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Top Universities in London (country/region)

What are the top universities in the UK country/region of London? uniRank answers this question by publishing the 2026 London University Ranking, which lists 40 higher-education institutions meeting uniRank's :

  • Official Recognition: institutions must be officialy chartered, licensed or accredited by the appropriate higher education-related organization in the United Kingdom.
  • Degree Authority: they must be authorised to grant bachelor's degrees of at least three years' duration and/or postgraduate master's or doctoral degrees.
  • Delivery Mode: they must deliver courses predominantly in a traditional, face-to-face, non-distance education format.

The uniRank University Ranking aims to provide a non-academic league table of the top London Universities based on valid and unbiased web metrics provided by independent web intelligence sources rather than data submitted by the Universities themselves, which might not be independently audited.

2026 London University Ranking


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List of 40 universities by university country ranking position
# University Town/City
3 University College London London
5 The London School of Economics and Political Science London
8 Imperial College London London
10 King's College London London
23 Queen Mary University of London London
24 City St George's, University of London London
44 University of the Arts London London
51 Brunel University of London Uxbridge
52 Goldsmiths, University of London London
55 Birkbeck, University of London London
56 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London London
58 SOAS, University of London London
66 University of Greenwich London
70 University of Westminster London
74 University of London London
78 School of Advanced Study, University of London London
80 Kingston University Kingston upon Thames
81 Middlesex University London
82 London Business School London
84 Royal College of Art London
87 University of East London London
89 London South Bank University London
91 London Metropolitan University London
92 The Royal Veterinary College University of London London
100 The Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London London
102 University of Roehampton London
115 University of West London Ealing
121 Royal College of Music London
125 St Mary's University, Twickenham Twickenham
131 Guildhall School of Music and Drama London
139 Ravensbourne University London London
140 Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance London
142 Walbrook Institute London London
143 Regent's University London London
145 The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama London
158 Richmond American University London London
160 The Royal Academy of Music, University of London London
161 Rose Bruford College London
163 European School of Economics London
Un BPP University London
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How many universities are there in London?

There are 40 officially chartered, licensed or accredited London higher-education institutions that meet uniRank's selection criteria.

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