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 816K citations received by 28.5K 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

#4 in the World

Founded: 1824

4. University of Cambridge

England | Cambridge

For Urban and Regional planning

#4 in Europe

#6 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

5. University of Oxford

England | Oxford

For Urban and Regional planning

#7 in Europe

#13 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

6. University of Sheffield

England | Sheffield

For Urban and Regional planning

#8 in Europe

#16 in the World

Founded: 1905

7. Newcastle University

England | Newcastle upon Tyne

For Urban and Regional planning

#9 in Europe

#18 in the World

Founded: 1963

8. Cardiff University

Wales | Cardiff

For Urban and Regional planning

#14 in Europe

#30 in the World

Founded: 1997

9. University of Sussex

England | Brighton

For Urban and Regional planning

#17 in Europe

#36 in the World

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

10. University of Birmingham

England | Birmingham

For Urban and Regional planning

#18 in Europe

#39 in the World

Founded: 1900

11. University of Glasgow

Scotland | Glasgow

For Urban and Regional planning

#20 in Europe

#41 in the World

Founded: 1451

12. University of Bristol

England | Bristol

For Urban and Regional planning

#21 in Europe

#42 in the World

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

13. University of Leeds

England | Leeds

For Urban and Regional planning

#24 in Europe

#50 in the World

Founded: 1904

14. Durham University

England | Durham

For Urban and Regional planning

#30 in Europe

#69 in the World

Enrollment: 19,520
Founded: 1832

15. King's College London

England | London

For Urban and Regional planning

#34 in Europe

#78 in the World

Founded: 1829

16. University of Reading

England | Reading

For Urban and Regional planning

#36 in Europe

#82 in the World

Founded: 1892

17. University of Wales

Wales | Cardiff

For Urban and Regional planning

#37 in Europe

#84 in the World

Founded: 1893

18. Loughborough University

England | Loughborough

For Urban and Regional planning

#39 in Europe

#87 in the World

Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

19. University of Southampton

England | Southampton

For Urban and Regional planning

#44 in Europe

#97 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

20. University of Warwick

England | Coventry

For Urban and Regional planning

#49 in Europe

#105 in the World

Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

21. University of Liverpool

England | Liverpool

For Urban and Regional planning

#55 in Europe

#113 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

22. University of Strathclyde

Scotland | Glasgow

For Urban and Regional planning

#59 in Europe

#123 in the World

Founded: 1964

23. University of East Anglia

England | Norwich

For Urban and Regional planning

#62 in Europe

#126 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1963

24. Oxford Brookes University

England | Oxford

For Urban and Regional planning

#63 in Europe

#127 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1865

25. University of Nottingham

England | Nottingham

For Urban and Regional planning

#65 in Europe

#129 in the World

Founded: 1948

26. University of Edinburgh

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Urban and Regional planning

#68 in Europe

#134 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

27. University of Exeter

England | Exeter

For Urban and Regional planning

#69 in Europe

#138 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

28. Imperial College London

England | London

For Urban and Regional planning

#76 in Europe

#150 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

29. University of London

England | London

For Urban and Regional planning

#82 in Europe

#159 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

30. University of Salford

England | Salford

For Urban and Regional planning

#85 in Europe

#166 in the World

Founded: 1967

31. Lancaster University

England | Lancaster

For Urban and Regional planning

#86 in Europe

#168 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1964

32. University of the West of England

England | Bristol

For Urban and Regional planning

#93 in Europe

#178 in the World

Enrollment: 30,732
Founded: 1992

33. University of Leicester

England | Leicester

For Urban and Regional planning

#96 in Europe

#187 in the World

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

34. University of Surrey

England | Guildford

For Urban and Regional planning

#102 in Europe

#202 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1966

35. University of Aberdeen

Scotland | Aberdeen

For Urban and Regional planning

#109 in Europe

#210 in the World

Founded: 1495

36. University of Hull

England | Kingston upon Hull

For Urban and Regional planning

#124 in Europe

#246 in the World

Founded: 1954

37. University of York

England | York

For Urban and Regional planning

#133 in Europe

#270 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

38. Queen's University Belfast

Northern Ireland | Belfast

For Urban and Regional planning

#134 in Europe

#271 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1849

39. University of Kent

England | Canterbury

For Urban and Regional planning

#136 in Europe

#274 in the World

Founded: 1965

40. University of Plymouth

England | Plymouth

For Urban and Regional planning

#137 in Europe

#275 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1992

41. University of Westminster

England | London

For Urban and Regional planning

#138 in Europe

#276 in the World

Enrollment: 19,000
Founded: 1838

42. Northumbria University

England | Newcastle upon Tyne

For Urban and Regional planning

#143 in Europe

#286 in the World

Founded: 1992

43. University of St Andrews

Scotland | St Andrews

For Urban and Regional planning

#144 in Europe

#287 in the World

Enrollment: 10,425
Founded: 1413

44. Ulster University

Northern Ireland | Coleraine

For Urban and Regional planning

#164 in Europe

#330 in the World

Founded: 1968

45. London South Bank University

England | London

For Urban and Regional planning

#171 in Europe

#347 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 1892

46. Birkbeck, University of London

England | London

For Urban and Regional planning

#174 in Europe

#351 in the World

Founded: 1823

47. Middlesex University

England | London

For Urban and Regional planning

#182 in Europe

#366 in the World

Founded: 1973

48. Sheffield Hallam University

England | Sheffield

For Urban and Regional planning

#184 in Europe

#369 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

49. Royal Holloway, University of London

England | Egham

For Urban and Regional planning

#187 in Europe

#375 in the World

Founded: 1849

50. University of Essex

England | Colchester

For Urban and Regional planning

#193 in Europe

#389 in the World

Founded: 1964

51. Queen Mary University of London

England | London

For Urban and Regional planning

#201 in Europe

#401 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1989

52. University of Bath

England | Bath

For Urban and Regional planning

#203 in Europe

#405 in the World

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

53. London Metropolitan University

England | London

For Urban and Regional planning

#215 in Europe

#433 in the World

Founded: 1848

54. University of Portsmouth

England | Portsmouth

For Urban and Regional planning

#216 in Europe

#434 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

55. Coventry University

England | Coventry

For Urban and Regional planning

#217 in Europe

#435 in the World

Enrollment: 22,980
Founded: 1992

56. Manchester Metropolitan University

England | Manchester

For Urban and Regional planning

#227 in Europe

#455 in the World

Founded: 1992

57. University of Dundee

Scotland | Dundee

For Urban and Regional planning

#234 in Europe

#469 in the World

Founded: 1967

58. Leeds Beckett University

England | Leeds

For Urban and Regional planning

#241 in Europe

#482 in the World

Founded: 1992

59. Aston University

England | Birmingham

For Urban and Regional planning

#243 in Europe

#486 in the World

Founded: 1895

60. Nottingham Trent University

England | Nottingham

For Urban and Regional planning

#246 in Europe

#492 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1992

61. University of Stirling

Scotland | Stirling

For Urban and Regional planning

#249 in Europe

#509 in the World

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

62. Swansea University

Wales | Swansea

For Urban and Regional planning

#252 in Europe

#512 in the World

Founded: 1920

63. Heriot-Watt University

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Urban and Regional planning

#254 in Europe

#514 in the World

Founded: 1966

64. Liverpool John Moores University

England | Liverpool

For Urban and Regional planning

#256 in Europe

#517 in the World

Founded: 1992

65. Aberystwyth University

Wales | Aberystwyth

For Urban and Regional planning

#257 in Europe

#521 in the World

Founded: 1872

66. Brunel University London

England | Uxbridge

For Urban and Regional planning

#267 in Europe

#545 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1966

67. University of Lincoln

England | Lincoln

For Urban and Regional planning

#282 in Europe

#578 in the World

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

68. Anglia Ruskin University

England | Cambridge

For Urban and Regional planning

#283 in Europe

#579 in the World

Founded: 1858

69. University of Huddersfield

England | Huddersfield

For Urban and Regional planning

#285 in Europe

#584 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

70. SOAS, University of London

England | London

For Urban and Regional planning

#290 in Europe

#601 in the World

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

71. University of Bradford

England | Bradford

For Urban and Regional planning

#292 in Europe

#608 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 1966

72. Cranfield University

England | Cranfield

For Urban and Regional planning

#295 in Europe

#616 in the World

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

73. Bournemouth University

England | Poole

For Urban and Regional planning

#297 in Europe

#620 in the World

Enrollment: 14,293
Founded: 1992

74. Edinburgh Napier University

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Urban and Regional planning

#298 in Europe

#623 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1992

75. Birmingham City University

England | Birmingham

For Urban and Regional planning

#317 in Europe

#656 in the World

Founded: 1992

76. Keele University

England | Keele

For Urban and Regional planning

#347 in Europe

#719 in the World

Founded: 1962

77. City, University of London

England | London

For Urban and Regional planning

#349 in Europe

#721 in the World

Founded: 1966

78. London Business School

England | London

For Urban and Regional planning

#361 in Europe

#739 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1964

79. University of Greenwich

England | London

For Urban and Regional planning

#362 in Europe

#745 in the World

Founded: 1890

80. University of the West of Scotland

Scotland | Paisley

For Urban and Regional planning

#378 in Europe

#779 in the World

Enrollment: 15,555
Founded: 1897

81. Staffordshire University

England | Stoke-on-Trent

For Urban and Regional planning

#384 in Europe

#787 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1992

82. University of Wolverhampton

England | Wolverhampton

For Urban and Regional planning

#387 in Europe

#793 in the World

Founded: 1992

83. University of Gloucestershire

England | Cheltenham

For Urban and Regional planning

#395 in Europe

#809 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Founded: 2001

84. Glasgow Caledonian University

Scotland | Glasgow

For Urban and Regional planning

#399 in Europe

#818 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1993

85. Goldsmiths, University of London

England | London

For Urban and Regional planning

#408 in Europe

#839 in the World

Founded: 1904

86. University of Brighton

England | Brighton

For Urban and Regional planning

#423 in Europe

#864 in the World

Founded: 1992

87. University of South Wales

Wales | Pontypridd

For Urban and Regional planning

#444 in Europe

#914 in the World

Founded: 1841

88. Kingston University

England | Kingston upon Thames

For Urban and Regional planning

#446 in Europe

#921 in the World

Founded: 1992

89. Cardiff Metropolitan University

Wales | Cardiff

For Urban and Regional planning

#452 in Europe

#934 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Founded: 2011

90. De Montfort University

England | Leicester

For Urban and Regional planning

#482 in Europe

#1009 in the World

Enrollment: 29,000
Founded: 1992

91. Bangor University

Wales | Bangor

For Urban and Regional planning

#519 in Europe

#1084 in the World

Enrollment: 11,270
Founded: 1884

92. University of Hertfordshire

England | Hatfield

For Urban and Regional planning

#553 in Europe

#1174 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1992

93. Robert Gordon University

Scotland | Aberdeen

For Urban and Regional planning

#565 in Europe

#1209 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1992

94. University of Wales Trinity Saint David

Wales | Carmarthen

For Urban and Regional planning

#600 in Europe

#1284 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2010

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