100 Best universities for Accounting in the United Kingdom

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in the United Kingdom ranked based on their research performance in Accounting. A graph of 2.16M citations received by 85.5K academic papers made by 112 universities in the United Kingdom was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. University of Oxford

England | Oxford

For Accounting

#1 in Europe

#13 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

2. London School of Economics and Political Science

England | London

For Accounting

#2 in Europe

#20 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 9,218
Founded: 1895

3. University College London

England | London

For Accounting

#3 in Europe

#23 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

4. University of Cambridge

England | Cambridge

For Accounting

#4 in Europe

#32 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

5. University of Manchester

England | Manchester

For Accounting

#5 in Europe

#35 in the World

Founded: 1824

6. University of Edinburgh

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Accounting

#9 in Europe

#67 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

7. Imperial College London

England | London

For Accounting

#11 in Europe

#78 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

8. University of Nottingham

England | Nottingham

For Accounting

#12 in Europe

#83 in the World

Founded: 1948

9. University of Sheffield

England | Sheffield

For Accounting

#13 in Europe

#85 in the World

Founded: 1905

10. London Business School

England | London

For Accounting

#14 in Europe

#86 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1964

11. University of Warwick

England | Coventry

For Accounting

#15 in Europe

#88 in the World

Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

12. University of Leeds

England | Leeds

For Accounting

#16 in Europe

#96 in the World

Founded: 1904

13. University of Bristol

England | Bristol

For Accounting

#17 in Europe

#107 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Enrollment: 27,513
Founded: 1909

14. King's College London

England | London

For Accounting

#19 in Europe

#110 in the World

Founded: 1829

15. University of Glasgow

Scotland | Glasgow

For Accounting

#20 in Europe

#112 in the World

Founded: 1451

16. Cardiff University

Wales | Cardiff

For Accounting

#23 in Europe

#119 in the World

Founded: 1997

17. Lancaster University

England | Lancaster

For Accounting

#24 in Europe

#124 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1964

18. University of Southampton

England | Southampton

For Accounting

#26 in Europe

#131 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

19. University of Liverpool

England | Liverpool

For Accounting

#27 in Europe

#134 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

20. University of Birmingham

England | Birmingham

For Accounting

#28 in Europe

#136 in the World

Founded: 1900

21. University of Exeter

England | Exeter

For Accounting

#29 in Europe

#138 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

22. University of Aberdeen

Scotland | Aberdeen

For Accounting

#32 in Europe

#147 in the World

Founded: 1495

23. University of York

For Accounting

#34 in Europe

#149 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

24. University of Reading

England | Reading

For Accounting

#37 in Europe

#154 in the World

Founded: 1892

25. University of Essex

England | Colchester

For Accounting

#39 in Europe

#157 in the World

Founded: 1964

26. University of East Anglia

England | Norwich

For Accounting

#41 in Europe

#162 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1963

27. Newcastle University

England | Newcastle upon Tyne

For Accounting

#42 in Europe

#171 in the World

Founded: 1963

28. University of Strathclyde

Scotland | Glasgow

For Accounting

#43 in Europe

#172 in the World

Founded: 1964

29. University of Dundee

Scotland | Dundee

For Accounting

#45 in Europe

#177 in the World

Founded: 1967

30. City, University of London

England | London

For Accounting

#50 in Europe

#197 in the World

Founded: 1966

31. University of Bath

For Accounting

#51 in Europe

#199 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Enrollment: 18,857
Male:Female: 53:47
Founded: 1966

32. Loughborough University

England | Loughborough

For Accounting

#59 in Europe

#217 in the World

Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

33. Cranfield University

England | Cranfield

For Accounting

#66 in Europe

#233 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Enrollment: 4,825
Founded: 1993

34. University of Stirling

Scotland | Stirling

For Accounting

#71 in Europe

#243 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 14,000
Founded: 1967

35. University of London

England | London

For Accounting

#75 in Europe

#252 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

36. Brunel University London

England | Uxbridge

For Accounting

#76 in Europe

#253 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1966

37. University of Sussex

England | Brighton

For Accounting

#79 in Europe

#257 in the World

Enrollment: 17,319
Male:Female: 44:56
Founded: 1961

38. University of Leicester

England | Leicester

For Accounting

#81 in Europe

#264 in the World

Enrollment: 24,409
Male:Female: 46:54
Founded: 1957

39. Durham University

England | Durham

For Accounting

#84 in Europe

#270 in the World

Enrollment: 19,520
Founded: 1832

40. University of Wales

Wales | Cardiff

For Accounting

#87 in Europe

#278 in the World

Founded: 1893

41. Royal Holloway, University of London

England | Egham

For Accounting

#88 in Europe

#279 in the World

Founded: 1849

42. Queen Mary University of London

England | London

For Accounting

#91 in Europe

#283 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1989

43. University of St Andrews

Scotland | St Andrews

For Accounting

#95 in Europe

#293 in the World

Enrollment: 10,425
Founded: 1413

44. University of Surrey

England | Guildford

For Accounting

#101 in Europe

#321 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1966

45. University of Kent

England | Canterbury

For Accounting

#105 in Europe

#332 in the World

Founded: 1965

46. Ulster University

Northern Ireland | Coleraine

For Accounting

#106 in Europe

#335 in the World

Founded: 1968

47. Queen's University Belfast

Northern Ireland | Belfast

For Accounting

#110 in Europe

#343 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1849

48. University of Huddersfield

England | Huddersfield

For Accounting

#118 in Europe

#367 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

49. Aston University

England | Birmingham

For Accounting

#121 in Europe

#372 in the World

Founded: 1895

50. University of Bradford

England | Bradford

For Accounting

#123 in Europe

#376 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 1966

51. University of Portsmouth

England | Portsmouth

For Accounting

#125 in Europe

#380 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

52. University of Hull

England | Kingston upon Hull

For Accounting

#129 in Europe

#388 in the World

Founded: 1954

53. Swansea University

Wales | Swansea

For Accounting

#144 in Europe

#428 in the World

Founded: 1920

54. University of Plymouth

England | Plymouth

For Accounting

#149 in Europe

#442 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1992

55. Heriot-Watt University

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Accounting

#167 in Europe

#478 in the World

Founded: 1966

56. Bangor University

For Accounting

#180 in Europe

#498 in the World

Enrollment: 11,270
Founded: 1884

57. Keele University

England | Keele

For Accounting

#183 in Europe

#507 in the World

Founded: 1962

58. Birkbeck, University of London

England | London

For Accounting

#186 in Europe

#515 in the World

Founded: 1823

59. University of the West of England

England | Bristol

For Accounting

#187 in Europe

#517 in the World

Enrollment: 30,732
Founded: 1992

60. Northumbria University

England | Newcastle upon Tyne

For Accounting

#200 in Europe

#547 in the World

Founded: 1992

61. Sheffield Hallam University

England | Sheffield

For Accounting

#209 in Europe

#571 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

62. University of Westminster

England | London

For Accounting

#210 in Europe

#572 in the World

Enrollment: 19,000
Founded: 1838

63. De Montfort University

England | Leicester

For Accounting

#214 in Europe

#584 in the World

Founded: 1992

64. University of Salford

England | Salford

For Accounting

#218 in Europe

#598 in the World

Founded: 1967

65. Glasgow Caledonian University

Scotland | Glasgow

For Accounting

#231 in Europe

#631 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1993

66. Nottingham Trent University

England | Nottingham

For Accounting

#243 in Europe

#669 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1992

67. Oxford Brookes University

England | Oxford

For Accounting

#250 in Europe

#676 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1865

68. Coventry University

England | Coventry

For Accounting

#257 in Europe

#692 in the World

Enrollment: 22,980
Founded: 1992

69. Middlesex University

England | London

For Accounting

#286 in Europe

#766 in the World

Founded: 1973

70. Bournemouth University

England | Poole

For Accounting

#290 in Europe

#771 in the World

Enrollment: 14,293
Founded: 1992

71. Edinburgh Napier University

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Accounting

#299 in Europe

#793 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1992

72. Manchester Metropolitan University

England | Manchester

For Accounting

#300 in Europe

#796 in the World

Founded: 1992

73. Robert Gordon University

Scotland | Aberdeen

For Accounting

#302 in Europe

#801 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1992

74. Aberystwyth University

Wales | Aberystwyth

For Accounting

#314 in Europe

#831 in the World

Founded: 1872

75. London Metropolitan University

England | London

For Accounting

#316 in Europe

#833 in the World

Founded: 1848

76. University of South Wales

Wales | Pontypridd

For Accounting

#319 in Europe

#836 in the World

Founded: 1841

77. University of Greenwich

England | London

For Accounting

#325 in Europe

#848 in the World

Founded: 1890

78. Liverpool John Moores University

England | Liverpool

For Accounting

#330 in Europe

#859 in the World

Founded: 1992

79. SOAS, University of London

England | London

For Accounting

#335 in Europe

#877 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Enrollment: 6,295
Founded: 1916

80. St George's, University of London

England | London

For Accounting

#336 in Europe

#881 in the World

Founded: 1733

81. Leeds Beckett University

England | Leeds

For Accounting

#337 in Europe

#882 in the World

Founded: 1992

82. University of Hertfordshire

England | Hatfield

For Accounting

#352 in Europe

#919 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1992

83. University of the West of Scotland

Scotland | Paisley

For Accounting

#358 in Europe

#945 in the World

Enrollment: 15,555
Founded: 1897

84. University of East London

England | London

For Accounting

#361 in Europe

#952 in the World

Founded: 1992

85. London South Bank University

England | London

For Accounting

#369 in Europe

#971 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 1892

86. University of Brighton

England | Brighton

For Accounting

#376 in Europe

#987 in the World

Founded: 1992

87. Kingston University

England | Kingston upon Thames

For Accounting

#383 in Europe

#1008 in the World

Founded: 1992

88. Goldsmiths, University of London

England | London

For Accounting

#384 in Europe

#1012 in the World

Founded: 1904

89. University of Central Lancashire

England | Preston

For Accounting

#386 in Europe

#1021 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1992

90. Staffordshire University

England | Stoke-on-Trent

For Accounting

#397 in Europe

#1052 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1992

91. University of Wolverhampton

England | Wolverhampton

For Accounting

#400 in Europe

#1068 in the World

Founded: 1992

92. University of Derby

England | Derby

For Accounting

#443 in Europe

#1214 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1992

93. Anglia Ruskin University

England | Cambridge

For Accounting

#444 in Europe

#1216 in the World

Founded: 1858

94. University of Bedfordshire

England | Luton

For Accounting

#486 in Europe

#1338 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 2006

95. University of Lincoln

England | Lincoln

For Accounting

#505 in Europe

#1409 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1992

96. Teesside University

England | Middlesbrough

For Accounting

#509 in Europe

#1425 in the World

Enrollment: 19,290
Founded: 1992

97. University of West London

England | Ealing

For Accounting

#516 in Europe

#1452 in the World

Founded: 1990

98. University of Gloucestershire

England | Cheltenham

For Accounting

#527 in Europe

#1497 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Founded: 2001

99. Birmingham City University

England | Birmingham

For Accounting

#536 in Europe

#1550 in the World

Founded: 1992

100. University of Roehampton

England | London

For Accounting

#542 in Europe

#1597 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 2004

The best cities to study Accounting in the United Kingdom based on the number of universities and their ranks are Oxford, London, Cambridge, and Manchester.