We present a list of the best universities in Britain where you can study English in an undergraduate, graduate or doctoral program.
TOP universities in Britain offer quality English programs. All the conditions for productive study and a successful career start have been created in universities. Specialties:
- English language
- Teaching English and Language Arts
- Anglistics (including American Studies);
- Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic Studies
- Study of the Celts
- Celtology.
Universities have career and student support centers. Students go through a wide range of disciplines and choose a narrow specialization.
Best English universities in Britain 2022 | Complete University Guide
Rank | Institution | Entry Standards | Student Satisfaction | Research Quality | Research Intensity | Graduate Prospects | Overall Score |
1 | Cambridge | 194 | 3.14 | 1 | 82 | 100 | |
2 | Oxford | 193 | 3.26 | 0.91 | 77 | 98.9 | |
3 | Durham | 197 | 4.08 | 3.42 | 0.9 | 82 | 97.8 |
4 | St Andrews | 205 | 4.27 | 3.4 | 0.93 | 72 | 97.2 |
5 | Manchester | 164 | 3.19 | 0.93 | 76 | 96.3 | |
6 | York | 155 | 4.28 | 3.49 | 0.88 | 83 | 96.3 |
7 | Exeter | 166 | 4.17 | 3.07 | 0.95 | 82 | 95.6 |
8 | Glasgow | 181 | 4 | 3.18 | 0.95 | 73 | 94.7 |
9 | University College London | 178 | 4.12 | 3.36 | 0.98 | 68 | 94.6 |
10 | Birmingham | 156 | 4.17 | 3.19 | 0.72 | 81 | 94.6 |
11 | Lancaster | 149 | 4.15 | 3.14 | 0.9 | 81 | 94.5 |
12 | Loughborough | 142 | 4.43 | 2.8 | 0.89 | 82 | 94.2 |
13 | Nottingham | 151 | 3.96 | 3.27 | 0.95 | 79 | 94.1 |
14 | Aberdeen | 171 | 4.23 | 3.24 | 0.9 | 67 | 93.9 |
15 | Warwick | 164 | 3.93 | 3.53 | 0.85 | 71 | 93.8 |
16 | Sheffield | 148 | 4.11 | 3.2 | 0.78 | 79 | 93.8 |
17 | Newcastle | 141 | 4.11 | 3.46 | 0.8 | 77 | 93.7 |
18 | Bristol | 169 | 3.78 | 2.72 | 1 | 81 | 93.7 |
19 | King's College London | 168 | 3.95 | 3.23 | 0.84 | 73 | 93.7 |
20 | Stirling | 173 | 4.21 | 3 | 0.75 | 70 | 93.5 |
21 | Leeds | 156 | 4.05 | 3.19 | 0.71 | 73 | 92.9 |
22 | Sussex | 140 | 4.03 | 3.28 | 0.79 | 76 | 92.8 |
23 | Aberystwyth | 133 | 4.44 | 2.87 | 0.85 | 76 | 92.8 |
24 | Edinburgh | 182 | 3.86 | 3.11 | 0.89 | 64 | 92.6 |
25 | Kent | 131 | 4.1 | 3.03 | 1 | 76 | 92.4 |
26 | Swansea | 131 | 4.06 | 3.36 | 0.69 | 74 | 92 |
27 | Southampton | 144 | 4.15 | 3.13 | 0.73 | 70 | 91.9 |
28 | Strathclyde | 195 | 4.03 | 2.93 | 0.96 | 53 | 91.8 |
29 | Dundee | 171 | 4.26 | 2.98 | 0.81 | 59 | 91.8 |
30 | Liverpool Hope | 105 | 4.28 | 2.55 | 0.89 | 87 | 91.8 |
31 | Royal Holloway, University of London | 132 | 4.13 | 3.19 | 0.92 | 70 | 91.8 |
32 | Surrey | 142 | 3.83 | 3.01 | 0.86 | 73 | 91.4 |
33 | Cardiff | 144 | 4.04 | 3.27 | 0.62 | 68 | 91.4 |
34 | Liverpool | 134 | 3.99 | 3.18 | 0.91 | 69 | 91.3 |
35 | Queen Mary, University of London | 132 | 3.92 | 3.41 | 0.98 | 66 | 91.2 |
36 | Leicester | 125 | 3.98 | 3.06 | 0.98 | 71 | 91 |
37 | Coventry | 118 | 4.32 | 2.98 | 0.46 | 76 | 90.9 |
38 | Queen's, Belfast | 150 | 3.85 | 3.19 | 0.97 | 59 | 90.3 |
39 | Essex | 114 | 4.06 | 3.01 | 0.85 | 72 | 90.3 |
40 | East Anglia (UEA) | 146 | 3.97 | 3.27 | 0.63 | 61 | 90.2 |
41 | Oxford Brookes | 116 | 4.1 | 3.05 | 0.67 | 71 | 90 |
42 | De Montfort | 103 | 4.21 | 2.84 | 0.63 | 77 | 90 |
43 | Edinburgh Napier | 160 | 4.43 | 2.87 | 0.98 | 47 | 89.9 |
44 | Nottingham Trent | 112 | 4.13 | 2.81 | 0.83 | 72 | 89.9 |
45 | Bangor | 118 | 4.3 | 3.05 | 1 | 60 | 89.8 |
46 | London South Bank | 4.33 | 2.42 | 0.64 | 70 | 89.7 | |
47 | Edge Hill | 123 | 4.29 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 73 | 89.6 |
48 | Plymouth | 121 | 4.17 | 2.69 | 0.91 | 67 | 89.6 |
49 | West of England, Bristol | 108 | 4.42 | 2.81 | 0.91 | 64 | 89.4 |
50 | Teesside | 106 | 4.25 | 2.51 | 0.64 | 76 | 89.4 |
51 | Staffordshire | 96 | 4.37 | 1.86 | 0.56 | 87 | 89.2 |
52 | Huddersfield | 112 | 4.13 | 2.89 | 0.79 | 67 | 89.2 |
53 | Liverpool John Moores | 134 | 4.07 | 2.88 | 0.48 | 65 | 89.1 |
54 | Bolton | 84 | 4.68 | 2.41 | 0.53 | 77 | 89 |
55 | Keele | 111 | 4.08 | 2.83 | 0.87 | 67 | 89 |
56 | Portsmouth | 105 | 4.14 | 2.61 | 0.63 | 75 | 89 |
57 | Lincoln | 119 | 4.08 | 2.51 | 0.79 | 70 | 89 |
58 | Hull | 123 | 4.25 | 2.8 | 0.67 | 62 | 88.8 |
59 | Manchester Metropolitan | 121 | 4.07 | 3.07 | 0.6 | 62 | 88.6 |
60 | Northumbria | 127 | 4.11 | 2.95 | 0.66 | 59 | 88.5 |
61 | Aston | 120 | 4.13 | 2.8 | 0.64 | 63 | 88.4 |
62 | Reading | 118 | 3.81 | 2.98 | 0.87 | 63 | 88.3 |
63 | Bedfordshire | 99 | 3.82 | 3.23 | 0.82 | 66 | 88.2 |
64 | Bournemouth | 119 | 4.22 | 3.1 | 0.31 | 59 | 87.8 |
65 | Sunderland | 103 | 3.73 | 2.22 | 1 | 76 | 87.8 |
66 | Roehampton | 99 | 4.2 | 2.92 | 0.53 | 65 | 87.8 |
67 | Derby | 114 | 4.07 | 2.63 | 0.48 | 65 | 87.4 |
68 | Central Lancashire | 113 | 4.32 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 62 | 87.3 |
69 | Birmingham City | 113 | 3.95 | 2.99 | 0.73 | 57 | 87.2 |
70 | Hertfordshire | 99 | 4.09 | 2.46 | 0.32 | 73 | 87.1 |
71 | Bishop Grosseteste | 119 | 4.29 | 2.12 | 0.5 | 64 | 87 |
72 | Newman | 101 | 4.08 | 2.28 | 0.56 | 70 | 86.9 |
73 | Winchester | 112 | 4.22 | 2.59 | 0.53 | 59 | 86.8 |
74 | Salford | 111 | 4.08 | 2.45 | 0.33 | 67 | 86.8 |
75 | Westminster | 105 | 4.02 | 3.11 | 0.59 | 56 | 86.7 |
76 | Greenwich | 101 | 4.4 | 2.48 | 0.67 | 58 | 86.6 |
77 | Brunel University London | 98 | 3.94 | 2.55 | 0.96 | 61 | 86.4 |
78 | Northampton | 103 | 4.08 | 2.46 | 1 | 57 | 86.3 |
79 | South Wales | 117 | 3.9 | 2.56 | 0.5 | 61 | 86.3 |
80 | Sheffield Hallam | 105 | 4.27 | 2.58 | 0.58 | 57 | 86.3 |
81 | Chester | 112 | 4.38 | 2.3 | 0.52 | 57 | 86.2 |
82 | Bath Spa | 105 | 3.9 | 2.72 | 0.73 | 59 | 86.2 |
83 | Buckingham | 108 | 4.14 | 71 | 86 | ||
84 | Ulster | 113 | 4.08 | 2.88 | 0.99 | 45 | 86 |
85 | Worcester | 109 | 4.02 | 2.21 | 0.5 | 64 | 85.8 |
86 | Falmouth | 105 | 3.9 | 2.14 | 0.33 | 71 | 85.8 |
87 | Solent | 106 | 4.46 | 65 | 85.8 | ||
88 | Kingston | 101 | 4.07 | 2.84 | 0.39 | 57 | 85.6 |
89 | Goldsmiths, University of London | 115 | 3.83 | 2.91 | 1 | 46 | 85.6 |
90 | St Mary's, Twickenham | 87 | 4.44 | 2.3 | 0.58 | 60 | 85.6 |
91 | Wolverhampton | 91 | 4.13 | 2.01 | 0.57 | 68 | 85.5 |
92 | Chichester | 3.75 | 2.58 | 0.63 | 58 | 85.3 | |
93 | Anglia Ruskin | 104 | 4.1 | 2.43 | 0.8 | 53 | 85.3 |
94 | Leeds Trinity | 94 | 4.12 | 1.96 | 0.69 | 62 | 84.8 |
95 | York St John | 99 | 4.16 | 2.14 | 0.53 | 59 | 84.8 |
96 | City, University of London | 112 | 4.14 | 84.1 | |||
97 | Gloucestershire | 93 | 3.92 | 2.07 | 0.65 | 60 | 84 |
98 | Leeds Beckett | 93 | 4.19 | 63 | 84 | ||
99 | Brighton | 105 | 4.03 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 42 | 83.5 |
100 | Canterbury Christ Church | 97 | 4.04 | 2.41 | 0.44 | 50 | 83.3 |
101 | Middlesex | 95 | 3.72 | 2.54 | 0.45 | 51 | 82.7 |
102 | Suffolk | 101 | 4.68 | 41 | 82.3 | ||
103 | Cardiff Metropolitan | 97 | 4 | 55 | 82.3 | ||
104 | London Metropolitan | 4.09 | 51 | 81.8 | |||
105 | Plymouth Marjon | 4.09 | 48 | 81.1 | |||
106 | Cumbria | 4.27 | 42 | 80.6 |