Computer Engineering in UK: 89 Best universities Ranked 2025

Below is a list of best universities in the United Kingdom ranked based on their research performance in Computer Engineering. A graph of 850K citations received by 37.1K academic papers made by 89 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. Imperial College London

England | London

For Computer Engineering

#3 in Europe

#22 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

2. University of Cambridge

England | Cambridge

For Computer Engineering

#6 in Europe

#34 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

3. University of Edinburgh

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Computer Engineering

#15 in Europe

#69 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

4. University of Oxford

England | Oxford

For Computer Engineering

#16 in Europe

#71 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

5. University College London

England | London

For Computer Engineering

#17 in Europe

#76 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

6. University of Manchester

England | Manchester

For Computer Engineering

#20 in Europe

#84 in the World

Founded: 1824

7. University of Bristol

England | Bristol

For Computer Engineering

#28 in Europe

#116 in the World

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

8. University of Southampton

England | Southampton

For Computer Engineering

#33 in Europe

#125 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

9. Queen's University Belfast

Northern Ireland | Belfast

For Computer Engineering

#40 in Europe

#145 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1849

10. University of York

England | York

For Computer Engineering

#41 in Europe

#153 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

11. University of Sheffield

England | Sheffield

For Computer Engineering

#53 in Europe

#195 in the World

Founded: 1905

12. Loughborough University

England | Loughborough

For Computer Engineering

#62 in Europe

#211 in the World

Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

13. University of Glasgow

Scotland | Glasgow

For Computer Engineering

#63 in Europe

#214 in the World

Founded: 1451

14. University of Essex

England | Colchester

For Computer Engineering

#65 in Europe

#219 in the World

Founded: 1964

15. University of Reading

England | Reading

For Computer Engineering

#74 in Europe

#242 in the World

Founded: 1892

16. University of Surrey

England | Guildford

For Computer Engineering

#81 in Europe

#257 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1966

17. University of Strathclyde

Scotland | Glasgow

For Computer Engineering

#84 in Europe

#265 in the World

Founded: 1964

18. University of Nottingham

England | Nottingham

For Computer Engineering

#89 in Europe

#283 in the World

Founded: 1948

19. Newcastle University

England | Newcastle upon Tyne

For Computer Engineering

#99 in Europe

#311 in the World

Founded: 1963

20. Queen Mary University of London

England | London

For Computer Engineering

#101 in Europe

#314 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1989

21. University of Warwick

England | Coventry

For Computer Engineering

#111 in Europe

#342 in the World

Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

22. University of Leeds

England | Leeds

For Computer Engineering

#114 in Europe

#348 in the World

Founded: 1904

23. University of Birmingham

England | Birmingham

For Computer Engineering

#120 in Europe

#357 in the World

Founded: 1900

24. Brunel University London

England | Uxbridge

For Computer Engineering

#121 in Europe

#371 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1966

25. Durham University

England | Durham

For Computer Engineering

#139 in Europe

#423 in the World

Enrollment: 19,520
Founded: 1832

26. University of Kent

England | Canterbury

For Computer Engineering

#154 in Europe

#455 in the World

Founded: 1965

27. Lancaster University

England | Lancaster

For Computer Engineering

#161 in Europe

#470 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1964

28. University of Sussex

England | Brighton

For Computer Engineering

#174 in Europe

#502 in the World

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

29. University of Liverpool

England | Liverpool

For Computer Engineering

#177 in Europe

#507 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

30. King's College London

England | London

For Computer Engineering

#178 in Europe

#509 in the World

Founded: 1829

31. Ulster University

Northern Ireland | Coleraine

For Computer Engineering

#182 in Europe

#525 in the World

Founded: 1968

32. Heriot-Watt University

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Computer Engineering

#189 in Europe

#549 in the World

Founded: 1966

33. Cardiff University

Wales | Cardiff

For Computer Engineering

#199 in Europe

#574 in the World

Founded: 1997

34. Royal Holloway, University of London

England | Egham

For Computer Engineering

#213 in Europe

#603 in the World

Founded: 1849

35. University of Bath

England | Bath

For Computer Engineering

#219 in Europe

#625 in the World

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

36. University of Leicester

England | Leicester

For Computer Engineering

#231 in Europe

#668 in the World

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

37. Edinburgh Napier University

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Computer Engineering

#234 in Europe

#676 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1992

38. Aston University

England | Birmingham

For Computer Engineering

#256 in Europe

#735 in the World

Founded: 1895

39. University of London

England | London

For Computer Engineering

#262 in Europe

#752 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

40. University of Westminster

England | London

For Computer Engineering

#273 in Europe

#780 in the World

Enrollment: 19,000
Founded: 1838

41. University of Hertfordshire

England | Hatfield

For Computer Engineering

#280 in Europe

#808 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1992

42. University of Dundee

Scotland | Dundee

For Computer Engineering

#286 in Europe

#826 in the World

Founded: 1967

43. Northumbria University

England | Newcastle upon Tyne

For Computer Engineering

#287 in Europe

#828 in the World

Founded: 1992

44. De Montfort University

England | Leicester

For Computer Engineering

#290 in Europe

#832 in the World

Enrollment: 29,000
Founded: 1992

45. Anglia Ruskin University

England | Cambridge

For Computer Engineering

#294 in Europe

#855 in the World

Founded: 1858

46. Swansea University

Wales | Swansea

For Computer Engineering

#295 in Europe

#857 in the World

Founded: 1920

47. University of Exeter

England | Exeter

For Computer Engineering

#302 in Europe

#885 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

48. University of East Anglia

England | Norwich

For Computer Engineering

#305 in Europe

#892 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1963

49. Cranfield University

England | Cranfield

For Computer Engineering

#308 in Europe

#917 in the World

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

50. University of Wales

Wales | Cardiff

For Computer Engineering

#313 in Europe

#935 in the World

Founded: 1893

51. Nottingham Trent University

England | Nottingham

For Computer Engineering

#314 in Europe

#936 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1992

52. University of Huddersfield

England | Huddersfield

For Computer Engineering

#320 in Europe

#973 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

53. City, University of London

England | London

For Computer Engineering

#327 in Europe

#996 in the World

Founded: 1966

54. University of Aberdeen

Scotland | Aberdeen

For Computer Engineering

#335 in Europe

#1034 in the World

Founded: 1495

55. University of Bradford

England | Bradford

For Computer Engineering

#337 in Europe

#1046 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 1966

56. Liverpool John Moores University

England | Liverpool

For Computer Engineering

#346 in Europe

#1069 in the World

Founded: 1992

57. University of Plymouth

England | Plymouth

For Computer Engineering

#352 in Europe

#1084 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1992

58. University of St Andrews

Scotland | St Andrews

For Computer Engineering

#361 in Europe

#1116 in the World

Enrollment: 10,425
Founded: 1413

59. University of Portsmouth

England | Portsmouth

For Computer Engineering

#363 in Europe

#1118 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

60. Kingston University

England | Kingston upon Thames

For Computer Engineering

#373 in Europe

#1152 in the World

Founded: 1992

61. Birkbeck, University of London

England | London

For Computer Engineering

#376 in Europe

#1166 in the World

Founded: 1823

62. London South Bank University

England | London

For Computer Engineering

#377 in Europe

#1167 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 1892

63. Bangor University

Wales | Bangor

For Computer Engineering

#384 in Europe

#1179 in the World

Enrollment: 11,270
Founded: 1884

64. University of the West of England

England | Bristol

For Computer Engineering

#391 in Europe

#1203 in the World

Enrollment: 30,732
Founded: 1992

65. University of the West of Scotland

Scotland | Paisley

For Computer Engineering

#394 in Europe

#1212 in the World

Enrollment: 15,555
Founded: 1897

66. Coventry University

England | Coventry

For Computer Engineering

#399 in Europe

#1233 in the World

Enrollment: 22,980
Founded: 1992

67. Teesside University

England | Middlesbrough

For Computer Engineering

#403 in Europe

#1246 in the World

Enrollment: 19,290
Founded: 1992

68. Oxford Brookes University

England | Oxford

For Computer Engineering

#409 in Europe

#1266 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1865

69. University of South Wales

Wales | Pontypridd

For Computer Engineering

#411 in Europe

#1273 in the World

Founded: 1841

70. University of Salford

England | Salford

For Computer Engineering

#415 in Europe

#1288 in the World

Founded: 1967

71. Staffordshire University

England | Stoke-on-Trent

For Computer Engineering

#446 in Europe

#1378 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1992

72. Robert Gordon University

Scotland | Aberdeen

For Computer Engineering

#455 in Europe

#1417 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1992

73. University of Hull

England | Kingston upon Hull

For Computer Engineering

#457 in Europe

#1432 in the World

Founded: 1954

74. Glasgow Caledonian University

Scotland | Glasgow

For Computer Engineering

#463 in Europe

#1460 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1993

75. Middlesex University

England | London

For Computer Engineering

#465 in Europe

#1470 in the World

Founded: 1973

76. University of Greenwich

England | London

For Computer Engineering

#479 in Europe

#1542 in the World

Founded: 1890

77. Manchester Metropolitan University

England | Manchester

For Computer Engineering

#481 in Europe

#1552 in the World

Founded: 1992

78. Bournemouth University

England | Poole

For Computer Engineering

#487 in Europe

#1583 in the World

Enrollment: 14,293
Founded: 1992

79. Sheffield Hallam University

England | Sheffield

For Computer Engineering

#488 in Europe

#1584 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

80. University of Lincoln

England | Lincoln

For Computer Engineering

#497 in Europe

#1633 in the World

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

81. Keele University

England | Keele

For Computer Engineering

#503 in Europe

#1650 in the World

Founded: 1962

82. London Metropolitan University

England | London

For Computer Engineering

#506 in Europe

#1663 in the World

Founded: 1848

83. University of Central Lancashire

England | Preston

For Computer Engineering

#512 in Europe

#1691 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1992

84. University of Stirling

Scotland | Stirling

For Computer Engineering

#517 in Europe

#1707 in the World

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

85. University of Bedfordshire

England | Luton

For Computer Engineering

#543 in Europe

#1831 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 2006

86. University of Derby

England | Derby

For Computer Engineering

#546 in Europe

#1859 in the World

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

87. Leeds Beckett University

England | Leeds

For Computer Engineering

#555 in Europe

#1923 in the World

Founded: 1992

88. Aberystwyth University

Wales | Aberystwyth

For Computer Engineering

#559 in Europe

#1940 in the World

Founded: 1872

89. Birmingham City University

England | Birmingham

For Computer Engineering

#570 in Europe

#2022 in the World

Founded: 1992

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