76 Best universities for Optical Engineering 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 Optical Engineering. A graph of 1.82M citations received by 64.7K academic papers made by 76 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 Southampton

England | Southampton

For Optical Engineering

#1 in Europe

#9 in the World

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

2. Imperial College London

England | London

For Optical Engineering

#2 in Europe

#10 in the World

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

3. University of Cambridge

England | Cambridge

For Optical Engineering

#4 in Europe

#25 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

4. University of Oxford

England | Oxford

For Optical Engineering

#5 in Europe

#34 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1096

5. University College London

England | London

For Optical Engineering

#7 in Europe

#43 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

6. University of Manchester

England | Manchester

For Optical Engineering

#13 in Europe

#68 in the World

Founded: 1824

7. University of Glasgow

Scotland | Glasgow

For Optical Engineering

#16 in Europe

#75 in the World

Founded: 1451

8. University of St Andrews

Scotland | St Andrews

For Optical Engineering

#17 in Europe

#76 in the World

Enrollment: 10,425
Founded: 1413

9. University of Bath

England | Bath

For Optical Engineering

#22 in Europe

#85 in the World

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

10. Heriot-Watt University

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Optical Engineering

#28 in Europe

#108 in the World

Founded: 1966

11. University of Strathclyde

Scotland | Glasgow

For Optical Engineering

#29 in Europe

#111 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Founded: 1964

12. Aston University

England | Birmingham

For Optical Engineering

#31 in Europe

#116 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1895

13. University of Bristol

England | Bristol

For Optical Engineering

#34 in Europe

#120 in the World

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

14. University of Sheffield

England | Sheffield

For Optical Engineering

#37 in Europe

#139 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1905

15. University of Nottingham

England | Nottingham

For Optical Engineering

#44 in Europe

#163 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

16. University of Exeter

England | Exeter

For Optical Engineering

#45 in Europe

#164 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

17. University of Birmingham

England | Birmingham

For Optical Engineering

#49 in Europe

#174 in the World

Founded: 1900

18. University of Kent

England | Canterbury

For Optical Engineering

#51 in Europe

#178 in the World

Founded: 1965

19. Durham University

England | Durham

For Optical Engineering

#52 in Europe

#179 in the World

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

20. Loughborough University

England | Loughborough

For Optical Engineering

#56 in Europe

#189 in the World

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

21. University of Leeds

England | Leeds

For Optical Engineering

#61 in Europe

#201 in the World

Founded: 1904

22. Queen's University Belfast

Northern Ireland | Belfast

For Optical Engineering

#66 in Europe

#213 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1849

23. University of Surrey

England | Guildford

For Optical Engineering

#83 in Europe

#252 in the World

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

24. University of Liverpool

England | Liverpool

For Optical Engineering

#86 in Europe

#257 in the World

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

25. University of Edinburgh

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Optical Engineering

#87 in Europe

#258 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

26. Cranfield University

England | Cranfield

For Optical Engineering

#93 in Europe

#271 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Enrollment: 4,825
Founded: 1993

27. Cardiff University

Wales | Cardiff

For Optical Engineering

#94 in Europe

#275 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1997

28. King's College London

England | London

For Optical Engineering

#102 in Europe

#293 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1829

29. Queen Mary University of London

England | London

For Optical Engineering

#110 in Europe

#316 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1989

30. University of Warwick

England | Coventry

For Optical Engineering

#133 in Europe

#368 in the World

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

31. University of Sussex

England | Brighton

For Optical Engineering

#135 in Europe

#370 in the World

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

32. University of Essex

England | Colchester

For Optical Engineering

#142 in Europe

#390 in the World

Founded: 1964

33. University of Leicester

England | Leicester

For Optical Engineering

#151 in Europe

#411 in the World

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

34. University of York

England | York

For Optical Engineering

#159 in Europe

#426 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

35. University of London

England | London

For Optical Engineering

#160 in Europe

#428 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

36. City, University of London

England | London

For Optical Engineering

#166 in Europe

#440 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1966

37. University of Dundee

Scotland | Dundee

For Optical Engineering

#167 in Europe

#443 in the World

Founded: 1967

38. Bangor University

Wales | Bangor

For Optical Engineering

#168 in Europe

#445 in the World

Enrollment: 11,270
Founded: 1884

39. University of Reading

England | Reading

For Optical Engineering

#189 in Europe

#503 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Founded: 1892

40. Keele University

England | Keele

For Optical Engineering

#196 in Europe

#516 in the World

Founded: 1962

41. University of Salford

England | Salford

For Optical Engineering

#201 in Europe

#531 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1967

42. University of Bradford

England | Bradford

For Optical Engineering

#207 in Europe

#545 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Founded: 1966

43. Brunel University London

England | Uxbridge

For Optical Engineering

#208 in Europe

#546 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1966

44. Lancaster University

England | Lancaster

For Optical Engineering

#211 in Europe

#549 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1964

45. University of Hull

England | Kingston upon Hull

For Optical Engineering

#217 in Europe

#559 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1954

46. Northumbria University

England | Newcastle upon Tyne

For Optical Engineering

#234 in Europe

#597 in the World

Founded: 1992

47. Royal Holloway, University of London

England | Egham

For Optical Engineering

#243 in Europe

#618 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1849

48. University of Hertfordshire

England | Hatfield

For Optical Engineering

#256 in Europe

#660 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1992

49. Swansea University

Wales | Swansea

For Optical Engineering

#267 in Europe

#681 in the World

Founded: 1920

50. University of Aberdeen

Scotland | Aberdeen

For Optical Engineering

#278 in Europe

#709 in the World

Founded: 1495

51. Newcastle University

England | Newcastle upon Tyne

For Optical Engineering

#284 in Europe

#722 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Founded: 1963

52. University of Wales

Wales | Cardiff

For Optical Engineering

#287 in Europe

#726 in the World

Founded: 1893

53. University of East Anglia

England | Norwich

For Optical Engineering

#289 in Europe

#733 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1963

54. Glasgow Caledonian University

Scotland | Glasgow

For Optical Engineering

#306 in Europe

#785 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1993

55. Ulster University

Northern Ireland | Coleraine

For Optical Engineering

#318 in Europe

#813 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1968

56. Nottingham Trent University

England | Nottingham

For Optical Engineering

#320 in Europe

#827 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1992

57. University of Plymouth

England | Plymouth

For Optical Engineering

#327 in Europe

#879 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Founded: 1992

58. University of Huddersfield

England | Huddersfield

For Optical Engineering

#331 in Europe

#890 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

59. Aberystwyth University

Wales | Aberystwyth

For Optical Engineering

#333 in Europe

#895 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1872

60. Liverpool John Moores University

England | Liverpool

For Optical Engineering

#335 in Europe

#904 in the World

Founded: 1992

61. De Montfort University

England | Leicester

For Optical Engineering

#345 in Europe

#943 in the World

Founded: 1992

62. Sheffield Hallam University

England | Sheffield

For Optical Engineering

#354 in Europe

#974 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1992

63. Kingston University

England | Kingston upon Thames

For Optical Engineering

#369 in Europe

#1015 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1992

64. University of Stirling

Scotland | Stirling

For Optical Engineering

#385 in Europe

#1112 in the World

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

65. University of Greenwich

England | London

For Optical Engineering

#404 in Europe

#1193 in the World

Founded: 1890

66. Manchester Metropolitan University

England | Manchester

For Optical Engineering

#409 in Europe

#1209 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1992

67. University of South Wales

Wales | Pontypridd

For Optical Engineering

#418 in Europe

#1250 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1841

68. University of Bedfordshire

England | Luton

For Optical Engineering

#425 in Europe

#1268 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

69. University of Westminster

England | London

For Optical Engineering

#430 in Europe

#1284 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 19,000
Founded: 1838

70. Anglia Ruskin University

England | Cambridge

For Optical Engineering

#436 in Europe

#1312 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Founded: 1858

71. Birkbeck, University of London

England | London

For Optical Engineering

#441 in Europe

#1343 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 1823

72. Abertay University

Scotland | Dundee

For Optical Engineering

#443 in Europe

#1350 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Founded: 1994

73. Coventry University

England | Coventry

For Optical Engineering

#448 in Europe

#1394 in the World

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

74. University of the West of Scotland

Scotland | Paisley

For Optical Engineering

#455 in Europe

#1420 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Enrollment: 15,555
Founded: 1897

75. London South Bank University

England | London

For Optical Engineering

#473 in Europe

#1495 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1892

76. London Metropolitan University

England | London

For Optical Engineering

#484 in Europe

#1579 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1848

The best cities to study Optical Engineering in the United Kingdom based on the number of universities and their ranks are Southampton, London, Cambridge, and Oxford.