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Top non-profit Universities in the United Kingdom

What are the top non-profit Universities in the United Kingdom? uniRank answers this question by publishing a complete list of non-profit UK higher education institutions ranked by the 2026 uniRank University Ranking and meeting uniRank selection criteria:

  • 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.

Top non-profit Universities in the United Kingdom


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List of UK non-profit universities by university country ranking position
# University Town/City
1 University of Oxford Oxford
2 University of Cambridge Cambridge
3 University College London London
4 University of Edinburgh Edinburgh
5 The London School of Economics and Political Science London
6 University of Manchester Manchester
7 University of Glasgow Glasgow
8 Imperial College London London
9 University of Southampton Southampton
10 King's College London London
11 University of Warwick Coventry
12 University of Birmingham Birmingham
13 University of Leeds Leeds
14 University of Nottingham Nottingham
15 The University of York York
16 Newcastle University Newcastle upon Tyne
17 University of Liverpool Liverpool
18 University of St Andrews St Andrews
19 University of Exeter Exeter
20 Durham University Durham
21 Lancaster University Lancaster
22 University of Bristol Bristol
23 Queen Mary University of London London
24 City St George's, University of London London
25 University of Surrey Guildford
26 University of Bath Bath
27 University of Sheffield Sheffield
28 University of Reading Reading
29 University of Leicester Leicester
30 University of Sussex Brighton
31 Queen's University Belfast Belfast
32 University of East Anglia Norwich
33 University of Kent Canterbury
34 Cardiff University Cardiff
35 University of Strathclyde Glasgow
36 University of Aberdeen Aberdeen
37 Loughborough University Loughborough
38 University of Essex Colchester
39 Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh
40 Swansea University Swansea
41 University of Portsmouth Portsmouth
42 University of Dundee Dundee
43 Royal Holloway, University of London Egham
44 University of the Arts London London
45 University of Central Lancashire Preston
46 University of the West of England Bristol
47 Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester
48 Nottingham Trent University Nottingham
49 University of Plymouth Plymouth
50 Sheffield Hallam University Sheffield
51 Brunel University of London Uxbridge
52 Goldsmiths, University of London London
53 University of Stirling Stirling
54 De Montfort University Leicester
55 Birkbeck, University of London London
56 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London London
57 Northumbria University Newcastle upon Tyne
58 SOAS, University of London London
59 Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge
60 Aberystwyth University Aberystwyth
61 University of Hertfordshire Hatfield
62 University of Brighton Brighton
63 Aston University Birmingham
64 University of Salford Salford
65 Oxford Brookes University Oxford
66 University of Greenwich London
68 Keele University Keele
69 Bangor University Bangor
70 University of Westminster London
71 University of Hull Hull
72 Bournemouth University Poole
73 Ulster University Coleraine
74 University of London London
75 Cranfield University Cranfield
76 Birmingham City University Birmingham
77 Edinburgh Napier University Edinburgh
78 School of Advanced Study, University of London London
80 Kingston University Kingston upon Thames
81 Middlesex University London
82 London Business School London
83 University of Huddersfield Huddersfield
84 Royal College of Art London
85 Liverpool John Moores University Liverpool
86 University of Wolverhampton Wolverhampton
87 University of East London London
88 Leeds Beckett University Leeds
89 London South Bank University London
90 University of Derby Derby
91 London Metropolitan University London
92 The Royal Veterinary College University of London London
93 University of Sunderland Sunderland
94 University of the Highlands and Islands Inverness
95 Teesside University Middlesbrough
96 University of South Wales Pontypridd
97 Robert Gordon University Aberdeen
98 University of Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent
99 University of Bradford Bradford
100 The Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London London
101 The University of Northampton Northampton
102 University of Roehampton London
103 Edge Hill University Ormskirk
104 Canterbury Christ Church University Canterbury
105 Glasgow Caledonian University Glasgow
106 Bath Spa University Bath
107 University of Gloucestershire Cheltenham
108 University of Chester Chester
109 University of Greater Manchester Bolton
111 University of Bedfordshire Luton
112 University of Wales Trinity Saint David Carmarthen
113 The Glasgow School of Art Glasgow
114 University for the Creative Arts Farnham
115 University of West London Ealing
116 Cardiff Metropolitan University Cardiff
117 Solent University Southampton
118 University of the West of Scotland Paisley
119 York St John University York
120 University of Worcester Worcester
121 Royal College of Music London
122 Abertay University Dundee
123 Scotland's Rural College Edinburgh
124 Falmouth University Falmouth
125 St Mary's University, Twickenham Twickenham
126 University of Cumbria Carlisle
128 Liverpool Hope University Liverpool
129 The University of Buckingham Buckingham
130 Wrexham University Wrexham
131 Guildhall School of Music and Drama London
132 University of Chichester Chichester
133 Queen Margaret University Edinburgh
134 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Liverpool
135 Harper Adams University Newport
136 Royal Northern College of Music Manchester
137 Arts University Bournemouth Poole
138 Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Glasgow
139 Ravensbourne University London London
140 Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance London
141 Buckinghamshire New University High Wycombe
143 Regent's University London London
144 University of Suffolk Ipswich
147 Leeds Trinity University Leeds
148 University College Birmingham Birmingham
149 Hartpury University and Hartpury College Gloucester
150 Leeds Conservatoire Leeds
151 The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts Liverpool
152 Lincoln Bishop University Lincoln
153 Birmingham Newman University Birmingham
154 Leeds Arts University Leeds
155 Plymouth Marjon University Plymouth
156 Norwich University of the Arts Norwich
157 University of Wales Cardiff
158 Richmond American University London London
159 Arts University Plymouth Plymouth
160 The Royal Academy of Music, University of London London
161 Rose Bruford College London
162 Northern School of Contemporary Dance Leeds
163 European School of Economics London
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