100 Best universities for Communications and Public Relations in the United Kingdom

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Below is a list of best universities in the United Kingdom ranked based on their research performance in Communications and Public Relations. A graph of 3.96M citations received by 169K academic papers made by 135 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

For Communications and Public Relations

#1 in Europe
#8 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1096

2. University of Manchester

For Communications and Public Relations

#2 in Europe
#9 in the World
Founded
1824

3. University College London

For Communications and Public Relations

#3 in Europe
#20 in the World
Enrollment
42,000
Founded
1826

4. London School of Economics and Political Science

For Communications and Public Relations

#4 in Europe
#28 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
9,218
Founded
1895

5. King's College London

For Communications and Public Relations

#5 in Europe
#29 in the World
Founded
1829

6. University of Nottingham

For Communications and Public Relations

#8 in Europe
#37 in the World
Founded
1948

7. University of Warwick

For Communications and Public Relations

#9 in Europe
#39 in the World
Enrollment
27,278
Founded
1965

8. University of Leeds

For Communications and Public Relations

#10 in Europe
#44 in the World
Founded
1904

9. Cardiff University

For Communications and Public Relations

#11 in Europe
#45 in the World
Founded
1997

10. University of Cambridge

For Communications and Public Relations

#12 in Europe
#46 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

11. University of Birmingham

For Communications and Public Relations

#13 in Europe
#51 in the World
Founded
1900

12. University of Sheffield

For Communications and Public Relations

#14 in Europe
#52 in the World
Founded
1905

13. University of Edinburgh

For Communications and Public Relations

#17 in Europe
#67 in the World
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1583

14. Loughborough University

For Communications and Public Relations

#19 in Europe
#74 in the World
Enrollment
19,449
Founded
1966

15. Lancaster University

For Communications and Public Relations

#20 in Europe
#76 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1964

16. University of Strathclyde

For Communications and Public Relations

#21 in Europe
#90 in the World
Founded
1964

17. University of Glasgow

For Communications and Public Relations

#22 in Europe
#94 in the World
Founded
1451

18. University of London

For Communications and Public Relations

#23 in Europe
#95 in the World
Enrollment
50,000
Founded
1836

19. University of Sussex

For Communications and Public Relations

#24 in Europe
#99 in the World
Enrollment
17,319
Male:Female
44:56
Founded
1961

20. University of Bristol

For Communications and Public Relations

#26 in Europe
#103 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Enrollment
27,513
Founded
1909

21. Newcastle University

For Communications and Public Relations

#27 in Europe
#106 in the World
Founded
1963

22. University of Bath

For Communications and Public Relations

#29 in Europe
#111 in the World
Acceptance Rate
67%
Enrollment
18,857
Male:Female
53:47
Founded
1966

23. University of Southampton

For Communications and Public Relations

#32 in Europe
#114 in the World
Enrollment
21,335
Founded
1952

24. University of Exeter

For Communications and Public Relations

#34 in Europe
#123 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Founded
1955

25. University of York

For Communications and Public Relations

#35 in Europe
#125 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1963

26. Durham University

For Communications and Public Relations

#37 in Europe
#131 in the World
Enrollment
19,520
Founded
1832

27. Brunel University London

For Communications and Public Relations

#40 in Europe
#140 in the World
Acceptance Rate
54%
Founded
1966

28. Imperial College London

For Communications and Public Relations

#41 in Europe
#142 in the World
Enrollment
17,565
Founded
1907

29. University of Stirling

For Communications and Public Relations

#46 in Europe
#157 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
14,000
Founded
1967

30. University of Liverpool

For Communications and Public Relations

#47 in Europe
#158 in the World
Enrollment
28,693
Founded
1881

31. University of Leicester

For Communications and Public Relations

#49 in Europe
#161 in the World
Enrollment
24,409
Male:Female
46:54
Founded
1957

32. University of East Anglia

For Communications and Public Relations

#50 in Europe
#164 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1963

33. University of Surrey

For Communications and Public Relations

#52 in Europe
#170 in the World
Enrollment
16,900
Founded
1966

34. Cranfield University

For Communications and Public Relations

#54 in Europe
#176 in the World
Acceptance Rate
59%
Enrollment
4,825
Founded
1993

35. Northumbria University

For Communications and Public Relations

#55 in Europe
#184 in the World
Founded
1992

36. London Business School

For Communications and Public Relations

#57 in Europe
#189 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Founded
1964

37. Manchester Metropolitan University

For Communications and Public Relations

#59 in Europe
#192 in the World
Founded
1992

38. University of Kent

For Communications and Public Relations

#61 in Europe
#202 in the World
Founded
1965

39. University of the West of England

For Communications and Public Relations

#62 in Europe
#203 in the World
Enrollment
30,732
Founded
1992

40. Ulster University

For Communications and Public Relations

#63 in Europe
#209 in the World
Founded
1968

41. Bournemouth University

For Communications and Public Relations

#65 in Europe
#216 in the World
Enrollment
14,293
Founded
1992

42. De Montfort University

For Communications and Public Relations

#68 in Europe
#222 in the World
Founded
1992

43. University of Reading

For Communications and Public Relations

#71 in Europe
#235 in the World
Founded
1892

44. Leeds Beckett University

For Communications and Public Relations

#74 in Europe
#243 in the World
Founded
1992

45. Royal Holloway, University of London

For Communications and Public Relations

#75 in Europe
#244 in the World
Founded
1849

46. City, University of London

For Communications and Public Relations

#76 in Europe
#247 in the World
Founded
1966

47. Aston University

For Communications and Public Relations

#77 in Europe
#250 in the World
Founded
1895

48. Queen's University Belfast

For Communications and Public Relations

#78 in Europe
#252 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Founded
1849

49. Sheffield Hallam University

For Communications and Public Relations

#79 in Europe
#256 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Founded
1992

50. University of Plymouth

For Communications and Public Relations

#80 in Europe
#259 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Founded
1992

51. University of Aberdeen

For Communications and Public Relations

#81 in Europe
#261 in the World
Founded
1495

52. University of Hull

For Communications and Public Relations

#82 in Europe
#262 in the World
Founded
1954

53. University of Portsmouth

For Communications and Public Relations

#85 in Europe
#270 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Founded
1992

54. Swansea University

For Communications and Public Relations

#87 in Europe
#272 in the World
Founded
1920

55. University of Bradford

For Communications and Public Relations

#89 in Europe
#277 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Founded
1966

56. University of Huddersfield

For Communications and Public Relations

#90 in Europe
#278 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Founded
1992

57. Nottingham Trent University

For Communications and Public Relations

#98 in Europe
#297 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1992

58. University of Salford

For Communications and Public Relations

#99 in Europe
#299 in the World
Founded
1967

59. University of Dundee

For Communications and Public Relations

#102 in Europe
#311 in the World
Founded
1967

60. Middlesex University

For Communications and Public Relations

#108 in Europe
#324 in the World
Founded
1973

61. University of Wales

For Communications and Public Relations

#109 in Europe
#325 in the World
Founded
1893

62. Oxford Brookes University

For Communications and Public Relations

#114 in Europe
#336 in the World
Enrollment
16,900
Founded
1865

63. University of Brighton

For Communications and Public Relations

#115 in Europe
#339 in the World
Founded
1992

64. Keele University

For Communications and Public Relations

#116 in Europe
#343 in the World
Founded
1962

65. University of Essex

For Communications and Public Relations

#117 in Europe
#348 in the World
Founded
1964

66. University of St Andrews

For Communications and Public Relations

#120 in Europe
#352 in the World
Enrollment
10,425
Founded
1413

67. Liverpool John Moores University

For Communications and Public Relations

#123 in Europe
#359 in the World
Founded
1992

68. Queen Mary University of London

For Communications and Public Relations

#126 in Europe
#368 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Founded
1989

69. Birkbeck, University of London

For Communications and Public Relations

#127 in Europe
#369 in the World
Founded
1823

70. Glasgow Caledonian University

For Communications and Public Relations

#129 in Europe
#373 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1993

71. University of Central Lancashire

For Communications and Public Relations

#131 in Europe
#380 in the World
Acceptance Rate
72%
Founded
1992

72. London Metropolitan University

For Communications and Public Relations

#136 in Europe
#394 in the World
Founded
1848

73. Coventry University

For Communications and Public Relations

#138 in Europe
#397 in the World
Enrollment
22,980
Founded
1992

74. Kingston University

For Communications and Public Relations

#144 in Europe
#413 in the World
Founded
1992

75. Edinburgh Napier University

For Communications and Public Relations

#148 in Europe
#419 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1992

76. University of South Wales

For Communications and Public Relations

#149 in Europe
#422 in the World
Founded
1841

77. University of Wolverhampton

For Communications and Public Relations

#150 in Europe
#423 in the World
Founded
1992

78. University of Westminster

For Communications and Public Relations

#151 in Europe
#428 in the World
Enrollment
19,000
Founded
1838

79. Goldsmiths, University of London

For Communications and Public Relations

#160 in Europe
#458 in the World
Founded
1904

80. University of Greenwich

For Communications and Public Relations

#164 in Europe
#469 in the World
Founded
1890

81. University of Hertfordshire

For Communications and Public Relations

#165 in Europe
#472 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1992

82. University of Lincoln

For Communications and Public Relations

#167 in Europe
#476 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%
Founded
1992

83. London South Bank University

For Communications and Public Relations

#168 in Europe
#482 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Founded
1892

84. Robert Gordon University

For Communications and Public Relations

#170 in Europe
#486 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Founded
1992

85. Bangor University

For Communications and Public Relations

#180 in Europe
#510 in the World
Enrollment
11,270
Founded
1884

86. Queen Margaret University

For Communications and Public Relations

#183 in Europe
#522 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Founded
2007

87. University of Gloucestershire

For Communications and Public Relations

#193 in Europe
#547 in the World
Acceptance Rate
74%
Founded
2001

88. Canterbury Christ Church University

For Communications and Public Relations

#200 in Europe
#559 in the World
Founded
2005

89. University of Bedfordshire

For Communications and Public Relations

#205 in Europe
#568 in the World
Acceptance Rate
82%
Founded
2006

90. Anglia Ruskin University

For Communications and Public Relations

#206 in Europe
#570 in the World
Founded
1858

91. Heriot-Watt University

For Communications and Public Relations

#212 in Europe
#585 in the World
Founded
1966

92. University of East London

For Communications and Public Relations

#215 in Europe
#589 in the World
Founded
1992

93. Birmingham City University

For Communications and Public Relations

#217 in Europe
#599 in the World
Founded
1992

94. Teesside University

For Communications and Public Relations

#219 in Europe
#603 in the World
Enrollment
19,290
Founded
1992

95. Staffordshire University

For Communications and Public Relations

#221 in Europe
#608 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Founded
1992

96. University of Roehampton

For Communications and Public Relations

#232 in Europe
#634 in the World
Acceptance Rate
72%
Founded
2004

97. University of Derby

For Communications and Public Relations

#244 in Europe
#664 in the World
Acceptance Rate
76%
Enrollment
25,000
Founded
1992

98. Edge Hill University

For Communications and Public Relations

#250 in Europe
#676 in the World
Founded
2006

99. University of the West of Scotland

For Communications and Public Relations

#252 in Europe
#680 in the World
Enrollment
15,555
Founded
1897

100. University of Northampton

For Communications and Public Relations

#255 in Europe
#693 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Founded
2005

The best cities to study Communications and Public Relations in the United Kingdom based on the number of universities and their ranks are Oxford, Manchester, London, and Nottingham.