100 Best universities for Pharmacology in the United Kingdom

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in the United Kingdom ranked based on their research performance in Pharmacology. A graph of 8.19M citations received by 188K academic papers made by 111 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 Pharmacology

#1 in Europe

#7 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

2. University of Oxford

England | Oxford

For Pharmacology

#3 in Europe

#26 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

3. King's College London

England | London

For Pharmacology

#5 in Europe

#38 in the World

Founded: 1829

4. Imperial College London

England | London

For Pharmacology

#7 in Europe

#46 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

5. University of Cambridge

England | Cambridge

For Pharmacology

#9 in Europe

#60 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

6. University of Liverpool

England | Liverpool

For Pharmacology

#14 in Europe

#78 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

7. University of Manchester

England | Manchester

For Pharmacology

#17 in Europe

#91 in the World

Founded: 1824

8. University of Nottingham

England | Nottingham

For Pharmacology

#21 in Europe

#101 in the World

Founded: 1948

9. University of Glasgow

Scotland | Glasgow

For Pharmacology

#28 in Europe

#115 in the World

Founded: 1451

10. University of Edinburgh

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Pharmacology

#31 in Europe

#124 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

11. University of London

England | London

For Pharmacology

#36 in Europe

#137 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

12. University of Birmingham

England | Birmingham

For Pharmacology

#42 in Europe

#148 in the World

Founded: 1900

13. University of Bristol

England | Bristol

For Pharmacology

#45 in Europe

#167 in the World

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

14. Newcastle University

England | Newcastle upon Tyne

For Pharmacology

#53 in Europe

#185 in the World

Founded: 1963

15. University of Aberdeen

Scotland | Aberdeen

For Pharmacology

#57 in Europe

#193 in the World

Founded: 1495

16. Queen's University Belfast

Northern Ireland | Belfast

For Pharmacology

#69 in Europe

#213 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1849

17. University of Dundee

Scotland | Dundee

For Pharmacology

#71 in Europe

#218 in the World

Founded: 1967

18. University of Sheffield

England | Sheffield

For Pharmacology

#74 in Europe

#231 in the World

Founded: 1905

19. University of Leeds

England | Leeds

For Pharmacology

#80 in Europe

#245 in the World

Founded: 1904

20. University of Leicester

England | Leicester

For Pharmacology

#85 in Europe

#258 in the World

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

21. University of Southampton

England | Southampton

For Pharmacology

#89 in Europe

#264 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

22. Queen Mary University of London

England | London

For Pharmacology

#93 in Europe

#272 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1989

23. Cardiff University

Wales | Cardiff

For Pharmacology

#97 in Europe

#279 in the World

Founded: 1997

24. St George's, University of London

England | London

For Pharmacology

#99 in Europe

#293 in the World

Founded: 1733

25. University of Strathclyde

Scotland | Glasgow

For Pharmacology

#128 in Europe

#376 in the World

Founded: 1964

26. University of Wales

Wales | Cardiff

For Pharmacology

#134 in Europe

#388 in the World

Founded: 1893

27. University of Surrey

England | Guildford

For Pharmacology

#136 in Europe

#392 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1966

28. University of Bath

England | Bath

For Pharmacology

#151 in Europe

#447 in the World

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

29. University of Bradford

England | Bradford

For Pharmacology

#152 in Europe

#451 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 1966

30. University of Hertfordshire

England | Hatfield

For Pharmacology

#165 in Europe

#492 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1992

31. University of Reading

England | Reading

For Pharmacology

#170 in Europe

#500 in the World

Founded: 1892

32. Ulster University

Northern Ireland | Coleraine

For Pharmacology

#174 in Europe

#514 in the World

Founded: 1968

33. Aston University

England | Birmingham

For Pharmacology

#179 in Europe

#534 in the World

Founded: 1895

34. Loughborough University

England | Loughborough

For Pharmacology

#183 in Europe

#546 in the World

Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

35. University of Exeter

England | Exeter

For Pharmacology

#195 in Europe

#575 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

36. University of York

England | York

For Pharmacology

#203 in Europe

#604 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

37. University of East Anglia

England | Norwich

For Pharmacology

#218 in Europe

#662 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1963

38. Keele University

England | Keele

For Pharmacology

#220 in Europe

#673 in the World

Founded: 1962

39. Liverpool John Moores University

England | Liverpool

For Pharmacology

#222 in Europe

#684 in the World

Founded: 1992

40. Royal Veterinary College University of London

England | London

For Pharmacology

#227 in Europe

#694 in the World

Founded: 1791

41. University of Warwick

England | Coventry

For Pharmacology

#228 in Europe

#697 in the World

Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

42. Swansea University

Wales | Swansea

For Pharmacology

#236 in Europe

#739 in the World

Founded: 1920

43. Durham University

England | Durham

For Pharmacology

#238 in Europe

#742 in the World

Enrollment: 19,520
Founded: 1832

44. Lancaster University

England | Lancaster

For Pharmacology

#246 in Europe

#777 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1964

45. University of St Andrews

Scotland | St Andrews

For Pharmacology

#260 in Europe

#863 in the World

Enrollment: 10,425
Founded: 1413

46. University of Sussex

England | Brighton

For Pharmacology

#261 in Europe

#867 in the World

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

47. University of Hull

England | Kingston upon Hull

For Pharmacology

#264 in Europe

#882 in the World

Founded: 1954

48. University of Brighton

England | Brighton

For Pharmacology

#286 in Europe

#992 in the World

Founded: 1992

49. Sheffield Hallam University

England | Sheffield

For Pharmacology

#288 in Europe

#998 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

50. De Montfort University

England | Leicester

For Pharmacology

#295 in Europe

#1025 in the World

Enrollment: 29,000
Founded: 1992

51. Northumbria University

England | Newcastle upon Tyne

For Pharmacology

#297 in Europe

#1030 in the World

Founded: 1992

52. University of Greenwich

England | London

For Pharmacology

#300 in Europe

#1038 in the World

Founded: 1890

53. London School of Economics and Political Science

England | London

For Pharmacology

#307 in Europe

#1081 in the World

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

54. University of Portsmouth

England | Portsmouth

For Pharmacology

#309 in Europe

#1087 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

55. University of Salford

England | Salford

For Pharmacology

#316 in Europe

#1125 in the World

Founded: 1967

56. Brunel University London

England | Uxbridge

For Pharmacology

#325 in Europe

#1180 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1966

57. University of Kent

England | Canterbury

For Pharmacology

#328 in Europe

#1190 in the World

Founded: 1965

58. University of Plymouth

England | Plymouth

For Pharmacology

#330 in Europe

#1209 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1992

59. University of Central Lancashire

England | Preston

For Pharmacology

#344 in Europe

#1253 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1992

60. University of Huddersfield

England | Huddersfield

For Pharmacology

#363 in Europe

#1347 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

61. Robert Gordon University

Scotland | Aberdeen

For Pharmacology

#368 in Europe

#1368 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1992

62. Birkbeck, University of London

England | London

For Pharmacology

#370 in Europe

#1375 in the World

Founded: 1823

63. Middlesex University

England | London

For Pharmacology

#373 in Europe

#1397 in the World

Founded: 1973

64. Manchester Metropolitan University

England | Manchester

For Pharmacology

#378 in Europe

#1418 in the World

Founded: 1992

65. University of East London

England | London

For Pharmacology

#382 in Europe

#1434 in the World

Founded: 1992

66. Bangor University

Wales | Bangor

For Pharmacology

#388 in Europe

#1460 in the World

Enrollment: 11,270
Founded: 1884

67. University of Sunderland

England | Sunderland

For Pharmacology

#395 in Europe

#1486 in the World

Enrollment: 19,090
Founded: 1992

68. Kingston University

England | Kingston upon Thames

For Pharmacology

#401 in Europe

#1509 in the World

Founded: 1992

69. University of Essex

England | Colchester

For Pharmacology

#405 in Europe

#1518 in the World

Founded: 1964

70. University of Wolverhampton

England | Wolverhampton

For Pharmacology

#407 in Europe

#1531 in the World

Founded: 1992

71. Glasgow Caledonian University

Scotland | Glasgow

For Pharmacology

#409 in Europe

#1534 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1993

72. University of South Wales

Wales | Pontypridd

For Pharmacology

#415 in Europe

#1579 in the World

Founded: 1841

73. Heriot-Watt University

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Pharmacology

#416 in Europe

#1584 in the World

Founded: 1966

74. University of the West of England

England | Bristol

For Pharmacology

#421 in Europe

#1603 in the World

Enrollment: 30,732
Founded: 1992

75. University of Stirling

Scotland | Stirling

For Pharmacology

#425 in Europe

#1619 in the World

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

76. University of Bedfordshire

England | Luton

For Pharmacology

#427 in Europe

#1626 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 2006

77. Oxford Brookes University

England | Oxford

For Pharmacology

#436 in Europe

#1661 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1865

78. Royal Holloway, University of London

England | Egham

For Pharmacology

#442 in Europe

#1699 in the World

Founded: 1849

79. Nottingham Trent University

England | Nottingham

For Pharmacology

#455 in Europe

#1785 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1992

80. University of Westminster

England | London

For Pharmacology

#457 in Europe

#1794 in the World

Enrollment: 19,000
Founded: 1838

81. University of Lincoln

England | Lincoln

For Pharmacology

#468 in Europe

#1856 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Enrollment: 19,710
Founded: 1992

82. City, University of London

England | London

For Pharmacology

#472 in Europe

#1867 in the World

Founded: 1966

83. Coventry University

England | Coventry

For Pharmacology

#479 in Europe

#1927 in the World

Enrollment: 22,980
Founded: 1992

84. Bournemouth University

England | Poole

For Pharmacology

#480 in Europe

#1930 in the World

Enrollment: 14,293
Founded: 1992

85. London South Bank University

England | London

For Pharmacology

#487 in Europe

#1953 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 1892

86. Anglia Ruskin University

England | Cambridge

For Pharmacology

#497 in Europe

#1994 in the World

Founded: 1858

87. Royal Agricultural University

England | Cirencester

For Pharmacology

#514 in Europe

#2139 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Enrollment: 1,100
Founded: 2013

88. University of the West of Scotland

Scotland | Paisley

For Pharmacology

#519 in Europe

#2172 in the World

Enrollment: 15,555
Founded: 1897

89. London Metropolitan University

England | London

For Pharmacology

#520 in Europe

#2177 in the World

Founded: 1848

90. Leeds Beckett University

England | Leeds

For Pharmacology

#521 in Europe

#2178 in the World

Founded: 1992

91. Goldsmiths, University of London

England | London

For Pharmacology

#523 in Europe

#2183 in the World

Founded: 1904

92. Cranfield University

England | Cranfield

For Pharmacology

#525 in Europe

#2199 in the World

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

93. Aberystwyth University

Wales | Aberystwyth

For Pharmacology

#540 in Europe

#2299 in the World

Founded: 1872

94. Edinburgh Napier University

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Pharmacology

#543 in Europe

#2308 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1992

95. Teesside University

England | Middlesbrough

For Pharmacology

#562 in Europe

#2433 in the World

Enrollment: 19,290
Founded: 1992

96. Birmingham City University

England | Birmingham

For Pharmacology

#588 in Europe

#2615 in the World

Founded: 1992

97. Cardiff Metropolitan University

Wales | Cardiff

For Pharmacology

#590 in Europe

#2620 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Founded: 2011

98. University of Roehampton

England | London

For Pharmacology

#600 in Europe

#2684 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 2004

99. University of Derby

England | Derby

For Pharmacology

#602 in Europe

#2687 in the World

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

100. Staffordshire University

England | Stoke-on-Trent

For Pharmacology

#615 in Europe

#2736 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1992

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