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	10	6	8
2	4	University of Cambridge	13	3	14
3	11	UCL University College London	43	9	13
4	19	Imperial College London	92	20	18
5	32	University of Edinburgh	49	61	61
6	42	King's College London	126	31	54
7	47	University of Manchester	95	47	78
8	84	University of Leeds	111	134	142
9	94	University of Nottingham	162	101	140
10	108	Bristol University	215	89	159
11	109	University of Exeter	161	105	182
12	110	University of Sheffield	198	107	168
13	113	Queen Mary University of London	212	129	162
14	116	University of Warwick	103	167	217
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	87	206	339
19	208	University of Glasgow	118	1113	138
20	223	Queen's University Belfast	297	239	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	308	429
25	279	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine	572	211	284
26	284	Lancaster University	409	208	369
27	308	London School of Economics and Political Science	76	201	593
28	317	Durham University	610	233	341
29	318	University of Reading	243	333	494
30	326	University of Strathclyde	328	335	474
31	349	University of East Anglia	336	269	532
32	366	Loughborough University	365	284	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	668
38	438	University of Portsmouth	400	679	615
39	447	Northumbria University	675	484	571
40	461	University of Essex	363	447	757
41	473	University of Kent	353	424	783
42	491	Manchester Metropolitan University	554	589	713
43	507	Open University UK	191	499	950
44	511	University of Plymouth	505	480	821
45	513	Nottingham Trent University	605	661	717
46	516	Aston University	611	623	730
47	523	University of Southampton	178	3502	156
48	542	Coventry University	609	797	759
49	563	Cranfield University	646	682	833
50	576	City University London	345	540	1024
51	591	Liverpool John Moores University	1051	616	711
52	604	University of Ulster	790	562	901
53	605	University of Stirling	511	591	1012
54	627	Keele University	720	722	944
55	633	University of Hull	735	672	961
56	671	University of the West of England	566	741	1099
57	678	University of Hertfordshire	630	870	1051
58	680	Bangor University	677	512	1126
59	715	De Montfort University	524	1132	1116
60	721	Lincoln University	772	732	1120
61	727	University of Huddersfield	881	687	1084
62	728	Birkbeck University of London	561	693	1259
63	732	University of Brighton	617	1041	1137
64	748	Bournemouth University	718	981	1142
65	762	University of Greenwich	753	1046	1133
66	775	Napier University Edinburgh	848	985	1134
67	800	University of Salford	660	882	1306
68	811	Oxford Brookes University	597	850	1378
69	819	Sheffield Hallam University	478	1157	1360
70	833	Institute of Cancer Research University of London	1839	689	888
71	848	University of Central Lancashire	728	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	2182	805	854
75	902	ARU Anglia Ruskin University	932	1613	1234
76	905	Aberystwyth University / Prifysgol Aberystwyth	648	849	1596
77	999	Kingston University London	815	1088	1692
78	1005	University of Derby	1153	1463	1434
79	1026	Leeds Beckett University (Leeds Metropolitan University)	1364	1294	1425
80	1035	University of Wolverhampton	857	1397	1659
81	1060	University of Westminster	730	1263	1808
82	1062	Teesside University	1165	1224	1614
83	1071	Birmingham City University (University of Central England)	925	1442	1712
84	1082	London South Bank University	1068	1460	1651
85	1104	Goldsmiths University of London	421	1147	2107
86	1125	University of Birmingham	216	9252	111
87	1126	Glasgow Caledonian University	1465	1204	1664
88	1156	University of the West of Scotland (University of Paisley)	2114	1290	1427
89	1202	School of Oriental and African Studies University of London	601	997	2334
90	1292	Edge Hill University	1565	1500	1984
91	1333	Robert Gordon University	1394	1619	2177
92	1396	University of East London	1000	1582	2512
93	1422	Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine	3644	1001	1464
94	1426	University of Roehampton London	1466	1419	2399
95	1449	University of South Wales (Glamorgan & Wales Newport)	1668	1922	2224
96	1453	Staffordshire University	1219	2079	2403
97	1526	London Metropolitan University	1054	2281	2567
98	1542	Cardiff Metropolitan University (University of Wales Institute Cardiff)	1891	1681	2365
99	1575	London Business School	625	1038	3204
100	1613	Royal Holloway University of London	998	22665	917