71 Best UX/UI Desgin schools 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 UX/UI Desgin. A graph of 299K citations received by 7.37K academic papers made by 71 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 Glasgow

Scotland | Glasgow

For UX/UI Desgin

#1 in Europe

#9 in the World

Founded: 1451

2. University of Manchester

England | Manchester

For UX/UI Desgin

#4 in Europe

#24 in the World

Founded: 1824

3. University of Cambridge

England | Cambridge

For UX/UI Desgin

#5 in Europe

#25 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

4. University College London

England | London

For UX/UI Desgin

#6 in Europe

#29 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

5. Lancaster University

England | Lancaster

For UX/UI Desgin

#7 in Europe

#30 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1964

6. University of York

For UX/UI Desgin

#9 in Europe

#34 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

7. Imperial College London

England | London

For UX/UI Desgin

#22 in Europe

#58 in the World

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

8. Loughborough University

England | Loughborough

For UX/UI Desgin

#24 in Europe

#66 in the World

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

9. University of Nottingham

England | Nottingham

For UX/UI Desgin

#27 in Europe

#70 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

10. University of Birmingham

England | Birmingham

For UX/UI Desgin

#32 in Europe

#93 in the World

Founded: 1900

11. Brunel University London

England | Uxbridge

For UX/UI Desgin

#34 in Europe

#96 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1966

12. University of Oxford

England | Oxford

For UX/UI Desgin

#35 in Europe

#100 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1096

13. University of Southampton

England | Southampton

For UX/UI Desgin

#36 in Europe

#102 in the World

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

14. University of Edinburgh

Scotland | Edinburgh

For UX/UI Desgin

#38 in Europe

#110 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

15. University of Dundee

Scotland | Dundee

For UX/UI Desgin

#50 in Europe

#141 in the World

Founded: 1967

16. Queen Mary University of London

England | London

For UX/UI Desgin

#58 in Europe

#156 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1989

17. University of Sussex

England | Brighton

For UX/UI Desgin

#63 in Europe

#165 in the World

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

18. University of Kent

England | Canterbury

For UX/UI Desgin

#69 in Europe

#181 in the World

Founded: 1965

19. Middlesex University

England | London

For UX/UI Desgin

#72 in Europe

#186 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 1973

20. Ulster University

Northern Ireland | Coleraine

For UX/UI Desgin

#73 in Europe

#187 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1968

21. University of Surrey

England | Guildford

For UX/UI Desgin

#75 in Europe

#192 in the World

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

22. University of Leeds

England | Leeds

For UX/UI Desgin

#77 in Europe

#195 in the World

Founded: 1904

23. University of Sheffield

England | Sheffield

For UX/UI Desgin

#79 in Europe

#198 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1905

24. City, University of London

England | London

For UX/UI Desgin

#80 in Europe

#202 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1966

25. University of Strathclyde

Scotland | Glasgow

For UX/UI Desgin

#87 in Europe

#215 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Founded: 1964

26. Durham University

England | Durham

For UX/UI Desgin

#90 in Europe

#223 in the World

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

27. Cardiff University

Wales | Cardiff

For UX/UI Desgin

#94 in Europe

#228 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1997

28. Newcastle University

England | Newcastle upon Tyne

For UX/UI Desgin

#95 in Europe

#229 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Founded: 1963

29. Teesside University

England | Middlesbrough

For UX/UI Desgin

#108 in Europe

#252 in the World

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

30. University of Salford

England | Salford

For UX/UI Desgin

#118 in Europe

#269 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1967

31. University of Bristol

England | Bristol

For UX/UI Desgin

#119 in Europe

#270 in the World

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

32. University of London

England | London

For UX/UI Desgin

#123 in Europe

#277 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

33. University of Warwick

England | Coventry

For UX/UI Desgin

#128 in Europe

#285 in the World

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

34. University of Plymouth

England | Plymouth

For UX/UI Desgin

#133 in Europe

#290 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Founded: 1992

35. Swansea University

Wales | Swansea

For UX/UI Desgin

#142 in Europe

#303 in the World

Founded: 1920

36. University of Essex

England | Colchester

For UX/UI Desgin

#143 in Europe

#305 in the World

Founded: 1964

37. Sheffield Hallam University

England | Sheffield

For UX/UI Desgin

#145 in Europe

#307 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1992

38. University of Leicester

England | Leicester

For UX/UI Desgin

#146 in Europe

#309 in the World

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

39. University of Reading

England | Reading

For UX/UI Desgin

#151 in Europe

#317 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Founded: 1892

40. Edinburgh Napier University

Scotland | Edinburgh

For UX/UI Desgin

#152 in Europe

#320 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1992

41. Royal College of Art

England | London

For UX/UI Desgin

#165 in Europe

#345 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 28%
Founded: 1896

42. Northumbria University

England | Newcastle upon Tyne

For UX/UI Desgin

#170 in Europe

#357 in the World

Founded: 1992

43. Keele University

England | Keele

For UX/UI Desgin

#173 in Europe

#363 in the World

Founded: 1962

44. University of Bath

For UX/UI Desgin

#174 in Europe

#369 in the World

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

45. University of the West of England

England | Bristol

For UX/UI Desgin

#179 in Europe

#382 in the World

Enrollment: 30,732
Founded: 1992

46. University of Brighton

England | Brighton

For UX/UI Desgin

#183 in Europe

#389 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1992

47. University of Central Lancashire

England | Preston

For UX/UI Desgin

#185 in Europe

#392 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1992

48. De Montfort University

England | Leicester

For UX/UI Desgin

#188 in Europe

#400 in the World

Founded: 1992

49. University of Stirling

Scotland | Stirling

For UX/UI Desgin

#197 in Europe

#415 in the World

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

50. University of Hertfordshire

England | Hatfield

For UX/UI Desgin

#198 in Europe

#419 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1992

51. King's College London

England | London

For UX/UI Desgin

#208 in Europe

#437 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1829

52. Heriot-Watt University

Scotland | Edinburgh

For UX/UI Desgin

#213 in Europe

#448 in the World

Founded: 1966

53. Coventry University

England | Coventry

For UX/UI Desgin

#214 in Europe

#454 in the World

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

54. University of Aberdeen

Scotland | Aberdeen

For UX/UI Desgin

#228 in Europe

#487 in the World

Founded: 1495

55. Bournemouth University

England | Poole

For UX/UI Desgin

#232 in Europe

#493 in the World

Enrollment: 14,293
Founded: 1992

56. Robert Gordon University

Scotland | Aberdeen

For UX/UI Desgin

#243 in Europe

#520 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1992

57. University of St Andrews

Scotland | St Andrews

For UX/UI Desgin

#248 in Europe

#532 in the World

Enrollment: 10,425
Founded: 1413

58. Goldsmiths, University of London

England | London

For UX/UI Desgin

#251 in Europe

#543 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1904

59. University of Liverpool

England | Liverpool

For UX/UI Desgin

#259 in Europe

#559 in the World

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

60. Queen's University Belfast

Northern Ireland | Belfast

For UX/UI Desgin

#265 in Europe

#578 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1849

61. Oxford Brookes University

England | Oxford

For UX/UI Desgin

#267 in Europe

#584 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1865

62. University of Bradford

England | Bradford

For UX/UI Desgin

#277 in Europe

#616 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Founded: 1966

63. University of Wolverhampton

England | Wolverhampton

For UX/UI Desgin

#282 in Europe

#630 in the World

Founded: 1992

64. University of Exeter

England | Exeter

For UX/UI Desgin

#297 in Europe

#670 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

65. Kingston University

England | Kingston upon Thames

For UX/UI Desgin

#304 in Europe

#686 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1992

66. University of Huddersfield

England | Huddersfield

For UX/UI Desgin

#306 in Europe

#694 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

67. University of Portsmouth

England | Portsmouth

For UX/UI Desgin

#316 in Europe

#710 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

68. Liverpool John Moores University

England | Liverpool

For UX/UI Desgin

#317 in Europe

#712 in the World

Founded: 1992

69. Nottingham Trent University

England | Nottingham

For UX/UI Desgin

#331 in Europe

#755 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1992

70. University of Sunderland

England | Sunderland

For UX/UI Desgin

#333 in Europe

#763 in the World

Enrollment: 19,090
Founded: 1992

71. University of West London

England | Ealing

For UX/UI Desgin

#334 in Europe

#769 in the World

Founded: 1990

The best cities to study UX/UI Desgin in the United Kingdom based on the number of universities and their ranks are Glasgow, Manchester, Cambridge, and London.