100 Best universities for Computer Science in the United Kingdom

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in the United Kingdom ranked based on their research performance in Computer Science. A graph of 146M citations received by 5.15M academic papers made by 149 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 of Oxford

England | Oxford

For Computer Science

#1 in Europe

#8 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1096

2. University of Cambridge

England | Cambridge

For Computer Science

#2 in Europe

#13 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

3. University College London

England | London

For Computer Science

#3 in Europe

#20 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

4. Imperial College London

England | London

For Computer Science

#4 in Europe

#34 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

5. University of Manchester

England | Manchester

For Computer Science

#6 in Europe

#48 in the World

Founded: 1824

6. University of Edinburgh

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Computer Science

#7 in Europe

#51 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

7. King's College London

England | London

For Computer Science

#13 in Europe

#82 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1829

8. University of Bristol

England | Bristol

For Computer Science

#15 in Europe

#86 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Enrollment: 27,513
Founded: 1909

9. University of Southampton

England | Southampton

For Computer Science

#16 in Europe

#91 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

10. University of Sheffield

England | Sheffield

For Computer Science

#17 in Europe

#94 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1905

11. University of Glasgow

Scotland | Glasgow

For Computer Science

#23 in Europe

#114 in the World

Founded: 1451

12. University of Nottingham

England | Nottingham

For Computer Science

#26 in Europe

#118 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

13. University of Birmingham

England | Birmingham

For Computer Science

#27 in Europe

#119 in the World

Founded: 1900

14. University of Leeds

England | Leeds

For Computer Science

#34 in Europe

#141 in the World

Founded: 1904

15. Newcastle University

England | Newcastle upon Tyne

For Computer Science

#46 in Europe

#171 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Founded: 1963

16. University of York

For Computer Science

#49 in Europe

#176 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

17. University of Warwick

England | Coventry

For Computer Science

#50 in Europe

#179 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

18. University of Liverpool

England | Liverpool

For Computer Science

#51 in Europe

#180 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

19. Queen Mary University of London

England | London

For Computer Science

#64 in Europe

#208 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1989

20. Cardiff University

Wales | Cardiff

For Computer Science

#66 in Europe

#213 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1997

21. University of Sussex

England | Brighton

For Computer Science

#75 in Europe

#238 in the World

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

22. University of Surrey

England | Guildford

For Computer Science

#78 in Europe

#243 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1966

23. Lancaster University

England | Lancaster

For Computer Science

#86 in Europe

#268 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1964

24. University of Leicester

England | Leicester

For Computer Science

#94 in Europe

#291 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Enrollment: 24,409
Male:Female: 46:54
Founded: 1957

25. University of London

England | London

For Computer Science

#96 in Europe

#294 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

26. Durham University

England | Durham

For Computer Science

#99 in Europe

#299 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 19,520
Founded: 1832

27. Loughborough University

England | Loughborough

For Computer Science

#100 in Europe

#300 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

28. University of Strathclyde

Scotland | Glasgow

For Computer Science

#109 in Europe

#318 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Founded: 1964

29. University of Exeter

England | Exeter

For Computer Science

#110 in Europe

#319 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

30. University of Aberdeen

Scotland | Aberdeen

For Computer Science

#117 in Europe

#329 in the World

Founded: 1495

31. University of Bath

For Computer Science

#120 in Europe

#338 in the World

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

32. University of Reading

England | Reading

For Computer Science

#124 in Europe

#347 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Founded: 1892

33. Queen's University Belfast

Northern Ireland | Belfast

For Computer Science

#127 in Europe

#350 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1849

34. London School of Economics and Political Science

England | London

For Computer Science

#136 in Europe

#368 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1895

35. University of St Andrews

Scotland | St Andrews

For Computer Science

#142 in Europe

#379 in the World

Enrollment: 10,425
Founded: 1413

36. University of Essex

England | Colchester

For Computer Science

#143 in Europe

#381 in the World

Founded: 1964

37. University of Dundee

Scotland | Dundee

For Computer Science

#151 in Europe

#401 in the World

Founded: 1967

38. Brunel University London

England | Uxbridge

For Computer Science

#152 in Europe

#402 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1966

39. University of Wales

Wales | Cardiff

For Computer Science

#153 in Europe

#403 in the World

Founded: 1893

40. University of Kent

England | Canterbury

For Computer Science

#157 in Europe

#410 in the World

Founded: 1965

41. University of East Anglia

England | Norwich

For Computer Science

#159 in Europe

#412 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1963

42. Swansea University

Wales | Swansea

For Computer Science

#189 in Europe

#500 in the World

Founded: 1920

43. City, University of London

England | London

For Computer Science

#197 in Europe

#517 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1966

44. Aston University

England | Birmingham

For Computer Science

#199 in Europe

#521 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1895

45. Royal Holloway, University of London

England | Egham

For Computer Science

#200 in Europe

#522 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1849

46. Birkbeck, University of London

England | London

For Computer Science

#204 in Europe

#533 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 1823

47. Cranfield University

England | Cranfield

For Computer Science

#207 in Europe

#543 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Enrollment: 4,825
Founded: 1993

48. Keele University

England | Keele

For Computer Science

#229 in Europe

#595 in the World

Founded: 1962

49. St George's, University of London

England | London

For Computer Science

#233 in Europe

#604 in the World

Founded: 1733

50. Ulster University

Northern Ireland | Coleraine

For Computer Science

#235 in Europe

#611 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1968

51. University of Bradford

England | Bradford

For Computer Science

#236 in Europe

#615 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Founded: 1966

52. Heriot-Watt University

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Computer Science

#237 in Europe

#617 in the World

Founded: 1966

53. Liverpool John Moores University

England | Liverpool

For Computer Science

#239 in Europe

#621 in the World

Founded: 1992

54. University of Plymouth

England | Plymouth

For Computer Science

#243 in Europe

#628 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Founded: 1992

55. University of Hertfordshire

England | Hatfield

For Computer Science

#247 in Europe

#639 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1992

56. Bangor University

For Computer Science

#249 in Europe

#645 in the World

Enrollment: 11,270
Founded: 1884

57. University of Salford

England | Salford

For Computer Science

#254 in Europe

#658 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1967

58. Northumbria University

England | Newcastle upon Tyne

For Computer Science

#256 in Europe

#667 in the World

Founded: 1992

59. University of Hull

England | Kingston upon Hull

For Computer Science

#260 in Europe

#681 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1954

60. University of Stirling

Scotland | Stirling

For Computer Science

#261 in Europe

#683 in the World

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

61. Manchester Metropolitan University

England | Manchester

For Computer Science

#269 in Europe

#706 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1992

62. University of Portsmouth

England | Portsmouth

For Computer Science

#270 in Europe

#709 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

63. De Montfort University

England | Leicester

For Computer Science

#287 in Europe

#740 in the World

Founded: 1992

64. University of the West of England

England | Bristol

For Computer Science

#296 in Europe

#768 in the World

Enrollment: 30,732
Founded: 1992

65. Nottingham Trent University

England | Nottingham

For Computer Science

#301 in Europe

#786 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1992

66. Coventry University

England | Coventry

For Computer Science

#317 in Europe

#844 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Enrollment: 22,980
Founded: 1992

67. Goldsmiths, University of London

England | London

For Computer Science

#331 in Europe

#869 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1904

68. Aberystwyth University

Wales | Aberystwyth

For Computer Science

#336 in Europe

#890 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1872

69. Bournemouth University

England | Poole

For Computer Science

#340 in Europe

#899 in the World

Enrollment: 14,293
Founded: 1992

70. Oxford Brookes University

England | Oxford

For Computer Science

#357 in Europe

#942 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1865

71. University of Wolverhampton

England | Wolverhampton

For Computer Science

#364 in Europe

#969 in the World

Founded: 1992

72. University of Brighton

England | Brighton

For Computer Science

#366 in Europe

#985 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1992

73. Middlesex University

England | London

For Computer Science

#368 in Europe

#987 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 1973

74. Sheffield Hallam University

England | Sheffield

For Computer Science

#376 in Europe

#1015 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1992

75. University of Huddersfield

England | Huddersfield

For Computer Science

#378 in Europe

#1028 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

76. Glasgow Caledonian University

Scotland | Glasgow

For Computer Science

#381 in Europe

#1039 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1993

77. London Business School

England | London

For Computer Science

#382 in Europe

#1042 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Founded: 1964

78. University of South Wales

Wales | Pontypridd

For Computer Science

#384 in Europe

#1057 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1841

79. University of Central Lancashire

England | Preston

For Computer Science

#399 in Europe

#1097 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1992

80. University of Westminster

England | London

For Computer Science

#400 in Europe

#1098 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 19,000
Founded: 1838

81. University of Greenwich

England | London

For Computer Science

#401 in Europe

#1105 in the World

Founded: 1890

82. Edinburgh Napier University

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Computer Science

#413 in Europe

#1134 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1992

83. Kingston University

England | Kingston upon Thames

For Computer Science

#431 in Europe

#1213 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1992

84. London South Bank University

England | London

For Computer Science

#437 in Europe

#1235 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1892

85. Teesside University

England | Middlesbrough

For Computer Science

#447 in Europe

#1276 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 19,290
Founded: 1992

86. University of Lincoln

England | Lincoln

For Computer Science

#459 in Europe

#1333 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 1992

87. Leeds Beckett University

England | Leeds

For Computer Science

#460 in Europe

#1338 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1992

88. University of the West of Scotland

Scotland | Paisley

For Computer Science

#461 in Europe

#1339 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Enrollment: 15,555
Founded: 1897

89. Royal Veterinary College University of London

England | London

For Computer Science

#463 in Europe

#1342 in the World

Founded: 1791

90. University of Bedfordshire

England | Luton

For Computer Science

#469 in Europe

#1386 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

91. Robert Gordon University

Scotland | Aberdeen

For Computer Science

#475 in Europe

#1409 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1992

92. University of Derby

England | Derby

For Computer Science

#478 in Europe

#1426 in the World

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

93. London Metropolitan University

England | London

For Computer Science

#481 in Europe

#1436 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1848

94. University of East London

England | London

For Computer Science

#482 in Europe

#1440 in the World

Founded: 1992

95. Staffordshire University

England | Stoke-on-Trent

For Computer Science

#495 in Europe

#1470 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 1992

96. Anglia Ruskin University

England | Cambridge

For Computer Science

#522 in Europe

#1599 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Founded: 1858

97. University of Sunderland

England | Sunderland

For Computer Science

#540 in Europe

#1671 in the World

Enrollment: 19,090
Founded: 1992

98. University of Roehampton

England | London

For Computer Science

#566 in Europe

#1787 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Founded: 2004

99. Birmingham City University

England | Birmingham

For Computer Science

#587 in Europe

#1885 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Founded: 1992

100. Edge Hill University

England | Ormskirk

For Computer Science

#622 in Europe

#2057 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 28%
Founded: 2006

The best cities to study Computer Science in the United Kingdom based on the number of universities and their ranks are Oxford, Cambridge, London, and Manchester.