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

Ranking by academic field

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 1.85M citations received by 51.8K academic papers made by 116 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 Manchester

England | Manchester

For Communications and Public Relations

#1 in Europe

#7 in the World

Founded: 1824

2. University of Oxford

England | Oxford

For Communications and Public Relations

#2 in Europe

#13 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1096

3. London School of Economics and Political Science

England | London

For Communications and Public Relations

#3 in Europe

#23 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1895

4. University of Nottingham

England | Nottingham

For Communications and Public Relations

#4 in Europe

#25 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

5. Cardiff University

Wales | Cardiff

For Communications and Public Relations

#5 in Europe

#29 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1997

6. University College London

England | London

For Communications and Public Relations

#7 in Europe

#36 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

7. University of London

England | London

For Communications and Public Relations

#8 in Europe

#39 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

8. University of Birmingham

England | Birmingham

For Communications and Public Relations

#9 in Europe

#43 in the World

Founded: 1900

9. University of Warwick

England | Coventry

For Communications and Public Relations

#10 in Europe

#45 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

10. University of Cambridge

England | Cambridge

For Communications and Public Relations

#12 in Europe

#51 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

11. University of Sheffield

England | Sheffield

For Communications and Public Relations

#13 in Europe

#55 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1905

12. University of Leeds

England | Leeds

For Communications and Public Relations

#14 in Europe

#58 in the World

Founded: 1904

13. King's College London

England | London

For Communications and Public Relations

#15 in Europe

#59 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1829

14. University of Edinburgh

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Communications and Public Relations

#16 in Europe

#61 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

15. University of Glasgow

Scotland | Glasgow

For Communications and Public Relations

#17 in Europe

#66 in the World

Founded: 1451

16. Loughborough University

England | Loughborough

For Communications and Public Relations

#18 in Europe

#68 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

17. Lancaster University

England | Lancaster

For Communications and Public Relations

#20 in Europe

#78 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1964

18. University of York

England | York

For Communications and Public Relations

#24 in Europe

#93 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

19. Northumbria University

England | Newcastle upon Tyne

For Communications and Public Relations

#25 in Europe

#96 in the World

Founded: 1992

20. University of Leicester

England | Leicester

For Communications and Public Relations

#26 in Europe

#99 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Enrollment: 24,409
Male:Female: 46:54
Founded: 1957

21. University of Southampton

England | Southampton

For Communications and Public Relations

#29 in Europe

#110 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

22. University of Bath

England | Bath

For Communications and Public Relations

#30 in Europe

#112 in the World

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

23. University of Sussex

England | Brighton

For Communications and Public Relations

#31 in Europe

#113 in the World

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

24. Brunel University London

England | Uxbridge

For Communications and Public Relations

#32 in Europe

#116 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1966

25. University of Strathclyde

Scotland | Glasgow

For Communications and Public Relations

#33 in Europe

#117 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Founded: 1964

26. Durham University

England | Durham

For Communications and Public Relations

#36 in Europe

#122 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 19,520
Founded: 1832

27. University of Bristol

England | Bristol

For Communications and Public Relations

#38 in Europe

#125 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Enrollment: 27,513
Founded: 1909

28. University of Stirling

Scotland | Stirling

For Communications and Public Relations

#39 in Europe

#130 in the World

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

29. Imperial College London

England | London

For Communications and Public Relations

#42 in Europe

#139 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

30. University of Exeter

England | Exeter

For Communications and Public Relations

#43 in Europe

#141 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

31. University of Surrey

England | Guildford

For Communications and Public Relations

#44 in Europe

#142 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1966

32. Manchester Metropolitan University

England | Manchester

For Communications and Public Relations

#45 in Europe

#150 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1992

33. Aston University

England | Birmingham

For Communications and Public Relations

#46 in Europe

#154 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1895

34. Newcastle University

England | Newcastle upon Tyne

For Communications and Public Relations

#47 in Europe

#155 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Founded: 1963

35. University of Liverpool

England | Liverpool

For Communications and Public Relations

#49 in Europe

#162 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

36. University of the West of England

England | Bristol

For Communications and Public Relations

#50 in Europe

#164 in the World

Enrollment: 30,732
Founded: 1992

37. University of East Anglia

England | Norwich

For Communications and Public Relations

#51 in Europe

#165 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1963

38. Cranfield University

England | Cranfield

For Communications and Public Relations

#52 in Europe

#168 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Enrollment: 4,825
Founded: 1993

39. Bournemouth University

England | Poole

For Communications and Public Relations

#54 in Europe

#176 in the World

Enrollment: 14,293
Founded: 1992

40. Sheffield Hallam University

England | Sheffield

For Communications and Public Relations

#58 in Europe

#186 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1992

41. University of Reading

England | Reading

For Communications and Public Relations

#59 in Europe

#187 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Founded: 1892

42. Middlesex University

England | London

For Communications and Public Relations

#60 in Europe

#189 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 1973

43. Nottingham Trent University

England | Nottingham

For Communications and Public Relations

#61 in Europe

#191 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1992

44. De Montfort University

England | Leicester

For Communications and Public Relations

#63 in Europe

#198 in the World

Founded: 1992

45. Royal Holloway, University of London

England | Egham

For Communications and Public Relations

#64 in Europe

#203 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1849

46. Keele University

England | Keele

For Communications and Public Relations

#65 in Europe

#207 in the World

Founded: 1962

47. University of Plymouth

England | Plymouth

For Communications and Public Relations

#69 in Europe

#220 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Founded: 1992

48. Leeds Beckett University

England | Leeds

For Communications and Public Relations

#70 in Europe

#225 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1992

49. University of Salford

England | Salford

For Communications and Public Relations

#72 in Europe

#228 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1967

50. Ulster University

Northern Ireland | Coleraine

For Communications and Public Relations

#75 in Europe

#238 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1968

51. University of Kent

England | Canterbury

For Communications and Public Relations

#76 in Europe

#239 in the World

Founded: 1965

52. University of Huddersfield

England | Huddersfield

For Communications and Public Relations

#77 in Europe

#240 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

53. University of Bradford

England | Bradford

For Communications and Public Relations

#78 in Europe

#242 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Founded: 1966

54. University of Hull

England | Kingston upon Hull

For Communications and Public Relations

#79 in Europe

#245 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1954

55. University of Central Lancashire

England | Preston

For Communications and Public Relations

#82 in Europe

#253 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1992

56. Queen Mary University of London

England | London

For Communications and Public Relations

#84 in Europe

#260 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1989

57. London Business School

England | London

For Communications and Public Relations

#89 in Europe

#282 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Founded: 1964

58. Swansea University

Wales | Swansea

For Communications and Public Relations

#91 in Europe

#286 in the World

Founded: 1920

59. Queen's University Belfast

Northern Ireland | Belfast

For Communications and Public Relations

#92 in Europe

#289 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1849

60. University of Aberdeen

Scotland | Aberdeen

For Communications and Public Relations

#95 in Europe

#292 in the World

Founded: 1495

61. University of Wolverhampton

England | Wolverhampton

For Communications and Public Relations

#96 in Europe

#293 in the World

Founded: 1992

62. University of St Andrews

Scotland | St Andrews

For Communications and Public Relations

#97 in Europe

#294 in the World

Enrollment: 10,425
Founded: 1413

63. City, University of London

England | London

For Communications and Public Relations

#99 in Europe

#301 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1966

64. University of Portsmouth

England | Portsmouth

For Communications and Public Relations

#101 in Europe

#303 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

65. University of Essex

England | Colchester

For Communications and Public Relations

#103 in Europe

#308 in the World

Founded: 1964

66. University of Dundee

Scotland | Dundee

For Communications and Public Relations

#104 in Europe

#309 in the World

Founded: 1967

67. University of Brighton

England | Brighton

For Communications and Public Relations

#105 in Europe

#312 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1992

68. Oxford Brookes University

England | Oxford

For Communications and Public Relations

#108 in Europe

#317 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1865

69. Glasgow Caledonian University

Scotland | Glasgow

For Communications and Public Relations

#109 in Europe

#319 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1993

70. Liverpool John Moores University

England | Liverpool

For Communications and Public Relations

#110 in Europe

#327 in the World

Founded: 1992

71. Birkbeck, University of London

England | London

For Communications and Public Relations

#114 in Europe

#338 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 1823

72. University of Westminster

England | London

For Communications and Public Relations

#115 in Europe

#340 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 19,000
Founded: 1838

73. Edinburgh Napier University

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Communications and Public Relations

#125 in Europe

#361 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1992

74. Coventry University

England | Coventry

For Communications and Public Relations

#131 in Europe

#377 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Enrollment: 22,980
Founded: 1992

75. Robert Gordon University

Scotland | Aberdeen

For Communications and Public Relations

#133 in Europe

#380 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1992

76. London Metropolitan University

England | London

For Communications and Public Relations

#136 in Europe

#386 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1848

77. University of Lincoln

England | Lincoln

For Communications and Public Relations

#142 in Europe

#399 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 1992

78. University of Greenwich

England | London

For Communications and Public Relations

#144 in Europe

#401 in the World

Founded: 1890

79. Kingston University

England | Kingston upon Thames

For Communications and Public Relations

#148 in Europe

#415 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1992

80. University of East London

England | London

For Communications and Public Relations

#149 in Europe

#417 in the World

Founded: 1992

81. Teesside University

England | Middlesbrough

For Communications and Public Relations

#158 in Europe

#447 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 19,290
Founded: 1992

82. University of Hertfordshire

England | Hatfield

For Communications and Public Relations

#159 in Europe

#454 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1992

83. London South Bank University

England | London

For Communications and Public Relations

#160 in Europe

#460 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1892

84. Bangor University

Wales | Bangor

For Communications and Public Relations

#162 in Europe

#462 in the World

Enrollment: 11,270
Founded: 1884

85. University of Wales

Wales | Cardiff

For Communications and Public Relations

#164 in Europe

#465 in the World

Founded: 1893

86. University of South Wales

Wales | Pontypridd

For Communications and Public Relations

#165 in Europe

#466 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1841

87. Anglia Ruskin University

England | Cambridge

For Communications and Public Relations

#169 in Europe

#483 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Founded: 1858

88. Heriot-Watt University

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Communications and Public Relations

#176 in Europe

#496 in the World

Founded: 1966

89. Goldsmiths, University of London

England | London

For Communications and Public Relations

#178 in Europe

#503 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1904

90. Canterbury Christ Church University

England | Canterbury

For Communications and Public Relations

#179 in Europe

#506 in the World

Founded: 2005

91. Queen Margaret University

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Communications and Public Relations

#180 in Europe

#507 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 2007

92. Aberystwyth University

Wales | Aberystwyth

For Communications and Public Relations

#193 in Europe

#533 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1872

93. University of Gloucestershire

England | Cheltenham

For Communications and Public Relations

#206 in Europe

#570 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 2001

94. Staffordshire University

England | Stoke-on-Trent

For Communications and Public Relations

#209 in Europe

#578 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 1992

95. University of Bedfordshire

England | Luton

For Communications and Public Relations

#210 in Europe

#582 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

96. University of Roehampton

England | London

For Communications and Public Relations

#214 in Europe

#593 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Founded: 2004

97. University of Derby

England | Derby

For Communications and Public Relations

#218 in Europe

#598 in the World

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

98. Birmingham City University

England | Birmingham

For Communications and Public Relations

#222 in Europe

#607 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Founded: 1992

99. University of Northampton

England | Northampton

For Communications and Public Relations

#229 in Europe

#622 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 2005

100. Cardiff Metropolitan University

Wales | Cardiff

For Communications and Public Relations

#236 in Europe

#646 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Founded: 2011

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