83 Best universities for Transportation Engineering in the United Kingdom

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in the United Kingdom ranked based on their research performance in Transportation Engineering. A graph of 840K citations received by 28.4K academic papers made by 83 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 College London

England | London

For Transportation Engineering

#2 in Europe

#16 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

2. University of Leeds

England | Leeds

For Transportation Engineering

#3 in Europe

#18 in the World

Founded: 1904

3. University of Oxford

England | Oxford

For Transportation Engineering

#6 in Europe

#39 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

4. Imperial College London

England | London

For Transportation Engineering

#8 in Europe

#48 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

5. University of Southampton

England | Southampton

For Transportation Engineering

#13 in Europe

#72 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

6. Loughborough University

England | Loughborough

For Transportation Engineering

#14 in Europe

#74 in the World

Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

7. University of Cambridge

England | Cambridge

For Transportation Engineering

#16 in Europe

#77 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

8. Newcastle University

England | Newcastle upon Tyne

For Transportation Engineering

#20 in Europe

#94 in the World

Founded: 1963

9. University of Birmingham

England | Birmingham

For Transportation Engineering

#27 in Europe

#108 in the World

Founded: 1900

10. University of Nottingham

England | Nottingham

For Transportation Engineering

#52 in Europe

#167 in the World

Founded: 1948

11. University of Sheffield

England | Sheffield

For Transportation Engineering

#66 in Europe

#202 in the World

Founded: 1905

12. University of Westminster

England | London

For Transportation Engineering

#69 in Europe

#213 in the World

Enrollment: 19,000
Founded: 1838

13. University of Manchester

England | Manchester

For Transportation Engineering

#80 in Europe

#248 in the World

Founded: 1824

14. University of the West of England

England | Bristol

For Transportation Engineering

#81 in Europe

#249 in the World

Enrollment: 30,732
Founded: 1992

15. University of Edinburgh

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Transportation Engineering

#84 in Europe

#257 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

16. Edinburgh Napier University

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Transportation Engineering

#86 in Europe

#262 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1992

17. University of Bristol

England | Bristol

For Transportation Engineering

#87 in Europe

#264 in the World

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

18. Cardiff University

Wales | Cardiff

For Transportation Engineering

#88 in Europe

#266 in the World

Founded: 1997

19. Cranfield University

England | Cranfield

For Transportation Engineering

#91 in Europe

#274 in the World

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

20. London School of Economics and Political Science

England | London

For Transportation Engineering

#93 in Europe

#279 in the World

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

21. University of Warwick

England | Coventry

For Transportation Engineering

#96 in Europe

#284 in the World

Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

22. University of Glasgow

Scotland | Glasgow

For Transportation Engineering

#100 in Europe

#296 in the World

Founded: 1451

23. University of Salford

England | Salford

For Transportation Engineering

#102 in Europe

#299 in the World

Founded: 1967

24. University of Surrey

England | Guildford

For Transportation Engineering

#104 in Europe

#302 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1966

25. Lancaster University

England | Lancaster

For Transportation Engineering

#107 in Europe

#308 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1964

26. University of Liverpool

England | Liverpool

For Transportation Engineering

#111 in Europe

#315 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

27. King's College London

England | London

For Transportation Engineering

#113 in Europe

#320 in the World

Founded: 1829

28. University of Aberdeen

Scotland | Aberdeen

For Transportation Engineering

#116 in Europe

#326 in the World

Founded: 1495

29. Heriot-Watt University

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Transportation Engineering

#133 in Europe

#378 in the World

Founded: 1966

30. Ulster University

Northern Ireland | Coleraine

For Transportation Engineering

#136 in Europe

#386 in the World

Founded: 1968

31. University of York

England | York

For Transportation Engineering

#148 in Europe

#417 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

32. Queen Mary University of London

England | London

For Transportation Engineering

#152 in Europe

#426 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1989

33. University of Strathclyde

Scotland | Glasgow

For Transportation Engineering

#164 in Europe

#447 in the World

Founded: 1964

34. Brunel University London

England | Uxbridge

For Transportation Engineering

#174 in Europe

#471 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1966

35. University of London

England | London

For Transportation Engineering

#176 in Europe

#475 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

36. University of Exeter

England | Exeter

For Transportation Engineering

#180 in Europe

#487 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

37. University of East Anglia

England | Norwich

For Transportation Engineering

#187 in Europe

#509 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1963

38. University of Kent

England | Canterbury

For Transportation Engineering

#188 in Europe

#514 in the World

Founded: 1965

39. University of Sussex

England | Brighton

For Transportation Engineering

#193 in Europe

#523 in the World

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

40. University of Plymouth

England | Plymouth

For Transportation Engineering

#196 in Europe

#532 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1992

41. Queen's University Belfast

Northern Ireland | Belfast

For Transportation Engineering

#197 in Europe

#533 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1849

42. Coventry University

England | Coventry

For Transportation Engineering

#199 in Europe

#538 in the World

Enrollment: 22,980
Founded: 1992

43. University of Huddersfield

England | Huddersfield

For Transportation Engineering

#204 in Europe

#545 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

44. University of Essex

England | Colchester

For Transportation Engineering

#205 in Europe

#547 in the World

Founded: 1964

45. University of Bradford

England | Bradford

For Transportation Engineering

#207 in Europe

#550 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 1966

46. Liverpool John Moores University

England | Liverpool

For Transportation Engineering

#216 in Europe

#575 in the World

Founded: 1992

47. University of Bath

England | Bath

For Transportation Engineering

#224 in Europe

#597 in the World

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

48. University of Reading

England | Reading

For Transportation Engineering

#225 in Europe

#599 in the World

Founded: 1892

49. Manchester Metropolitan University

England | Manchester

For Transportation Engineering

#233 in Europe

#618 in the World

Founded: 1992

50. De Montfort University

England | Leicester

For Transportation Engineering

#234 in Europe

#620 in the World

Enrollment: 29,000
Founded: 1992

51. University of Greenwich

England | London

For Transportation Engineering

#235 in Europe

#622 in the World

Founded: 1890

52. University of Wales

Wales | Cardiff

For Transportation Engineering

#247 in Europe

#650 in the World

Founded: 1893

53. Durham University

England | Durham

For Transportation Engineering

#248 in Europe

#652 in the World

Enrollment: 19,520
Founded: 1832

54. Aston University

England | Birmingham

For Transportation Engineering

#253 in Europe

#667 in the World

Founded: 1895

55. University of St Andrews

Scotland | St Andrews

For Transportation Engineering

#272 in Europe

#726 in the World

Enrollment: 10,425
Founded: 1413

56. Swansea University

Wales | Swansea

For Transportation Engineering

#273 in Europe

#727 in the World

Founded: 1920

57. Northumbria University

England | Newcastle upon Tyne

For Transportation Engineering

#285 in Europe

#750 in the World

Founded: 1992

58. City, University of London

England | London

For Transportation Engineering

#291 in Europe

#764 in the World

Founded: 1966

59. University of Leicester

England | Leicester

For Transportation Engineering

#301 in Europe

#785 in the World

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

60. Royal Holloway, University of London

England | Egham

For Transportation Engineering

#309 in Europe

#813 in the World

Founded: 1849

61. University of Central Lancashire

England | Preston

For Transportation Engineering

#310 in Europe

#814 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1992

62. Keele University

England | Keele

For Transportation Engineering

#326 in Europe

#863 in the World

Founded: 1962

63. University of Hertfordshire

England | Hatfield

For Transportation Engineering

#344 in Europe

#931 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1992

64. University of Portsmouth

England | Portsmouth

For Transportation Engineering

#346 in Europe

#935 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

65. London South Bank University

England | London

For Transportation Engineering

#353 in Europe

#948 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 1892

66. Nottingham Trent University

England | Nottingham

For Transportation Engineering

#354 in Europe

#953 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1992

67. Oxford Brookes University

England | Oxford

For Transportation Engineering

#359 in Europe

#963 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1865

68. Bournemouth University

England | Poole

For Transportation Engineering

#392 in Europe

#1053 in the World

Enrollment: 14,293
Founded: 1992

69. University of Dundee

Scotland | Dundee

For Transportation Engineering

#417 in Europe

#1133 in the World

Founded: 1967

70. University of Wolverhampton

England | Wolverhampton

For Transportation Engineering

#421 in Europe

#1144 in the World

Founded: 1992

71. Birkbeck, University of London

England | London

For Transportation Engineering

#425 in Europe

#1158 in the World

Founded: 1823

72. Middlesex University

England | London

For Transportation Engineering

#432 in Europe

#1187 in the World

Founded: 1973

73. Kingston University

England | Kingston upon Thames

For Transportation Engineering

#443 in Europe

#1233 in the World

Founded: 1992

74. University of Derby

England | Derby

For Transportation Engineering

#457 in Europe

#1299 in the World

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

75. University of Hull

England | Kingston upon Hull

For Transportation Engineering

#459 in Europe

#1307 in the World

Founded: 1954

76. Glasgow Caledonian University

Scotland | Glasgow

For Transportation Engineering

#471 in Europe

#1348 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1993

77. Sheffield Hallam University

England | Sheffield

For Transportation Engineering

#482 in Europe

#1379 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

78. University of South Wales

Wales | Pontypridd

For Transportation Engineering

#485 in Europe

#1393 in the World

Founded: 1841

79. University of Brighton

England | Brighton

For Transportation Engineering

#488 in Europe

#1397 in the World

Founded: 1992

80. University of Stirling

Scotland | Stirling

For Transportation Engineering

#489 in Europe

#1401 in the World

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

81. University of Lincoln

England | Lincoln

For Transportation Engineering

#497 in Europe

#1435 in the World

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

82. Birmingham City University

England | Birmingham

For Transportation Engineering

#534 in Europe

#1579 in the World

Founded: 1992

83. Leeds Beckett University

England | Leeds

For Transportation Engineering

#551 in Europe

#1700 in the World

Founded: 1992

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