84 Best universities for Project Management in England

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in England ranked based on their research performance in Project Management. A graph of 1.28M citations received by 42.1K academic papers made by 84 universities in England 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. Cranfield University

For Project Management

#1 in the United Kingdom

#1 in Europe

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

2. University of Cambridge

For Project Management

#2 in the United Kingdom

#2 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

3. University College London

For Project Management

#3 in the United Kingdom

#4 in Europe

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

4. University of Manchester

For Project Management

#4 in the United Kingdom

#5 in Europe

Founded: 1824

5. University of Warwick

For Project Management

#5 in the United Kingdom

#7 in Europe

Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

6. Loughborough University

For Project Management

#6 in the United Kingdom

#8 in Europe

Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

7. Brunel University London

For Project Management

#9 in the United Kingdom

#19 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1966

8. University of Oxford

For Project Management

#10 in the United Kingdom

#22 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

9. Imperial College London

For Project Management

#11 in the United Kingdom

#23 in Europe

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

10. University of Salford

For Project Management

#12 in the United Kingdom

#27 in Europe

Founded: 1967

11. London Business School

For Project Management

#13 in the United Kingdom

#28 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1964

12. Lancaster University

For Project Management

#14 in the United Kingdom

#29 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1964

13. University of Sheffield

For Project Management

#15 in the United Kingdom

#33 in Europe

Founded: 1905

14. London School of Economics and Political Science

For Project Management

#16 in the United Kingdom

#36 in Europe

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

15. University of Southampton

For Project Management

#17 in the United Kingdom

#38 in Europe

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

16. University of Nottingham

For Project Management

#18 in the United Kingdom

#41 in Europe

Founded: 1948

17. University of Bradford

For Project Management

#19 in the United Kingdom

#42 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 1966

18. University of Bath

For Project Management

#20 in the United Kingdom

#44 in Europe

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

19. University of Leeds

For Project Management

#21 in the United Kingdom

#47 in Europe

Founded: 1904

20. Aston University

For Project Management

#22 in the United Kingdom

#50 in Europe

Founded: 1895

21. University of Liverpool

For Project Management

#23 in the United Kingdom

#53 in Europe

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

22. University of Birmingham

For Project Management

#24 in the United Kingdom

#54 in Europe

Founded: 1900

23. University of Sussex

For Project Management

#26 in the United Kingdom

#66 in Europe

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

24. Newcastle University

Newcastle upon Tyne

For Project Management

#28 in the United Kingdom

#76 in Europe

Founded: 1963

25. University of Surrey

For Project Management

#29 in the United Kingdom

#77 in Europe

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1966

26. University of Reading

For Project Management

#31 in the United Kingdom

#87 in Europe

Founded: 1892

27. King's College London

For Project Management

#32 in the United Kingdom

#91 in Europe

Founded: 1829

28. University of York

For Project Management

#33 in the United Kingdom

#96 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

29. University of the West of England

For Project Management

#34 in the United Kingdom

#101 in Europe

Enrollment: 30,732
Founded: 1992

30. City, University of London

For Project Management

#35 in the United Kingdom

#104 in Europe

Founded: 1966

31. University of Hull

Kingston upon Hull

For Project Management

#36 in the United Kingdom

#107 in Europe

Founded: 1954

32. Bournemouth University

For Project Management

#38 in the United Kingdom

#114 in Europe

Enrollment: 14,293
Founded: 1992

33. Northumbria University

Newcastle upon Tyne

For Project Management

#39 in the United Kingdom

#117 in Europe

Founded: 1992

34. University of Brighton

For Project Management

#40 in the United Kingdom

#120 in Europe

Founded: 1992

35. University of Bristol

For Project Management

#41 in the United Kingdom

#126 in Europe

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

36. University of Exeter

For Project Management

#42 in the United Kingdom

#133 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

37. Manchester Metropolitan University

For Project Management

#43 in the United Kingdom

#135 in Europe

Founded: 1992

38. Sheffield Hallam University

For Project Management

#44 in the United Kingdom

#136 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

39. University of Hertfordshire

For Project Management

#45 in the United Kingdom

#145 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1992

40. Liverpool John Moores University

For Project Management

#46 in the United Kingdom

#147 in Europe

Founded: 1992

41. University of East Anglia

For Project Management

#48 in the United Kingdom

#150 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1963

42. University of Plymouth

For Project Management

#49 in the United Kingdom

#151 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1992

43. Middlesex University

For Project Management

#50 in the United Kingdom

#152 in Europe

Founded: 1973

44. University of Portsmouth

For Project Management

#51 in the United Kingdom

#153 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

45. Nottingham Trent University

For Project Management

#54 in the United Kingdom

#161 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1992

46. University of London

For Project Management

#55 in the United Kingdom

#162 in Europe

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

47. Coventry University

For Project Management

#56 in the United Kingdom

#163 in Europe

Enrollment: 22,980
Founded: 1992

48. University of Kent

For Project Management

#57 in the United Kingdom

#171 in Europe

Founded: 1965

49. Durham University

For Project Management

#59 in the United Kingdom

#178 in Europe

Enrollment: 19,520
Founded: 1832

50. De Montfort University

For Project Management

#60 in the United Kingdom

#181 in Europe

Founded: 1992

51. University of Huddersfield

For Project Management

#61 in the United Kingdom

#192 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

52. University of Wolverhampton

For Project Management

#62 in the United Kingdom

#193 in Europe

Founded: 1992

53. University of Greenwich

For Project Management

#65 in the United Kingdom

#210 in Europe

Founded: 1890

54. Oxford Brookes University

For Project Management

#66 in the United Kingdom

#219 in Europe

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1865

55. Leeds Beckett University

For Project Management

#67 in the United Kingdom

#224 in Europe

Founded: 1992

56. University of Derby

For Project Management

#68 in the United Kingdom

#236 in Europe

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

57. University of Central Lancashire

For Project Management

#70 in the United Kingdom

#250 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1992

58. London South Bank University

For Project Management

#71 in the United Kingdom

#266 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 1892

59. Keele University

For Project Management

#73 in the United Kingdom

#269 in Europe

Founded: 1962

60. University of Leicester

For Project Management

#74 in the United Kingdom

#277 in Europe

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

61. Teesside University

For Project Management

#75 in the United Kingdom

#283 in Europe

Enrollment: 19,290
Founded: 1992

62. Royal Holloway, University of London

For Project Management

#76 in the United Kingdom

#284 in Europe

Founded: 1849

63. University of Bedfordshire

For Project Management

#77 in the United Kingdom

#287 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 2006

64. Queen Mary University of London

For Project Management

#79 in the United Kingdom

#309 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1989

65. Kingston University

Kingston upon Thames

For Project Management

#83 in the United Kingdom

#335 in Europe

Founded: 1992

66. Birmingham City University

For Project Management

#84 in the United Kingdom

#337 in Europe

Founded: 1992

67. University of Westminster

For Project Management

#85 in the United Kingdom

#350 in Europe

Enrollment: 19,000
Founded: 1838

68. University of Lincoln

For Project Management

#86 in the United Kingdom

#359 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1992

69. University of East London

For Project Management

#88 in the United Kingdom

#389 in Europe

Founded: 1992

70. London Metropolitan University

For Project Management

#89 in the United Kingdom

#394 in Europe

Founded: 1848

71. Staffordshire University

For Project Management

#90 in the United Kingdom

#400 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1992

72. University of Essex

For Project Management

#91 in the United Kingdom

#406 in Europe

Founded: 1964

73. Anglia Ruskin University

For Project Management

#92 in the United Kingdom

#423 in Europe

Founded: 1858

74. University of Sunderland

For Project Management

#93 in the United Kingdom

#434 in Europe

Enrollment: 19,090
Founded: 1992

75. Birkbeck, University of London

For Project Management

#95 in the United Kingdom

#458 in Europe

Founded: 1823

76. University of Buckingham

For Project Management

#96 in the United Kingdom

#464 in Europe

Founded: 1973

77. Edge Hill University

For Project Management

#97 in the United Kingdom

#465 in Europe

Founded: 2006

78. University of Gloucestershire

For Project Management

#98 in the United Kingdom

#472 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Founded: 2001

79. St George's, University of London

For Project Management

#99 in the United Kingdom

#501 in Europe

Founded: 1733

80. Regent's University London

For Project Management

#100 in the United Kingdom

#509 in Europe

Enrollment: 4,000
Founded: 1984

81. University of Bolton

For Project Management

#101 in the United Kingdom

#549 in Europe

Founded: 2004

82. University of West London

For Project Management

#104 in the United Kingdom

#591 in Europe

Founded: 1990

83. University of Roehampton

For Project Management

#105 in the United Kingdom

#611 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 2004

84. University of Northampton

For Project Management

#106 in the United Kingdom

#633 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 2005

Closest to England states to learn Project Management

State	Universities Unis	Best university country rank Best uni rank
Wales	7	8
Scotland	14	7