89 Best universities for Automotive Engineering in the United Kingdom

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Below is a list of best universities in the United Kingdom ranked based on their research performance in Automotive Engineering. A graph of 905K citations received by 36.4K academic papers made by 89 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. Imperial College London

For Automotive Engineering

#6 in Europe
#30 in the World
Enrollment
17,565
Founded
1907

2. Loughborough University

For Automotive Engineering

#12 in Europe
#48 in the World
Enrollment
19,449
Founded
1966

4. Cranfield University

For Automotive Engineering

#18 in Europe
#68 in the World
Acceptance Rate
59%
Enrollment
4,825
Founded
1993

6. University of Cambridge

For Automotive Engineering

#20 in Europe
#74 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

8. University of Leeds

For Automotive Engineering

#24 in Europe
#81 in the World
Founded
1904

9. University of Southampton

For Automotive Engineering

#26 in Europe
#86 in the World
Enrollment
21,335
Founded
1952

12. University of Oxford

For Automotive Engineering

#36 in Europe
#113 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1096

13. Brunel University London

For Automotive Engineering

#41 in Europe
#124 in the World
Acceptance Rate
54%
Founded
1966

14. University College London

For Automotive Engineering

#45 in Europe
#140 in the World
Enrollment
42,000
Founded
1826

15. University of Bath

For Automotive Engineering

#48 in Europe
#150 in the World
Acceptance Rate
67%
Enrollment
18,857
Male:Female
53:47
Founded
1966

16. University of Warwick

For Automotive Engineering

#59 in Europe
#176 in the World
Enrollment
27,278
Founded
1965

18. Queen's University Belfast

For Automotive Engineering

#66 in Europe
#199 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Founded
1849

19. Cardiff University

For Automotive Engineering

#84 in Europe
#274 in the World
Founded
1997

20. University of Edinburgh

For Automotive Engineering

#86 in Europe
#284 in the World
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1583

21. University of Surrey

For Automotive Engineering

#88 in Europe
#287 in the World
Enrollment
16,900
Founded
1966

22. University of Liverpool

For Automotive Engineering

#106 in Europe
#360 in the World
Enrollment
28,693
Founded
1881

23. King's College London

For Automotive Engineering

#111 in Europe
#385 in the World
Founded
1829

24. University of Sussex

For Automotive Engineering

#114 in Europe
#390 in the World
Enrollment
17,319
Male:Female
44:56
Founded
1961

25. Durham University

For Automotive Engineering

#117 in Europe
#400 in the World
Enrollment
19,520
Founded
1832

26. Aston University

For Automotive Engineering

#131 in Europe
#437 in the World
Founded
1895

27. University of Glasgow

For Automotive Engineering

#137 in Europe
#468 in the World
Founded
1451

28. University of Bristol

For Automotive Engineering

#141 in Europe
#473 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Enrollment
27,513
Founded
1909

29. Coventry University

For Automotive Engineering

#142 in Europe
#474 in the World
Enrollment
22,980
Founded
1992

30. University of Huddersfield

For Automotive Engineering

#158 in Europe
#520 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Founded
1992

32. City, University of London

For Automotive Engineering

#163 in Europe
#536 in the World
Founded
1966

33. University of York

For Automotive Engineering

#173 in Europe
#556 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1963

35. University of Brighton

For Automotive Engineering

#183 in Europe
#607 in the World
Founded
1992

36. University of Leicester

For Automotive Engineering

#187 in Europe
#628 in the World
Enrollment
24,409
Male:Female
46:54
Founded
1957

38. Heriot-Watt University

For Automotive Engineering

#193 in Europe
#643 in the World
Founded
1966

39. Queen Mary University of London

For Automotive Engineering

#202 in Europe
#663 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Founded
1989

40. Glasgow Caledonian University

For Automotive Engineering

#216 in Europe
#692 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1993

41. University of Bradford

For Automotive Engineering

#224 in Europe
#707 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Founded
1966

42. University of Exeter

For Automotive Engineering

#242 in Europe
#771 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Founded
1955

43. University of Reading

For Automotive Engineering

#253 in Europe
#810 in the World
Founded
1892

45. Lancaster University

For Automotive Engineering

#264 in Europe
#830 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1964

47. University of Aberdeen

For Automotive Engineering

#279 in Europe
#874 in the World
Founded
1495

48. University of Wales

For Automotive Engineering

#293 in Europe
#919 in the World
Founded
1893

49. De Montfort University

For Automotive Engineering

#298 in Europe
#928 in the World
Enrollment
29,000
Founded
1992

50. University of Hertfordshire

For Automotive Engineering

#301 in Europe
#941 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1992

51. Oxford Brookes University

For Automotive Engineering

#311 in Europe
#969 in the World
Enrollment
16,900
Founded
1865

52. Swansea University

For Automotive Engineering

#324 in Europe
#1020 in the World
Founded
1920

53. Nottingham Trent University

For Automotive Engineering

#349 in Europe
#1111 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1992

54. University of Kent

For Automotive Engineering

#360 in Europe
#1142 in the World
Founded
1965

55. University of Salford

For Automotive Engineering

#374 in Europe
#1183 in the World
Founded
1967

56. Edinburgh Napier University

For Automotive Engineering

#376 in Europe
#1195 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1992

57. University of London

For Automotive Engineering

#386 in Europe
#1229 in the World
Enrollment
50,000
Founded
1836

58. London South Bank University

For Automotive Engineering

#390 in Europe
#1239 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Founded
1892

59. York St John University

For Automotive Engineering

#394 in Europe
#1250 in the World
Founded
1841

60. University of South Wales

For Automotive Engineering

#418 in Europe
#1325 in the World
Founded
1841

61. University of Sunderland

For Automotive Engineering

#423 in Europe
#1344 in the World
Enrollment
19,090
Founded
1992

62. University of Bedfordshire

For Automotive Engineering

#424 in Europe
#1345 in the World
Acceptance Rate
82%
Founded
2006

63. University of the West of England

For Automotive Engineering

#429 in Europe
#1357 in the World
Enrollment
30,732
Founded
1992

64. Bangor University

For Automotive Engineering

#430 in Europe
#1359 in the World
Enrollment
11,270
Founded
1884

65. Sheffield Hallam University

For Automotive Engineering

#439 in Europe
#1406 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Founded
1992

66. University of Lincoln

For Automotive Engineering

#446 in Europe
#1436 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%
Enrollment
19,710
Founded
1992

67. University of Greenwich

For Automotive Engineering

#448 in Europe
#1443 in the World
Founded
1890

68. Robert Gordon University

For Automotive Engineering

#450 in Europe
#1450 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Founded
1992

70. University of Plymouth

For Automotive Engineering

#475 in Europe
#1562 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Founded
1992

71. Staffordshire University

For Automotive Engineering

#479 in Europe
#1566 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Founded
1992

72. University of the West of Scotland

For Automotive Engineering

#480 in Europe
#1569 in the World
Enrollment
15,555
Founded
1897

73. University of Portsmouth

For Automotive Engineering

#481 in Europe
#1573 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Founded
1992

74. University of East Anglia

For Automotive Engineering

#503 in Europe
#1657 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1963

75. University of Central Lancashire

For Automotive Engineering

#508 in Europe
#1668 in the World
Acceptance Rate
72%
Founded
1992

76. University of Essex

For Automotive Engineering

#514 in Europe
#1689 in the World
Founded
1964

78. University of Bolton

For Automotive Engineering

#523 in Europe
#1760 in the World
Founded
2004

79. Anglia Ruskin University

For Automotive Engineering

#530 in Europe
#1784 in the World
Founded
1858

80. London School of Economics and Political Science

For Automotive Engineering

#531 in Europe
#1785 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
9,218
Founded
1895

81. University of St Andrews

For Automotive Engineering

#532 in Europe
#1791 in the World
Enrollment
10,425
Founded
1413

82. University of Dundee

For Automotive Engineering

#537 in Europe
#1824 in the World
Founded
1967

83. University of Westminster

For Automotive Engineering

#547 in Europe
#1861 in the World
Enrollment
19,000
Founded
1838

84. University of Stirling

For Automotive Engineering

#557 in Europe
#1889 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
14,000
Founded
1967

85. University of Derby

For Automotive Engineering

#592 in Europe
#2045 in the World
Acceptance Rate
76%
Enrollment
25,000
Founded
1992

86. Teesside University

For Automotive Engineering

#598 in Europe
#2082 in the World
Enrollment
19,290
Founded
1992

88. Leeds Beckett University

For Automotive Engineering

#616 in Europe
#2188 in the World
Founded
1992

89. Wrexham Glyndwr University

For Automotive Engineering

#625 in Europe
#2235 in the World
Founded
2008

The best cities to study Automotive Engineering in the United Kingdom based on the number of universities and their ranks are London, Loughborough, Birmingham, and Cranfield.