Urban and Regional planning in UK: Best universities Ranked

Below is a list of best universities in the United Kingdom ranked based on their research performance in Urban and Regional planning. A graph of 880K citations received by 29.4K academic papers made by 94 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 Urban and Regional planning

#1 in Europe

#1 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

2. London School of Economics and Political Science

England | London

For Urban and Regional planning

#2 in Europe

#2 in the World

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

3. University of Manchester

England | Manchester

For Urban and Regional planning

#3 in Europe

#5 in the World

Founded: 1824

4. University of Cambridge

England | Cambridge

For Urban and Regional planning

#5 in Europe

#8 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

5. University of Oxford

England | Oxford

For Urban and Regional planning

#7 in Europe

#12 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

6. University of Sheffield

England | Sheffield

For Urban and Regional planning

#8 in Europe

#17 in the World

Founded: 1905

7. Newcastle University

England | Newcastle upon Tyne

For Urban and Regional planning

#10 in Europe

#21 in the World

Founded: 1963

8. Cardiff University

Wales | Cardiff

For Urban and Regional planning

#15 in Europe

#31 in the World

Founded: 1997

9. University of Sussex

England | Brighton

For Urban and Regional planning

#20 in Europe

#42 in the World

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

10. University of Birmingham

England | Birmingham

For Urban and Regional planning

#22 in Europe

#44 in the World

Founded: 1900

11. University of Bristol

England | Bristol

For Urban and Regional planning

#23 in Europe

#46 in the World

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

12. University of Glasgow

Scotland | Glasgow

For Urban and Regional planning

#25 in Europe

#49 in the World

Founded: 1451

13. University of Leeds

England | Leeds

For Urban and Regional planning

#29 in Europe

#58 in the World

Founded: 1904

14. Durham University

England | Durham

For Urban and Regional planning

#34 in Europe

#76 in the World

Enrollment: 19,520
Founded: 1832

15. King's College London

England | London

For Urban and Regional planning

#35 in Europe

#79 in the World

Founded: 1829

16. University of Reading

England | Reading

For Urban and Regional planning

#37 in Europe

#84 in the World

Founded: 1892

17. Loughborough University

England | Loughborough

For Urban and Regional planning

#43 in Europe

#95 in the World

Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

18. University of Wales

Wales | Cardiff

For Urban and Regional planning

#46 in Europe

#98 in the World

Founded: 1893

19. University of Southampton

England | Southampton

For Urban and Regional planning

#51 in Europe

#104 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

20. University of Warwick

England | Coventry

For Urban and Regional planning

#52 in Europe

#108 in the World

Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

21. University of Liverpool

England | Liverpool

For Urban and Regional planning

#58 in Europe

#116 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

22. University of Strathclyde

Scotland | Glasgow

For Urban and Regional planning

#61 in Europe

#124 in the World

Founded: 1964

23. University of Nottingham

England | Nottingham

For Urban and Regional planning

#64 in Europe

#128 in the World

Founded: 1948

24. Oxford Brookes University

England | Oxford

For Urban and Regional planning

#68 in Europe

#133 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1865

25. University of East Anglia

England | Norwich

For Urban and Regional planning

#69 in Europe

#134 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1963

26. University of Edinburgh

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Urban and Regional planning

#72 in Europe

#139 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

27. University of Exeter

England | Exeter

For Urban and Regional planning

#74 in Europe

#142 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

28. Imperial College London

England | London

For Urban and Regional planning

#82 in Europe

#159 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

29. University of London

England | London

For Urban and Regional planning

#89 in Europe

#171 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

30. University of Salford

England | Salford

For Urban and Regional planning

#91 in Europe

#174 in the World

Founded: 1967

31. Lancaster University

England | Lancaster

For Urban and Regional planning

#94 in Europe

#178 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1964

32. University of the West of England

England | Bristol

For Urban and Regional planning

#97 in Europe

#189 in the World

Enrollment: 30,732
Founded: 1992

33. University of Leicester

England | Leicester

For Urban and Regional planning

#107 in Europe

#209 in the World

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

34. University of Surrey

England | Guildford

For Urban and Regional planning

#108 in Europe

#211 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1966

35. University of Aberdeen

Scotland | Aberdeen

For Urban and Regional planning

#116 in Europe

#225 in the World

Founded: 1495

36. University of Hull

England | Kingston upon Hull

For Urban and Regional planning

#133 in Europe

#263 in the World

Founded: 1954

37. Queen's University Belfast

Northern Ireland | Belfast

For Urban and Regional planning

#140 in Europe

#276 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1849

38. University of York

England | York

For Urban and Regional planning

#142 in Europe

#282 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

39. Northumbria University

England | Newcastle upon Tyne

For Urban and Regional planning

#145 in Europe

#288 in the World

Founded: 1992

40. University of Plymouth

England | Plymouth

For Urban and Regional planning

#147 in Europe

#290 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1992

41. University of Westminster

England | London

For Urban and Regional planning

#148 in Europe

#291 in the World

Enrollment: 19,000
Founded: 1838

42. University of Kent

England | Canterbury

For Urban and Regional planning

#149 in Europe

#292 in the World

Founded: 1965

43. University of St Andrews

Scotland | St Andrews

For Urban and Regional planning

#158 in Europe

#309 in the World

Enrollment: 10,425
Founded: 1413

44. Ulster University

Northern Ireland | Coleraine

For Urban and Regional planning

#171 in Europe

#342 in the World

Founded: 1968

45. Birkbeck, University of London

England | London

For Urban and Regional planning

#180 in Europe

#362 in the World

Founded: 1823

46. Middlesex University

England | London

For Urban and Regional planning

#181 in Europe

#363 in the World

Founded: 1973

47. London South Bank University

England | London

For Urban and Regional planning

#182 in Europe

#365 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 1892

48. University of Bath

England | Bath

For Urban and Regional planning

#193 in Europe

#384 in the World

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

49. Royal Holloway, University of London

England | Egham

For Urban and Regional planning

#195 in Europe

#389 in the World

Founded: 1849

50. Sheffield Hallam University

England | Sheffield

For Urban and Regional planning

#196 in Europe

#390 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

51. University of Essex

England | Colchester

For Urban and Regional planning

#200 in Europe

#399 in the World

Founded: 1964

52. Queen Mary University of London

England | London

For Urban and Regional planning

#204 in Europe

#406 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1989

53. University of Portsmouth

England | Portsmouth

For Urban and Regional planning

#215 in Europe

#428 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

54. Manchester Metropolitan University

England | Manchester

For Urban and Regional planning

#225 in Europe

#452 in the World

Founded: 1992

55. Coventry University

England | Coventry

For Urban and Regional planning

#226 in Europe

#453 in the World

Enrollment: 22,980
Founded: 1992

56. London Metropolitan University

England | London

For Urban and Regional planning

#227 in Europe

#454 in the World

Founded: 1848

57. Aston University

England | Birmingham

For Urban and Regional planning

#240 in Europe

#488 in the World

Founded: 1895

58. Nottingham Trent University

England | Nottingham

For Urban and Regional planning

#242 in Europe

#493 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1992

59. University of Dundee

Scotland | Dundee

For Urban and Regional planning

#244 in Europe

#495 in the World

Founded: 1967

60. Leeds Beckett University

England | Leeds

For Urban and Regional planning

#248 in Europe

#504 in the World

Founded: 1992

61. University of Stirling

Scotland | Stirling

For Urban and Regional planning

#255 in Europe

#518 in the World

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

62. Liverpool John Moores University

England | Liverpool

For Urban and Regional planning

#256 in Europe

#521 in the World

Founded: 1992

63. Heriot-Watt University

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Urban and Regional planning

#257 in Europe

#524 in the World

Founded: 1966

64. Swansea University

Wales | Swansea

For Urban and Regional planning

#261 in Europe

#535 in the World

Founded: 1920

65. University of Lincoln

England | Lincoln

For Urban and Regional planning

#262 in Europe

#540 in the World

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

66. Aberystwyth University

Wales | Aberystwyth

For Urban and Regional planning

#268 in Europe

#549 in the World

Founded: 1872

67. Brunel University London

England | Uxbridge

For Urban and Regional planning

#272 in Europe

#556 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1966

68. University of Huddersfield

England | Huddersfield

For Urban and Regional planning

#286 in Europe

#588 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

69. Anglia Ruskin University

England | Cambridge

For Urban and Regional planning

#287 in Europe

#589 in the World

Founded: 1858

70. SOAS, University of London

England | London

For Urban and Regional planning

#293 in Europe

#604 in the World

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

71. Cranfield University

England | Cranfield

For Urban and Regional planning

#297 in Europe

#618 in the World

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

72. Edinburgh Napier University

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Urban and Regional planning

#299 in Europe

#621 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1992

73. Bournemouth University

England | Poole

For Urban and Regional planning

#307 in Europe

#636 in the World

Enrollment: 14,293
Founded: 1992

74. University of Bradford

England | Bradford

For Urban and Regional planning

#313 in Europe

#647 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 1966

75. Birmingham City University

England | Birmingham

For Urban and Regional planning

#315 in Europe

#654 in the World

Founded: 1992

76. Keele University

England | Keele

For Urban and Regional planning

#358 in Europe

#745 in the World

Founded: 1962

77. City, University of London

England | London

For Urban and Regional planning

#361 in Europe

#748 in the World

Founded: 1966

78. University of Greenwich

England | London

For Urban and Regional planning

#362 in Europe

#750 in the World

Founded: 1890

79. London Business School

England | London

For Urban and Regional planning

#373 in Europe

#770 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1964

80. University of the West of Scotland

Scotland | Paisley

For Urban and Regional planning

#386 in Europe

#806 in the World

Enrollment: 15,555
Founded: 1897

81. University of Gloucestershire

England | Cheltenham

For Urban and Regional planning

#388 in Europe

#809 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Founded: 2001

82. University of Wolverhampton

England | Wolverhampton

For Urban and Regional planning

#392 in Europe

#814 in the World

Founded: 1992

83. Staffordshire University

England | Stoke-on-Trent

For Urban and Regional planning

#395 in Europe

#820 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1992

84. Glasgow Caledonian University

Scotland | Glasgow

For Urban and Regional planning

#406 in Europe

#840 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1993

85. University of Brighton

England | Brighton

For Urban and Regional planning

#418 in Europe

#865 in the World

Founded: 1992

86. Goldsmiths, University of London

England | London

For Urban and Regional planning

#421 in Europe

#871 in the World

Founded: 1904

87. University of South Wales

Wales | Pontypridd

For Urban and Regional planning

#437 in Europe

#900 in the World

Founded: 1841

88. Kingston University

England | Kingston upon Thames

For Urban and Regional planning

#453 in Europe

#945 in the World

Founded: 1992

89. Cardiff Metropolitan University

Wales | Cardiff

For Urban and Regional planning

#456 in Europe

#956 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Enrollment: 31,517
Founded: 2011

90. De Montfort University

England | Leicester

For Urban and Regional planning

#478 in Europe

#1003 in the World

Enrollment: 29,000
Founded: 1992

91. Bangor University

Wales | Bangor

For Urban and Regional planning

#527 in Europe

#1113 in the World

Enrollment: 11,270
Founded: 1884

92. University of Hertfordshire

England | Hatfield

For Urban and Regional planning

#558 in Europe

#1193 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1992

93. Robert Gordon University

Scotland | Aberdeen

For Urban and Regional planning

#582 in Europe

#1252 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1992

94. University of Wales Trinity Saint David

Wales | Carmarthen

For Urban and Regional planning

#617 in Europe

#1354 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2010

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