The United Kingdom is one of the most popular higher education destinations for international students. students from all over the world travel to the UK every year with hopes of getting a degree from reputed universities. Studying in the UK means a great way to expand your knowledge while enjoying a completely new culture. More than 500,000 international students enroll in the UK every year, making it the world’s second most popular destination for higher education, after the US.

The UK is known for some of the top universities in the world. These universities are accepted internationally by governments and employers alike. Here are the top universities for your reference.

University of Oxford

Oxford University is one of the oldest universities established in the year 1096 and is situated in Oxford, England. The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020 ranked Oxford as the best university in the world for the fourth year running. As per 2018-19 data, there were 11,813 graduate students from 155+ countries and territories. More than half of the graduate students come from outside the UK. To view the list of courses that are currently accepting applications for September 2020, please click here.

 

University of Cambridge

This university was founded in the year 1209 and is one of the world’s oldest universities. There are more than 11,000 staff working in over 31 colleges and 150 departments. Each College has its own internal procedures. They select students, subject to University regulations, and most admit both undergraduate and postgraduate students. For more information about the courses open for 2020-21, please click here.

Imperial College London

Imperial College London is one of the world’s top ten universities with an international reputation for excellence in teaching and research. It was established in 1907 and the Royal College of Science, the Royal School of Mines and the City & Guilds College were combined to form Imperial College London. This college focuses on four main disciplines – science, engineering, medicine and business. The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020 ranked it as the 3^rd best university in Europe and 10^th in the world.

University College London (UCL)

Founded in 1826, UCL is a diverse global community of world-class academics, students, external partners and alumni. The main campus of the university is in Bloomsbury in central London. During the year 2019-20, there were over 43,900 students from more than 150 countries. It offers Master’s degree programs across Medicine & Health, Social Sciences, Engineering & Technology, Business & Management, Humanities, Natural Sciences & Mathematics, Law and Journalism & Media to name a few. UCL alumni includes Mahatma Gandhi, Alexander Graham Bell and many more such renowned personalities.

London School of Economics and Political Science

This university was established in the year 1895 and is located in Houghton. It offers a range of different programs from undergraduate and graduate study, to executive education, distance learning, language study and summer school. It has courses across subjects such as Accounting, Business & Management, Economics, English Language, Finance, International Relations, Law, Research Methods, Data Science and Mathematics. This university is known for its research across a full range of social, political and economic sciences.

University of Edinburgh

The university started operating in the year 1583 and is one of the oldest universities in Scotland. The University of Edinburgh’s academic structure is based on three broad domains – College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences, College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine and College of Science & Engineering. To know more about the colleges, please click here. Some of the well-known alumni members of this university are A.P.J Abdul Kalam, Bill Gates and Neil Armstrong.

King’s College London

King’s College London was founded in the year 1829 and is a public research institute of higher education. It is one of top ten UK universities in the world as per QS World University Rankings 2020. This university is well-known for its courses on Humanities, Law, Science (including health areas such as Psychiatry, Medicine, Nursing and Dentistry) and Social Sciences (including International Affairs). Some of its most reputed courses are Biological Science, Business & Management Studies, Dentistry, Food Science, French and Law. This university is still accepting applications for courses that have remaining spaces available. For more details, please click here.

University of Manchester

This university was established in the year 2004 and is located in Manchester, Oxford Road, England. The Victoria University of Manchester and University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology merged to form this university. It offers Undergraduate courses, Taught Master’s courses, Postgraduate research, Diplomas and Certification programs. This university is still accepting applications for September 2020 entry. For more details on application related information, please click here.

University of Warwick 

This university started operating from the year 1964. It offers Postgraduate and Undergraduate courses across various subjects such as Engineering, Science, Medicine, Social Science, Arts, Theatre, Language, Law, Business and Finance. There are approximately 8200 Postgraduate students studying for Taught Master’s course at Warwick, pursing degrees of MA, MSc, MBA or LLM. The main campus of this university is located in between the City of Coventry and the County of Warwickshire. The university’s academic activities are organized in the form of three broad departments – Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Science, Engineering & Medicine and Faculty of Social Sciences. Under these departments there are multiple subjects taught pertaining to the streams.

University of Bristol

It is one of the world’s top 50 universities as per QS World University Rankings 2020. The university was founded in the year 1876. It offers courses across domains such as Arts, Engineering, Health Sciences, Life Sciences, Social Sciences and Law. The University of Bristol was the second most targeted university by the UK’s top 100 employers, according to the Graduate Market 2019 report produced by High Fliers.

Hope this article helps you to select from the UK’s top universities if you are planning to study abroad. We wish you all the best!