Top research institutions in United Kingdom
University of Oxford ranks first in United Kingdom on research quality in 2022–2025 (#9 worldwide), followed by University College London and University of Cambridge.
Ranked by research quality, 2022–2025
| # | Institution | World rank | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of OxfordUniversity · Oxford | #9 | 26.7% | 25,871 | #2 |
| 2 | University College LondonUniversity · London | #21 | 26.3% | 27,759 | #3 |
| 3 | University of CambridgeUniversity · Cambridge | #22 | 25.0% | 22,079 | #1 |
| 4 | Imperial College LondonUniversity · London | #44 | 24.6% | 18,363 | #4 |
| 5 | University of ManchesterUniversity · Manchester | #87 | 23.2% | 15,717 | #5 |
| 6 | King's College LondonUniversity · London | #90 | 25.2% | 15,224 | #11 |
| 7 | University of EdinburghUniversity · Edinburgh | #99 | 23.6% | 15,357 | #6 |
| 8 | University of BirminghamUniversity · Birmingham | #150 | 25.5% | 11,578 | #8 |
| 9 | University of GlasgowUniversity · Glasgow | #160 | 23.7% | 11,957 | #14 |
| 10 | University of BristolUniversity · Bristol | #173 | 23.6% | 10,914 | #7 |
| 11 | University of ExeterUniversity · Exeter | #177 | 27.6% | 8,473 | #24 |
| 12 | University of LeedsUniversity · Leeds | #183 | 24.2% | 10,706 | #12 |
| 13 | University of LiverpoolUniversity · Liverpool | #202 | 22.6% | 10,091 | #15 |
| 14 | University of NottinghamUniversity · Nottingham | #244 | 22.0% | 10,534 | #13 |
| 15 | University of WarwickUniversity · Coventry | #255 | 22.7% | 9,224 | #17 |
| 16 | University of SheffieldUniversity · Sheffield | #259 | 23.3% | 10,300 | #10 |
| 17 | Queen Mary University of LondonUniversity · London | #270 | 25.0% | 8,157 | #21 |
| 18 | Durham UniversityUniversity · Durham | #271 | 24.7% | 7,305 | #16 |
| 19 | University of SouthamptonUniversity · Southampton | #279 | 21.8% | 9,633 | #9 |
| 20 | Cardiff UniversityUniversity · Cardiff | #327 | 23.5% | 8,331 | #26 |
| 21 | Newcastle UniversityUniversity · Newcastle upon Tyne | #372 | 23.7% | 8,247 | #18 |
| 22 | University of St AndrewsUniversity · St Andrews | #436 | 21.3% | 4,433 | #23 |
| 23 | Queen's University BelfastUniversity · Belfast | #438 | 24.2% | 6,459 | #27 |
| 24 | University of StrathclydeUniversity · Glasgow | #439 | 23.1% | 5,466 | #32 |
| 25 | University of SurreyUniversity · Guildford | #481 | 28.3% | 5,164 | #33 |
| 26 | University of YorkUniversity · York | #483 | 25.1% | 6,265 | #25 |
| 27 | University of BathUniversity · Bath | #529 | 27.0% | 4,818 | #30 |
| 28 | University of ReadingUniversity · Reading | #538 | 25.4% | 3,963 | #28 |
| 29 | Lancaster UniversityUniversity · Lancaster | #578 | 24.2% | 5,443 | #35 |
| 30 | Northumbria UniversityUniversity · Newcastle upon Tyne | #622 | 27.6% | 4,613 | #79 |
| 31 | London School of Economics and Political ScienceUniversity · London | #702 | 30.4% | 4,849 | #41 |
| 32 | The Francis Crick InstituteResearch facility · London | #752 | 33.0% | 789 | #74 |
| 33 | University of LeicesterUniversity · Leicester | #761 | 22.0% | 4,691 | #34 |
| 34 | University of SussexUniversity · Brighton | #773 | 28.4% | 3,996 | #20 |
| 35 | London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineUniversity · London | #806 | 31.9% | 3,071 | #47 |
| 36 | University of East AngliaUniversity · Norwich | #842 | 23.5% | 3,458 | #29 |
| 37 | Manchester Metropolitan UniversityUniversity · Manchester | #863 | 29.7% | 3,351 | #86 |
| 38 | University of AberdeenUniversity · Aberdeen | #868 | 21.2% | 4,043 | #31 |
| 39 | Loughborough UniversityUniversity · Loughborough | #874 | 24.3% | 4,839 | #37 |
| 40 | Swansea UniversityUniversity · Swansea | #875 | 24.2% | 3,993 | #46 |
| 41 | University of DundeeUniversity · Dundee | #987 | 22.5% | 2,922 | #39 |
| 42 | Nottingham Trent UniversityUniversity · Nottingham | #999 | 25.9% | 3,252 | #92 |
| 43 | Aston UniversityUniversity · Birmingham | #1,025 | 24.9% | 2,473 | #73 |
| 44 | MRC Laboratory of Molecular BiologyResearch facility · Cambridge | #1,075 | 41.4% | 395 | #19 |
| 45 | Wellcome Sanger InstituteNonprofit · Cambridge | #1,096 | 36.8% | 435 | #60 |
| 46 | Heriot-Watt UniversityUniversity · Edinburgh | #1,140 | 22.9% | 2,213 | #51 |
| 47 | Brunel University of LondonUniversity · London | #1,180 | 27.3% | 3,118 | #52 |
| 48 | University of PortsmouthUniversity · Portsmouth | #1,191 | 26.2% | 3,148 | #95 |
| 49 | Liverpool John Moores UniversityUniversity · Liverpool | #1,263 | 26.8% | 3,086 | #97 |
| 50 | Medical Research CouncilGovernment institution · London | #1,273 | 40.5% | 538 | #22 |
| 51 | European Bioinformatics InstituteResearch facility · Cambridge | #1,274 | 35.5% | 333 | #82 |
| 52 | Cranfield UniversityUniversity · Cranfield | #1,281 | 27.9% | 2,770 | #55 |
| 53 | UK Dementia Research InstituteResearch facility · London | #1,308 | 35.7% | 681 | #193 |
| 54 | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system · London | #1,320 | 16.7% | 2,119 | #129 |
| 55 | University of PlymouthUniversity · Plymouth | #1,336 | 23.8% | 2,405 | #67 |
| 56 | University of EssexUniversity · Colchester | #1,359 | 25.5% | 3,316 | #56 |
| 57 | University of HertfordshireUniversity · Hatfield | #1,372 | 24.1% | 2,038 | #85 |
| 58 | Diamond Light SourceResearch facility · Didcot | #1,395 | 18.0% | 605 | #102 |
| 59 | University of UlsterUniversity · Coleraine | #1,409 | 22.1% | 2,995 | #80 |
| 60 | Manchester Academic Health Science CentreHospital / health system · Manchester | #1,460 | 29.3% | 1,328 | #132 |
| 61 | Microsoft Research (United Kingdom)Company · Cambridge | #1,475 | 35.6% | 735 | #61 |
| 62 | University of StirlingUniversity · Stirling | #1,563 | 26.0% | 1,881 | #59 |
| 63 | British Antarctic SurveyGovernment institution · Cambridge | #1,568 | 26.7% | 377 | #88 |
| 64 | The Open UniversityUniversity · Milton Keynes | #1,584 | 22.7% | 3,001 | #49 |
| 65 | University of KentUniversity · Canterbury | #1,602 | 24.9% | 3,001 | #54 |
| 66 | Science OxfordNonprofit · Oxford | #1,649 | 22.3% | 1,323 | #77 |
| 67 | University of GreenwichUniversity · London | #1,656 | 30.4% | 1,626 | #142 |
| 68 | University of HuddersfieldUniversity · Huddersfield | #1,726 | 25.7% | 2,182 | #131 |
| 69 | National Institute for Health and Care ResearchGovernment institution · London | #1,728 | 36.7% | 719 | #104 |
| 70 | Coventry UniversityUniversity · Coventry | #1,737 | 24.2% | 2,514 | #133 |
| 71 | Royal Holloway University of LondonUniversity · Egham | #1,750 | 23.6% | 2,455 | #58 |
| 72 | University of LincolnUniversity · Lincoln | #1,762 | 24.8% | 2,083 | #170 |
| 73 | National Hospital for Neurology and NeurosurgeryHospital / health system · London | #1,770 | 23.8% | 1,096 | #93 |
| 74 | Anglia Ruskin UniversityUniversity · Cambridge | #1,801 | 22.7% | 1,922 | #211 |
| 75 | European Centre for Medium-Range Weather ForecastsInstitution · Reading | #1,806 | 30.7% | 193 | #71 |
| 76 | Teesside UniversityUniversity · Middlesbrough | #1,813 | 27.2% | 1,435 | #195 |
| 77 | Bangor UniversityUniversity · Bangor | #1,847 | 23.0% | 1,634 | #76 |
| 78 | Met OfficeGovernment institution · Exeter | #1,866 | 23.6% | 487 | #38 |
| 79 | AstraZeneca (United Kingdom)Company · Cambridge | #1,949 | 22.6% | 825 | #96 |
| 80 | University of HullUniversity · Hull | #1,954 | 20.1% | 2,185 | #63 |
| 81 | Edinburgh Napier UniversityUniversity · Edinburgh | #1,967 | 27.1% | 1,802 | #168 |
| 82 | University of the West of EnglandUniversity · Bristol | #1,995 | 24.5% | 2,232 | #112 |
| 83 | St George's, University of LondonUniversity · London | #2,008 | 23.4% | 1,554 | #91 |
| 84 | University of BradfordUniversity · Bradford | #2,083 | 22.6% | 1,745 | #75 |
| 85 | Rutherford Appleton LaboratoryResearch facility · Didcot | #2,112 | 17.4% | 748 | #45 |
| 86 | John Radcliffe HospitalHospital / health system · Oxford | #2,129 | 26.0% | 752 | #43 |
| 87 | Keele UniversityUniversity · Newcastle-under-Lyme | #2,136 | 20.2% | 2,021 | #78 |
| 88 | Oxford Brookes UniversityUniversity · Oxford | #2,145 | 25.7% | 1,701 | #123 |
| 89 | Centre for Inflammation ResearchResearch facility · Edinburgh | #2,155 | 31.8% | 259 | #141 |
| 90 | National Centre for Atmospheric ScienceNonprofit · Leeds | #2,158 | 30.3% | 222 | #105 |
| 91 | University of LondonUniversity · London | #2,168 | 25.9% | 1,888 | #36 |
| 92 | Bournemouth UniversityUniversity · Poole | #2,209 | 23.7% | 2,008 | #126 |
| 93 | Institute of Cancer ResearchUniversity · London | #2,220 | 25.8% | 646 | #53 |
| 94 | City, University of LondonUniversity · London | #2,235 | 26.8% | 2,057 | #87 |
| 95 | Birkbeck, University of LondonUniversity · London | #2,250 | 23.6% | 1,634 | #62 |
| 96 | Google DeepMind (United Kingdom)Company · London | #2,276 | 41.7% | 223 | #250 |
| 97 | Nuffield Orthopaedic CentreHospital / health system · Oxford | #2,328 | 29.0% | 612 | #145 |
| 98 | Oxford BioMedica (United Kingdom)Company · Oxford | #2,426 | 35.0% | 378 | #230 |
| 99 | Cancer Research UKNonprofit · London | #2,451 | 31.2% | 375 | #64 |
| 100 | University of SalfordUniversity · Salford | #2,460 | 20.4% | 1,896 | #94 |
| 101 | Henry Royce InstituteUniversity · Manchester | #2,522 | 27.4% | 324 | #265 |
| 102 | Imperial College Healthcare NHS TrustHospital / health system · London | #2,563 | 16.7% | 1,300 | #247 |
| 103 | De Montfort UniversityUniversity · Leicester | #2,607 | 23.1% | 1,942 | #156 |
| 104 | National Physical LaboratoryResearch facility · London | #2,609 | 14.9% | 700 | #48 |
| 105 | Liverpool School of Tropical MedicineFunder · Liverpool | #2,646 | 32.4% | 629 | #171 |
| 106 | Sheffield Hallam UniversityUniversity · Sheffield | #2,699 | 22.3% | 2,076 | #121 |
| 107 | Birmingham City UniversityUniversity · Birmingham | #2,703 | 25.6% | 1,877 | #220 |
| 108 | Norwich Research ParkArchive · Norwich | #2,772 | 39.4% | 479 | #108 |
| 109 | Barts Health NHS TrustHospital / health system · London | #2,872 | 14.1% | 1,253 | #284 |
| 110 | Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustFunder · Cambridge | #2,913 | 16.5% | 1,118 | #261 |
| 111 | Cardiff Metropolitan UniversityUniversity · Cardiff | #2,927 | 24.9% | 1,146 | #263 |
| 112 | UK Health Security AgencyGovernment institution · London | #2,938 | 27.3% | 522 | #556 |
| 113 | William Harvey Research InstituteResearch facility · London | #2,943 | 27.5% | 399 | #127 |
| 114 | Great Ormond Street HospitalHospital / health system · London | #2,969 | 20.2% | 1,095 | #153 |
| 115 | NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research CentreResearch facility · London | #3,028 | 30.6% | 354 | #226 |
| 116 | University of LancashireUniversity · Preston | #3,037 | 21.6% | 1,521 | #151 |
| 117 | National Oceanography CentreResearch facility · Southampton | #3,094 | 27.6% | 435 | #98 |
| 118 | London Centre for NanotechnologyResearch facility · London | #3,130 | 27.1% | 252 | #120 |
| 119 | University of DerbyUniversity · Derby | #3,144 | 27.0% | 1,440 | #251 |
| 120 | University of East LondonUniversity · London | #3,207 | 21.3% | 1,124 | #221 |
| 121 | Nvidia (United Kingdom)Company · Reading | #3,220 | 19.1% | 279 | #122 |
| 122 | Leeds Beckett UniversityUniversity · Leeds | #3,235 | 28.5% | 1,577 | #186 |
| 123 | Wellcome/MRC Cambridge Stem Cell InstituteResearch facility · Cambridge | #3,285 | 38.5% | 157 | #182 |
| 124 | Centre for Human GeneticsResearch facility · Oxford | #3,297 | 40.0% | 158 | #99 |
| 125 | Kingston UniversityUniversity · London | #3,316 | 26.3% | 986 | #203 |
| 126 | UK Centre for Ecology & HydrologyInstitution · Wallingford | #3,323 | 34.9% | 498 | #106 |
| 127 | King's College SchoolUniversity · London | #3,347 | 29.7% | 864 | #103 |
| 128 | British Geological SurveyGovernment institution · Nottingham | #3,348 | 22.6% | 377 | #135 |
| 129 | Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustHospital / health system · Leeds | #3,349 | 12.7% | 1,331 | #268 |
| 130 | King's College HospitalHospital / health system · London | #3,377 | 14.3% | 1,534 | #72 |
| 131 | St Thomas' HospitalHospital / health system · London | #3,381 | 19.7% | 664 | #84 |
| 132 | Natural History MuseumArchive · London | #3,395 | 17.7% | 1,357 | #118 |
| 133 | Oldham CouncilGovernment institution · Oldham | #3,409 | 12.5% | 1,948 | #362 |
| 134 | Genomics (United Kingdom)Company · Oxford | #3,420 | 22.4% | 355 | #163 |
| 135 | University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system · London | #3,449 | 20.0% | 747 | #300 |
| 136 | The Alan Turing InstituteResearch facility · London | #3,451 | 33.9% | 551 | #358 |
| 137 | Robert Gordon UniversityUniversity · Aberdeen | #3,463 | 23.5% | 952 | #204 |
| 138 | Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system · Newcastle upon Tyne | #3,486 | 15.6% | 728 | #323 |
| 139 | Research Complex at HarwellResearch facility · Harwell | #3,497 | 25.0% | 218 | #69 |
| 140 | The Royal Free HospitalHospital / health system · London | #3,521 | 17.2% | 665 | #70 |
| 141 | Addenbrooke's HospitalHospital / health system · Cambridge | #3,533 | 17.5% | 802 | #66 |
| 142 | Middlesex UniversityUniversity · London | #3,588 | 26.1% | 1,088 | #111 |
| 143 | Google (United Kingdom)Company · London | #3,589 | 46.1% | 98 | #444 |
| 144 | Glasgow Caledonian UniversityUniversity · Glasgow | #3,606 | 22.7% | 1,193 | #208 |
| 145 | At BristolNonprofit · Bristol | #3,625 | 18.8% | 624 | #188 |
| 146 | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system · London | #3,627 | 27.8% | 671 | #237 |
| 147 | Oxford University Hospitals NHS TrustHospital / health system · Oxford | #3,648 | 13.2% | 1,211 | #260 |
| 148 | University of WestminsterUniversity · London | #3,670 | 22.6% | 1,544 | #196 |
| 149 | Royal ObservatoryResearch facility · Edinburgh | #3,725 | 39.7% | 133 | #147 |
| 150 | University of the West of ScotlandUniversity · Paisley | #3,727 | 26.0% | 1,139 | #238 |
| 151 | University of BrightonUniversity · Brighton | #3,757 | 23.3% | 1,192 | #155 |
| 152 | University College HospitalHospital / health system · London | #3,779 | 20.5% | 650 | #119 |
| 153 | Institute of Structural and Molecular BiologyResearch facility · London | #3,792 | 32.4% | 187 | #200 |
| 154 | Royal Veterinary CollegeUniversity · London | #3,795 | 18.1% | 910 | #140 |
| 155 | Manchester University NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system · Manchester | #3,812 | 12.9% | 1,314 | #374 |
| 156 | University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system · Southampton | #3,901 | 15.6% | 1,177 | #292 |
| 157 | The London CollegeUniversity · London | #3,906 | 21.1% | 597 | #242 |
| 158 | CRUK Lung Cancer Centre of ExcellenceResearch facility · Manchester | #3,929 | 29.0% | 176 | #310 |
| 159 | Goldsmiths University of LondonUniversity · London | #4,058 | 23.9% | 1,249 | #166 |
| 160 | University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system · Birmingham | #4,079 | 15.5% | 974 | #344 |
| 161 | Edinburgh Cancer ResearchResearch facility · Edinburgh | #4,142 | 28.5% | 274 | #317 |
| 162 | Sainsbury LaboratoryResearch facility · Norwich | #4,178 | 34.2% | 206 | #149 |
| 163 | Guy's HospitalHospital / health system · London | #4,186 | 23.6% | 300 | #65 |
| 164 | University of WolverhamptonUniversity · Wolverhampton | #4,190 | 22.9% | 1,012 | #207 |
| 165 | King's College Hospital NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system · London | #4,197 | 13.7% | 932 | #392 |
| 166 | London South Bank UniversityUniversity · London | #4,204 | 20.9% | 1,189 | #222 |
| 167 | Roslin InstituteResearch facility · Dalkeith | #4,223 | 22.9% | 416 | #190 |
| 168 | MRC Mitochondrial Biology UnitResearch facility · Cambridge | #4,272 | 39.9% | 97 | #289 |
| 169 | London Metropolitan UniversityUniversity · London | #4,333 | 22.4% | 1,044 | #202 |
| 170 | Royal Marsden NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system · London | #4,350 | 20.0% | 575 | #174 |
| 171 | Wellcome TrustNonprofit · London | #4,363 | 38.1% | 171 | #42 |
| 172 | Babraham InstituteResearch facility · Cambridge | #4,383 | 29.9% | 134 | #90 |
| 173 | Institute of NanotechnologyNonprofit · Glasgow | #4,397 | 17.3% | 271 | #266 |
| 174 | Hammersmith HospitalHospital / health system · London | #4,407 | 26.4% | 391 | #50 |
| 175 | Public Health EnglandGovernment institution · London | #4,421 | 25.7% | 351 | #114 |
| 176 | Centre for Economic Policy ResearchNonprofit · London | #4,427 | 20.6% | 744 | #201 |
| 177 | British Heart FoundationNonprofit · London | #4,468 | 33.8% | 299 | #228 |
| 178 | Oxford ArchaeologyNonprofit · Oxford | #4,490 | 29.9% | 382 | #138 |
| 179 | Arthritis UKNonprofit · London | #4,494 | 24.7% | 364 | #393 |
| 180 | National Centre for Earth ObservationResearch facility · Leicester | #4,558 | 24.3% | 149 | #281 |
| 181 | Health Data Research UKNonprofit · London | #4,566 | 34.6% | 270 | #512 |
| 182 | University Hospitals of Leicester NHS TrustHospital / health system · Leicester | #4,593 | 11.4% | 970 | #386 |
| 183 | Scotland's Rural CollegeUniversity · Edinburgh | #4,651 | 29.3% | 432 | #356 |
| 184 | Faculty of Public HealthNonprofit · London | #4,681 | 11.0% | 1,550 | #269 |
| 185 | Oxford Research GroupNonprofit · London | #4,715 | 33.4% | 140 | #124 |
| 186 | Aberystwyth UniversityUniversity · Aberystwyth | #4,723 | 23.6% | 790 | #83 |
| 187 | The Christie NHS Foundation TrustFunder · Manchester | #4,787 | 17.2% | 491 | #345 |
| 188 | John Innes CentreResearch facility · Norwich | #4,808 | 47.1% | 261 | #68 |
| 189 | Wellcome Centre for Human NeuroimagingResearch facility · London | #4,873 | 38.1% | 192 | #164 |
| 190 | Institute of Biomedical ScienceInstitution · London | #4,874 | 12.3% | 529 | #373 |
| 191 | James Hutton InstituteFunder · Dundee | #4,891 | 31.0% | 500 | #255 |
| 192 | Edge Hill UniversityUniversity · Ormskirk | #4,929 | 24.0% | 1,038 | #381 |
| 193 | Brighton and Sussex Medical SchoolUniversity · Brighton | #4,953 | 19.9% | 685 | #308 |
| 194 | National Health ServiceHospital / health system · London | #5,045 | 25.6% | 403 | #185 |
| 195 | University of South WalesUniversity · Pontypridd | #5,070 | 18.8% | 909 | #224 |
| 196 | MRC Epidemiology UnitResearch facility · Cambridge | #5,098 | 37.4% | 336 | #206 |
| 197 | St James's University HospitalHospital / health system · Leeds | #5,103 | 20.6% | 503 | #173 |
| 198 | Rothamsted ResearchResearch facility · Harpenden | #5,142 | 31.5% | 387 | #109 |
| 199 | Wellcome Centre for Integrative NeuroimagingResearch facility · Oxford | #5,206 | 38.5% | 214 | #253 |
| 200 | MRC Centre for Regenerative MedicineResearch facility · Edinburgh | #5,213 | 31.6% | 165 | #287 |
| 201 | Age UKNonprofit · London | #5,242 | 22.2% | 223 | #368 |
| 202 | Rosalind Franklin InstituteUniversity · Harwell | #5,250 | 19.3% | 102 | #651 |
| 203 | Queen's Medical CentreHospital / health system · Nottingham | #5,252 | 18.4% | 391 | #115 |
| 204 | Royal London HospitalHospital / health system · London | #5,272 | 14.3% | 741 | #117 |
| 205 | MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular MedicineResearch facility · Oxford | #5,306 | 28.0% | 174 | #307 |
| 206 | York St John UniversityUniversity · York | #5,368 | 27.7% | 781 | #453 |
| 207 | Ninewells HospitalHospital / health system · Dundee | #5,383 | 16.5% | 440 | #130 |
| 208 | Royal Botanic Gardens, KewArchive · London | #5,406 | 17.9% | 798 | #235 |
| 209 | Jenner InstituteResearch facility · Oxford | #5,411 | 38.3% | 80 | #246 |
| 210 | London CancerInstitution · London | #5,441 | 25.9% | 202 | #394 |
| 211 | The Queen's Medical Research InstituteGovernment institution · Edinburgh | #5,456 | 30.9% | 157 | #259 |
| 212 | Turing InstituteResearch facility · Glasgow | #5,462 | 35.8% | 277 | #452 |
| 213 | Oxford Health NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system · Oxford | #5,467 | 24.0% | 372 | #479 |
| 214 | Intelligent Health (United Kingdom)Company · Reading | #5,475 | 17.5% | 870 | #627 |
| 215 | Dartmouth HospitalHospital / health system · Dartmouth | #5,486 | 12.9% | 456 | #158 |
| 216 | NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research CentreResearch facility · Leicester | #5,512 | 25.8% | 326 | #545 |
| 217 | Institute of Genetics and CancerResearch facility · Edinburgh | #5,569 | 39.0% | 136 | #296 |
| 218 | Science and Technology Facilities CouncilGovernment institution · Swindon | #5,570 | 15.3% | 223 | #324 |
| 219 | University of West LondonUniversity · London | #5,652 | 21.1% | 670 | #301 |
| 220 | Quadram InstituteResearch facility · Norwich | #5,661 | 29.2% | 195 | #286 |
| 221 | Royal Free London NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system · London | #5,692 | 12.5% | 636 | #382 |
| 222 | The Faraday InstitutionNonprofit · Didcot | #5,721 | 34.2% | 223 | #621 |
| 223 | Hull York Medical SchoolUniversity · Heslington | #5,791 | 19.1% | 598 | #331 |
| 224 | NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research CentreResearch facility · Birmingham | #5,834 | 35.0% | 190 | #500 |
| 225 | NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research CentreResearch facility · Southampton | #5,836 | 29.0% | 258 | #465 |
| 226 | Oxford University Press (United Kingdom)Company · Oxford | #5,880 | 23.9% | 478 | #293 |
| 227 | British MuseumArchive · London | #5,887 | 30.3% | 153 | #175 |
| 228 | MRC University of Glasgow Centre for Virus ResearchGovernment institution · Glasgow | #5,891 | 37.0% | 117 | #330 |
| 229 | Nottingham University Hospitals NHS TrustHospital / health system · Nottingham | #5,895 | 11.4% | 1,047 | #318 |
| 230 | Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustFunder · Sheffield | #5,915 | 11.8% | 958 | #428 |
| 231 | University Hospital of WalesHospital / health system · Cardiff | #6,001 | 12.8% | 553 | #279 |
| 232 | University of BedfordshireUniversity · Luton | #6,012 | 22.2% | 684 | #294 |
| 233 | Maxwell Institute for Mathematical SciencesResearch facility · Edinburgh | #6,030 | 21.0% | 277 | #350 |
| 234 | Florence Nightingale FoundationNonprofit · London | #6,127 | 30.8% | 99 | #557 |
| 235 | Culham Science CentreResearch facility · Abingdon | #6,128 | 35.9% | 198 | #177 |
| 236 | Energy InstituteInstitution · London | #6,138 | 23.4% | 292 | #379 |
| 237 | Institute for SustainabilityNonprofit · London | #6,175 | 25.5% | 321 | #581 |
| 238 | Pfizer (United Kingdom)Company · Tadworth | #6,180 | 18.1% | 300 | #159 |
| 239 | Photonic Science (United Kingdom)Company · Robertsbridge | #6,196 | 14.3% | 109 | #614 |
| 240 | United Kingdom Atomic Energy AuthorityGovernment institution · Abingdon | #6,258 | 27.2% | 280 | #128 |
| 241 | Royal Marsden HospitalHospital / health system · London | #6,296 | 15.3% | 433 | #180 |
| 242 | Tyndall CentreInstitution · Norwich | #6,320 | 33.4% | 153 | #218 |
| 243 | University of the Arts LondonUniversity · London | #6,322 | 18.9% | 770 | #572 |
| 244 | Advanced Laser Technology (United Kingdom)Company · Stockport | #6,331 | 14.4% | 209 | #792 |
| 245 | Canterbury Christ Church UniversityUniversity · Canterbury | #6,352 | 25.7% | 773 | #320 |
| 246 | Cancer Research UK Scotland InstituteResearch facility · Glasgow | #6,380 | 34.6% | 91 | #172 |
| 247 | Forest ResearchInstitution · Farnham | #6,400 | 15.7% | 443 | #437 |
| 248 | Applied Photonics (United Kingdom)Company · Skipton | #6,437 | 9.4% | 207 | #539 |
| 249 | Thomas Young CentreInstitution · London | #6,450 | 26.4% | 82 | #316 |
| 250 | NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research CentreResearch facility · Manchester | #6,460 | 24.2% | 219 | #461 |
| 251 | Academy of Medical SciencesNonprofit · London | #6,471 | 15.2% | 329 | #302 |
| 252 | Edinburgh Royal InfirmaryHospital / health system · Edinburgh | #6,473 | 17.5% | 567 | #144 |
| 253 | University of SunderlandUniversity · Sunderland | #6,491 | 19.0% | 733 | #326 |
| 254 | NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research CentreResearch facility · Newcastle upon Tyne | #6,509 | 27.7% | 138 | #599 |
| 255 | MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell BiologyResearch facility · London | #6,518 | 37.5% | 84 | #167 |
| 256 | University of WalesUniversity · Cardiff | #6,530 | 24.0% | 257 | #57 |
| 257 | University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system · Bristol | #6,565 | 20.6% | 484 | #504 |
| 258 | Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system · London | #6,575 | 13.6% | 556 | #434 |
| 259 | Centre for Sustainable EnergyNonprofit · Bristol | #6,577 | 23.4% | 295 | #234 |
| 260 | UK Astronomy Technology CentreResearch facility · Edinburgh | #6,595 | 29.7% | 96 | #270 |
| 261 | Liverpool Heart and Chest HospitalHospital / health system · Liverpool | #6,619 | 25.7% | 336 | #693 |
| 262 | UCL Biomedical Research CentreHospital / health system · London | #6,637 | 32.9% | 130 | #538 |
| 263 | Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system · Liverpool | #6,672 | 16.7% | 346 | #697 |
| 264 | SOAS University of LondonUniversity · London | #6,685 | 24.1% | 823 | #291 |
| 265 | St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system · London | #6,738 | 14.6% | 640 | #513 |
| 266 | NHS LothianHospital / health system · Edinburgh | #6,747 | 14.8% | 516 | #476 |
| 267 | Leverhulme TrustNonprofit · London | #6,749 | 41.0% | 184 | #420 |
| 268 | Nuffield HealthHospital / health system · Epsom | #6,799 | 26.9% | 219 | #391 |
| 269 | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research CouncilGovernment institution · Swindon | #6,807 | 21.3% | 157 | #252 |
| 270 | University of GloucestershireUniversity · Cheltenham | #6,809 | 26.8% | 613 | #369 |
| 271 | GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom)Company · London | #6,861 | 18.0% | 197 | #101 |
| 272 | NHS Blood and TransplantHospital / health system · Watford | #6,868 | 18.5% | 212 | #271 |
| 273 | Harefield HospitalHospital / health system · London | #6,952 | 16.4% | 403 | #341 |
| 274 | Institute of RefrigerationNonprofit · London | #6,980 | 18.3% | 227 | #682 |
| 275 | Nottingham Biomedical Research CentreResearch facility · Nottingham | #7,027 | 24.2% | 345 | #451 |
| 276 | University of StaffordshireUniversity · Stoke-on-Trent | #7,041 | 22.3% | 770 | #264 |
| 277 | Natural Environment Research CouncilGovernment institution · Swindon | #7,047 | 26.1% | 88 | #146 |
| 278 | Adam Smith InstituteUniversity · London | #7,067 | 40.1% | 334 | #582 |
| 279 | Queen Elizabeth Hospital BirminghamHospital / health system · Birmingham | #7,086 | 10.0% | 648 | #225 |
| 280 | MRC London Institute of Medical SciencesResearch facility · London | #7,089 | 33.8% | 107 | #339 |
| 281 | Queen Elizabeth University HospitalHospital / health system · Glasgow | #7,135 | 10.6% | 592 | #550 |
| 282 | NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research UnitGovernment institution · Leeds | #7,158 | 21.8% | 236 | #435 |
| 283 | University of ChesterUniversity · Chester | #7,164 | 18.0% | 737 | #306 |
| 284 | University of RoehamptonUniversity · London | #7,165 | 21.4% | 823 | #290 |
| 285 | The Pirbright InstituteResearch facility · Woking | #7,169 | 31.5% | 187 | #192 |
| 286 | Huawei Technologies (United Kingdom)Company · Basingstoke | #7,214 | 20.3% | 295 | #655 |
| 287 | Bristol Robotics LaboratoryResearch facility · Bristol | #7,268 | 21.8% | 295 | #113 |
| 288 | Rolls-Royce (United Kingdom)Company · London | #7,274 | 19.7% | 316 | #139 |
| 289 | MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and AgeingResearch facility · London | #7,298 | 35.7% | 118 | #429 |
| 290 | University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS TrustHospital / health system · Coventry | #7,320 | 15.5% | 443 | #490 |
| 291 | Culham Centre for Fusion EnergyResearch facility · Abingdon | #7,562 | 42.7% | 127 | #240 |
| 292 | Defence Science and Technology LaboratoryGovernment institution · Salisbury | #7,606 | 14.8% | 240 | #282 |
| 293 | University of WinchesterUniversity · Winchester | #7,618 | 15.3% | 744 | #494 |
| 294 | Cancer Research UK Cambridge CenterResearch facility · Cambridge | #7,694 | 30.5% | 130 | #410 |
| 295 | Western General HospitalHospital / health system · Edinburgh | #7,702 | 17.6% | 244 | #110 |
| 296 | Cancer Research UK Manchester InstituteResearch facility · Manchester | #7,717 | 24.9% | 161 | #229 |
| 297 | Scottish Universities Physics AllianceUniversity · Glasgow | #7,732 | 24.3% | 65 | #210 |
| 298 | University College BirminghamUniversity · Birmingham | #7,773 | 26.1% | 245 | #528 |
| 299 | Institute of Food Science & TechnologyNonprofit · London | #7,820 | 20.4% | 373 | #633 |
| 300 | University of NorthamptonUniversity · Northampton | #7,829 | 21.8% | 582 | #489 |
Institutions above the volume floor, ranked within United Kingdom on the quality composite for 2022–2025; research measures only, not teaching. The tick on each rate track is the world’s rate in this record, 16.5% — teal above it, red below; bars are scaled to the largest institution on this page.
Size against quality inside United Kingdom
The upper left is the interesting corner: institutions that publish less than the national giants and land more of it in the world top 10%.
above the meannear itbelow it
One dot per institution in the table above.