100 Best universities for Liberal Arts & Social Sciences 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 Liberal Arts & Social Sciences. A graph of 75.8M citations received by 2.98M academic papers made by 153 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 Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

2. University College London

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#2 in Europe
#7 in the World
Enrollment
42,000
Founded
1826

3. University of Cambridge

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

4. University of Manchester

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#5 in Europe
#34 in the World
Founded
1824

5. University of Edinburgh

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#6 in Europe
#35 in the World
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1583

6. King's College London

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#8 in Europe
#50 in the World
Founded
1829

7. Imperial College London

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#10 in Europe
#55 in the World
Enrollment
17,565
Founded
1907

8. University of Bristol

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

9. University of Sheffield

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#15 in Europe
#71 in the World
Founded
1905

10. London School of Economics and Political Science

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#16 in Europe
#72 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
9,218
Founded
1895

11. University of Birmingham

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#17 in Europe
#74 in the World
Founded
1900

12. University of Nottingham

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#18 in Europe
#78 in the World
Founded
1948

13. University of Leeds

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#19 in Europe
#81 in the World
Founded
1904

14. University of Glasgow

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#20 in Europe
#85 in the World
Founded
1451

15. University of Warwick

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#27 in Europe
#99 in the World
Enrollment
27,278
Founded
1965

16. University of Southampton

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#31 in Europe
#107 in the World
Enrollment
21,335
Founded
1952

17. University of Liverpool

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#37 in Europe
#117 in the World
Enrollment
28,693
Founded
1881

18. University of London

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#41 in Europe
#128 in the World
Enrollment
50,000
Founded
1836

19. Newcastle University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#46 in Europe
#140 in the World
Founded
1963

20. University of York

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#50 in Europe
#145 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1963

21. University of Sussex

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

22. Cardiff University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#55 in Europe
#165 in the World
Founded
1997

23. Durham University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#58 in Europe
#170 in the World
Enrollment
19,520
Founded
1832

24. Lancaster University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#61 in Europe
#177 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1964

25. University of Exeter

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#63 in Europe
#179 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Founded
1955

26. Queen Mary University of London

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#72 in Europe
#199 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Founded
1989

27. University of Leicester

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

28. University of Aberdeen

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#75 in Europe
#205 in the World
Founded
1495

29. University of East Anglia

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#82 in Europe
#222 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1963

30. University of Reading

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#87 in Europe
#230 in the World
Founded
1892

31. Loughborough University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#97 in Europe
#262 in the World
Enrollment
19,449
Founded
1966

32. University of St Andrews

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#99 in Europe
#265 in the World
Enrollment
10,425
Founded
1413

33. Queen's University Belfast

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#107 in Europe
#279 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Founded
1849

34. University of Kent

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#117 in Europe
#298 in the World
Founded
1965

35. University of Essex

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#122 in Europe
#305 in the World
Founded
1964

36. University of Surrey

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#124 in Europe
#309 in the World
Enrollment
16,900
Founded
1966

37. University of Wales

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#129 in Europe
#320 in the World
Founded
1893

38. University of Strathclyde

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#131 in Europe
#330 in the World
Founded
1964

39. University of Bath

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

40. Ulster University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#149 in Europe
#368 in the World
Founded
1968

41. University of the West of England

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#164 in Europe
#393 in the World
Enrollment
30,732
Founded
1992

42. University of Dundee

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#172 in Europe
#406 in the World
Founded
1967

43. Royal Holloway, University of London

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#173 in Europe
#407 in the World
Founded
1849

44. Swansea University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#177 in Europe
#419 in the World
Founded
1920

45. Birkbeck, University of London

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#180 in Europe
#423 in the World
Founded
1823

46. University of Stirling

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#182 in Europe
#433 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
14,000
Founded
1967

47. Brunel University London

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#185 in Europe
#441 in the World
Acceptance Rate
54%
Founded
1966

48. Keele University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#187 in Europe
#445 in the World
Founded
1962

49. University of Hull

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#188 in Europe
#448 in the World
Founded
1954

50. City, University of London

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#203 in Europe
#490 in the World
Founded
1966

51. University of Plymouth

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#222 in Europe
#533 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Founded
1992

52. St George's, University of London

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#225 in Europe
#541 in the World
Founded
1733

53. Manchester Metropolitan University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#229 in Europe
#550 in the World
Founded
1992

54. Bangor University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#234 in Europe
#557 in the World
Enrollment
11,270
Founded
1884

55. Goldsmiths, University of London

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#246 in Europe
#586 in the World
Founded
1904

56. University of Portsmouth

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#252 in Europe
#598 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Founded
1992

57. Northumbria University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#254 in Europe
#602 in the World
Founded
1992

58. Cranfield University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#255 in Europe
#606 in the World
Acceptance Rate
59%
Enrollment
4,825
Founded
1993

59. Nottingham Trent University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#265 in Europe
#637 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1992

60. University of Salford

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#266 in Europe
#639 in the World
Founded
1967

61. University of Bradford

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#267 in Europe
#641 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Founded
1966

62. Oxford Brookes University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#280 in Europe
#665 in the World
Enrollment
16,900
Founded
1865

63. Aston University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#285 in Europe
#679 in the World
Founded
1895

64. Liverpool John Moores University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#288 in Europe
#686 in the World
Founded
1992

65. De Montfort University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#292 in Europe
#699 in the World
Founded
1992

66. SOAS, University of London

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#295 in Europe
#706 in the World
Acceptance Rate
44%
Enrollment
6,295
Founded
1916

67. Sheffield Hallam University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#306 in Europe
#732 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Founded
1992

68. London Business School

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#310 in Europe
#744 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Founded
1964

69. Aberystwyth University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#311 in Europe
#746 in the World
Founded
1872

70. University of Hertfordshire

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#313 in Europe
#757 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1992

71. Coventry University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#322 in Europe
#778 in the World
Enrollment
22,980
Founded
1992

72. Bournemouth University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#324 in Europe
#780 in the World
Enrollment
14,293
Founded
1992

73. University of Westminster

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#325 in Europe
#782 in the World
Enrollment
19,000
Founded
1838

74. Heriot-Watt University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#333 in Europe
#800 in the World
Founded
1966

75. Middlesex University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#335 in Europe
#803 in the World
Founded
1973

76. University of Brighton

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#338 in Europe
#813 in the World
Founded
1992

77. University of Huddersfield

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#341 in Europe
#820 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Founded
1992

78. Leeds Beckett University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#351 in Europe
#848 in the World
Founded
1992

79. University of Wolverhampton

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#354 in Europe
#862 in the World
Founded
1992

80. University of Central Lancashire

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#359 in Europe
#871 in the World
Acceptance Rate
72%
Founded
1992

81. Glasgow Caledonian University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#368 in Europe
#912 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1993

82. University of Greenwich

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#381 in Europe
#948 in the World
Founded
1890

83. London Metropolitan University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#390 in Europe
#993 in the World
Founded
1848

84. London South Bank University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#397 in Europe
#1009 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Founded
1892

85. University of East London

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#403 in Europe
#1028 in the World
Founded
1992

86. University of South Wales

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#409 in Europe
#1047 in the World
Founded
1841

87. University of Roehampton

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#414 in Europe
#1055 in the World
Acceptance Rate
72%
Founded
2004

88. University of Lincoln

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#426 in Europe
#1099 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%
Founded
1992

89. Edinburgh Napier University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#428 in Europe
#1101 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1992

90. Kingston University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#435 in Europe
#1130 in the World
Founded
1992

91. Teesside University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#453 in Europe
#1178 in the World
Enrollment
19,290
Founded
1992

92. Anglia Ruskin University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#464 in Europe
#1215 in the World
Founded
1858

93. Staffordshire University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#468 in Europe
#1233 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Founded
1992

94. University of Bedfordshire

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#490 in Europe
#1314 in the World
Acceptance Rate
82%
Founded
2006

95. University of the West of Scotland

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#494 in Europe
#1331 in the World
Enrollment
15,555
Founded
1897

96. University of Sunderland

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#498 in Europe
#1335 in the World
Enrollment
19,090
Founded
1992

97. Canterbury Christ Church University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#500 in Europe
#1342 in the World
Founded
2005

98. Birmingham City University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#516 in Europe
#1379 in the World
Founded
1992

99. Robert Gordon University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#526 in Europe
#1412 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Founded
1992

100. University of Derby

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#532 in Europe
#1447 in the World
Acceptance Rate
76%
Enrollment
25,000
Founded
1992

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