Top 131 universities in England | United Kingdom: Rankings & Acceptance rate

Rank 🏆	University name	Acceptance rate Acc. rate	City
1	University of Cambridge	15%	Cambridge
2	University College London		London
3	University of Oxford	25%	Oxford
4	The University of Manchester		Manchester
5	University of Leeds		Leeds
6	Imperial College London		London
7	The London School of Economics and Political Science		London
8	The University of Warwick		Coventry
9	The University of Nottingham		Nottingham
10	The University of York		York
11	King's College London		London
12	The University of Sheffield		Sheffield
13	University of Bristol		Bristol
14	Newcastle University		Newcastle upon Tyne
15	Queen Mary University of London		London
16	University of Surrey		Guildford
17	University of Exeter		Exeter
18	University of Leicester		Leicester
19	Loughborough University		Loughborough
20	University of Sussex		Brighton
21	University of East Anglia		Norwich
22	University of Essex		Colchester
23	University of Bath	15%	Bath
24	University of Reading		Reading
25	Durham University		Durham
26	Lancaster University	25%	Lancaster
27	University of Liverpool		Liverpool
28	City, University of London		London
29	University of Kent		Canterbury
30	Brunel University London	65%	Uxbridge
31	University of the West of England		Bristol
32	University of Plymouth		Plymouth
33	University of Hertfordshire		Hatfield
34	Sheffield Hallam University		Sheffield
35	University of Birmingham		Birmingham
36	University of Southampton		Southampton
37	Manchester Metropolitan University		Manchester
38	Goldsmiths, University of London		London
39	University of the Arts London		London
40	University of Portsmouth		Portsmouth
41	Oxford Brookes University		Oxford
42	Birkbeck, University of London		London
43	Cranfield University		Cranfield
44	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London		London
45	The University of Hull		Hull
46	University of Salford		Salford
47	De Montfort University		Leicester
48	Middlesex University		London
49	SOAS, University of London		London
50	Aston University		Birmingham
51	Northumbria University		Newcastle upon Tyne
52	Coventry University		Coventry
53	University of Brighton		Brighton
54	Keele University		Keele
55	Bournemouth University		Poole
56	University of Huddersfield		Huddersfield
57	Nottingham Trent University	15%	Nottingham
58	University of Central Lancashire		Preston
59	University of Wolverhampton		Wolverhampton
60	Kingston University		Kingston upon Thames
61	Liverpool John Moores University		Liverpool
62	University of Greenwich		London
63	Royal College of Art		London
64	London Business School		London
65	University of Lincoln		Lincoln
66	University of Bradford		Bradford
67	University of Westminster		London
68	Anglia Ruskin University		Cambridge
69	London South Bank University		London
70	University of East London		London
71	Birmingham City University		Birmingham
72	London Metropolitan University		London
73	Leeds Beckett University		Leeds
74	University of Derby	85%	Derby
75	Teesside University		Middlesbrough
76	Royal Holloway, University of London		Egham
77	School of Advanced Study, University of London		London
78	Staffordshire University		Stoke-on-Trent
79	University of Bedfordshire	75%	Luton
80	University of Sunderland		Sunderland
81	Royal Veterinary College University of London		London
82	University of Gloucestershire		Cheltenham
83	University of Roehampton		London
84	University of Chester	25%	Chester
85	Canterbury Christ Church University		Canterbury
86	The University of Northampton		Northampton
87	Edge Hill University		Ormskirk
88	University of London		London
89	St George's, University of London		London
90	Solent University	75%	Southampton
91	Bath Spa University		Bath
92	University of West London		Ealing
93	The Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London		London
94	Royal College of Music		London
95	Royal Academy of Music, University of London	5%	London
96	University of Bolton		Bolton
97	The University of Winchester	45%	Winchester
98	York St John University		York
99	University of Cumbria		Carlisle
100	Liverpool Hope University		Liverpool
101	Falmouth University		Falmouth
102	The University of Buckingham		Buckingham
103	University of Worcester		Worcester
104	University of Chichester		Chichester
105	Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance		London
106	Royal Northern College of Music		Manchester
107	University for the Creative Arts		Canterbury
108	Buckinghamshire New University		High Wycombe
109	St Mary's University, Twickenham		Twickenham
110	BPP University		Manchester
111	The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama		London
112	Arts University Bournemouth		Poole
113	Regent's University London		London
114	Plymouth College of Art		Plymouth
115	Norwich University of the Arts		Norwich
116	The University of Law		Guildford
117	Ravensbourne		London
118	Leeds Trinity University		Leeds
119	Rose Bruford College		London
120	Royal Agricultural University	75%	Cirencester
121	Newman University, Birmingham		Birmingham
122	University of St Mark and St John		Plymouth
123	Bishop Grosseteste University		Lincoln
124	Richmond, The American International University in London	35%	London
125	University College Birmingham	85%	Birmingham
126	Leeds College of Music		Leeds
127	Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts		Liverpool
128	Leeds Arts University		Leeds
129	Heythrop College	65%	London
130	Northern School of Contemporary Dance	35%	Leeds
131	European School of Economics		London

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State	Universities Unis	Best university country rank Best uni rank
Wales	10	20
Northern Ireland	2	19
Scotland	18	4
Bermuda	1	161
Anguilla	1	163