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Leading UK universities offer quality French language programs. The traditions of teaching foreign languages have developed in Britain for centuries. Britain is home to the oldest school in the world, founded in 597 in Canterbury, as well as the oldest institutions of higher education in the world offering degrees in French.
The United Kingdom supports the Bologna education system: students study in undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs. All educational institutions are divided into public and private, the private sector is highly developed and in demand.
Popular specialties:
- French
- Teaching French
- French studies
- Francophone research.
Best French universities in Britain 2026 | Complete University Guide
| Rank | Institution | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridge | |||
| 2 | Oxford | |||
| 3 | St Andrews | |||
| 4 | York | |||
| 5 | Bristol | |||
| 6 | Durham | |||
| 7 | University College London | |||
| 8 | Bath | |||
| 9 | Lancaster | |||
| 10 | Nottingham | |||
| 11 | Cardiff | |||
| 12 | Newcastle | |||
| 13 | Exeter | |||
| 14 | Edinburgh | |||
| 15 | Surrey | |||
| 16 | Warwick | |||
| 17 | Leicester | |||
| 18 | Southampton | |||
| 19 | Birmingham | |||
| 20 | Manchester | |||
| 21 | Stirling | |||
| 22 | Liverpool | |||
| 23 | King's College London | |||
| 24 | Heriot-Watt | |||
| 25 | Swansea | |||
| 26 | Queen's, Belfast | |||
| 27 | Leeds | |||
| 28 | Reading | |||
| 29 | Aberystwyth | |||
| 30 | Strathclyde | |||
| 31 | Glasgow | |||
| 32 | Sheffield | |||
| 33 | Royal Holloway, University of London | |||
| 34 | Queen Mary, University of London | |||
| 35 | Kent | |||
| 36 | Aston | |||
| 37 | Aberdeen | |||
| 38 | Sheffield Hallam | |||
| 39 | Essex | |||
| 40 | Sussex | |||
| 41 | Portsmouth | |||
| 42 | Chester | |||
| 43 | Manchester Metropolitan | |||
| 44 | Oxford Brookes | |||
| 45 | Westminster | |||
| 46 | Nottingham Trent | |||
| 47 | Central Lancashire | |||
