100 Best universities for Aesthetics in the United Kingdom

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in the United Kingdom ranked based on their research performance in Aesthetics. A graph of 3.11M citations received by 158K academic papers made by 142 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 Aesthetics

#1 in Europe

#2 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

2. University of Cambridge

England | Cambridge

For Aesthetics

#2 in Europe

#4 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

3. University of Oxford

England | Oxford

For Aesthetics

#3 in Europe

#7 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

4. University of Manchester

England | Manchester

For Aesthetics

#4 in Europe

#25 in the World

Founded: 1824

5. University of Edinburgh

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Aesthetics

#5 in Europe

#33 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

6. University of Bristol

England | Bristol

For Aesthetics

#7 in Europe

#39 in the World

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

7. University of Leeds

England | Leeds

For Aesthetics

#8 in Europe

#43 in the World

Founded: 1904

8. University of Warwick

England | Coventry

For Aesthetics

#10 in Europe

#49 in the World

Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

9. University of Sheffield

England | Sheffield

For Aesthetics

#11 in Europe

#51 in the World

Founded: 1905

10. King's College London

England | London

For Aesthetics

#12 in Europe

#54 in the World

Founded: 1829

11. University of Glasgow

Scotland | Glasgow

For Aesthetics

#13 in Europe

#57 in the World

Founded: 1451

12. University of Nottingham

England | Nottingham

For Aesthetics

#14 in Europe

#59 in the World

Founded: 1948

13. University of Birmingham

England | Birmingham

For Aesthetics

#15 in Europe

#60 in the World

Founded: 1900

14. University of Exeter

England | Exeter

For Aesthetics

#17 in Europe

#64 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

15. Lancaster University

England | Lancaster

For Aesthetics

#18 in Europe

#68 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1964

16. London School of Economics and Political Science

England | London

For Aesthetics

#19 in Europe

#71 in the World

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

17. Durham University

England | Durham

For Aesthetics

#20 in Europe

#72 in the World

Enrollment: 19,520
Founded: 1832

18. University of Southampton

England | Southampton

For Aesthetics

#23 in Europe

#75 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

19. University of Surrey

England | Guildford

For Aesthetics

#25 in Europe

#82 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1966

20. Cardiff University

Wales | Cardiff

For Aesthetics

#27 in Europe

#88 in the World

Founded: 1997

21. University of Sussex

England | Brighton

For Aesthetics

#28 in Europe

#91 in the World

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

22. University of St Andrews

Scotland | St Andrews

For Aesthetics

#29 in Europe

#94 in the World

Enrollment: 10,425
Founded: 1413

23. Newcastle University

England | Newcastle upon Tyne

For Aesthetics

#31 in Europe

#98 in the World

Founded: 1963

24. University of York

England | York

For Aesthetics

#34 in Europe

#104 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

25. Imperial College London

England | London

For Aesthetics

#37 in Europe

#110 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

26. University of London

England | London

For Aesthetics

#39 in Europe

#118 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

27. Queen Mary University of London

England | London

For Aesthetics

#43 in Europe

#133 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1989

28. University of Leicester

England | Leicester

For Aesthetics

#45 in Europe

#136 in the World

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

29. University of Liverpool

England | Liverpool

For Aesthetics

#46 in Europe

#137 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

30. Loughborough University

England | Loughborough

For Aesthetics

#54 in Europe

#156 in the World

Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

31. Royal Holloway, University of London

England | Egham

For Aesthetics

#57 in Europe

#159 in the World

Founded: 1849

32. University of Kent

England | Canterbury

For Aesthetics

#58 in Europe

#161 in the World

Founded: 1965

33. University of East Anglia

England | Norwich

For Aesthetics

#59 in Europe

#162 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1963

34. University of Reading

England | Reading

For Aesthetics

#62 in Europe

#171 in the World

Founded: 1892

35. University of Aberdeen

Scotland | Aberdeen

For Aesthetics

#64 in Europe

#175 in the World

Founded: 1495

36. Goldsmiths, University of London

England | London

For Aesthetics

#65 in Europe

#179 in the World

Founded: 1904

37. University of Bath

England | Bath

For Aesthetics

#70 in Europe

#193 in the World

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

38. Birkbeck, University of London

England | London

For Aesthetics

#76 in Europe

#211 in the World

Founded: 1823

39. University of Strathclyde

Scotland | Glasgow

For Aesthetics

#78 in Europe

#214 in the World

Founded: 1964

40. Manchester Metropolitan University

England | Manchester

For Aesthetics

#80 in Europe

#218 in the World

Founded: 1992

41. University of Stirling

Scotland | Stirling

For Aesthetics

#83 in Europe

#225 in the World

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

42. Queen's University Belfast

Northern Ireland | Belfast

For Aesthetics

#85 in Europe

#235 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1849

43. Brunel University London

England | Uxbridge

For Aesthetics

#96 in Europe

#266 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1966

44. University of Essex

England | Colchester

For Aesthetics

#105 in Europe

#285 in the World

Founded: 1964

45. Keele University

England | Keele

For Aesthetics

#115 in Europe

#315 in the World

Founded: 1962

46. Northumbria University

England | Newcastle upon Tyne

For Aesthetics

#116 in Europe

#316 in the World

Founded: 1992

47. University of Wales

Wales | Cardiff

For Aesthetics

#119 in Europe

#324 in the World

Founded: 1893

48. Ulster University

Northern Ireland | Coleraine

For Aesthetics

#124 in Europe

#335 in the World

Founded: 1968

49. Swansea University

Wales | Swansea

For Aesthetics

#129 in Europe

#346 in the World

Founded: 1920

50. University of Hull

England | Kingston upon Hull

For Aesthetics

#139 in Europe

#368 in the World

Founded: 1954

51. Nottingham Trent University

England | Nottingham

For Aesthetics

#140 in Europe

#370 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1992

52. University of Dundee

Scotland | Dundee

For Aesthetics

#146 in Europe

#382 in the World

Founded: 1967

53. Liverpool John Moores University

England | Liverpool

For Aesthetics

#156 in Europe

#402 in the World

Founded: 1992

54. Bangor University

Wales | Bangor

For Aesthetics

#163 in Europe

#417 in the World

Enrollment: 11,270
Founded: 1884

55. Aston University

England | Birmingham

For Aesthetics

#165 in Europe

#419 in the World

Founded: 1895

56. City, University of London

England | London

For Aesthetics

#168 in Europe

#423 in the World

Founded: 1966

57. University of the West of England

England | Bristol

For Aesthetics

#169 in Europe

#424 in the World

Enrollment: 30,732
Founded: 1992

58. University of Brighton

England | Brighton

For Aesthetics

#174 in Europe

#438 in the World

Founded: 1992

59. University of Plymouth

England | Plymouth

For Aesthetics

#177 in Europe

#445 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1992

60. De Montfort University

England | Leicester

For Aesthetics

#178 in Europe

#446 in the World

Founded: 1992

61. Sheffield Hallam University

England | Sheffield

For Aesthetics

#181 in Europe

#451 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

62. University of Bradford

England | Bradford

For Aesthetics

#188 in Europe

#464 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 1966

63. University of Westminster

England | London

For Aesthetics

#190 in Europe

#471 in the World

Enrollment: 19,000
Founded: 1838

64. Oxford Brookes University

England | Oxford

For Aesthetics

#191 in Europe

#473 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1865

65. Coventry University

England | Coventry

For Aesthetics

#193 in Europe

#478 in the World

Enrollment: 22,980
Founded: 1992

66. SOAS, University of London

England | London

For Aesthetics

#194 in Europe

#479 in the World

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

67. University of Portsmouth

England | Portsmouth

For Aesthetics

#197 in Europe

#485 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

68. Bournemouth University

England | Poole

For Aesthetics

#200 in Europe

#489 in the World

Enrollment: 14,293
Founded: 1992

69. University of Roehampton

England | London

For Aesthetics

#208 in Europe

#516 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 2004

70. London Metropolitan University

England | London

For Aesthetics

#213 in Europe

#528 in the World

Founded: 1848

71. University of Huddersfield

England | Huddersfield

For Aesthetics

#214 in Europe

#529 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

72. Leeds Beckett University

England | Leeds

For Aesthetics

#227 in Europe

#561 in the World

Founded: 1992

73. Aberystwyth University

Wales | Aberystwyth

For Aesthetics

#235 in Europe

#578 in the World

Founded: 1872

74. University of East London

England | London

For Aesthetics

#236 in Europe

#581 in the World

Founded: 1992

75. University of Salford

England | Salford

For Aesthetics

#241 in Europe

#590 in the World

Founded: 1967

76. Glasgow Caledonian University

Scotland | Glasgow

For Aesthetics

#258 in Europe

#631 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1993

77. University of Hertfordshire

England | Hatfield

For Aesthetics

#260 in Europe

#635 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1992

78. University of Central Lancashire

England | Preston

For Aesthetics

#267 in Europe

#647 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1992

79. University of Wolverhampton

England | Wolverhampton

For Aesthetics

#277 in Europe

#672 in the World

Founded: 1992

80. Cranfield University

England | Cranfield

For Aesthetics

#281 in Europe

#685 in the World

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

81. Heriot-Watt University

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Aesthetics

#285 in Europe

#689 in the World

Founded: 1966

82. Middlesex University

England | London

For Aesthetics

#292 in Europe

#710 in the World

Founded: 1973

83. University of Greenwich

England | London

For Aesthetics

#301 in Europe

#735 in the World

Founded: 1890

84. London Business School

England | London

For Aesthetics

#307 in Europe

#751 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1964

85. London South Bank University

England | London

For Aesthetics

#316 in Europe

#783 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 1892

86. Staffordshire University

England | Stoke-on-Trent

For Aesthetics

#317 in Europe

#785 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1992

87. University of Lincoln

England | Lincoln

For Aesthetics

#319 in Europe

#798 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1992

88. University of Sunderland

England | Sunderland

For Aesthetics

#326 in Europe

#814 in the World

Enrollment: 19,090
Founded: 1992

89. Anglia Ruskin University

England | Cambridge

For Aesthetics

#329 in Europe

#821 in the World

Founded: 1858

90. Kingston University

England | Kingston upon Thames

For Aesthetics

#332 in Europe

#832 in the World

Founded: 1992

91. University of Derby

England | Derby

For Aesthetics

#338 in Europe

#844 in the World

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

92. St George's, University of London

England | London

For Aesthetics

#341 in Europe

#850 in the World

Founded: 1733

93. University of South Wales

Wales | Pontypridd

For Aesthetics

#348 in Europe

#871 in the World

Founded: 1841

94. Edge Hill University

England | Ormskirk

For Aesthetics

#350 in Europe

#875 in the World

Founded: 2006

95. University of the Arts London

England | London

For Aesthetics

#353 in Europe

#883 in the World

Founded: 1986

96. University of Gloucestershire

England | Cheltenham

For Aesthetics

#355 in Europe

#886 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Founded: 2001

97. University of Northampton

England | Northampton

For Aesthetics

#356 in Europe

#892 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 2005

98. Teesside University

England | Middlesbrough

For Aesthetics

#359 in Europe

#897 in the World

Enrollment: 19,290
Founded: 1992

99. University of Wales Trinity Saint David

Wales | Carmarthen

For Aesthetics

#364 in Europe

#911 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2010

100. University of Winchester

England | Winchester

For Aesthetics

#366 in Europe

#914 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 2005

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