100 Best Surgeons Medical schools 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 Surgery. A graph of 146M citations received by 5.15M academic papers made by 128 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

England | Oxford

For Surgery

#2 in Europe

#26 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1096

2. University College London

England | London

For Surgery

#4 in Europe

#35 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

3. Imperial College London

England | London

For Surgery

#10 in Europe

#56 in the World

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

4. University of Cambridge

England | Cambridge

For Surgery

#19 in Europe

#85 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

5. University of Manchester

England | Manchester

For Surgery

#20 in Europe

#86 in the World

Founded: 1824

6. King's College London

England | London

For Surgery

#23 in Europe

#97 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1829

7. University of Edinburgh

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Surgery

#32 in Europe

#126 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

8. University of Birmingham

England | Birmingham

For Surgery

#33 in Europe

#127 in the World

Founded: 1900

9. University of Bristol

England | Bristol

For Surgery

#34 in Europe

#129 in the World

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

10. University of Glasgow

Scotland | Glasgow

For Surgery

#42 in Europe

#148 in the World

Founded: 1451

11. University of Nottingham

England | Nottingham

For Surgery

#46 in Europe

#159 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

12. University of Leeds

England | Leeds

For Surgery

#47 in Europe

#162 in the World

Founded: 1904

13. University of Liverpool

England | Liverpool

For Surgery

#49 in Europe

#165 in the World

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

14. Newcastle University

England | Newcastle upon Tyne

For Surgery

#54 in Europe

#173 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Founded: 1963

15. University of Sheffield

England | Sheffield

For Surgery

#57 in Europe

#177 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1905

16. University of Southampton

England | Southampton

For Surgery

#69 in Europe

#211 in the World

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

17. St George's, University of London

England | London

For Surgery

#75 in Europe

#222 in the World

Founded: 1733

18. University of Aberdeen

Scotland | Aberdeen

For Surgery

#82 in Europe

#234 in the World

Founded: 1495

19. Queen Mary University of London

England | London

For Surgery

#84 in Europe

#241 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1989

20. University of London

England | London

For Surgery

#97 in Europe

#272 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

21. Cardiff University

Wales | Cardiff

For Surgery

#99 in Europe

#277 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1997

22. University of Leicester

England | Leicester

For Surgery

#100 in Europe

#278 in the World

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

23. University of Dundee

Scotland | Dundee

For Surgery

#119 in Europe

#324 in the World

Founded: 1967

24. University of Wales

Wales | Cardiff

For Surgery

#121 in Europe

#328 in the World

Founded: 1893

25. Queen's University Belfast

Northern Ireland | Belfast

For Surgery

#145 in Europe

#402 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1849

26. University of Warwick

England | Coventry

For Surgery

#155 in Europe

#438 in the World

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

27. University of York

England | York

For Surgery

#156 in Europe

#440 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

28. Keele University

England | Keele

For Surgery

#165 in Europe

#466 in the World

Founded: 1962

29. Royal Veterinary College University of London

England | London

For Surgery

#166 in Europe

#470 in the World

Founded: 1791

30. University of Exeter

England | Exeter

For Surgery

#186 in Europe

#527 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

31. University of Hull

England | Kingston upon Hull

For Surgery

#195 in Europe

#549 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1954

32. University of East Anglia

England | Norwich

For Surgery

#200 in Europe

#559 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1963

33. University of Strathclyde

Scotland | Glasgow

For Surgery

#209 in Europe

#602 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Founded: 1964

34. University of Surrey

England | Guildford

For Surgery

#212 in Europe

#607 in the World

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

35. University of Salford

England | Salford

For Surgery

#217 in Europe

#615 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1967

36. Swansea University

Wales | Swansea

For Surgery

#238 in Europe

#695 in the World

Founded: 1920

37. University of Bath

England | Bath

For Surgery

#246 in Europe

#716 in the World

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

38. University of Bradford

England | Bradford

For Surgery

#248 in Europe

#731 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Founded: 1966

39. Manchester Metropolitan University

England | Manchester

For Surgery

#254 in Europe

#759 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1992

40. University of Reading

England | Reading

For Surgery

#257 in Europe

#769 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Founded: 1892

41. Aston University

England | Birmingham

For Surgery

#258 in Europe

#775 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1895

42. Loughborough University

England | Loughborough

For Surgery

#259 in Europe

#776 in the World

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

43. University of Sussex

England | Brighton

For Surgery

#264 in Europe

#790 in the World

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

44. Glasgow Caledonian University

Scotland | Glasgow

For Surgery

#265 in Europe

#792 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1993

45. City, University of London

England | London

For Surgery

#267 in Europe

#795 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1966

46. University of Hertfordshire

England | Hatfield

For Surgery

#269 in Europe

#799 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1992

47. Liverpool John Moores University

England | Liverpool

For Surgery

#275 in Europe

#825 in the World

Founded: 1992

48. Ulster University

Northern Ireland | Coleraine

For Surgery

#278 in Europe

#830 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1968

49. Brunel University London

England | Uxbridge

For Surgery

#281 in Europe

#841 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1966

50. University of St Andrews

Scotland | St Andrews

For Surgery

#283 in Europe

#845 in the World

Enrollment: 10,425
Founded: 1413

51. Durham University

England | Durham

For Surgery

#284 in Europe

#852 in the World

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

52. Lancaster University

England | Lancaster

For Surgery

#291 in Europe

#889 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1964

53. Bangor University

Wales | Bangor

For Surgery

#301 in Europe

#914 in the World

Enrollment: 11,270
Founded: 1884

54. University of Stirling

Scotland | Stirling

For Surgery

#302 in Europe

#916 in the World

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

55. Middlesex University

England | London

For Surgery

#303 in Europe

#924 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 1973

56. University of Plymouth

England | Plymouth

For Surgery

#308 in Europe

#933 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Founded: 1992

57. University of the West of England

England | Bristol

For Surgery

#310 in Europe

#964 in the World

Enrollment: 30,732
Founded: 1992

58. University of Portsmouth

England | Portsmouth

For Surgery

#317 in Europe

#998 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

59. University of Central Lancashire

England | Preston

For Surgery

#320 in Europe

#1009 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1992

60. Royal Holloway, University of London

England | Egham

For Surgery

#323 in Europe

#1016 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1849

61. Coventry University

England | Coventry

For Surgery

#332 in Europe

#1064 in the World

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

62. University of Brighton

England | Brighton

For Surgery

#338 in Europe

#1081 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1992

63. Anglia Ruskin University

England | Cambridge

For Surgery

#343 in Europe

#1096 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Founded: 1858

64. London School of Economics and Political Science

England | London

For Surgery

#344 in Europe

#1097 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1895

65. Northumbria University

England | Newcastle upon Tyne

For Surgery

#347 in Europe

#1113 in the World

Founded: 1992

66. Bournemouth University

England | Poole

For Surgery

#350 in Europe

#1132 in the World

Enrollment: 14,293
Founded: 1992

67. Oxford Brookes University

England | Oxford

For Surgery

#357 in Europe

#1166 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1865

68. University of Kent

England | Canterbury

For Surgery

#363 in Europe

#1185 in the World

Founded: 1965

69. Sheffield Hallam University

England | Sheffield

For Surgery

#364 in Europe

#1187 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1992

70. Staffordshire University

England | Stoke-on-Trent

For Surgery

#370 in Europe

#1211 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 1992

71. Leeds Beckett University

England | Leeds

For Surgery

#373 in Europe

#1219 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1992

72. Teesside University

England | Middlesbrough

For Surgery

#374 in Europe

#1224 in the World

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

73. University of Huddersfield

England | Huddersfield

For Surgery

#377 in Europe

#1244 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

74. Nottingham Trent University

England | Nottingham

For Surgery

#379 in Europe

#1254 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1992

75. University of South Wales

Wales | Pontypridd

For Surgery

#382 in Europe

#1265 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1841

76. University of Essex

England | Colchester

For Surgery

#384 in Europe

#1269 in the World

Founded: 1964

77. University of Wolverhampton

England | Wolverhampton

For Surgery

#389 in Europe

#1280 in the World

Founded: 1992

78. London South Bank University

England | London

For Surgery

#395 in Europe

#1315 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1892

79. Birkbeck, University of London

England | London

For Surgery

#407 in Europe

#1363 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 1823

80. De Montfort University

England | Leicester

For Surgery

#408 in Europe

#1364 in the World

Founded: 1992

81. Cranfield University

England | Cranfield

For Surgery

#414 in Europe

#1400 in the World

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

82. Cardiff Metropolitan University

Wales | Cardiff

For Surgery

#422 in Europe

#1445 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Founded: 2011

83. University of West London

England | Ealing

For Surgery

#429 in Europe

#1472 in the World

Founded: 1990

84. University of Greenwich

England | London

For Surgery

#431 in Europe

#1482 in the World

Founded: 1890

85. Queen Margaret University

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Surgery

#439 in Europe

#1512 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 2007

86. Edge Hill University

England | Ormskirk

For Surgery

#443 in Europe

#1524 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 28%
Founded: 2006

87. Robert Gordon University

Scotland | Aberdeen

For Surgery

#454 in Europe

#1560 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1992

88. Kingston University

England | Kingston upon Thames

For Surgery

#456 in Europe

#1568 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1992

89. Heriot-Watt University

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Surgery

#457 in Europe

#1570 in the World

Founded: 1966

90. Canterbury Christ Church University

England | Canterbury

For Surgery

#465 in Europe

#1597 in the World

Founded: 2005

91. University of Bedfordshire

England | Luton

For Surgery

#468 in Europe

#1613 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

92. University of East London

England | London

For Surgery

#470 in Europe

#1616 in the World

Founded: 1992

93. Edinburgh Napier University

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Surgery

#477 in Europe

#1638 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1992

94. University of Sunderland

England | Sunderland

For Surgery

#479 in Europe

#1649 in the World

Enrollment: 19,090
Founded: 1992

95. University of Westminster

England | London

For Surgery

#489 in Europe

#1684 in the World

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

96. University of Roehampton

England | London

For Surgery

#493 in Europe

#1696 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Founded: 2004

97. University of Derby

England | Derby

For Surgery

#495 in Europe

#1698 in the World

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

98. Royal Agricultural University

England | Cirencester

For Surgery

#504 in Europe

#1722 in the World

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

99. University of Northampton

England | Northampton

For Surgery

#510 in Europe

#1750 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 2005

100. Birmingham City University

England | Birmingham

For Surgery

#514 in Europe

#1770 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Founded: 1992

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