95 Best universities for Environmental Engineering in the United Kingdom

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in the United Kingdom ranked based on their research performance in Environmental Engineering. A graph of 1.97M citations received by 49.5K academic papers made by 95 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

England | London

For Environmental Engineering

#3 in Europe

#10 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

2. Cranfield University

England | Cranfield

For Environmental Engineering

#7 in Europe

#41 in the World

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

3. University of Birmingham

England | Birmingham

For Environmental Engineering

#12 in Europe

#69 in the World

Founded: 1900

4. University of Leeds

England | Leeds

For Environmental Engineering

#13 in Europe

#71 in the World

Founded: 1904

5. University College London

England | London

For Environmental Engineering

#18 in Europe

#85 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

6. University of Cambridge

England | Cambridge

For Environmental Engineering

#20 in Europe

#92 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

7. University of Manchester

England | Manchester

For Environmental Engineering

#26 in Europe

#104 in the World

Founded: 1824

8. University of Oxford

England | Oxford

For Environmental Engineering

#27 in Europe

#105 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

9. Newcastle University

England | Newcastle upon Tyne

For Environmental Engineering

#35 in Europe

#144 in the World

Founded: 1963

10. University of Sheffield

England | Sheffield

For Environmental Engineering

#47 in Europe

#189 in the World

Founded: 1905

11. University of Nottingham

England | Nottingham

For Environmental Engineering

#51 in Europe

#197 in the World

Founded: 1948

12. University of Southampton

England | Southampton

For Environmental Engineering

#54 in Europe

#214 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

13. University of Edinburgh

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Environmental Engineering

#60 in Europe

#238 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

14. University of Bath

England | Bath

For Environmental Engineering

#63 in Europe

#245 in the World

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

15. University of Bristol

England | Bristol

For Environmental Engineering

#68 in Europe

#253 in the World

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

16. Lancaster University

England | Lancaster

For Environmental Engineering

#76 in Europe

#265 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1964

17. University of Exeter

England | Exeter

For Environmental Engineering

#79 in Europe

#274 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

18. Brunel University London

England | Uxbridge

For Environmental Engineering

#81 in Europe

#284 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1966

19. University of Surrey

England | Guildford

For Environmental Engineering

#85 in Europe

#292 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1966

20. Loughborough University

England | Loughborough

For Environmental Engineering

#90 in Europe

#305 in the World

Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

21. University of Liverpool

England | Liverpool

For Environmental Engineering

#100 in Europe

#332 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

22. Ulster University

Northern Ireland | Coleraine

For Environmental Engineering

#101 in Europe

#333 in the World

Founded: 1968

23. University of London

England | London

For Environmental Engineering

#130 in Europe

#407 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

24. Cardiff University

Wales | Cardiff

For Environmental Engineering

#135 in Europe

#417 in the World

Founded: 1997

25. University of York

England | York

For Environmental Engineering

#142 in Europe

#434 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

26. University of East Anglia

England | Norwich

For Environmental Engineering

#146 in Europe

#442 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1963

27. University of Reading

England | Reading

For Environmental Engineering

#147 in Europe

#444 in the World

Founded: 1892

28. University of Aberdeen

Scotland | Aberdeen

For Environmental Engineering

#149 in Europe

#450 in the World

Founded: 1495

29. University of Strathclyde

Scotland | Glasgow

For Environmental Engineering

#154 in Europe

#459 in the World

Founded: 1964

30. Queen's University Belfast

Northern Ireland | Belfast

For Environmental Engineering

#163 in Europe

#481 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1849

31. Heriot-Watt University

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Environmental Engineering

#166 in Europe

#487 in the World

Founded: 1966

32. University of Plymouth

England | Plymouth

For Environmental Engineering

#168 in Europe

#489 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1992

33. University of Glasgow

Scotland | Glasgow

For Environmental Engineering

#173 in Europe

#509 in the World

Founded: 1451

34. Durham University

England | Durham

For Environmental Engineering

#194 in Europe

#580 in the World

Enrollment: 19,520
Founded: 1832

35. King's College London

England | London

For Environmental Engineering

#200 in Europe

#599 in the World

Founded: 1829

36. Swansea University

Wales | Swansea

For Environmental Engineering

#202 in Europe

#609 in the World

Founded: 1920

37. London School of Economics and Political Science

England | London

For Environmental Engineering

#206 in Europe

#617 in the World

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

38. University of Warwick

England | Coventry

For Environmental Engineering

#207 in Europe

#625 in the World

Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

39. University of Sussex

England | Brighton

For Environmental Engineering

#214 in Europe

#647 in the World

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

40. University of Salford

England | Salford

For Environmental Engineering

#216 in Europe

#659 in the World

Founded: 1967

41. Bangor University

Wales | Bangor

For Environmental Engineering

#219 in Europe

#667 in the World

Enrollment: 11,270
Founded: 1884

42. University of South Wales

Wales | Pontypridd

For Environmental Engineering

#223 in Europe

#685 in the World

Founded: 1841

43. University of Dundee

Scotland | Dundee

For Environmental Engineering

#228 in Europe

#694 in the World

Founded: 1967

44. University of Hull

England | Kingston upon Hull

For Environmental Engineering

#232 in Europe

#702 in the World

Founded: 1954

45. University of St Andrews

Scotland | St Andrews

For Environmental Engineering

#242 in Europe

#739 in the World

Enrollment: 10,425
Founded: 1413

46. University of Leicester

England | Leicester

For Environmental Engineering

#257 in Europe

#778 in the World

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

47. Queen Mary University of London

England | London

For Environmental Engineering

#265 in Europe

#806 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1989

48. University of Wales

Wales | Cardiff

For Environmental Engineering

#266 in Europe

#808 in the World

Founded: 1893

49. Liverpool John Moores University

England | Liverpool

For Environmental Engineering

#271 in Europe

#824 in the World

Founded: 1992

50. Aston University

England | Birmingham

For Environmental Engineering

#287 in Europe

#878 in the World

Founded: 1895

51. Coventry University

England | Coventry

For Environmental Engineering

#289 in Europe

#892 in the World

Enrollment: 22,980
Founded: 1992

52. University of Bradford

England | Bradford

For Environmental Engineering

#292 in Europe

#897 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 1966

53. University of Huddersfield

England | Huddersfield

For Environmental Engineering

#300 in Europe

#913 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

54. Middlesex University

England | London

For Environmental Engineering

#309 in Europe

#962 in the World

Founded: 1973

55. University of the West of England

England | Bristol

For Environmental Engineering

#317 in Europe

#998 in the World

Enrollment: 30,732
Founded: 1992

56. Robert Gordon University

Scotland | Aberdeen

For Environmental Engineering

#319 in Europe

#1000 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1992

57. Nottingham Trent University

England | Nottingham

For Environmental Engineering

#320 in Europe

#1010 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1992

58. University of Greenwich

England | London

For Environmental Engineering

#324 in Europe

#1028 in the World

Founded: 1890

59. University of Portsmouth

England | Portsmouth

For Environmental Engineering

#333 in Europe

#1062 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

60. Aberystwyth University

Wales | Aberystwyth

For Environmental Engineering

#349 in Europe

#1107 in the World

Founded: 1872

61. University of Essex

England | Colchester

For Environmental Engineering

#351 in Europe

#1113 in the World

Founded: 1964

62. University of the West of Scotland

Scotland | Paisley

For Environmental Engineering

#394 in Europe

#1284 in the World

Enrollment: 15,555
Founded: 1897

63. Glasgow Caledonian University

Scotland | Glasgow

For Environmental Engineering

#399 in Europe

#1307 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1993

64. University of Hertfordshire

England | Hatfield

For Environmental Engineering

#405 in Europe

#1332 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1992

65. University of Kent

England | Canterbury

For Environmental Engineering

#416 in Europe

#1394 in the World

Founded: 1965

66. Abertay University

Scotland | Dundee

For Environmental Engineering

#417 in Europe

#1398 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

67. Manchester Metropolitan University

England | Manchester

For Environmental Engineering

#423 in Europe

#1420 in the World

Founded: 1992

68. University of Brighton

England | Brighton

For Environmental Engineering

#434 in Europe

#1467 in the World

Founded: 1992

69. University of Stirling

Scotland | Stirling

For Environmental Engineering

#436 in Europe

#1483 in the World

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

70. University of Wolverhampton

England | Wolverhampton

For Environmental Engineering

#439 in Europe

#1504 in the World

Founded: 1992

71. Keele University

England | Keele

For Environmental Engineering

#450 in Europe

#1560 in the World

Founded: 1962

72. Kingston University

England | Kingston upon Thames

For Environmental Engineering

#455 in Europe

#1583 in the World

Founded: 1992

73. London South Bank University

England | London

For Environmental Engineering

#459 in Europe

#1600 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 1892

74. Northumbria University

England | Newcastle upon Tyne

For Environmental Engineering

#466 in Europe

#1645 in the World

Founded: 1992

75. De Montfort University

England | Leicester

For Environmental Engineering

#470 in Europe

#1661 in the World

Enrollment: 29,000
Founded: 1992

76. Sheffield Hallam University

England | Sheffield

For Environmental Engineering

#482 in Europe

#1718 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

77. Oxford Brookes University

England | Oxford

For Environmental Engineering

#490 in Europe

#1754 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1865

78. Edinburgh Napier University

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Environmental Engineering

#497 in Europe

#1769 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1992

79. Royal Holloway, University of London

England | Egham

For Environmental Engineering

#515 in Europe

#1830 in the World

Founded: 1849

80. City, University of London

England | London

For Environmental Engineering

#521 in Europe

#1872 in the World

Founded: 1966

81. Teesside University

England | Middlesbrough

For Environmental Engineering

#525 in Europe

#1888 in the World

Enrollment: 19,290
Founded: 1992

82. Birkbeck, University of London

England | London

For Environmental Engineering

#531 in Europe

#1904 in the World

Founded: 1823

83. Bournemouth University

England | Poole

For Environmental Engineering

#545 in Europe

#1985 in the World

Enrollment: 14,293
Founded: 1992

84. University of Lincoln

England | Lincoln

For Environmental Engineering

#550 in Europe

#2019 in the World

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

85. SOAS, University of London

England | London

For Environmental Engineering

#567 in Europe

#2124 in the World

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

86. University of Bedfordshire

England | Luton

For Environmental Engineering

#585 in Europe

#2250 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 2006

87. University of Central Lancashire

England | Preston

For Environmental Engineering

#590 in Europe

#2275 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1992

88. Leeds Beckett University

England | Leeds

For Environmental Engineering

#604 in Europe

#2385 in the World

Founded: 1992

89. University of Westminster

England | London

For Environmental Engineering

#615 in Europe

#2456 in the World

Enrollment: 19,000
Founded: 1838

90. University of East London

England | London

For Environmental Engineering

#631 in Europe

#2554 in the World

Founded: 1992

91. Staffordshire University

England | Stoke-on-Trent

For Environmental Engineering

#648 in Europe

#2641 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1992

92. Scotland's Rural College

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Environmental Engineering

#668 in Europe

#2750 in the World

Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 2012

93. Birmingham City University

England | Birmingham

For Environmental Engineering

#672 in Europe

#2757 in the World

Founded: 1992

94. University of Derby

England | Derby

For Environmental Engineering

#690 in Europe

#2833 in the World

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

95. University of West London

England | Ealing

For Environmental Engineering

#707 in Europe

#2888 in the World

Founded: 1990

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