100 Best universities for Marketing 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 Marketing. A graph of 7M citations received by 257K academic papers made by 133 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 Cambridge

England | Cambridge

For Marketing

#1 in Europe

#24 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

2. University of Manchester

England | Manchester

For Marketing

#2 in Europe

#29 in the World

Founded: 1824

3. University College London

England | London

For Marketing

#3 in Europe

#30 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

4. University of Oxford

England | Oxford

For Marketing

#4 in Europe

#34 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

5. Imperial College London

England | London

For Marketing

#6 in Europe

#44 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

6. University of Warwick

England | Coventry

For Marketing

#8 in Europe

#54 in the World

Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

7. University of Nottingham

England | Nottingham

For Marketing

#11 in Europe

#60 in the World

Founded: 1948

8. Cranfield University

England | Cranfield

For Marketing

#12 in Europe

#64 in the World

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

9. Cardiff University

Wales | Cardiff

For Marketing

#14 in Europe

#67 in the World

Founded: 1997

10. Loughborough University

England | Loughborough

For Marketing

#18 in Europe

#84 in the World

Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

11. University of Birmingham

England | Birmingham

For Marketing

#20 in Europe

#87 in the World

Founded: 1900

12. University of Sheffield

England | Sheffield

For Marketing

#21 in Europe

#92 in the World

Founded: 1905

13. University of Southampton

England | Southampton

For Marketing

#23 in Europe

#96 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

14. King's College London

England | London

For Marketing

#25 in Europe

#98 in the World

Founded: 1829

15. University of Edinburgh

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Marketing

#27 in Europe

#105 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

16. University of Leeds

England | Leeds

For Marketing

#28 in Europe

#107 in the World

Founded: 1904

17. University of Strathclyde

Scotland | Glasgow

For Marketing

#31 in Europe

#111 in the World

Founded: 1964

18. London Business School

England | London

For Marketing

#33 in Europe

#119 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1964

19. University of Bath

For Marketing

#36 in Europe

#130 in the World

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

20. Lancaster University

England | Lancaster

For Marketing

#40 in Europe

#141 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1964

21. University of Sussex

England | Brighton

For Marketing

#45 in Europe

#151 in the World

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

22. University of Glasgow

Scotland | Glasgow

For Marketing

#46 in Europe

#153 in the World

Founded: 1451

23. Ulster University

Northern Ireland | Coleraine

For Marketing

#47 in Europe

#155 in the World

Founded: 1968

24. University of Surrey

England | Guildford

For Marketing

#48 in Europe

#159 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1966

25. University of Liverpool

England | Liverpool

For Marketing

#50 in Europe

#165 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

26. London School of Economics and Political Science

England | London

For Marketing

#51 in Europe

#167 in the World

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

27. Newcastle University

England | Newcastle upon Tyne

For Marketing

#56 in Europe

#178 in the World

Founded: 1963

28. University of Bristol

England | Bristol

For Marketing

#57 in Europe

#180 in the World

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

29. Brunel University London

England | Uxbridge

For Marketing

#58 in Europe

#195 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1966

30. University of York

For Marketing

#64 in Europe

#205 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

31. University of Reading

England | Reading

For Marketing

#73 in Europe

#228 in the World

Founded: 1892

32. University of East Anglia

England | Norwich

For Marketing

#88 in Europe

#268 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1963

33. University of Exeter

England | Exeter

For Marketing

#89 in Europe

#269 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

34. University of Wales

Wales | Cardiff

For Marketing

#92 in Europe

#277 in the World

Founded: 1893

35. University of Bradford

England | Bradford

For Marketing

#93 in Europe

#279 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 1966

36. Durham University

England | Durham

For Marketing

#95 in Europe

#282 in the World

Enrollment: 19,520
Founded: 1832

37. City, University of London

England | London

For Marketing

#97 in Europe

#285 in the World

Founded: 1966

38. Aston University

England | Birmingham

For Marketing

#101 in Europe

#290 in the World

Founded: 1895

39. University of Aberdeen

Scotland | Aberdeen

For Marketing

#107 in Europe

#299 in the World

Founded: 1495

40. University of Stirling

Scotland | Stirling

For Marketing

#108 in Europe

#305 in the World

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

41. University of Leicester

England | Leicester

For Marketing

#124 in Europe

#337 in the World

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

42. Manchester Metropolitan University

England | Manchester

For Marketing

#129 in Europe

#344 in the World

Founded: 1992

43. University of Salford

England | Salford

For Marketing

#133 in Europe

#357 in the World

Founded: 1967

44. Queen's University Belfast

Northern Ireland | Belfast

For Marketing

#134 in Europe

#360 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1849

45. Swansea University

Wales | Swansea

For Marketing

#142 in Europe

#383 in the World

Founded: 1920

46. University of London

England | London

For Marketing

#149 in Europe

#397 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

47. University of Plymouth

England | Plymouth

For Marketing

#150 in Europe

#401 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1992

48. Bournemouth University

England | Poole

For Marketing

#151 in Europe

#405 in the World

Enrollment: 14,293
Founded: 1992

49. Northumbria University

England | Newcastle upon Tyne

For Marketing

#163 in Europe

#428 in the World

Founded: 1992

50. Queen Mary University of London

England | London

For Marketing

#164 in Europe

#430 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1989

51. University of Kent

England | Canterbury

For Marketing

#170 in Europe

#442 in the World

Founded: 1965

52. Nottingham Trent University

England | Nottingham

For Marketing

#180 in Europe

#468 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1992

53. University of the West of England

England | Bristol

For Marketing

#186 in Europe

#486 in the World

Enrollment: 30,732
Founded: 1992

54. University of Hull

England | Kingston upon Hull

For Marketing

#189 in Europe

#491 in the World

Founded: 1954

55. Royal Holloway, University of London

England | Egham

For Marketing

#192 in Europe

#511 in the World

Founded: 1849

56. University of Essex

England | Colchester

For Marketing

#194 in Europe

#520 in the World

Founded: 1964

57. Sheffield Hallam University

England | Sheffield

For Marketing

#196 in Europe

#530 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

58. Heriot-Watt University

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Marketing

#198 in Europe

#532 in the World

Founded: 1966

59. De Montfort University

England | Leicester

For Marketing

#203 in Europe

#541 in the World

Founded: 1992

60. University of Portsmouth

England | Portsmouth

For Marketing

#205 in Europe

#544 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

61. Glasgow Caledonian University

Scotland | Glasgow

For Marketing

#216 in Europe

#568 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1993

62. Middlesex University

England | London

For Marketing

#218 in Europe

#571 in the World

Founded: 1973

63. University of Dundee

Scotland | Dundee

For Marketing

#220 in Europe

#574 in the World

Founded: 1967

64. Coventry University

England | Coventry

For Marketing

#221 in Europe

#575 in the World

Enrollment: 22,980
Founded: 1992

65. Keele University

England | Keele

For Marketing

#233 in Europe

#604 in the World

Founded: 1962

66. University of Westminster

England | London

For Marketing

#235 in Europe

#607 in the World

Enrollment: 19,000
Founded: 1838

67. Oxford Brookes University

England | Oxford

For Marketing

#239 in Europe

#612 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1865

68. Liverpool John Moores University

England | Liverpool

For Marketing

#240 in Europe

#615 in the World

Founded: 1992

69. University of Huddersfield

England | Huddersfield

For Marketing

#244 in Europe

#620 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

70. Bangor University

For Marketing

#245 in Europe

#621 in the World

Enrollment: 11,270
Founded: 1884

71. University of Brighton

England | Brighton

For Marketing

#253 in Europe

#638 in the World

Founded: 1992

72. University of Greenwich

England | London

For Marketing

#257 in Europe

#646 in the World

Founded: 1890

73. University of Hertfordshire

England | Hatfield

For Marketing

#259 in Europe

#653 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1992

74. Kingston University

England | Kingston upon Thames

For Marketing

#261 in Europe

#659 in the World

Founded: 1992

75. University of St Andrews

Scotland | St Andrews

For Marketing

#270 in Europe

#681 in the World

Enrollment: 10,425
Founded: 1413

76. Leeds Beckett University

England | Leeds

For Marketing

#291 in Europe

#735 in the World

Founded: 1992

77. Birkbeck, University of London

England | London

For Marketing

#295 in Europe

#746 in the World

Founded: 1823

78. University of Wolverhampton

England | Wolverhampton

For Marketing

#305 in Europe

#766 in the World

Founded: 1992

79. Edinburgh Napier University

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Marketing

#310 in Europe

#780 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1992

80. University of South Wales

Wales | Pontypridd

For Marketing

#325 in Europe

#811 in the World

Founded: 1841

81. University of Central Lancashire

England | Preston

For Marketing

#327 in Europe

#815 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1992

82. London South Bank University

England | London

For Marketing

#334 in Europe

#844 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 1892

83. London Metropolitan University

England | London

For Marketing

#335 in Europe

#846 in the World

Founded: 1848

84. St George's, University of London

England | London

For Marketing

#346 in Europe

#869 in the World

Founded: 1733

85. University of Derby

England | Derby

For Marketing

#352 in Europe

#895 in the World

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

86. Birmingham City University

England | Birmingham

For Marketing

#360 in Europe

#909 in the World

Founded: 1992

87. Robert Gordon University

Scotland | Aberdeen

For Marketing

#366 in Europe

#929 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1992

88. Staffordshire University

England | Stoke-on-Trent

For Marketing

#369 in Europe

#937 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1992

89. University of Lincoln

England | Lincoln

For Marketing

#379 in Europe

#968 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1992

90. University of Bedfordshire

England | Luton

For Marketing

#395 in Europe

#1019 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 2006

91. Queen Margaret University

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Marketing

#403 in Europe

#1044 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 2007

92. Cardiff Metropolitan University

Wales | Cardiff

For Marketing

#405 in Europe

#1047 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Founded: 2011

93. University of Gloucestershire

England | Cheltenham

For Marketing

#411 in Europe

#1066 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Founded: 2001

94. Anglia Ruskin University

England | Cambridge

For Marketing

#413 in Europe

#1070 in the World

Founded: 1858

95. Aberystwyth University

Wales | Aberystwyth

For Marketing

#416 in Europe

#1082 in the World

Founded: 1872

96. Teesside University

England | Middlesbrough

For Marketing

#423 in Europe

#1100 in the World

Enrollment: 19,290
Founded: 1992

97. University of the West of Scotland

Scotland | Paisley

For Marketing

#425 in Europe

#1105 in the World

Enrollment: 15,555
Founded: 1897

98. Edge Hill University

England | Ormskirk

For Marketing

#434 in Europe

#1139 in the World

Founded: 2006

99. Goldsmiths, University of London

England | London

For Marketing

#435 in Europe

#1140 in the World

Founded: 1904

100. University of Sunderland

England | Sunderland

For Marketing

#449 in Europe

#1186 in the World

Enrollment: 19,090
Founded: 1992

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