Who's in the Top Ten for their Subjects 2018
Together with the main University League Tables, we also rank universities in 70 subject tables. Find out which universities rank top of the tables, and how many times they feature in the top 10 rankings – take a look at the table below.
- Click on a university name to read a university profile – entry requirements, student services and facilities, accommodation, fees, downloadable PDF, and much more.
- Discover which universities make the most number of subject table appearances region by region and which university is ranked first for each subject.
Rank | Institution | Appearances in Subject Tables | Top Places | Times in Top Ten | Percentage in Top Ten |
1 | Cambridge | 44 | 34 | 44 | 100.0 |
2 | Oxford | 38 | 5 | 38 | 100.0 |
3 | Imperial College London | 14 | 1 | 14 | 100.0 |
4 | Royal Veterinary College | 2 | 0 | 2 | 100.0 |
5 | Durham | 33 | 3 | 32 | 97.0 |
6 | St Andrews | 25 | 2 | 23 | 92.0 |
7 | University College London | 37 | 1 | 31 | 83.8 |
8 | London School of Economics | 12 | 0 | 10 | 83.3 |
9 | Warwick | 29 | 1 | 23 | 79.3 |
10 | Bath | 27 | 1 | 19 | 70.4 |
11 | Exeter | 36 | 1 | 23 | 63.9 |
12 | Birmingham | 49 | 2 | 30 | 61.2 |
13 | Bristol | 39 | 0 | 23 | 59.0 |
14 | Surrey | 33 | 2 | 17 | 51.5 |
15 | Glasgow | 44 | 2 | 21 | 47.7 |
16 | Newcastle | 40 | 2 | 18 | 45.0 |
17 | Loughborough | 29 | 1 | 13 | 44.8 |
18 | Leeds | 52 | 1 | 21 | 40.4 |
19 | Nottingham | 51 | 2 | 20 | 39.2 |
20 | Lancaster | 34 | 1 | 13 | 38.2 |
21 | Strathclyde | 34 | 2 | 13 | 38.2 |
22 | Edinburgh | 50 | 0 | 19 | 38.0 |
23 | Manchester | 50 | 0 | 17 | 34.0 |
24 | York | 30 | 0 | 8 | 26.7 |
25 | Harper Adams | 4 | 0 | 1 | 25.0 |
26 | King's College London | 28 | 0 | 7 | 25.0 |
27 | Reading | 34 | 1 | 8 | 23.5 |
28 | East Anglia (UEA) | 35 | 0 | 8 | 22.9 |
29 | Queen's, Belfast | 41 | 0 | 9 | 22.0 |
30 | Cardiff | 46 | 2 | 10 | 21.7 |
31 | Southampton | 42 | 0 | 9 | 21.4 |
32 | Glasgow Caledonian | 25 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 |
33 | Sheffield | 40 | 0 | 8 | 20.0 |
34 | Sussex | 31 | 0 | 6 | 19.4 |
35 | Dundee | 34 | 0 | 6 | 17.6 |
36 | Robert Gordon | 24 | 0 | 4 | 16.7 |
37 | Heriot-Watt | 19 | 0 | 3 | 15.8 |
38 | Bangor | 32 | 0 | 5 | 15.6 |
39 | SOAS University of London | 13 | 0 | 2 | 15.4 |
40 | Aberdeen | 41 | 0 | 6 | 14.6 |
41 | Bradford | 28 | 0 | 4 | 14.3 |
42 | Highlands & Islands | 15 | 0 | 2 | 13.3 |
43 | Keele | 31 | 1 | 4 | 12.9 |
44 | Coventry | 40 | 0 | 5 | 12.5 |
45 | Aston | 25 | 0 | 3 | 12.0 |
46 | Stirling | 25 | 0 | 3 | 12.0 |
47 | Liverpool | 46 | 0 | 5 | 10.9 |
48 | Essex | 28 | 0 | 3 | 10.7 |
49 | Lincoln | 28 | 0 | 3 | 10.7 |
50 | Swansea | 40 | 1 | 4 | 10.0 |
51 | Ulster | 41 | 0 | 4 | 9.8 |
52 | Edinburgh Napier | 21 | 0 | 2 | 9.5 |
53 | Hull | 42 | 0 | 4 | 9.5 |
54 | Nottingham Trent | 42 | 0 | 4 | 9.5 |
55 | Northumbria | 37 | 0 | 3 | 8.1 |
56 | Birkbeck, University of London | 25 | 0 | 2 | 8.0 |
57 | Royal Holloway, University of London | 25 | 0 | 2 | 8.0 |
58 | Oxford Brookes | 38 | 0 | 3 | 7.9 |
59 | Kent | 39 | 0 | 3 | 7.7 |
60 | West of England, Bristol | 39 | 0 | 3 | 7.7 |
61 | Aberystwyth | 27 | 0 | 2 | 7.4 |
62 | Queen Mary, University of London | 27 | 1 | 2 | 7.4 |
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