52 Best universities for Product / Industrial Design in the United Kingdom

Below is a list of best universities in the United Kingdom ranked based on their research performance in Product and Industrial Design. A graph of 170K citations received by 5.26K academic papers made by 52 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

For Product and Industrial Design

#2 in Europe
#10 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

2. Loughborough University

For Product and Industrial Design

#3 in Europe
#13 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
19,449
Founded
1966

3. University of Manchester

For Product and Industrial Design

#8 in Europe
#29 in the World
Founded
1824

4. Cranfield University

For Product and Industrial Design

#10 in Europe
#35 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
4,825
Founded
1993

5. Imperial College London

For Product and Industrial Design

#17 in Europe
#59 in the World
Acceptance Rate
15%
Enrollment
17,565
Founded
1907

6. University of Warwick

For Product and Industrial Design

#20 in Europe
#70 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
27,278
Founded
1965

7. Cardiff University

For Product and Industrial Design

#21 in Europe
#74 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1997

8. University of Nottingham

For Product and Industrial Design

#22 in Europe
#76 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Founded
1948

9. Brunel University London

For Product and Industrial Design

#25 in Europe
#85 in the World
Acceptance Rate
54%
Founded
1966

10. University of Leeds

For Product and Industrial Design

#34 in Europe
#104 in the World
Founded
1904

11. University of Bath

For Product and Industrial Design

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

12. University of Strathclyde

For Product and Industrial Design

#37 in Europe
#116 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Founded
1964

13. University of Sussex

For Product and Industrial Design

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

14. Lancaster University

For Product and Industrial Design

#51 in Europe
#152 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Founded
1964

15. University of Salford

For Product and Industrial Design

#52 in Europe
#157 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Founded
1967

16. University of Oxford

For Product and Industrial Design

#59 in Europe
#184 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Founded
1096

17. University of Sheffield

For Product and Industrial Design

#60 in Europe
#186 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Founded
1905

18. University College London

For Product and Industrial Design

#67 in Europe
#202 in the World
Enrollment
42,000
Founded
1826

19. University of Birmingham

For Product and Industrial Design

#70 in Europe
#208 in the World
Founded
1900

20. Ulster University

For Product and Industrial Design

#73 in Europe
#212 in the World
Acceptance Rate
81%
Founded
1968

21. University of Edinburgh

For Product and Industrial Design

#76 in Europe
#219 in the World
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1583

22. Heriot-Watt University

For Product and Industrial Design

#77 in Europe
#221 in the World
Founded
1966

23. London Business School

For Product and Industrial Design

#78 in Europe
#224 in the World
Acceptance Rate
35%
Founded
1964

24. Durham University

For Product and Industrial Design

#79 in Europe
#228 in the World
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
19,520
Founded
1832

25. Coventry University

For Product and Industrial Design

#80 in Europe
#230 in the World
Acceptance Rate
32%
Enrollment
22,980
Founded
1992

26. Nottingham Trent University

For Product and Industrial Design

#82 in Europe
#233 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1992

27. University of Bristol

For Product and Industrial Design

#87 in Europe
#244 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
27,513
Founded
1909

28. University of Liverpool

For Product and Industrial Design

#90 in Europe
#248 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
28,693
Founded
1881

29. De Montfort University

For Product and Industrial Design

#96 in Europe
#267 in the World
Founded
1992

30. University of Southampton

For Product and Industrial Design

#105 in Europe
#288 in the World
Acceptance Rate
84%
Enrollment
21,335
Founded
1952

31. Northumbria University

For Product and Industrial Design

#107 in Europe
#291 in the World
Founded
1992

32. Queen's University Belfast

For Product and Industrial Design

#111 in Europe
#299 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Founded
1849

33. University of Reading

For Product and Industrial Design

#113 in Europe
#304 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Founded
1892

34. University of Hull

For Product and Industrial Design

#114 in Europe
#307 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Founded
1954

35. University of Glasgow

For Product and Industrial Design

#118 in Europe
#316 in the World
Founded
1451

36. University of Brighton

For Product and Industrial Design

#123 in Europe
#337 in the World
Acceptance Rate
72%
Founded
1992

37. Aston University

For Product and Industrial Design

#124 in Europe
#338 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1895

38. Cardiff Metropolitan University

For Product and Industrial Design

#125 in Europe
#340 in the World
Acceptance Rate
64%
Founded
2011

39. Newcastle University

For Product and Industrial Design

#127 in Europe
#345 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Founded
1963

40. University of Greenwich

For Product and Industrial Design

#133 in Europe
#361 in the World
Founded
1890

41. City, University of London

For Product and Industrial Design

#134 in Europe
#364 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Founded
1966

42. Sheffield Hallam University

For Product and Industrial Design

#136 in Europe
#370 in the World
Acceptance Rate
43%
Founded
1992

43. Manchester Metropolitan University

For Product and Industrial Design

#147 in Europe
#397 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Founded
1992

44. University of Dundee

For Product and Industrial Design

#151 in Europe
#413 in the World
Founded
1967

45. University of York

For Product and Industrial Design

#152 in Europe
#418 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1963

46. University of Wolverhampton

For Product and Industrial Design

#154 in Europe
#424 in the World
Founded
1992

47. University of East Anglia

For Product and Industrial Design

#162 in Europe
#436 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1963

48. Glasgow Caledonian University

For Product and Industrial Design

#165 in Europe
#445 in the World
Acceptance Rate
23%
Founded
1993

49. University of the West of England

For Product and Industrial Design

#167 in Europe
#448 in the World
Enrollment
30,732
Founded
1992

50. King's College London

For Product and Industrial Design

#168 in Europe
#451 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Founded
1829

51. University of Portsmouth

For Product and Industrial Design

#176 in Europe
#469 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Founded
1992

52. University of Huddersfield

For Product and Industrial Design

#178 in Europe
#476 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Founded
1992

The best cities to study Product and Industrial Design in the United Kingdom based on the number of universities and their ranks are Cambridge, Loughborough, Manchester, and Cranfield.