Top Public Universities in the UK for International Students

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07 March 2022

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Overview

What are the most popular public universities in the UK? uniRank seeks to answer this question by publishing a complete list of UK public universities ranked by uniRank universities in 2022 and meeting uniRank selection criteria:

Statutory, licensed, or accredited by a relevant higher education institution in the United Kingdom
Submission of at least four years of bachelor's degree (bachelor's degree) or postgraduate degree (master's or doctoral degree)
Conducting courses mainly in the traditional form, face-to-face, distance learning

Our goal is to present the Non-Academic League Table of Public Universities of the United Kingdom based on reliable, unbiased, and ineffective web measurements, not the data provided by the universities themselves.

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What are Public Universities?

There are two types of universities in the UK - public and private. While private universities are funded and regulated by private organizations, public universities in the UK are funded by the British government. Public universities in the UK are funded by the government’s direct funding council but act as independent bodies.

They are regulated, reviewed, and classified by the Office of Students in England. The Office of Students has developed an excellent educational framework, criteria on the basis of which they evaluate public universities based on the knowledge and experience of their teachers.

Public Universities in the UK

*Rank*	*Universities*	*Town*
1	University of Oxford	Oxford
2	University of Cambridge	Cambridge
3	University College London	London
4	The University of Edinburgh	Edinburgh
5	University of Glasgow	Glasgow
6	The University of Manchester	Manchester
7	The London School of Economics and Political Science	London
8	Imperial College London	London
9	The University of Warwick	Coventry
10	University of Leeds	Leeds
11	University of Southampton	Southampton
12	University of St Andrews	Andrews
13	University of Birmingham	Birmingham
14	King's College London	London
15	Newcastle University	Newcastle upon Tyne
16	University of Liverpool	Liverpool
17	The University of York	York
18	The University of Nottingham	Nottingham
19	University of Exeter	Exeter
20	University of Bristol	Bristol
21	The University of Sheffield	Sheffield
22	Lancaster University	Lancaster
23	Queen Mary University of London	London
24	Durham University	Durham
25	Cardiff University	Cardiff
26	University of Bath	Bath
27	University of East Anglia	Norwich
28	University of Reading	Reading
29	University of Sussex	Brighton
30	University of Aberdeen	Aberdeen
31	Heriot-Watt University	Edinburgh
32	Queen's University Belfast	Belfast
33	University of Leicester	Leicester
34	University of Surrey	Guildford
35	University of Strathclyde	Glasgow
36	University of Dundee	Dundee
37	University of Essex	Colchester
38	Loughborough University	Loughborough
39	City, University of London	London
40	University of Kent	Canterbury
41	Swansea University	Swansea
42	De Montfort University	Leicester
43	University of the Arts London	London
44	Aberystwyth University	Aberystwyth
45	University of the West of England	Bristol
46	University of Portsmouth	Portsmouth
47	Middlesex University	London
48	Bangor University	Bangor
49	Royal Holloway, University of London	Egham
50	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London	London
51	Birmingham City University	Birmingham
52	London Business School	London
53	Sheffield Hallam University	Sheffield
54	Brunel University London	Uxbridge
55	Birkbeck, University of London	London
56	University of Hertfordshire	Hatfield
57	Nottingham Trent University	Nottingham
58	Coventry University	Coventry
59	University of Plymouth	Plymouth
60	Ulster University	Coleraine
61	Goldsmiths, University of London	London
62	Leeds Beckett University	Leeds
63	University of Stirling	Stirling
64	SOAS, University of London	London
65	Oxford Brookes University	Oxford
66	Edinburgh Napier University	Edinburgh
67	University of Salford	Salford
68	Liverpool John Moores University	Liverpool
69	Aston University	Birmingham
70	Keele University	Keele
71	Anglia Ruskin University	Cambridge
72	The University of Hull	Hull
73	University of the Highlands and Islands	Inverness
74	University of Greenwich	London
75	University of London	London
76	Manchester Metropolitan University	Manchester
77	University of Brighton	Brighton
78	Bournemouth University	Poole
79	Cranfield University	Cranfield
80	University of Westminster	London
81	Northumbria University	Newcastle upon Tyne
82	University of Central Lancashire	Preston
83	Kingston University	Kingston upon Thames
84	Royal College of Art	London
85	University of Wolverhampton	Wolverhampton
86	University of Lincoln	Lincoln
87	University of East London	London
88	London Metropolitan University	London
89	London South Bank University	London
90	University of Sunderland	Sunderland
91	Abertay University	Dundee
92	University of Huddersfield	Huddersfield
93	University of South Wales	Pontypridd
94	University of Derby	Derby
95	Robert Gordon University	Aberdeen
96	Staffordshire University	Stoke-on-Trent
97	The University of Northampton	Northampton
98	University of Roehampton	London
99	University of Bedfordshire	Luton
100	Glasgow Caledonian University	Glasgow
101	Bath Spa University	Bath
102	Teesside University	Middlesbrough
103	Royal Veterinary College University of London	London
104	University of Bradford	Bradford
105	The Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London	London
106	The Glasgow School of Art	Glasgow
107	Edge Hill University	Ormskirk
108	Canterbury Christ Church University	Canterbury
109	University of Chester	Chester
110	Solent University	Southampton
111	Cardiff Metropolitan University	Cardiff
112	University of Wales Trinity Saint David	Carmarthen
113	University of the West of Scotland	Paisley
114	Royal College of Music	London
115	St George's, University of London	London
116	Scotland's Rural College	Edinburgh
117	University for the Creative Arts	Farnham
118	University of Gloucestershire	Cheltenham
119	University of Bolton	Bolton
120	Liverpool Hope University	Liverpool
121	Royal Academy of Music, University of London	London
122	The University of Winchester	Winchester
123	University of West London	Ealing
124	University of Cumbria	Carlisle
125	University of Worcester	Worcester
126	Wrexham Glyndwr University	Wrexham
127	Queen Margaret University	Edinburgh
128	University of Chichester	Chichester
129	York St John University	York
130	Buckinghamshire New University	High Wycombe
131	Ravensbourne University London	London
132	Harper Adams University	Newport
133	Falmouth University	Falmouth
134	Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine	Liverpool
135	Leeds Trinity University	Leeds
136	Arts University Bournemouth	Poole
137	The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama	London
138	Royal Northern College of Music	Manchester
139	University of Wales	Cardiff
140	University of Suffolk	Ipswich
141	Norwich University of the Arts	Norwich
142	Royal Agricultural University	Cirencester
143	University College Birmingham	Birmingham
144	Bishop Grosseteste University	Lincoln
145	Writtle University College	Chelmsford
146	Newman University, Birmingham	Birmingham