Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings 2007 - UK and Ireland

The top universities in the UK and Ireland

2007 Rank UK/Eire	2007 Rank World	2006 Rank World	Institution Name	Country	Peer Review	Recruiter Review	Intl. Faculty	Intl. Students	Faculty / Student	Citations / Faculty	Overall
1=	2=	3	University of OXFORD	United Kingdom	100	100	97	96	100	82	97.6
1=	2=	2	University of CAMBRIDGE	United Kingdom	100	100	98	91	99	83	97.6
3	5	9	Imperial College LONDON	United Kingdom	99	99	98	100	100	82	97.5
4	9	25	UCL (University College LONDON)	United Kingdom	96	98	91	98	100	82	95.3
5	23	33	University of EDINBURGH	United Kingdom	96	98	71	80	82	76	88.8
6	24	46	King's College LONDON	United Kingdom	90	95	93	84	91	70	88.2
7	30	40	University of MANCHESTER	United Kingdom	89	99	84	85	77	70	84.7
8	37	64	University of BRISTOL	United Kingdom	81	98	88	72	85	77	84.1
9	53	78	TRINITY College Dublin	Ireland	80	92	99	77	70	58	76.9
10	57	73	University of WARWICK	United Kingdom	80	98	89	96	62	58	76.4
11	59	17	LONDON School of Economics and Political...	United Kingdom	89	100	100	100	65	29	75.7
12	65	90	University of BIRMINGHAM	United Kingdom	71	93	84	70	62	75	74.1
13	68	102	University of SHEFFIELD	United Kingdom	69	96	81	67	71	69	73.7
14	70	85	University of NOTTINGHAM	United Kingdom	69	98	84	88	64	65	73.2
15	74	124	University of YORK	United Kingdom	62	92	76	83	78	69	72.4
16	76	109	University of ST ANDREWS	United Kingdom	57	95	91	99	78	69	72.3
17=	80=	121	University of LEEDS	United Kingdom	74	97	76	59	56	69	72.0
17=	80=	141	University of SOUTHAMPTON	United Kingdom	60	90	88	74	71	76	72.0
19	83	81	University of GLASGOW	United Kingdom	71	84	42	54	71	75	71.8
20	99	141	CARDIFF University	United Kingdom	62	84	72	75	70	65	68.6
21	101	139	University of LIVERPOOL	United Kingdom	55	85	83	64	70	76	68.1
22	109	132	DURHAM University	United Kingdom	59	98	92	61	49	74	66.5
23	121	105	University of SUSSEX	United Kingdom	58	51	90	83	58	77	65.2
24	129	133	NEWCASTLE University, NEWCASTLE Upon Tyn...	United Kingdom	45	87	80	80	74	67	63.9
25	137	195	University of ABERDEEN	United Kingdom	45	65	91	73	78	67	62.7
26	145	153	University of BATH	United Kingdom	46	96	91	92	49	71	62.0
27	147	228	University of LANCASTER	United Kingdom	49	80	88	81	65	57	61.7
28	149	99	Queen Mary, University of LONDON	United Kingdom	55	65	94	92	81	30	61.2
29	158	140	CRANFIELD University	United Kingdom	31	74	74	100	100	57	60.7
30	171	238	University of DUNDEE	United Kingdom	44	51	84	66	65	71	58.3
31	177	219	University College DUBLIN	Ireland	56	85	89	58	30	63	57.8
32	180	190	University of READING	United Kingdom	45	67	78	78	53	69	57.7
33	185	239	University of LEICESTER	United Kingdom	37	60	77	86	60	76	57.0
34	190	258	University of SURREY	United Kingdom	33	79	95	92	61	64	56.4
35	205	206	QUEEN'S University of Belfast	United Kingdom	48	78	97	46	54	42	54.1
36	220	224	University of EXETER	United Kingdom	37	90	82	64	43	59	52.7
37	237	266	LOUGHBOROUGH University	United Kingdom	32	91	75	78	51	49	50.5
38	243	70	School of Oriental and African Studies, ...	United Kingdom	44	56	99	100	77	1	49.6
39	252	307	University of STRATHCLYDE	United Kingdom	34	89	68	51	46	55	49.2
40	266	N/A	ASTON University	United Kingdom	29	85	93	81	32	56	47.1
41	272	N/A	University of ESSEX	United Kingdom	36	24	97	99	46	49	46.4
42	286	386	University College CORK	Ireland	31	68	82	61	33	54	44.6
43	292	305	BRUNEL University	United Kingdom	25	70	89	87	39	47	43.6
44	300	441	DUBLIN City University	Ireland	28	69	81	62	26	59	43.1
45	349	307	University of BRADFORD	United Kingdom	26	35	69	94	32	50	39.0
46	351	370	DUBLIN Institute of Technology	Ireland	25	53	23	37	93	5	38.7
47	356	N/A	University of EAST Anglia (UEA)	United Kingdom	22	40	82	66	51	37	38.5
48	401	354	ROYAL HOLLOWAY University of London	United Kingdom	22	10	94	97	53	21	34.6
49	408	383	SWANSEA University	United Kingdom	25	66	81	59	49	1	34.2
50	426	407	GOLDSMITHS, University of London	United Kingdom	32	25	82	85	31	13	32.9
51	441	N/A	University of KENT	United Kingdom	11	29	91	81	36	38	31.4
52	442	512	University of LIMERICK	Ireland	18	60	77	23	15	49	31.3
53	484	437	National University of Ireland, GALWAY	Ireland	30	47	71	63	24	2	28.7
54	490	370	ABERYSTWYTH University	United Kingdom	30	12	65	57	38	1	27.7
55	493	491	University of Wales, BANGOR	United Kingdom	25	10	73	50	48	1	27.3
56	495	N/A	University of HULL	United Kingdom	8	0	78	54	33	52	27.2

Source: THES – QS World University Rankings
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