UK's best Game Design and Development universities [Rankings]

Below is a list of best universities in the United Kingdom ranked based on their research performance in Game Design and Development. A graph of 324K citations received by 11.6K academic papers made by 79 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 College London

England | London

For Game Design and Development

#1 in Europe

#4 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

2. University of Nottingham

England | Nottingham

For Game Design and Development

#4 in Europe

#20 in the World

Founded: 1948

3. Imperial College London

England | London

For Game Design and Development

#8 in Europe

#30 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

4. Nottingham Trent University

England | Nottingham

For Game Design and Development

#21 in Europe

#73 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1992

5. University of Glasgow

Scotland | Glasgow

For Game Design and Development

#22 in Europe

#74 in the World

Founded: 1451

6. University of Manchester

England | Manchester

For Game Design and Development

#28 in Europe

#87 in the World

Founded: 1824

7. University of Oxford

England | Oxford

For Game Design and Development

#29 in Europe

#94 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

8. King's College London

England | London

For Game Design and Development

#33 in Europe

#103 in the World

Founded: 1829

9. Queen Mary University of London

England | London

For Game Design and Development

#38 in Europe

#119 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1989

10. University of Edinburgh

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Game Design and Development

#46 in Europe

#138 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

11. Ulster University

Northern Ireland | Coleraine

For Game Design and Development

#47 in Europe

#142 in the World

Founded: 1968

12. University of Essex

England | Colchester

For Game Design and Development

#51 in Europe

#147 in the World

Founded: 1964

13. Coventry University

England | Coventry

For Game Design and Development

#59 in Europe

#172 in the World

Enrollment: 22,980
Founded: 1992

14. University of the West of England

England | Bristol

For Game Design and Development

#60 in Europe

#173 in the World

Enrollment: 30,732
Founded: 1992

15. Bournemouth University

England | Poole

For Game Design and Development

#61 in Europe

#174 in the World

Enrollment: 14,293
Founded: 1992

16. University of Cambridge

England | Cambridge

For Game Design and Development

#63 in Europe

#177 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

17. University of Sussex

England | Brighton

For Game Design and Development

#68 in Europe

#187 in the World

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

18. University of York

England | York

For Game Design and Development

#69 in Europe

#188 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

19. University of Leeds

England | Leeds

For Game Design and Development

#73 in Europe

#202 in the World

Founded: 1904

20. Loughborough University

England | Loughborough

For Game Design and Development

#77 in Europe

#208 in the World

Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

21. University of Bristol

England | Bristol

For Game Design and Development

#85 in Europe

#224 in the World

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

22. University of Reading

England | Reading

For Game Design and Development

#88 in Europe

#228 in the World

Founded: 1892

23. University of Birmingham

England | Birmingham

For Game Design and Development

#90 in Europe

#236 in the World

Founded: 1900

24. Brunel University London

England | Uxbridge

For Game Design and Development

#91 in Europe

#237 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1966

25. University of Warwick

England | Coventry

For Game Design and Development

#93 in Europe

#243 in the World

Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

26. Lancaster University

England | Lancaster

For Game Design and Development

#97 in Europe

#254 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1964

27. Manchester Metropolitan University

England | Manchester

For Game Design and Development

#98 in Europe

#255 in the World

Founded: 1992

28. Queen's University Belfast

Northern Ireland | Belfast

For Game Design and Development

#103 in Europe

#263 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1849

29. University of Plymouth

England | Plymouth

For Game Design and Development

#104 in Europe

#264 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1992

30. University of Sheffield

England | Sheffield

For Game Design and Development

#110 in Europe

#276 in the World

Founded: 1905

31. Newcastle University

England | Newcastle upon Tyne

For Game Design and Development

#115 in Europe

#287 in the World

Founded: 1963

32. University of East Anglia

England | Norwich

For Game Design and Development

#117 in Europe

#291 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1963

33. Goldsmiths, University of London

England | London

For Game Design and Development

#123 in Europe

#301 in the World

Founded: 1904

34. University of Bath

England | Bath

For Game Design and Development

#124 in Europe

#303 in the World

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

35. University of Salford

England | Salford

For Game Design and Development

#125 in Europe

#306 in the World

Founded: 1967

36. University of the West of Scotland

Scotland | Paisley

For Game Design and Development

#128 in Europe

#309 in the World

Enrollment: 15,555
Founded: 1897

37. Liverpool John Moores University

England | Liverpool

For Game Design and Development

#131 in Europe

#316 in the World

Founded: 1992

38. University of Portsmouth

England | Portsmouth

For Game Design and Development

#140 in Europe

#331 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

39. University of London

England | London

For Game Design and Development

#142 in Europe

#334 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

40. University of Exeter

England | Exeter

For Game Design and Development

#143 in Europe

#335 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

41. Durham University

England | Durham

For Game Design and Development

#154 in Europe

#359 in the World

Enrollment: 19,520
Founded: 1832

42. University of Liverpool

England | Liverpool

For Game Design and Development

#170 in Europe

#391 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

43. Teesside University

England | Middlesbrough

For Game Design and Development

#174 in Europe

#402 in the World

Enrollment: 19,290
Founded: 1992

44. University of Southampton

England | Southampton

For Game Design and Development

#175 in Europe

#404 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

45. Cardiff University

Wales | Cardiff

For Game Design and Development

#179 in Europe

#410 in the World

Founded: 1997

46. Heriot-Watt University

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Game Design and Development

#181 in Europe

#413 in the World

Founded: 1966

47. City, University of London

England | London

For Game Design and Development

#183 in Europe

#419 in the World

Founded: 1966

48. University of East London

England | London

For Game Design and Development

#184 in Europe

#420 in the World

Founded: 1992

49. University of Strathclyde

Scotland | Glasgow

For Game Design and Development

#193 in Europe

#442 in the World

Founded: 1964

50. Bangor University

Wales | Bangor

For Game Design and Development

#196 in Europe

#446 in the World

Enrollment: 11,270
Founded: 1884

51. University of Surrey

England | Guildford

For Game Design and Development

#201 in Europe

#459 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1966

52. University of Leicester

England | Leicester

For Game Design and Development

#208 in Europe

#476 in the World

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

53. University of Hull

England | Kingston upon Hull

For Game Design and Development

#210 in Europe

#482 in the World

Founded: 1954

54. Northumbria University

England | Newcastle upon Tyne

For Game Design and Development

#211 in Europe

#485 in the World

Founded: 1992

55. Sheffield Hallam University

England | Sheffield

For Game Design and Development

#216 in Europe

#501 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

56. Middlesex University

England | London

For Game Design and Development

#233 in Europe

#542 in the World

Founded: 1973

57. University of Hertfordshire

England | Hatfield

For Game Design and Development

#234 in Europe

#544 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1992

58. De Montfort University

England | Leicester

For Game Design and Development

#237 in Europe

#547 in the World

Enrollment: 29,000
Founded: 1992

59. Swansea University

Wales | Swansea

For Game Design and Development

#248 in Europe

#564 in the World

Founded: 1920

60. University of St Andrews

Scotland | St Andrews

For Game Design and Development

#257 in Europe

#579 in the World

Enrollment: 10,425
Founded: 1413

61. University of Lincoln

England | Lincoln

For Game Design and Development

#259 in Europe

#586 in the World

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

62. Glasgow Caledonian University

Scotland | Glasgow

For Game Design and Development

#265 in Europe

#597 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1993

63. University of Brighton

England | Brighton

For Game Design and Development

#266 in Europe

#599 in the World

Founded: 1992

64. University of Greenwich

England | London

For Game Design and Development

#267 in Europe

#600 in the World

Founded: 1890

65. Birmingham City University

England | Birmingham

For Game Design and Development

#271 in Europe

#610 in the World

Founded: 1992

66. Staffordshire University

England | Stoke-on-Trent

For Game Design and Development

#277 in Europe

#623 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1992

67. Royal Holloway, University of London

England | Egham

For Game Design and Development

#278 in Europe

#624 in the World

Founded: 1849

68. University of Huddersfield

England | Huddersfield

For Game Design and Development

#282 in Europe

#635 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

69. Glasgow School of Art

Scotland | Glasgow

For Game Design and Development

#287 in Europe

#651 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 1,500
Founded: 1845

70. University of Dundee

Scotland | Dundee

For Game Design and Development

#289 in Europe

#654 in the World

Founded: 1967

71. Edinburgh Napier University

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Game Design and Development

#290 in Europe

#656 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1992

72. University of Kent

England | Canterbury

For Game Design and Development

#291 in Europe

#659 in the World

Founded: 1965

73. University of Chester

England | Chester

For Game Design and Development

#300 in Europe

#678 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 95%
Founded: 2005

74. University of Wolverhampton

England | Wolverhampton

For Game Design and Development

#304 in Europe

#691 in the World

Founded: 1992

75. University of Central Lancashire

England | Preston

For Game Design and Development

#341 in Europe

#783 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1992

76. University of Westminster

England | London

For Game Design and Development

#343 in Europe

#788 in the World

Enrollment: 19,000
Founded: 1838

77. University of Bedfordshire

England | Luton

For Game Design and Development

#347 in Europe

#795 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 2006

78. University of Derby

England | Derby

For Game Design and Development

#358 in Europe

#836 in the World

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

79. University of Bradford

England | Bradford

For Game Design and Development

#365 in Europe

#853 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 1966

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