Top Universities in London | 2026 University Ranking by uniRank.org

Introduction

What are the top universities in the UK country/region of London? uniRank answers this question by publishing the 2026 uniRank University Ranking of 40 London higher education institutions meeting the following uniRank selection criteria:

being chartered, licensed or accredited by the appropriate higher education-related organization in the United Kingdom
offering at least three-year bachelor's degrees or postgraduate master's or doctoral degrees
delivering courses predominantly in a traditional, non-distance education format

uniRank aims to provide a non-academic League Table of the top London universities based on valid, unbiased and non-influenceable web metrics provided by independent web intelligence sources rather than data submitted by the universities themselves.

#Rank	University	Town
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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