| Best universities for Teaching in United Kingdom 2018 Based on THE World University Rankings 2018 |
| World rank |
Teaching rank |
University |
Teaching score |
| 2 |
1 |
University of Cambridge |
87.8 |
| 1 |
2 |
University of Oxford |
86.7 |
| 8 |
3 |
Imperial College London |
81.7 |
| 16 |
4 |
University College London |
74.4 |
| 25= |
5 |
London School of Economics and Political Science |
71.8 |
| 27= |
6 |
University of Edinburgh |
66.8 |
| 36 |
7 |
King’s College London |
59.3 |
| 54= |
8 |
University of Manchester |
56.3 |
| 91 |
9 |
University of Warwick |
46.6 |
| 76 |
10 |
University of Bristol |
45.7 |
| 97 |
11 |
Durham University |
44.8 |
| 80= |
12 |
University of Glasgow |
43.4 |
| 104 |
13= |
University of Sheffield |
42.9 |
| 143= |
13= |
University of St Andrews |
42.9 |
| 139 |
15 |
University of Leeds |
42.2 |
| 147= |
16= |
University of Nottingham |
40.5 |
| 137= |
16= |
University of York |
40.5 |
| 126= |
18 |
University of Southampton |
37.9 |
| 401-500 |
19 |
Soas, University of London |
37.1 |
| 150= |
20 |
Lancaster University |
37 |
| 141= |
21 |
University of Birmingham |
36.5 |
| 162= |
22 |
Cardiff University |
35.8 |
| 201-250 |
23 |
University of Reading |
34.6 |
| 130= |
24 |
University of Exeter |
34.5 |
| 147= |
25 |
University of Sussex |
34.1 |
| 301-350 |
26 |
Loughborough University |
34 |
| 251-300 |
27= |
University of Bath |
33.9 |
| 301-350 |
27= |
Goldsmiths, University of London |
33.9 |
| 197 |
27= |
Royal Holloway, University of London |
33.9 |
| 251-300 |
30= |
University of Essex |
33.4 |
| 175= |
30= |
Newcastle University |
33.4 |
| 121 |
32 |
Queen Mary University of London |
32.8 |
| 177= |
33 |
University of Liverpool |
32.7 |
| 159= |
34 |
University of Leicester |
32.2 |
| 401-500 |
35 |
Oxford Brookes University |
31.7 |
| 301-350 |
36 |
Birkbeck, University of London |
30.5 |
| 185 |
37= |
University of Aberdeen |
30.3 |
| 251-300 |
37= |
University of Surrey |
30.3 |
| 188= |
39 |
University of East Anglia |
29.9 |
| 201-250 |
40 |
Queen’s University Belfast |
28.3 |
| 351-400 |
41 |
Brunel University London |
28.1 |
| 351-400 |
42 |
City, University of London |
26.6 |
| 187 |
43 |
University of Dundee |
26.3 |
| 351-400 |
44 |
Heriot-Watt University |
26.2 |
| 401-500 |
45 |
University of Strathclyde |
26.1 |
| 301-350 |
46 |
Bangor University |
25.7 |
| 301-350 |
47 |
University of Kent |
25.1 |
| 301-350 |
48 |
University of Stirling |
24.4 |
| 301-350 |
49 |
Aberystwyth University |
24.2 |
| 401-500 |
50= |
University of Hull |
24 |
| 351-400 |
50= |
Royal Veterinary College |
24 |
| 351-400 |
52 |
Aston University |
23.7 |
| 601-800 |
53 |
University of East London |
22.4 |
| 251-300 |
54 |
Swansea University |
22.1 |
| 401-500 |
55 |
Plymouth University |
21.5 |
| 201-250 |
56 |
St George’s, University of London |
21.4 |
| 601-800 |
57 |
University of Salford |
21.2 |
| 501-600 |
58 |
Ulster University |
21 |
| 401-500 |
59 |
The Open University |
20.9 |
| 601-800 |
60 |
University of Huddersfield |
20.5 |
| 501-600 |
61= |
Keele University |
19.8 |
| 601-800 |
61= |
University of Westminster |
19.8 |
| 401-500 |
63 |
Middlesex University |
19.7 |
| 601-800 |
64 |
University of Bradford |
19.2 |
| 601-800 |
65= |
Manchester Metropolitan University |
19.1 |
| 501-600 |
65= |
Northumbria University |
19.1 |
| 501-600 |
65= |
University of Portsmouth |
19.1 |
| 601-800 |
68 |
De Montfort University |
18.9 |
| 301-350 |
69= |
Brighton and Sussex Medical School |
18.8 |
| 601-800 |
69= |
Kingston University |
18.8 |
| 601-800 |
69= |
University of Roehampton |
18.8 |
| 601-800 |
72 |
Coventry University |
18.6 |
| 601-800 |
73= |
Nottingham Trent University |
18.3 |
| 801-1000 |
73= |
Sheffield Hallam University |
18.3 |
| 601-800 |
75= |
University of Brighton |
18.2 |
| 501-600 |
75= |
University of Hertfordshire |
18.2 |
| 601-800 |
77 |
Bournemouth University |
18.1 |
| 501-600 |
78 |
Liverpool John Moores University |
18 |
| 601-800 |
79 |
University of Bedfordshire |
17.6 |
| 601-800 |
80 |
University of Central Lancashire |
17.2 |
| 601-800 |
81= |
Glasgow Caledonian University |
17.1 |
| 601-800 |
81= |
University of Greenwich |
17.1 |
| 601-800 |
83= |
Edinburgh Napier University |
17 |
| 601-800 |
83= |
University of Lincoln |
17 |
| 601-800 |
83= |
University of the West of England |
17 |
| 801-1000 |
86 |
Robert Gordon University |
16.9 |
| 601-800 |
87 |
Leeds Beckett University |
16.8 |
| 301-350 |
88 |
Anglia Ruskin University |
16.7 |
| 601-800 |
89= |
University of South Wales |
16.5 |
| 601-800 |
89= |
Teesside University |
16.5 |
| 801-1000 |
91= |
University of Derby |
16.4 |
| 801-1000 |
91= |
London South Bank University |
16.4 |
| 501-600 |
93 |
University of the West of Scotland |
14.9 |