UK's best Library and Information science universities [Rankings]

Below is a list of best universities in the United Kingdom ranked based on their research performance in Library and Information science. A graph of 211K citations received by 10.9K academic papers made by 77 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 Cambridge

England | Cambridge

For Library and Information science

#1 in Europe

#7 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

2. University College London

England | London

For Library and Information science

#2 in Europe

#11 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

3. University of Sheffield

England | Sheffield

For Library and Information science

#3 in Europe

#18 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1905

4. University of Oxford

England | Oxford

For Library and Information science

#4 in Europe

#20 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1096

5. University of London

England | London

For Library and Information science

#5 in Europe

#23 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

6. University of Edinburgh

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Library and Information science

#6 in Europe

#29 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

7. Loughborough University

England | Loughborough

For Library and Information science

#7 in Europe

#40 in the World

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

8. Imperial College London

England | London

For Library and Information science

#10 in Europe

#48 in the World

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

9. University of Manchester

England | Manchester

For Library and Information science

#11 in Europe

#51 in the World

Founded: 1824

10. University of Nottingham

England | Nottingham

For Library and Information science

#12 in Europe

#58 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

11. University of Bristol

England | Bristol

For Library and Information science

#13 in Europe

#69 in the World

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

12. King's College London

England | London

For Library and Information science

#16 in Europe

#82 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1829

13. University of Glasgow

Scotland | Glasgow

For Library and Information science

#17 in Europe

#85 in the World

Founded: 1451

14. City, University of London

England | London

For Library and Information science

#24 in Europe

#103 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1966

15. University of Leicester

England | Leicester

For Library and Information science

#26 in Europe

#107 in the World

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

16. Brunel University London

England | Uxbridge

For Library and Information science

#30 in Europe

#135 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1966

17. University of Leeds

England | Leeds

For Library and Information science

#31 in Europe

#141 in the World

Founded: 1904

18. University of Birmingham

England | Birmingham

For Library and Information science

#32 in Europe

#144 in the World

Founded: 1900

19. Cardiff University

Wales | Cardiff

For Library and Information science

#33 in Europe

#146 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1997

20. London School of Economics and Political Science

England | London

For Library and Information science

#34 in Europe

#147 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1895

21. University of Strathclyde

Scotland | Glasgow

For Library and Information science

#36 in Europe

#150 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Founded: 1964

22. University of Warwick

England | Coventry

For Library and Information science

#38 in Europe

#152 in the World

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

23. University of Aberdeen

Scotland | Aberdeen

For Library and Information science

#39 in Europe

#154 in the World

Founded: 1495

24. University of Liverpool

England | Liverpool

For Library and Information science

#40 in Europe

#155 in the World

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

25. University of Exeter

England | Exeter

For Library and Information science

#43 in Europe

#161 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

26. University of York

England | York

For Library and Information science

#45 in Europe

#163 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

27. University of Southampton

England | Southampton

For Library and Information science

#47 in Europe

#181 in the World

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

28. Durham University

England | Durham

For Library and Information science

#48 in Europe

#186 in the World

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

29. University of St Andrews

Scotland | St Andrews

For Library and Information science

#49 in Europe

#187 in the World

Enrollment: 10,425
Founded: 1413

30. University of Wolverhampton

England | Wolverhampton

For Library and Information science

#50 in Europe

#188 in the World

Founded: 1992

31. University of Salford

England | Salford

For Library and Information science

#52 in Europe

#192 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1967

32. University of Reading

England | Reading

For Library and Information science

#53 in Europe

#193 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Founded: 1892

33. Newcastle University

England | Newcastle upon Tyne

For Library and Information science

#59 in Europe

#210 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Founded: 1963

34. University of Sussex

England | Brighton

For Library and Information science

#61 in Europe

#213 in the World

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

35. Queen's University Belfast

Northern Ireland | Belfast

For Library and Information science

#63 in Europe

#217 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1849

36. Queen Mary University of London

England | London

For Library and Information science

#65 in Europe

#220 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1989

37. Lancaster University

England | Lancaster

For Library and Information science

#67 in Europe

#224 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1964

38. University of Hertfordshire

England | Hatfield

For Library and Information science

#80 in Europe

#259 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1992

39. Edinburgh Napier University

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Library and Information science

#81 in Europe

#263 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1992

40. Aberystwyth University

Wales | Aberystwyth

For Library and Information science

#82 in Europe

#267 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1872

41. Keele University

England | Keele

For Library and Information science

#84 in Europe

#269 in the World

Founded: 1962

42. University of East Anglia

England | Norwich

For Library and Information science

#85 in Europe

#272 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1963

43. Northumbria University

England | Newcastle upon Tyne

For Library and Information science

#87 in Europe

#279 in the World

Founded: 1992

44. University of Dundee

Scotland | Dundee

For Library and Information science

#100 in Europe

#316 in the World

Founded: 1967

45. Robert Gordon University

Scotland | Aberdeen

For Library and Information science

#101 in Europe

#317 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1992

46. Cranfield University

England | Cranfield

For Library and Information science

#105 in Europe

#327 in the World

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

47. University of the West of Scotland

Scotland | Paisley

For Library and Information science

#110 in Europe

#338 in the World

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

48. University of Plymouth

England | Plymouth

For Library and Information science

#113 in Europe

#342 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Founded: 1992

49. Liverpool John Moores University

England | Liverpool

For Library and Information science

#115 in Europe

#346 in the World

Founded: 1992

50. University of Surrey

England | Guildford

For Library and Information science

#117 in Europe

#358 in the World

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

51. University of Bath

England | Bath

For Library and Information science

#122 in Europe

#375 in the World

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

52. Birkbeck, University of London

England | London

For Library and Information science

#131 in Europe

#387 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 1823

53. University of Kent

England | Canterbury

For Library and Information science

#142 in Europe

#418 in the World

Founded: 1965

54. University of Stirling

Scotland | Stirling

For Library and Information science

#144 in Europe

#426 in the World

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

55. Manchester Metropolitan University

England | Manchester

For Library and Information science

#150 in Europe

#447 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1992

56. University of Essex

England | Colchester

For Library and Information science

#157 in Europe

#465 in the World

Founded: 1964

57. Swansea University

Wales | Swansea

For Library and Information science

#191 in Europe

#548 in the World

Founded: 1920

58. Middlesex University

England | London

For Library and Information science

#192 in Europe

#551 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 1973

59. Leeds Beckett University

England | Leeds

For Library and Information science

#198 in Europe

#565 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1992

60. Royal Holloway, University of London

England | Egham

For Library and Information science

#208 in Europe

#588 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1849

61. Aston University

England | Birmingham

For Library and Information science

#211 in Europe

#599 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1895

62. Ulster University

Northern Ireland | Coleraine

For Library and Information science

#215 in Europe

#611 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1968

63. De Montfort University

England | Leicester

For Library and Information science

#216 in Europe

#614 in the World

Founded: 1992

64. University of Wales

Wales | Cardiff

For Library and Information science

#222 in Europe

#626 in the World

Founded: 1893

65. University of Portsmouth

England | Portsmouth

For Library and Information science

#223 in Europe

#630 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

66. Nottingham Trent University

England | Nottingham

For Library and Information science

#224 in Europe

#638 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1992

67. University of Hull

England | Kingston upon Hull

For Library and Information science

#225 in Europe

#639 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1954

68. Teesside University

England | Middlesbrough

For Library and Information science

#230 in Europe

#656 in the World

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

69. Coventry University

England | Coventry

For Library and Information science

#233 in Europe

#664 in the World

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

70. University of the West of England

England | Bristol

For Library and Information science

#236 in Europe

#674 in the World

Enrollment: 30,732
Founded: 1992

71. Oxford Brookes University

England | Oxford

For Library and Information science

#237 in Europe

#678 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1865

72. Glasgow Caledonian University

Scotland | Glasgow

For Library and Information science

#240 in Europe

#683 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1993

73. University of Huddersfield

England | Huddersfield

For Library and Information science

#241 in Europe

#684 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

74. Sheffield Hallam University

England | Sheffield

For Library and Information science

#245 in Europe

#704 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1992

75. University of Bradford

England | Bradford

For Library and Information science

#248 in Europe

#707 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Founded: 1966

76. Bangor University

Wales | Bangor

For Library and Information science

#250 in Europe

#709 in the World

Enrollment: 11,270
Founded: 1884

77. University of Brighton

England | Brighton

For Library and Information science

#260 in Europe

#745 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1992

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