100 Best universities for Acoustical Engineering in England

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in England ranked based on their research performance in Acoustical Engineering. A graph of 7.08M citations received by 253K academic papers made by 112 universities in England 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

Cambridge

For Acoustical Engineering

#1 in the United Kingdom

#1 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

2. University of Oxford

Oxford

For Acoustical Engineering

#2 in the United Kingdom

#2 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

3. University College London

London

For Acoustical Engineering

#3 in the United Kingdom

#3 in Europe

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

4. Imperial College London

London

For Acoustical Engineering

#4 in the United Kingdom

#4 in Europe

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

5. University of Southampton

Southampton

For Acoustical Engineering

#5 in the United Kingdom

#6 in Europe

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

6. University of Manchester

Manchester

For Acoustical Engineering

#6 in the United Kingdom

#11 in Europe

Founded: 1824

7. University of Bristol

Bristol

For Acoustical Engineering

#7 in the United Kingdom

#12 in Europe

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

8. University of Sheffield

Sheffield

For Acoustical Engineering

#9 in the United Kingdom

#17 in Europe

Founded: 1905

9. University of Nottingham

Nottingham

For Acoustical Engineering

#11 in the United Kingdom

#22 in Europe

Founded: 1948

10. University of Birmingham

Birmingham

For Acoustical Engineering

#12 in the United Kingdom

#25 in Europe

Founded: 1900

11. University of Leeds

Leeds

For Acoustical Engineering

#13 in the United Kingdom

#29 in Europe

Founded: 1904

12. University of Liverpool

Liverpool

For Acoustical Engineering

#14 in the United Kingdom

#37 in Europe

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

13. University of Warwick

Coventry

For Acoustical Engineering

#15 in the United Kingdom

#38 in Europe

Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

14. King's College London

London

For Acoustical Engineering

#16 in the United Kingdom

#58 in Europe

Founded: 1829

15. Queen Mary University of London

London

For Acoustical Engineering

#17 in the United Kingdom

#59 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1989

16. Loughborough University

Loughborough

For Acoustical Engineering

#18 in the United Kingdom

#60 in Europe

Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

17. University of Sussex

Brighton

For Acoustical Engineering

#19 in the United Kingdom

#77 in Europe

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

18. University of Surrey

Guildford

For Acoustical Engineering

#22 in the United Kingdom

#83 in Europe

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1966

19. University of Exeter

Exeter

For Acoustical Engineering

#23 in the United Kingdom

#86 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

20. Newcastle University

Newcastle upon Tyne

For Acoustical Engineering

#24 in the United Kingdom

#89 in Europe

Founded: 1963

21. University of Bath

Bath

For Acoustical Engineering

#25 in the United Kingdom

#92 in Europe

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

22. Durham University

Durham

For Acoustical Engineering

#26 in the United Kingdom

#101 in Europe

Enrollment: 19,520
Founded: 1832

23. University of York

York

For Acoustical Engineering

#27 in the United Kingdom

#106 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

24. University of London

London

For Acoustical Engineering

#29 in the United Kingdom

#112 in Europe

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

25. Lancaster University

Lancaster

For Acoustical Engineering

#30 in the United Kingdom

#122 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1964

26. University of Leicester

Leicester

For Acoustical Engineering

#32 in the United Kingdom

#131 in Europe

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

27. University of Kent

Canterbury

For Acoustical Engineering

#34 in the United Kingdom

#163 in Europe

Founded: 1965

28. University of Reading

Reading

For Acoustical Engineering

#36 in the United Kingdom

#169 in Europe

Founded: 1892

29. Brunel University London

Uxbridge

For Acoustical Engineering

#37 in the United Kingdom

#170 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1966

30. London School of Economics and Political Science

London

For Acoustical Engineering

#39 in the United Kingdom

#176 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 9,218
Founded: 1895

31. City, University of London

London

For Acoustical Engineering

#40 in the United Kingdom

#186 in Europe

Founded: 1966

32. University of East Anglia

Norwich

For Acoustical Engineering

#42 in the United Kingdom

#193 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1963

33. Cranfield University

Cranfield

For Acoustical Engineering

#43 in the United Kingdom

#196 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Enrollment: 4,825
Founded: 1993

34. Royal Holloway, University of London

Egham

For Acoustical Engineering

#44 in the United Kingdom

#206 in Europe

Founded: 1849

35. University of Essex

Colchester

For Acoustical Engineering

#46 in the United Kingdom

#230 in Europe

Founded: 1964

36. University of Salford

Salford

For Acoustical Engineering

#47 in the United Kingdom

#231 in Europe

Founded: 1967

37. Manchester Metropolitan University

Manchester

For Acoustical Engineering

#48 in the United Kingdom

#233 in Europe

Founded: 1992

38. University of Bradford

Bradford

For Acoustical Engineering

#49 in the United Kingdom

#234 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 1966

39. Keele University

Keele

For Acoustical Engineering

#50 in the United Kingdom

#235 in Europe

Founded: 1962

40. Coventry University

Coventry

For Acoustical Engineering

#52 in the United Kingdom

#264 in Europe

Enrollment: 22,980
Founded: 1992

41. University of Hull

Kingston upon Hull

For Acoustical Engineering

#53 in the United Kingdom

#273 in Europe

Founded: 1954

42. University of Huddersfield

Huddersfield

For Acoustical Engineering

#54 in the United Kingdom

#283 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

43. Birkbeck, University of London

London

For Acoustical Engineering

#55 in the United Kingdom

#286 in Europe

Founded: 1823

44. Liverpool John Moores University

Liverpool

For Acoustical Engineering

#56 in the United Kingdom

#288 in Europe

Founded: 1992

45. Northumbria University

Newcastle upon Tyne

For Acoustical Engineering

#57 in the United Kingdom

#297 in Europe

Founded: 1992

46. Goldsmiths, University of London

London

For Acoustical Engineering

#59 in the United Kingdom

#313 in Europe

Founded: 1904

47. Aston University

Birmingham

For Acoustical Engineering

#60 in the United Kingdom

#317 in Europe

Founded: 1895

48. University of Plymouth

Plymouth

For Acoustical Engineering

#61 in the United Kingdom

#319 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1992

49. Nottingham Trent University

Nottingham

For Acoustical Engineering

#63 in the United Kingdom

#337 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1992

50. St George's, University of London

London

For Acoustical Engineering

#64 in the United Kingdom

#339 in Europe

Founded: 1733

51. University of Portsmouth

Portsmouth

For Acoustical Engineering

#65 in the United Kingdom

#356 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

52. Sheffield Hallam University

Sheffield

For Acoustical Engineering

#66 in the United Kingdom

#370 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

53. De Montfort University

Leicester

For Acoustical Engineering

#67 in the United Kingdom

#387 in Europe

Enrollment: 29,000
Founded: 1992

54. University of Hertfordshire

Hatfield

For Acoustical Engineering

#70 in the United Kingdom

#400 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1992

55. University of the West of England

Bristol

For Acoustical Engineering

#71 in the United Kingdom

#405 in Europe

Enrollment: 30,732
Founded: 1992

56. University of Brighton

Brighton

For Acoustical Engineering

#72 in the United Kingdom

#422 in Europe

Founded: 1992

57. London South Bank University

London

For Acoustical Engineering

#73 in the United Kingdom

#426 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 1892

58. Oxford Brookes University

Oxford

For Acoustical Engineering

#75 in the United Kingdom

#434 in Europe

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1865

59. University of Greenwich

London

For Acoustical Engineering

#76 in the United Kingdom

#441 in Europe

Founded: 1890

60. University of Westminster

London

For Acoustical Engineering

#77 in the United Kingdom

#450 in Europe

Enrollment: 19,000
Founded: 1838

61. Leeds Beckett University

Leeds

For Acoustical Engineering

#78 in the United Kingdom

#468 in Europe

Founded: 1992

62. Middlesex University

London

For Acoustical Engineering

#79 in the United Kingdom

#472 in Europe

Founded: 1973

63. Bournemouth University

Poole

For Acoustical Engineering

#80 in the United Kingdom

#478 in Europe

Enrollment: 14,293
Founded: 1992

64. University of Derby

Derby

For Acoustical Engineering

#81 in the United Kingdom

#487 in Europe

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

65. SOAS, University of London

London

For Acoustical Engineering

#82 in the United Kingdom

#492 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Enrollment: 6,295
Founded: 1916

66. University of Roehampton

London

For Acoustical Engineering

#83 in the United Kingdom

#500 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 2004

67. University of Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton

For Acoustical Engineering

#84 in the United Kingdom

#504 in Europe

Founded: 1992

68. University of East London

London

For Acoustical Engineering

#85 in the United Kingdom

#511 in Europe

Founded: 1992

69. University of Central Lancashire

Preston

For Acoustical Engineering

#86 in the United Kingdom

#515 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1992

70. Anglia Ruskin University

Cambridge

For Acoustical Engineering

#88 in the United Kingdom

#529 in Europe

Founded: 1858

71. Teesside University

Middlesbrough

For Acoustical Engineering

#89 in the United Kingdom

#531 in Europe

Enrollment: 19,290
Founded: 1992

72. Canterbury Christ Church University

Canterbury

For Acoustical Engineering

#90 in the United Kingdom

#538 in Europe

Founded: 2005

73. Royal Veterinary College University of London

London

For Acoustical Engineering

#91 in the United Kingdom

#540 in Europe

Founded: 1791

74. London Metropolitan University

London

For Acoustical Engineering

#92 in the United Kingdom

#543 in Europe

Founded: 1848

75. Kingston University

Kingston upon Thames

For Acoustical Engineering

#93 in the United Kingdom

#544 in Europe

Founded: 1992

76. Staffordshire University

Stoke-on-Trent

For Acoustical Engineering

#94 in the United Kingdom

#556 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1992

77. University of Lincoln

Lincoln

For Acoustical Engineering

#95 in the United Kingdom

#576 in Europe

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

78. University of Bolton

Bolton

For Acoustical Engineering

#97 in the United Kingdom

#593 in Europe

Founded: 2004

79. London Business School

London

For Acoustical Engineering

#99 in the United Kingdom

#619 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1964

80. University of Sunderland

Sunderland

For Acoustical Engineering

#100 in the United Kingdom

#628 in Europe

Enrollment: 19,090
Founded: 1992

81. University of Bedfordshire

Luton

For Acoustical Engineering

#101 in the United Kingdom

#643 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 2006

82. Birmingham City University

Birmingham

For Acoustical Engineering

#102 in the United Kingdom

#656 in Europe

Founded: 1992

83. Edge Hill University

Ormskirk

For Acoustical Engineering

#103 in the United Kingdom

#662 in Europe

Founded: 2006

84. University of Chester

Chester

For Acoustical Engineering

#104 in the United Kingdom

#668 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 95%
Founded: 2005

85. University of Northampton

Northampton

For Acoustical Engineering

#105 in the United Kingdom

#680 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 2005

86. Royal College of Music

London

For Acoustical Engineering

#109 in the United Kingdom

#711 in Europe

Founded: 1882

87. University of Winchester

Winchester

For Acoustical Engineering

#111 in the United Kingdom

#735 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 2005

88. Liverpool Hope University

Liverpool

For Acoustical Engineering

#112 in the United Kingdom

#736 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 96%
Founded: 2005

89. University of West London

Ealing

For Acoustical Engineering

#113 in the United Kingdom

#756 in Europe

Founded: 1990

90. Royal Agricultural University

Cirencester

For Acoustical Engineering

#114 in the United Kingdom

#765 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Enrollment: 1,100
Founded: 2013

91. University of Worcester

Worcester

For Acoustical Engineering

#115 in the United Kingdom

#770 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Enrollment: 10,798
Founded: 2005

92. York St John University

York

For Acoustical Engineering

#116 in the United Kingdom

#772 in Europe

Founded: 1841

93. University of Gloucestershire

Cheltenham

For Acoustical Engineering

#117 in the United Kingdom

#789 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Founded: 2001

94. University of the Arts London

London

For Acoustical Engineering

#118 in the United Kingdom

#807 in Europe

Founded: 1986

95. Bath Spa University

Bath

For Acoustical Engineering

#120 in the United Kingdom

#839 in Europe

Enrollment: 6,863
Founded: 1975

96. University of Chichester

Chichester

For Acoustical Engineering

#121 in the United Kingdom

#858 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 2005

97. Royal Academy of Music, University of London

London

For Acoustical Engineering

#122 in the United Kingdom

#860 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1822

98. Solent University

Southampton

For Acoustical Engineering

#123 in the United Kingdom

#864 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 92%
Enrollment: 11,340
Founded: 2004

99. Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London

London

For Acoustical Engineering

#124 in the United Kingdom

#879 in Europe

Founded: 1932

100. University of Cumbria

Carlisle

For Acoustical Engineering

#125 in the United Kingdom

#891 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 2007

Closest to England states to learn Acoustical Engineering

State	Universities Unis	Best university country rank Best uni rank
Wales	9	21
Scotland	18	8

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