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 213K citations received by 10K academic papers made by 76 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

#18 in the World

Founded: 1948

3. Imperial College London

England | London

For Game Design and Development

#7 in Europe

#25 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

4. Nottingham Trent University

England | Nottingham

For Game Design and Development

#17 in Europe

#58 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1992

5. University of Manchester

England | Manchester

For Game Design and Development

#24 in Europe

#78 in the World

Founded: 1824

6. King's College London

England | London

For Game Design and Development

#31 in Europe

#105 in the World

Founded: 1829

7. University of Glasgow

Scotland | Glasgow

For Game Design and Development

#32 in Europe

#106 in the World

Founded: 1451

8. Queen Mary University of London

England | London

For Game Design and Development

#35 in Europe

#109 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1989

9. University of Oxford

England | Oxford

For Game Design and Development

#38 in Europe

#120 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

10. Ulster University

Northern Ireland | Coleraine

For Game Design and Development

#42 in Europe

#131 in the World

Founded: 1968

11. University of Essex

England | Colchester

For Game Design and Development

#43 in Europe

#135 in the World

Founded: 1964

12. University of Sussex

England | Brighton

For Game Design and Development

#44 in Europe

#136 in the World

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

13. Loughborough University

England | Loughborough

For Game Design and Development

#49 in Europe

#147 in the World

Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

14. University of the West of England

England | Bristol

For Game Design and Development

#50 in Europe

#148 in the World

Enrollment: 30,732
Founded: 1992

15. University of Edinburgh

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Game Design and Development

#54 in Europe

#155 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

16. Bournemouth University

England | Poole

For Game Design and Development

#61 in Europe

#171 in the World

Enrollment: 14,293
Founded: 1992

17. University of Leeds

England | Leeds

For Game Design and Development

#67 in Europe

#190 in the World

Founded: 1904

18. University of York

England | York

For Game Design and Development

#73 in Europe

#197 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

19. University of Cambridge

England | Cambridge

For Game Design and Development

#74 in Europe

#199 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

20. Coventry University

England | Coventry

For Game Design and Development

#78 in Europe

#207 in the World

Enrollment: 22,980
Founded: 1992

21. University of Plymouth

England | Plymouth

For Game Design and Development

#80 in Europe

#212 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1992

22. Liverpool John Moores University

England | Liverpool

For Game Design and Development

#81 in Europe

#215 in the World

Founded: 1992

23. Brunel University London

England | Uxbridge

For Game Design and Development

#87 in Europe

#231 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1966

24. University of Birmingham

England | Birmingham

For Game Design and Development

#88 in Europe

#232 in the World

Founded: 1900

25. University of Reading

England | Reading

For Game Design and Development

#89 in Europe

#233 in the World

Founded: 1892

26. University of East Anglia

England | Norwich

For Game Design and Development

#90 in Europe

#237 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1963

27. Lancaster University

England | Lancaster

For Game Design and Development

#95 in Europe

#248 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1964

28. University of Warwick

England | Coventry

For Game Design and Development

#96 in Europe

#250 in the World

Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

29. University of Bristol

England | Bristol

For Game Design and Development

#97 in Europe

#251 in the World

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

30. Newcastle University

England | Newcastle upon Tyne

For Game Design and Development

#103 in Europe

#267 in the World

Founded: 1963

31. University of Sheffield

England | Sheffield

For Game Design and Development

#105 in Europe

#271 in the World

Founded: 1905

32. Goldsmiths, University of London

England | London

For Game Design and Development

#109 in Europe

#278 in the World

Founded: 1904

33. University of London

England | London

For Game Design and Development

#112 in Europe

#284 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

34. University of Bath

England | Bath

For Game Design and Development

#128 in Europe

#316 in the World

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

35. University of the West of Scotland

Scotland | Paisley

For Game Design and Development

#137 in Europe

#331 in the World

Enrollment: 15,555
Founded: 1897

36. Heriot-Watt University

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Game Design and Development

#141 in Europe

#337 in the World

Founded: 1966

37. University of Portsmouth

England | Portsmouth

For Game Design and Development

#143 in Europe

#342 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

38. University of Salford

England | Salford

For Game Design and Development

#147 in Europe

#349 in the World

Founded: 1967

39. Cardiff University

Wales | Cardiff

For Game Design and Development

#153 in Europe

#357 in the World

Founded: 1997

40. Manchester Metropolitan University

England | Manchester

For Game Design and Development

#159 in Europe

#369 in the World

Founded: 1992

41. Queen's University Belfast

Northern Ireland | Belfast

For Game Design and Development

#163 in Europe

#380 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1849

42. Bangor University

Wales | Bangor

For Game Design and Development

#166 in Europe

#384 in the World

Enrollment: 11,270
Founded: 1884

43. Durham University

England | Durham

For Game Design and Development

#167 in Europe

#385 in the World

Enrollment: 19,520
Founded: 1832

44. Teesside University

England | Middlesbrough

For Game Design and Development

#172 in Europe

#395 in the World

Enrollment: 19,290
Founded: 1992

45. University of Exeter

England | Exeter

For Game Design and Development

#173 in Europe

#397 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

46. University of Strathclyde

Scotland | Glasgow

For Game Design and Development

#176 in Europe

#408 in the World

Founded: 1964

47. University of Leicester

England | Leicester

For Game Design and Development

#183 in Europe

#417 in the World

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

48. University of Surrey

England | Guildford

For Game Design and Development

#186 in Europe

#425 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1966

49. University of Southampton

England | Southampton

For Game Design and Development

#187 in Europe

#427 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

50. University of Liverpool

England | Liverpool

For Game Design and Development

#189 in Europe

#429 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

51. University of East London

England | London

For Game Design and Development

#193 in Europe

#441 in the World

Founded: 1992

52. City, University of London

England | London

For Game Design and Development

#195 in Europe

#445 in the World

Founded: 1966

53. University of St Andrews

Scotland | St Andrews

For Game Design and Development

#200 in Europe

#453 in the World

Enrollment: 10,425
Founded: 1413

54. University of Hertfordshire

England | Hatfield

For Game Design and Development

#207 in Europe

#469 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1992

55. Sheffield Hallam University

England | Sheffield

For Game Design and Development

#213 in Europe

#476 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

56. University of Hull

England | Kingston upon Hull

For Game Design and Development

#219 in Europe

#496 in the World

Founded: 1954

57. Glasgow Caledonian University

Scotland | Glasgow

For Game Design and Development

#221 in Europe

#498 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1993

58. Northumbria University

England | Newcastle upon Tyne

For Game Design and Development

#225 in Europe

#505 in the World

Founded: 1992

59. De Montfort University

England | Leicester

For Game Design and Development

#229 in Europe

#512 in the World

Founded: 1992

60. Swansea University

Wales | Swansea

For Game Design and Development

#234 in Europe

#522 in the World

Founded: 1920

61. Middlesex University

England | London

For Game Design and Development

#239 in Europe

#534 in the World

Founded: 1973

62. University of Lincoln

England | Lincoln

For Game Design and Development

#242 in Europe

#542 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1992

63. University of Wolverhampton

England | Wolverhampton

For Game Design and Development

#249 in Europe

#556 in the World

Founded: 1992

64. University of Greenwich

England | London

For Game Design and Development

#256 in Europe

#569 in the World

Founded: 1890

65. Staffordshire University

England | Stoke-on-Trent

For Game Design and Development

#265 in Europe

#590 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1992

66. University of Dundee

Scotland | Dundee

For Game Design and Development

#273 in Europe

#609 in the World

Founded: 1967

67. Edinburgh Napier University

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Game Design and Development

#275 in Europe

#613 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1992

68. University of Huddersfield

England | Huddersfield

For Game Design and Development

#278 in Europe

#620 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

69. Royal Holloway, University of London

England | Egham

For Game Design and Development

#280 in Europe

#626 in the World

Founded: 1849

70. University of Kent

England | Canterbury

For Game Design and Development

#291 in Europe

#662 in the World

Founded: 1965

71. University of Central Lancashire

England | Preston

For Game Design and Development

#308 in Europe

#706 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1992

72. Birmingham City University

England | Birmingham

For Game Design and Development

#309 in Europe

#710 in the World

Founded: 1992

73. University of Bedfordshire

England | Luton

For Game Design and Development

#310 in Europe

#713 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 2006

74. University of Westminster

England | London

For Game Design and Development

#314 in Europe

#720 in the World

Enrollment: 19,000
Founded: 1838

75. University of Bradford

England | Bradford

For Game Design and Development

#320 in Europe

#737 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 1966

76. Glasgow School of Art

Scotland | Glasgow

For Game Design and Development

#322 in Europe

#742 in the World

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

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