100 Best universities for Marketing in the United Kingdom

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in the United Kingdom ranked based on their research performance in Marketing. A graph of 10.1M citations received by 283K academic papers made by 133 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.

1. University of Cambridge

England | Cambridge

For Marketing

#1 in Europe

#19 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

2. University of Manchester

England | Manchester

For Marketing

#2 in Europe

#25 in the World

Founded: 1824

3. University College London

England | London

For Marketing

#3 in Europe

#31 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

4. University of Oxford

England | Oxford

For Marketing

#4 in Europe

#32 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

5. Imperial College London

England | London

For Marketing

#6 in Europe

#45 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

6. University of Warwick

England | Coventry

For Marketing

#7 in Europe

#53 in the World

Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

7. Cardiff University

Wales | Cardiff

For Marketing

#10 in Europe

#62 in the World

Founded: 1997

8. University of Nottingham

England | Nottingham

For Marketing

#11 in Europe

#63 in the World

Founded: 1948

9. Cranfield University

England | Cranfield

For Marketing

#16 in Europe

#72 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Enrollment: 4,825
Founded: 1993

10. University of Birmingham

England | Birmingham

For Marketing

#21 in Europe

#93 in the World

Founded: 1900

11. Loughborough University

England | Loughborough

For Marketing

#23 in Europe

#95 in the World

Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

12. University of Sheffield

England | Sheffield

For Marketing

#25 in Europe

#99 in the World

Founded: 1905

13. University of Southampton

England | Southampton

For Marketing

#27 in Europe

#101 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

14. King's College London

England | London

For Marketing

#29 in Europe

#108 in the World

Founded: 1829

15. University of Leeds

England | Leeds

For Marketing

#32 in Europe

#113 in the World

Founded: 1904

16. University of Edinburgh

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Marketing

#33 in Europe

#114 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

17. London Business School

England | London

For Marketing

#36 in Europe

#129 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1964

18. University of Strathclyde

Scotland | Glasgow

For Marketing

#42 in Europe

#142 in the World

Founded: 1964

19. University of Glasgow

Scotland | Glasgow

For Marketing

#43 in Europe

#152 in the World

Founded: 1451

20. University of Bath

For Marketing

#44 in Europe

#153 in the World

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

21. London School of Economics and Political Science

England | London

For Marketing

#45 in Europe

#154 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 9,218
Founded: 1895

22. Lancaster University

England | Lancaster

For Marketing

#46 in Europe

#155 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1964

23. University of Sussex

England | Brighton

For Marketing

#50 in Europe

#163 in the World

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

24. University of Liverpool

England | Liverpool

For Marketing

#54 in Europe

#171 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

25. University of Bristol

England | Bristol

For Marketing

#56 in Europe

#175 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Enrollment: 27,513
Founded: 1909

26. University of Surrey

England | Guildford

For Marketing

#58 in Europe

#178 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1966

27. Ulster University

Northern Ireland | Coleraine

For Marketing

#60 in Europe

#196 in the World

Founded: 1968

28. Brunel University London

England | Uxbridge

For Marketing

#61 in Europe

#199 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1966

29. Newcastle University

England | Newcastle upon Tyne

For Marketing

#63 in Europe

#205 in the World

Founded: 1963

30. University of York

For Marketing

#70 in Europe

#219 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

31. University of Reading

England | Reading

For Marketing

#75 in Europe

#229 in the World

Founded: 1892

32. University of Exeter

England | Exeter

For Marketing

#91 in Europe

#276 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

33. Durham University

England | Durham

For Marketing

#92 in Europe

#277 in the World

Enrollment: 19,520
Founded: 1832

34. City, University of London

England | London

For Marketing

#98 in Europe

#289 in the World

Founded: 1966

35. Aston University

England | Birmingham

For Marketing

#101 in Europe

#294 in the World

Founded: 1895

36. University of Bradford

England | Bradford

For Marketing

#110 in Europe

#315 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 1966

37. University of East Anglia

England | Norwich

For Marketing

#111 in Europe

#317 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1963

38. University of Leicester

England | Leicester

For Marketing

#122 in Europe

#340 in the World

Enrollment: 24,409
Male:Female: 46:54
Founded: 1957

39. University of Aberdeen

Scotland | Aberdeen

For Marketing

#124 in Europe

#342 in the World

Founded: 1495

40. University of Stirling

Scotland | Stirling

For Marketing

#125 in Europe

#348 in the World

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

41. Swansea University

Wales | Swansea

For Marketing

#127 in Europe

#353 in the World

Founded: 1920

42. Manchester Metropolitan University

England | Manchester

For Marketing

#128 in Europe

#355 in the World

Founded: 1992

43. University of London

England | London

For Marketing

#139 in Europe

#384 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

44. University of Salford

England | Salford

For Marketing

#140 in Europe

#389 in the World

Founded: 1967

45. Northumbria University

England | Newcastle upon Tyne

For Marketing

#145 in Europe

#398 in the World

Founded: 1992

46. Bournemouth University

England | Poole

For Marketing

#146 in Europe

#399 in the World

Enrollment: 14,293
Founded: 1992

47. University of Wales

Wales | Cardiff

For Marketing

#158 in Europe

#421 in the World

Founded: 1893

48. University of Plymouth

England | Plymouth

For Marketing

#160 in Europe

#424 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1992

49. Queen's University Belfast

Northern Ireland | Belfast

For Marketing

#161 in Europe

#426 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1849

50. Queen Mary University of London

England | London

For Marketing

#166 in Europe

#435 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1989

51. University of Kent

England | Canterbury

For Marketing

#167 in Europe

#438 in the World

Founded: 1965

52. Nottingham Trent University

England | Nottingham

For Marketing

#176 in Europe

#458 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1992

53. University of the West of England

England | Bristol

For Marketing

#191 in Europe

#502 in the World

Enrollment: 30,732
Founded: 1992

54. University of Essex

England | Colchester

For Marketing

#192 in Europe

#503 in the World

Founded: 1964

55. University of Hull

England | Kingston upon Hull

For Marketing

#195 in Europe

#506 in the World

Founded: 1954

56. Sheffield Hallam University

England | Sheffield

For Marketing

#197 in Europe

#526 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

57. Royal Holloway, University of London

England | Egham

For Marketing

#200 in Europe

#536 in the World

Founded: 1849

58. University of Portsmouth

England | Portsmouth

For Marketing

#205 in Europe

#543 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

59. Coventry University

England | Coventry

For Marketing

#212 in Europe

#562 in the World

Enrollment: 22,980
Founded: 1992

60. Middlesex University

England | London

For Marketing

#221 in Europe

#582 in the World

Founded: 1973

61. Heriot-Watt University

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Marketing

#225 in Europe

#591 in the World

Founded: 1966

62. De Montfort University

England | Leicester

For Marketing

#227 in Europe

#602 in the World

Enrollment: 29,000
Founded: 1992

63. University of Dundee

Scotland | Dundee

For Marketing

#228 in Europe

#605 in the World

Founded: 1967

64. University of Huddersfield

England | Huddersfield

For Marketing

#230 in Europe

#610 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

65. Glasgow Caledonian University

Scotland | Glasgow

For Marketing

#235 in Europe

#621 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1993

66. University of Westminster

England | London

For Marketing

#238 in Europe

#626 in the World

Enrollment: 19,000
Founded: 1838

67. Liverpool John Moores University

England | Liverpool

For Marketing

#240 in Europe

#628 in the World

Founded: 1992

68. Oxford Brookes University

England | Oxford

For Marketing

#242 in Europe

#637 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1865

69. Keele University

England | Keele

For Marketing

#247 in Europe

#649 in the World

Founded: 1962

70. University of Hertfordshire

England | Hatfield

For Marketing

#251 in Europe

#658 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1992

71. Bangor University

For Marketing

#255 in Europe

#666 in the World

Enrollment: 11,270
Founded: 1884

72. University of Greenwich

England | London

For Marketing

#258 in Europe

#671 in the World

Founded: 1890

73. University of Brighton

England | Brighton

For Marketing

#261 in Europe

#675 in the World

Founded: 1992

74. Kingston University

England | Kingston upon Thames

For Marketing

#271 in Europe

#691 in the World

Founded: 1992

75. University of St Andrews

Scotland | St Andrews

For Marketing

#287 in Europe

#724 in the World

Enrollment: 10,425
Founded: 1413

76. Leeds Beckett University

England | Leeds

For Marketing

#302 in Europe

#755 in the World

Founded: 1992

77. Birkbeck, University of London

England | London

For Marketing

#322 in Europe

#808 in the World

Founded: 1823

78. Edinburgh Napier University

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Marketing

#327 in Europe

#823 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1992

79. University of Wolverhampton

England | Wolverhampton

For Marketing

#328 in Europe

#826 in the World

Founded: 1992

80. University of South Wales

Wales | Pontypridd

For Marketing

#338 in Europe

#863 in the World

Founded: 1841

81. University of Central Lancashire

England | Preston

For Marketing

#345 in Europe

#888 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1992

82. London South Bank University

England | London

For Marketing

#350 in Europe

#899 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 1892

83. London Metropolitan University

England | London

For Marketing

#353 in Europe

#905 in the World

Founded: 1848

84. St George's, University of London

England | London

For Marketing

#362 in Europe

#921 in the World

Founded: 1733

85. University of Derby

England | Derby

For Marketing

#365 in Europe

#932 in the World

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

86. Birmingham City University

England | Birmingham

For Marketing

#369 in Europe

#948 in the World

Founded: 1992

87. University of Lincoln

England | Lincoln

For Marketing

#381 in Europe

#990 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Enrollment: 19,710
Founded: 1992

88. Robert Gordon University

Scotland | Aberdeen

For Marketing

#387 in Europe

#1006 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1992

89. University of Bedfordshire

England | Luton

For Marketing

#397 in Europe

#1040 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 2006

90. Staffordshire University

England | Stoke-on-Trent

For Marketing

#409 in Europe

#1091 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1992

91. Anglia Ruskin University

England | Cambridge

For Marketing

#418 in Europe

#1118 in the World

Founded: 1858

92. Teesside University

England | Middlesbrough

For Marketing

#426 in Europe

#1155 in the World

Enrollment: 19,290
Founded: 1992

93. University of the West of Scotland

Scotland | Paisley

For Marketing

#429 in Europe

#1161 in the World

Enrollment: 15,555
Founded: 1897

94. Cardiff Metropolitan University

Wales | Cardiff

For Marketing

#435 in Europe

#1194 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Enrollment: 31,517
Founded: 2011

95. Aberystwyth University

Wales | Aberystwyth

For Marketing

#447 in Europe

#1224 in the World

Founded: 1872

96. Queen Margaret University

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Marketing

#449 in Europe

#1228 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 2007

97. University of Gloucestershire

England | Cheltenham

For Marketing

#451 in Europe

#1231 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Founded: 2001

98. Goldsmiths, University of London

England | London

For Marketing

#456 in Europe

#1255 in the World

Founded: 1904

99. University of Winchester

England | Winchester

For Marketing

#473 in Europe

#1297 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 2005

100. Edge Hill University

England | Ormskirk

For Marketing

#483 in Europe

#1326 in the World

Founded: 2006

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