 in Europe

#567 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Founded: 1992

97. University of Gloucestershire

England | Cheltenham

For Creative Writing

#216 in Europe

#573 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 2001

98. Glasgow Caledonian University

Scotland | Glasgow

For Creative Writing

#219 in Europe

#582 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1993

99. Staffordshire University

England | Stoke-on-Trent

For Creative Writing

#232 in Europe

#628 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 1992

100. Cardiff Metropolitan University

Wales | Cardiff

For Creative Writing

#236 in Europe

#642 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Founded: 2011

The best cities to study Creative Writing in the United Kingdom based on the number of universities and their ranks are Oxford, Cambridge, London, and Manchester.