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Universities ranked by subject 2025
We rank universities in 74 subject tables. Find out which university ranks top for each table, and how many times they feature in the top tens.
Cicely Oliver
14 May 2024
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Top universities by subject
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Which universities rank top of the subject tables?
Discover how many times universities appear in a subject table, take the top places and feature in a top 10.
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| Rank | Institution | Appearances in subject tables | Top places | Times in top ten | Percentage in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridge | 40 | 34 | 40 | 100.0 |
| 2 | Oxford | 38 | 8 | 38 | 100.0 |
| 3 | London School of Economics | 13 | 4 | 13 | 100.0 |
| 4 | Imperial College London | 14 | 2 | 14 | 100.0 |
| 5 | Durham | 33 | 0 | 31 | 93.9 |
| 6 | St Andrews | 26 | 1 | 23 | 88.5 |
| 7 | University College London | 40 | 1 | 35 | 87.5 |
| 8 | Bath | 29 | 1 | 25 | 86.2 |
| 9 | Bristol | 42 | 0 | 28 | 66.7 |
| 10 | Edinburgh | 47 | 0 | 30 | 63.8 |
| 11 | Warwick | 30 | 1 | 17 | 56.7 |
| 12 | Loughborough | 32 | 3 | 18 | 56.3 |
| 13 | Exeter | 38 | 0 | 21 | 55.3 |
| 14 | Guildhall School of Music & Drama | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50.0 |
| 15 | Harper Adams | 6 | 0 | 3 | 50.0 |
| 16 | Royal Veterinary College | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50.0 |
| 17 | Leeds | 53 | 1 | 26 | 49.1 |
| 18 | York | 29 | 0 | 14 | 48.3 |
| 19 | King's College London | 36 | 1 | 16 | 44.4 |
| 20 | Manchester | 52 | 1 | 23 | 44.2 |
| 21 | Glasgow | 44 | 1 | 19 | 43.2 |
| 22 | Lancaster | 35 | 1 | 15 | 42.9 |
| 23 | Sheffield | 43 | 2 | 17 | 39.5 |
| 24 | Birmingham | 49 | 1 | 19 | 38.8 |
| 25 | Nottingham | 49 | 0 | 18 | 36.7 |
| 26 | Royal Agricultural University | 3 | 0 | 1 | 33.3 |
| 27 | Strathclyde | 36 | 1 | 11 | 30.6 |
| 28 | Queen's, Belfast | 40 | 1 | 12 | 30.0 |
| 29 | Southampton | 38 | 0 | 11 | 28.9 |
| 30 | Newcastle | 43 | 1 | 12 | 27.9 |
| 31 | Surrey | 34 | 3 | 9 | 26.5 |
| 32 | Glasgow Caledonian | 27 | 0 | 7 | 25.9 |
| 33 | Ulster | 45 | 1 | 11 | 24.4 |
| 34 | East Anglia (UEA) | 34 | 1 | 7 | 20.6 |
| 35 | Cardiff | 44 | 1 | 9 | 20.5 |
| 36 | Plymouth | 44 | 0 | 9 | 20.5 |
| 37 | SOAS, University of London | 10 | 0 | 2 | 20.0 |
| 38 | Robert Gordon | 21 | 0 | 4 | 19.0 |
| 39 | Northumbria | 35 | 0 | 6 | 17.1 |
| 40 | Reading | 36 | 1 | 6 | 16.7 |
| 41 | Swansea | 44 | 1 | 7 | 15.9 |
| 42 | Liverpool | 45 | 0 | 7 | 15.6 |
| 43 | Leeds Beckett | 34 | 0 | 5 | 14.7 |
| 44 | Plymouth Marjon | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14.3 |
| 45 | Queen Margaret | 14 | 0 | 2 | 14.3 |
| 46 | Bangor | 29 | 0 | 4 | 13.8 |
| 47 | Lincoln | 37 | 0 | 5 | 13.5 |
| 48 | Nottingham Trent | 47 | 0 | 6 | 12.8 |
| 49 | Dundee | 26 | 1 | 3 | 11.5 |
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