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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

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

0%20%40%mean 24.7543%fractional works (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Oxford: 26k, 26.7%University College London: 28k, 26.3%University of Cambridge: 22k, 25.0%Imperial College London: 18k, 24.6%University of Manchester: 16k, 23.2%King's College London: 15k, 25.2%University of Edinburgh: 15k, 23.6%University of Birmingham: 12k, 25.5%University of Glasgow: 12k, 23.7%University of Bristol: 11k, 23.6%University of Exeter: 8,473, 27.6%University of Leeds: 11k, 24.2%University of Liverpool: 10k, 22.6%University of Nottingham: 11k, 22.0%University of Warwick: 9,224, 22.7%University of Sheffield: 10k, 23.3%Queen Mary University of London: 8,157, 25.0%Durham University: 7,305, 24.7%University of Southampton: 9,633, 21.8%Cardiff University: 8,331, 23.5%Newcastle University: 8,247, 23.7%University of St Andrews: 4,433, 21.3%Queen's University Belfast: 6,459, 24.2%University of Strathclyde: 5,466, 23.1%University of Surrey: 5,164, 28.3%University of York: 6,265, 25.1%University of Bath: 4,818, 27.0%University of Reading: 3,963, 25.4%Lancaster University: 5,443, 24.2%Northumbria University: 4,613, 27.6%London School of Economics and Political Science: 4,849, 30.4%The Francis Crick Institute: 789, 33.0%University of Leicester: 4,691, 22.0%University of Sussex: 3,996, 28.4%London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine: 3,071, 31.9%University of East Anglia: 3,458, 23.5%Manchester Metropolitan University: 3,351, 29.7%University of Aberdeen: 4,043, 21.2%Loughborough University: 4,839, 24.3%Swansea University: 3,993, 24.2%University of Dundee: 2,922, 22.5%Nottingham Trent University: 3,252, 25.9%Aston University: 2,473, 24.9%MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology: 395, 41.4%Wellcome Sanger Institute: 435, 36.8%Heriot-Watt University: 2,213, 22.9%Brunel University of London: 3,118, 27.3%University of Portsmouth: 3,148, 26.2%Liverpool John Moores University: 3,086, 26.8%Medical Research Council: 538, 40.5%European Bioinformatics Institute: 333, 35.5%Cranfield University: 2,770, 27.9%UK Dementia Research Institute: 681, 35.7%Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust: 2,119, 16.7%University of Plymouth: 2,405, 23.8%University of Essex: 3,316, 25.5%University of Hertfordshire: 2,038, 24.1%Diamond Light Source: 605, 18.0%University of Ulster: 2,995, 22.1%Manchester Academic Health Science Centre: 1,328, 29.3%Microsoft Research (United Kingdom): 735, 35.6%University of Stirling: 1,881, 26.0%British Antarctic Survey: 377, 26.7%The Open University: 3,001, 22.7%University of Kent: 3,001, 24.9%Science Oxford: 1,323, 22.3%University of Greenwich: 1,626, 30.4%University of Huddersfield: 2,182, 25.7%National Institute for Health and Care Research: 719, 36.7%Coventry University: 2,514, 24.2%Royal Holloway University of London: 2,455, 23.6%University of Lincoln: 2,083, 24.8%National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery: 1,096, 23.8%Anglia Ruskin University: 1,922, 22.7%European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts: 193, 30.7%Teesside University: 1,435, 27.2%Bangor University: 1,634, 23.0%Met Office: 487, 23.6%AstraZeneca (United Kingdom): 825, 22.6%University of Hull: 2,185, 20.1%Edinburgh Napier University: 1,802, 27.1%University of the West of England: 2,232, 24.5%St George's, University of London: 1,554, 23.4%University of Bradford: 1,745, 22.6%Rutherford Appleton Laboratory: 748, 17.4%John Radcliffe Hospital: 752, 26.0%Keele University: 2,021, 20.2%Oxford Brookes University: 1,701, 25.7%Centre for Inflammation Research: 259, 31.8%National Centre for Atmospheric Science: 222, 30.3%University of London: 1,888, 25.9%Bournemouth University: 2,008, 23.7%Institute of Cancer Research: 646, 25.8%City, University of London: 2,057, 26.8%Birkbeck, University of London: 1,634, 23.6%Google DeepMind (United Kingdom): 223, 41.7%Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre: 612, 29.0%Oxford BioMedica (United Kingdom): 378, 35.0%Cancer Research UK: 375, 31.2%University of Salford: 1,896, 20.4%Henry Royce Institute: 324, 27.4%Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust: 1,300, 16.7%De Montfort University: 1,942, 23.1%National Physical Laboratory: 700, 14.9%Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine: 629, 32.4%Sheffield Hallam University: 2,076, 22.3%Birmingham City University: 1,877, 25.6%Norwich Research Park: 479, 39.4%Barts Health NHS Trust: 1,253, 14.1%Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: 1,118, 16.5%Cardiff Metropolitan University: 1,146, 24.9%UK Health Security Agency: 522, 27.3%William Harvey Research Institute: 399, 27.5%Great Ormond Street Hospital: 1,095, 20.2%NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre: 354, 30.6%University of Lancashire: 1,521, 21.6%National Oceanography Centre: 435, 27.6%London Centre for Nanotechnology: 252, 27.1%University of Derby: 1,440, 27.0%University of East London: 1,124, 21.3%Nvidia (United Kingdom): 279, 19.1%Leeds Beckett University: 1,577, 28.5%Wellcome/MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute: 157, 38.5%Centre for Human Genetics: 158, 40.0%Kingston University: 986, 26.3%UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology: 498, 34.9%King's College School: 864, 29.7%British Geological Survey: 377, 22.6%Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust: 1,331, 12.7%King's College Hospital: 1,534, 14.3%St Thomas' Hospital: 664, 19.7%Natural History Museum: 1,357, 17.7%Oldham Council: 1,948, 12.5%Genomics (United Kingdom): 355, 22.4%University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: 747, 20.0%The Alan Turing Institute: 551, 33.9%Robert Gordon University: 952, 23.5%Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: 728, 15.6%Research Complex at Harwell: 218, 25.0%The Royal Free Hospital: 665, 17.2%Addenbrooke's Hospital: 802, 17.5%Middlesex University: 1,088, 26.1%Google (United Kingdom): 98, 46.1%Glasgow Caledonian University: 1,193, 22.7%At Bristol: 624, 18.8%South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust: 671, 27.8%Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust: 1,211, 13.2%University of Westminster: 1,544, 22.6%Royal Observatory: 133, 39.7%University of the West of Scotland: 1,139, 26.0%University of Brighton: 1,192, 23.3%University College Hospital: 650, 20.5%Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology: 187, 32.4%Royal Veterinary College: 910, 18.1%Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust: 1,314, 12.9%University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust: 1,177, 15.6%The London College: 597, 21.1%CRUK Lung Cancer Centre of Excellence: 176, 29.0%Goldsmiths University of London: 1,249, 23.9%University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust: 974, 15.5%Edinburgh Cancer Research: 274, 28.5%Sainsbury Laboratory: 206, 34.2%Guy's Hospital: 300, 23.6%University of Wolverhampton: 1,012, 22.9%King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: 932, 13.7%London South Bank University: 1,189, 20.9%Roslin Institute: 416, 22.9%MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit: 97, 39.9%London Metropolitan University: 1,044, 22.4%Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust: 575, 20.0%Wellcome Trust: 171, 38.1%Babraham Institute: 134, 29.9%Institute of Nanotechnology: 271, 17.3%Hammersmith Hospital: 391, 26.4%Public Health England: 351, 25.7%Centre for Economic Policy Research: 744, 20.6%British Heart Foundation: 299, 33.8%Oxford Archaeology: 382, 29.9%Arthritis UK: 364, 24.7%National Centre for Earth Observation: 149, 24.3%Health Data Research UK: 270, 34.6%University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust: 970, 11.4%Scotland's Rural College: 432, 29.3%Faculty of Public Health: 1,550, 11.0%Oxford Research Group: 140, 33.4%Aberystwyth University: 790, 23.6%The Christie NHS Foundation Trust: 491, 17.2%John Innes Centre: 261, 47.1%Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging: 192, 38.1%Institute of Biomedical Science: 529, 12.3%James Hutton Institute: 500, 31.0%Edge Hill University: 1,038, 24.0%Brighton and Sussex Medical School: 685, 19.9%National Health Service: 403, 25.6%University of South Wales: 909, 18.8%MRC Epidemiology Unit: 336, 37.4%St James's University Hospital: 503, 20.6%Rothamsted Research: 387, 31.5%Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging: 214, 38.5%MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine: 165, 31.6%Age UK: 223, 22.2%Rosalind Franklin Institute: 102, 19.3%Queen's Medical Centre: 391, 18.4%Royal London Hospital: 741, 14.3%MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine: 174, 28.0%York St John University: 781, 27.7%Ninewells Hospital: 440, 16.5%Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: 798, 17.9%Jenner Institute: 80, 38.3%London Cancer: 202, 25.9%The Queen's Medical Research Institute: 157, 30.9%Turing Institute: 277, 35.8%Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust: 372, 24.0%Intelligent Health (United Kingdom): 870, 17.5%Dartmouth Hospital: 456, 12.9%NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre: 326, 25.8%Institute of Genetics and Cancer: 136, 39.0%Science and Technology Facilities Council: 223, 15.3%University of West London: 670, 21.1%Quadram Institute: 195, 29.2%Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust: 636, 12.5%The Faraday Institution: 223, 34.2%Hull York Medical School: 598, 19.1%NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre: 190, 35.0%NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre: 258, 29.0%Oxford University Press (United Kingdom): 478, 23.9%British Museum: 153, 30.3%MRC University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research: 117, 37.0%Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust: 1,047, 11.4%Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: 958, 11.8%University Hospital of Wales: 553, 12.8%University of Bedfordshire: 684, 22.2%Maxwell Institute for Mathematical Sciences: 277, 21.0%Florence Nightingale Foundation: 99, 30.8%Culham Science Centre: 198, 35.9%Energy Institute: 292, 23.4%Institute for Sustainability: 321, 25.5%Pfizer (United Kingdom): 300, 18.1%Photonic Science (United Kingdom): 109, 14.3%United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority: 280, 27.2%Royal Marsden Hospital: 433, 15.3%Tyndall Centre: 153, 33.4%University of the Arts London: 770, 18.9%Advanced Laser Technology (United Kingdom): 209, 14.4%Canterbury Christ Church University: 773, 25.7%Cancer Research UK Scotland Institute: 91, 34.6%Forest Research: 443, 15.7%Applied Photonics (United Kingdom): 207, 9.4%Thomas Young Centre: 82, 26.4%NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre: 219, 24.2%Academy of Medical Sciences: 329, 15.2%Edinburgh Royal Infirmary: 567, 17.5%University of Sunderland: 733, 19.0%NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre: 138, 27.7%MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology: 84, 37.5%University of Wales: 257, 24.0%University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust: 484, 20.6%Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust: 556, 13.6%Centre for Sustainable Energy: 295, 23.4%UK Astronomy Technology Centre: 96, 29.7%Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital: 336, 25.7%UCL Biomedical Research Centre: 130, 32.9%Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: 346, 16.7%SOAS University of London: 823, 24.1%St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: 640, 14.6%NHS Lothian: 516, 14.8%Leverhulme Trust: 184, 41.0%Nuffield Health: 219, 26.9%Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council: 157, 21.3%University of Gloucestershire: 613, 26.8%GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom): 197, 18.0%NHS Blood and Transplant: 212, 18.5%Harefield Hospital: 403, 16.4%Institute of Refrigeration: 227, 18.3%Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre: 345, 24.2%University of Staffordshire: 770, 22.3%Natural Environment Research Council: 88, 26.1%Adam Smith Institute: 334, 40.1%Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham: 648, 10.0%MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences: 107, 33.8%Queen Elizabeth University Hospital: 592, 10.6%NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit: 236, 21.8%University of Chester: 737, 18.0%University of Roehampton: 823, 21.4%The Pirbright Institute: 187, 31.5%Huawei Technologies (United Kingdom): 295, 20.3%Bristol Robotics Laboratory: 295, 21.8%Rolls-Royce (United Kingdom): 316, 19.7%MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing: 118, 35.7%University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust: 443, 15.5%Culham Centre for Fusion Energy: 127, 42.7%Defence Science and Technology Laboratory: 240, 14.8%University of Winchester: 744, 15.3%Cancer Research UK Cambridge Center: 130, 30.5%Western General Hospital: 244, 17.6%Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute: 161, 24.9%Scottish Universities Physics Alliance: 65, 24.3%University College Birmingham: 245, 26.1%Institute of Food Science & Technology: 373, 20.4%University of Northampton: 582, 21.8%University of OxfordUniversity College L…University of Cambri…Imperial College Lon…
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