| 2026 Rank | University |
| | |
| 2 | University of St Andrews |
| 3 | Durham University |
| 4= | University of Cambridge |
| 4= | University of Oxford |
| 6 | Imperial College London |
| 7 | University of Bath |
| 8 | University of Warwick |
| 9 | University College London |
| 10 | University of Bristol |
| 11 | University of Strathclyde |
| 12 | Loughborough University |
| 13 | University of Sheffield |
| 14 | University of Exeter |
| 15 | Lancaster University |
| 16 | University of Birmingham |
| 17 | University of Southampton |
| 18 | University of Liverpool |
| 19 | King’s College London |
| 20 | University of York |
| 21 | Queen’s University, Belfast |
| 22 | University of Glasgow |
| 23= | University of Aberdeen |
| 23= | University of Dundee |
| 25 | University of Edinburgh |
| 26 | University of Leeds |
| 27 | University of Manchester |
| 28= | Cardiff University |
| 28= | University of Leicester |
| 30 | University of Nottingham |
| 31 | University of Surrey |
| 32 | Royal Holloway, University of London |
| 33 | University of Reading |
| 34 | Newcastle University |
| 35 | Queen Mary University of London |
| 36 | Glasgow Caledonian University |
| 37 | Swansea University |
| 38 | Manchester Metropolitan University |
| 39 | Heriot-Watt University |
| 40 | University of East Anglia |
| 41 | Aston University |
| 42 | Aberystwyth University |
| 43 | Keele University |
| 44 | University of Essex |
| 45 | University of Sussex |
| 46 | Nottingham Trent University |
| 47 | Northumbria University |
| 48 | City St George’s, University of London |
| 49 | Ulster University |
| 50 | Robert Gordon University |
| 51 | Edinburgh Napier University |
| 52 | University of Portsmouth |
| 53 | University of the Arts London |
| 54 | University of Chichester |
| 55 | University of Stirling |
| 56 | University of Kent |
| 57 | University of the West of England |
| 58 | University of Plymouth |
| 59 | Bangor University |
| 60 | University of Hull |
| 61 | Liverpool John Moores University |
| 62 | Abertay University |
| 63 | Edge Hill University |
| 64= | University of Lincoln |
| 64= | University of West London |
| 66 | Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh |
| 67 | University of Hertfordshire |
| 68 | St Mary’s University, Twickenham |
| 69 | Oxford Brookes University |
| 70 | Plymouth Marjon University |
| 71 | Cardiff Metropolitan University |
| 72 | University of Salford |
| 73 | Arts University Bournemouth |
| 74 | Lincoln Bishop University |
| 75 | SOAS University of London |
| 76 | Southampton Solent University |
| 77 | Bath Spa University |
| 78 | Coventry University |
| 79= | Bournemouth University |
| 79= | Harper Adams University |
| 81 | Canterbury Christ Church University |
| 82 | University of South Wales |
| 83 | Leeds Beckett University |
| 84= | University of Gloucestershire |
| 84= | Teesside University |
| 86 | University of Bradford |
| 87= | Falmouth University |
| 87= | Goldsmiths, University of London |
| 87= | University of Staffordshire |
| 90= | University of Brighton |
| 90= | Leeds Trinity University |
| 90= | Liverpool Hope University |
| 93 | University of Lancashire |
| 94 | Kingston University |
| 95 | Sheffield Hallam University |
| 96 | University of Derby |
| 97 | University of Suffolk |
| 98 | University of Worcester |
| 99 | University of Wales Trinity Saint David |
| 100 | University of Greenwich |
| 101 | Hartpury University |
| 102 | University of Huddersfield |
| 103 | Leeds Arts University |
| 104 | Norwich University of the Arts |
| 105 | University of Sunderland |
| 106 | University of Winchester |
| 107 | Birmingham Newman University |
| 108 | De Montfort University |
| 109 | University of Chester |
| 110 | University of the West of Scotland |
| 111 | London South Bank University |
| 112 | York St John University |
| 113 | Birmingham City University |
| 114 | University of East London |
| 115 | University of Westminster |
| 116 | Middlesex University |
| 117 | Brunel University of London |
| 118= | University of Bedfordshire |
| 118= | University of Northampton |
| 120 | Buckinghamshire New University |
| 121 | University of Wolverhampton |
| 122 | Wrexham University |
| 123 | Anglia Ruskin University |
| 124= | London Metropolitan University |
| 124= | University of Roehampton |
| 126 | University of Greater Manchester |
| 127 | University for the Creative Arts |
| 128 | University of Buckingham |
| 129 | University of Cumbria |
| 130 | Royal Agricultural University |
