91 Best universities for Ecology 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 Ecology. A graph of 4.12M citations received by 58.1K academic papers made by 91 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 Oxford

England | Oxford

For Ecology

#1 in Europe

#7 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1096

2. University of Cambridge

England | Cambridge

For Ecology

#2 in Europe

#18 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

3. Imperial College London

England | London

For Ecology

#6 in Europe

#29 in the World

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

4. University of Sheffield

England | Sheffield

For Ecology

#8 in Europe

#35 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1905

5. University of East Anglia

England | Norwich

For Ecology

#13 in Europe

#53 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1963

6. University of Edinburgh

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Ecology

#15 in Europe

#64 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

7. University of Bristol

England | Bristol

For Ecology

#17 in Europe

#67 in the World

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

8. University of Aberdeen

Scotland | Aberdeen

For Ecology

#19 in Europe

#71 in the World

Founded: 1495

9. University of Glasgow

Scotland | Glasgow

For Ecology

#21 in Europe

#80 in the World

Founded: 1451

10. University of York

England | York

For Ecology

#22 in Europe

#85 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

11. University of Leeds

England | Leeds

For Ecology

#23 in Europe

#89 in the World

Founded: 1904

12. University of Exeter

England | Exeter

For Ecology

#24 in Europe

#90 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

13. University of Liverpool

England | Liverpool

For Ecology

#26 in Europe

#93 in the World

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

14. University College London

England | London

For Ecology

#27 in Europe

#94 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

15. University of St Andrews

Scotland | St Andrews

For Ecology

#33 in Europe

#114 in the World

Enrollment: 10,425
Founded: 1413

16. University of London

England | London

For Ecology

#42 in Europe

#135 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

17. University of Stirling

Scotland | Stirling

For Ecology

#45 in Europe

#142 in the World

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

18. Durham University

England | Durham

For Ecology

#47 in Europe

#147 in the World

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

19. University of Southampton

England | Southampton

For Ecology

#50 in Europe

#156 in the World

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

20. Cardiff University

Wales | Cardiff

For Ecology

#51 in Europe

#157 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1997

21. University of Plymouth

England | Plymouth

For Ecology

#52 in Europe

#158 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Founded: 1992

22. University of Sussex

England | Brighton

For Ecology

#55 in Europe

#167 in the World

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

23. University of Manchester

England | Manchester

For Ecology

#58 in Europe

#172 in the World

Founded: 1824

24. Bangor University

Wales | Bangor

For Ecology

#60 in Europe

#175 in the World

Enrollment: 11,270
Founded: 1884

25. University of Reading

England | Reading

For Ecology

#63 in Europe

#186 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Founded: 1892

26. University of Birmingham

England | Birmingham

For Ecology

#67 in Europe

#198 in the World

Founded: 1900

27. Newcastle University

England | Newcastle upon Tyne

For Ecology

#68 in Europe

#199 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Founded: 1963

28. Lancaster University

England | Lancaster

For Ecology

#70 in Europe

#205 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1964

29. University of Nottingham

England | Nottingham

For Ecology

#72 in Europe

#208 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

30. Queen Mary University of London

England | London

For Ecology

#86 in Europe

#248 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1989

31. Queen's University Belfast

Northern Ireland | Belfast

For Ecology

#88 in Europe

#252 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1849

32. University of Leicester

England | Leicester

For Ecology

#101 in Europe

#279 in the World

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

33. Swansea University

Wales | Swansea

For Ecology

#107 in Europe

#294 in the World

Founded: 1920

34. University of Warwick

England | Coventry

For Ecology

#109 in Europe

#304 in the World

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

35. University of Hull

England | Kingston upon Hull

For Ecology

#120 in Europe

#322 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1954

36. Aberystwyth University

Wales | Aberystwyth

For Ecology

#134 in Europe

#350 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1872

37. Royal Holloway, University of London

England | Egham

For Ecology

#136 in Europe

#355 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1849

38. University of Dundee

Scotland | Dundee

For Ecology

#143 in Europe

#366 in the World

Founded: 1967

39. King's College London

England | London

For Ecology

#151 in Europe

#384 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1829

40. University of Bath

England | Bath

For Ecology

#152 in Europe

#385 in the World

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

41. University of Essex

England | Colchester

For Ecology

#159 in Europe

#400 in the World

Founded: 1964

42. University of Kent

England | Canterbury

For Ecology

#161 in Europe

#414 in the World

Founded: 1965

43. Keele University

England | Keele

For Ecology

#163 in Europe

#422 in the World

Founded: 1962

44. University of Wales

Wales | Cardiff

For Ecology

#184 in Europe

#465 in the World

Founded: 1893

45. Oxford Brookes University

England | Oxford

For Ecology

#190 in Europe

#472 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1865

46. Cranfield University

England | Cranfield

For Ecology

#194 in Europe

#496 in the World

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

47. Liverpool John Moores University

England | Liverpool

For Ecology

#200 in Europe

#510 in the World

Founded: 1992

48. Manchester Metropolitan University

England | Manchester

For Ecology

#204 in Europe

#518 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1992

49. Heriot-Watt University

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Ecology

#211 in Europe

#540 in the World

Founded: 1966

50. University of Hertfordshire

England | Hatfield

For Ecology

#221 in Europe

#561 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1992

51. Bournemouth University

England | Poole

For Ecology

#227 in Europe

#580 in the World

Enrollment: 14,293
Founded: 1992

52. University of Portsmouth

England | Portsmouth

For Ecology

#243 in Europe

#631 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

53. Ulster University

Northern Ireland | Coleraine

For Ecology

#244 in Europe

#639 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1968

54. University of Salford

England | Salford

For Ecology

#247 in Europe

#667 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1967

55. University of Greenwich

England | London

For Ecology

#254 in Europe

#680 in the World

Founded: 1890

56. Loughborough University

England | Loughborough

For Ecology

#263 in Europe

#700 in the World

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

57. Brunel University London

England | Uxbridge

For Ecology

#264 in Europe

#701 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1966

58. University of Strathclyde

Scotland | Glasgow

For Ecology

#284 in Europe

#764 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Founded: 1964

59. University of Surrey

England | Guildford

For Ecology

#286 in Europe

#770 in the World

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

60. University of Bradford

England | Bradford

For Ecology

#296 in Europe

#797 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Founded: 1966

61. Edinburgh Napier University

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Ecology

#302 in Europe

#819 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1992

62. University of the West of England

England | Bristol

For Ecology

#310 in Europe

#846 in the World

Enrollment: 30,732
Founded: 1992

63. Royal Veterinary College University of London

England | London

For Ecology

#341 in Europe

#943 in the World

Founded: 1791

64. University of Central Lancashire

England | Preston

For Ecology

#345 in Europe

#959 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1992

65. University of Lincoln

England | Lincoln

For Ecology

#348 in Europe

#977 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 1992

66. University of Northampton

England | Northampton

For Ecology

#351 in Europe

#988 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 2005

67. Anglia Ruskin University

England | Cambridge

For Ecology

#352 in Europe

#989 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Founded: 1858

68. University of Wolverhampton

England | Wolverhampton

For Ecology

#353 in Europe

#992 in the World

Founded: 1992

69. University of Roehampton

England | London

For Ecology

#354 in Europe

#999 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Founded: 2004

70. Birkbeck, University of London

England | London

For Ecology

#355 in Europe

#1001 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 1823

71. London School of Economics and Political Science

England | London

For Ecology

#356 in Europe

#1003 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1895

72. University of Derby

England | Derby

For Ecology

#367 in Europe

#1048 in the World

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

73. Nottingham Trent University

England | Nottingham

For Ecology

#371 in Europe

#1076 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1992

74. Kingston University

England | Kingston upon Thames

For Ecology

#378 in Europe

#1138 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1992

75. University of Sunderland

England | Sunderland

For Ecology

#381 in Europe

#1141 in the World

Enrollment: 19,090
Founded: 1992

76. University of Brighton

England | Brighton

For Ecology

#385 in Europe

#1157 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1992

77. Coventry University

England | Coventry

For Ecology

#386 in Europe

#1166 in the World

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

78. Middlesex University

England | London

For Ecology

#390 in Europe

#1184 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 1973

79. University of Gloucestershire

England | Cheltenham

For Ecology

#403 in Europe

#1232 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 2001

80. Abertay University

Scotland | Dundee

For Ecology

#408 in Europe

#1259 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Founded: 1994

81. Northumbria University

England | Newcastle upon Tyne

For Ecology

#413 in Europe

#1285 in the World

Founded: 1992

82. Staffordshire University

England | Stoke-on-Trent

For Ecology

#419 in Europe

#1326 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 1992

83. Scotland's Rural College

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Ecology

#423 in Europe

#1342 in the World

Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 2012

84. Aston University

England | Birmingham

For Ecology

#425 in Europe

#1367 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1895

85. University of Huddersfield

England | Huddersfield

For Ecology

#427 in Europe

#1383 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

86. Harper Adams University

Wales | Newport

For Ecology

#439 in Europe

#1479 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 96%
Founded: 2012

87. Sheffield Hallam University

England | Sheffield

For Ecology

#448 in Europe

#1523 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1992

88. University of Worcester

England | Worcester

For Ecology

#452 in Europe

#1559 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Enrollment: 10,798
Founded: 2005

89. University of Bedfordshire

England | Luton

For Ecology

#453 in Europe

#1563 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

90. University of the West of Scotland

Scotland | Paisley

For Ecology

#468 in Europe

#1642 in the World

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

91. University of the Highlands and Islands

Scotland | Inverness

For Ecology

#470 in Europe

#1667 in the World

Founded: 2011

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