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 358K citations received by 12.2K academic papers made by 80 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

#5 in Europe

#22 in the World

Founded: 1948

3. Imperial College London

England | London

For Game Design and Development

#9 in Europe

#33 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

4. Nottingham Trent University

England | Nottingham

For Game Design and Development

#20 in Europe

#70 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1992

5. University of Glasgow

Scotland | Glasgow

For Game Design and Development

#23 in Europe

#74 in the World

Founded: 1451

6. University of Manchester

England | Manchester

For Game Design and Development

#28 in Europe

#88 in the World

Founded: 1824

7. University of Oxford

England | Oxford

For Game Design and Development

#30 in Europe

#92 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

8. King's College London

England | London

For Game Design and Development

#32 in Europe

#100 in the World

Founded: 1829

9. Queen Mary University of London

England | London

For Game Design and Development

#39 in Europe

#120 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1989

10. University of Edinburgh

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Game Design and Development

#43 in Europe

#134 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

11. University of Essex

England | Colchester

For Game Design and Development

#49 in Europe

#146 in the World

Founded: 1964

12. University of Cambridge

England | Cambridge

For Game Design and Development

#53 in Europe

#154 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

13. Ulster University

Northern Ireland | Coleraine

For Game Design and Development

#54 in Europe

#155 in the World

Founded: 1968

14. Bournemouth University

England | Poole

For Game Design and Development

#58 in Europe

#163 in the World

Enrollment: 14,293
Founded: 1992

15. University of York

England | York

For Game Design and Development

#59 in Europe

#165 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

16. University of the West of England

England | Bristol

For Game Design and Development

#61 in Europe

#175 in the World

Enrollment: 30,732
Founded: 1992

17. Coventry University

England | Coventry

For Game Design and Development

#64 in Europe

#179 in the World

Enrollment: 22,980
Founded: 1992

18. University of Sussex

England | Brighton

For Game Design and Development

#72 in Europe

#196 in the World

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

19. University of Leeds

England | Leeds

For Game Design and Development

#74 in Europe

#199 in the World

Founded: 1904

20. University of Bristol

England | Bristol

For Game Design and Development

#83 in Europe

#222 in the World

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

21. Loughborough University

England | Loughborough

For Game Design and Development

#84 in Europe

#223 in the World

Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

22. Brunel University London

England | Uxbridge

For Game Design and Development

#88 in Europe

#233 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1966

23. University of Warwick

England | Coventry

For Game Design and Development

#90 in Europe

#237 in the World

Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

24. Manchester Metropolitan University

England | Manchester

For Game Design and Development

#91 in Europe

#239 in the World

Founded: 1992

25. University of Birmingham

England | Birmingham

For Game Design and Development

#92 in Europe

#241 in the World

Founded: 1900

26. University of Reading

England | Reading

For Game Design and Development

#95 in Europe

#246 in the World

Founded: 1892

27. Lancaster University

England | Lancaster

For Game Design and Development

#102 in Europe

#262 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1964

28. Queen's University Belfast

Northern Ireland | Belfast

For Game Design and Development

#104 in Europe

#265 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1849

29. University of Sheffield

England | Sheffield

For Game Design and Development

#105 in Europe

#267 in the World

Founded: 1905

30. University of Plymouth

England | Plymouth

For Game Design and Development

#109 in Europe

#273 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1992

31. Newcastle University

England | Newcastle upon Tyne

For Game Design and Development

#111 in Europe

#277 in the World

Founded: 1963

32. Goldsmiths, University of London

England | London

For Game Design and Development

#115 in Europe

#289 in the World

Founded: 1904

33. University of Bath

England | Bath

For Game Design and Development

#116 in Europe

#290 in the World

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

34. University of the West of Scotland

Scotland | Paisley

For Game Design and Development

#117 in Europe

#291 in the World

Enrollment: 15,555
Founded: 1897

35. University of Exeter

England | Exeter

For Game Design and Development

#125 in Europe

#304 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

36. University of Portsmouth

England | Portsmouth

For Game Design and Development

#127 in Europe

#307 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

37. University of East Anglia

England | Norwich

For Game Design and Development

#130 in Europe

#312 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1963

38. University of Salford

England | Salford

For Game Design and Development

#131 in Europe

#314 in the World

Founded: 1967

39. University of London

England | London

For Game Design and Development

#132 in Europe

#318 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

40. Liverpool John Moores University

England | Liverpool

For Game Design and Development

#137 in Europe

#324 in the World

Founded: 1992

41. Durham University

England | Durham

For Game Design and Development

#155 in Europe

#364 in the World

Enrollment: 19,520
Founded: 1832

42. University of Liverpool

England | Liverpool

For Game Design and Development

#159 in Europe

#370 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

43. Cardiff University

Wales | Cardiff

For Game Design and Development

#172 in Europe

#391 in the World

Founded: 1997

44. University of Southampton

England | Southampton

For Game Design and Development

#175 in Europe

#406 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

45. Teesside University

England | Middlesbrough

For Game Design and Development

#182 in Europe

#422 in the World

Enrollment: 19,290
Founded: 1992

46. City, University of London

England | London

For Game Design and Development

#187 in Europe

#430 in the World

Founded: 1966

47. Heriot-Watt University

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Game Design and Development

#190 in Europe

#444 in the World

Founded: 1966

48. Bangor University

Wales | Bangor

For Game Design and Development

#192 in Europe

#448 in the World

Enrollment: 11,270
Founded: 1884

49. University of Surrey

England | Guildford

For Game Design and Development

#194 in Europe

#456 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1966

50. University of East London

England | London

For Game Design and Development

#198 in Europe

#462 in the World

Founded: 1992

51. University of Strathclyde

Scotland | Glasgow

For Game Design and Development

#208 in Europe

#478 in the World

Founded: 1964

52. University of Leicester

England | Leicester

For Game Design and Development

#211 in Europe

#492 in the World

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

53. Northumbria University

England | Newcastle upon Tyne

For Game Design and Development

#212 in Europe

#493 in the World

Founded: 1992

54. University of Hull

England | Kingston upon Hull

For Game Design and Development

#218 in Europe

#506 in the World

Founded: 1954

55. Sheffield Hallam University

England | Sheffield

For Game Design and Development

#222 in Europe

#516 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

56. Swansea University

Wales | Swansea

For Game Design and Development

#223 in Europe

#519 in the World

Founded: 1920

57. Birmingham City University

England | Birmingham

For Game Design and Development

#237 in Europe

#547 in the World

Founded: 1992

58. Middlesex University

England | London

For Game Design and Development

#245 in Europe

#556 in the World

Founded: 1973

59. University of Hertfordshire

England | Hatfield

For Game Design and Development

#248 in Europe

#559 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1992

60. De Montfort University

England | Leicester

For Game Design and Development

#250 in Europe

#565 in the World

Enrollment: 29,000
Founded: 1992

61. University of St Andrews

Scotland | St Andrews

For Game Design and Development

#261 in Europe

#588 in the World

Enrollment: 10,425
Founded: 1413

62. Staffordshire University

England | Stoke-on-Trent

For Game Design and Development

#266 in Europe

#595 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1992

63. University of Greenwich

England | London

For Game Design and Development

#267 in Europe

#596 in the World

Founded: 1890

64. University of Lincoln

England | Lincoln

For Game Design and Development

#274 in Europe

#610 in the World

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

65. Royal Holloway, University of London

England | Egham

For Game Design and Development

#275 in Europe

#611 in the World

Founded: 1849

66. University of Brighton

England | Brighton

For Game Design and Development

#277 in Europe

#616 in the World

Founded: 1992

67. Glasgow Caledonian University

Scotland | Glasgow

For Game Design and Development

#279 in Europe

#623 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1993

68. University of Kent

England | Canterbury

For Game Design and Development

#281 in Europe

#630 in the World

Founded: 1965

69. University of Huddersfield

England | Huddersfield

For Game Design and Development

#284 in Europe

#642 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

70. Edinburgh Napier University

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Game Design and Development

#290 in Europe

#655 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1992

71. University of Dundee

Scotland | Dundee

For Game Design and Development

#297 in Europe

#665 in the World

Founded: 1967

72. Glasgow School of Art

Scotland | Glasgow

For Game Design and Development

#304 in Europe

#686 in the World

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

73. University of Chester

England | Chester

For Game Design and Development

#317 in Europe

#712 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 95%
Founded: 2005

74. University of Wolverhampton

England | Wolverhampton

For Game Design and Development

#320 in Europe

#726 in the World

Founded: 1992

75. University of Central Lancashire

England | Preston

For Game Design and Development

#329 in Europe

#754 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1992

76. University of Westminster

England | London

For Game Design and Development

#350 in Europe

#796 in the World

Enrollment: 19,000
Founded: 1838

77. University of Bedfordshire

England | Luton

For Game Design and Development

#351 in Europe

#797 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 2006

78. Aston University

England | Birmingham

For Game Design and Development

#371 in Europe

#866 in the World

Founded: 1895

79. University of Derby

England | Derby

For Game Design and Development

#372 in Europe

#867 in the World

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

80. University of Bradford

England | Bradford

For Game Design and Development

#373 in Europe

#868 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 1966

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