United Kingdom Ranking January 2026 – Webometrics Global Position

Explore United Kingdom’s January 2026 Webometrics ranking across global visibility, research excellence, openness, and academic performance. See how it compares worldwide.

Ranking	World Rank	University	Impact Rank	Openness Rank	Excellence Rank
1	3	University of Oxford	11	6	8
2	4	University of Cambridge	13	3	13
3	11	UCL University College London	42	9	12
4	19	Imperial College London	91	19	18
5	32	University of Edinburgh	49	62	61
6	42	King's College London	125	31	53
7	47	University of Manchester	95	47	78
8	84	University of Leeds	110	134	141
9	94	University of Nottingham	163	102	142
10	108	Bristol University	215	88	159
11	109	University of Exeter	158	104	182
12	110	University of Sheffield	199	108	168
13	113	Queen Mary University of London	213	130	163
14	116	University of Warwick	105	167	218
15	119	Newcastle University Newcastle upon Tyne	150	140	207
16	158	University of Liverpool	357	194	173
17	162	Cardiff University	296	191	213
18	184	University of York	89	206	339
19	208	University of Glasgow	118	1113	137
20	223	Queen's University Belfast	298	240	318
21	242	University of Surrey	214	251	388
22	254	University of Leicester	246	310	367
23	269	University of Sussex	230	283	411
24	274	University of Bath	209	306	429
25	279	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine	572	211	285
26	284	Lancaster University	408	207	368
27	308	London School of Economics and Political Science	76	202	593
28	317	Durham University	610	231	340
29	318	University of Reading	245	333	494
30	326	University of Strathclyde	329	335	474
31	349	University of East Anglia	336	269	532
32	366	Loughborough University	366	286	565
33	367	University of Aberdeen	316	317	579
34	381	University of Saint Andrews	186	328	675
35	413	Brunel University	493	427	573
36	417	Swansea University	656	433	492
37	420	University of Dundee	393	325	670
38	438	University of Portsmouth	401	680	615
39	447	Northumbria University	675	483	571
40	461	University of Essex	363	449	757
41	473	University of Kent	353	424	783
42	491	Manchester Metropolitan University	554	590	714
43	507	Open University UK	191	499	950
44	511	University of Plymouth	504	480	820
45	513	Nottingham Trent University	607	661	717
46	516	Aston University	611	624	730
47	523	University of Southampton	176	3500	155
48	542	Coventry University	609	797	760
49	563	Cranfield University	646	682	833
50	576	City University London	346	540	1025
51	591	Liverpool John Moores University	1051	617	712
52	604	University of Ulster	790	562	902
53	605	University of Stirling	511	593	1013
54	627	Keele University	718	722	943
55	633	University of Hull	735	672	962
56	671	University of the West of England	567	741	1099
57	678	University of Hertfordshire	630	870	1050
58	680	Bangor University	677	512	1126
59	715	De Montfort University	524	1131	1115
60	721	Lincoln University	772	732	1120
61	727	University of Huddersfield	882	687	1084
62	728	Birkbeck University of London	561	693	1258
63	732	University of Brighton	618	1042	1139
64	748	Bournemouth University	721	982	1142
65	762	University of Greenwich	753	1046	1130
66	775	Napier University Edinburgh	847	985	1134
67	800	University of Salford	660	881	1305
68	811	Oxford Brookes University	598	851	1378
69	819	Sheffield Hallam University	478	1158	1360
70	833	Institute of Cancer Research University of London	1839	689	888
71	848	University of Central Lancashire	729	967	1383
72	866	University of Bradford	1217	825	1255
73	873	Middlesex University	788	1072	1401
74	891	Saint George's University of London	2183	805	854
75	902	ARU Anglia Ruskin University	931	1613	1233
76	905	Aberystwyth University / Prifysgol Aberystwyth	647	848	1594
77	999	Kingston University London	815	1087	1691
78	1005	University of Derby	1154	1464	1434
79	1026	Leeds Beckett University (Leeds Metropolitan University)	1365	1296	1426
80	1035	University of Wolverhampton	857	1396	1659
81	1060	University of Westminster	731	1263	1808
82	1062	Teesside University	1166	1225	1615
83	1071	Birmingham City University (University of Central England)	925	1442	1711
84	1082	London South Bank University	1068	1459	1651
85	1104	Goldsmiths University of London	422	1147	2107
86	1125	University of Birmingham	218	9499	112
87	1126	Glasgow Caledonian University	1466	1204	1664
88	1156	University of the West of Scotland (University of Paisley)	2114	1291	1428
89	1202	School of Oriental and African Studies University of London	601	997	2333
90	1292	Edge Hill University	1563	1499	1983
91	1333	Robert Gordon University	1393	1620	2177
92	1396	University of East London	999	1581	2511
93	1422	Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine	3645	1001	1464
94	1426	University of Roehampton London	1467	1419	2399
95	1449	University of South Wales (Glamorgan & Wales Newport)	1670	1922	2224
96	1453	Staffordshire University	1219	2080	2403
97	1526	London Metropolitan University	1053	2281	2566
98	1542	Cardiff Metropolitan University (University of Wales Institute Cardiff)	1891	1681	2364
99	1575	London Business School	625	1038	3202
100	1613	Royal Holloway University of London	998	22799	917