英國大學排名常常被同學當成選擇學校的重要依據之一，但除了考量排名時，其他因素也是很重要的：教學內容、畢業後前景、學校位置、當地花費等。我們參考《泰晤士報》(The Times)的排名，泰晤士大學排名是英國媒體中最早發布英國大學排名的單位，自1992年起每年發布英國大學排名，其評鑑成績可信度相當有權威。
《泰晤士報》(The Times)的排名排名依據和權重包括九項指標：學生滿意度（15%）
科研質量（15%）、入學標準（10%）、師生比（10%）、生均經費（10%）、設施和設備（10%）、優秀學位獲得率（10%）、畢業生前景（10%）、畢業率（10%）。以下為2018年的英國學校排名。
| UK Rank 2018 | World University Rank 2018 | Institution | City/Town |
| 1 | 1 | University of Oxford | Oxford |
| 2 | 2 | University of Cambridge | Cambridge |
| 3 | 8 | Imperial College London | London |
| 4 | 16 | University College London | London |
| 5 | 25 | London School of Economics and Political Science | London |
| 6 | 27 | University of Edinburgh | Edinburgh |
| 7 | 36 | King’s College London | London |
| 8 | 54 | University of Manchester | Manchester |
| 9 | 76 | University of Bristol | Bristol |
| 10 | 80 | University of Glasgow | Glasgow |
| 11 | 91 | University of Warwick | Coventry |
| 12 | 97 | Durham University | Durham |
| 13 | 104 | University of Sheffield | Sheffield |
| 14 | 121 | Queen Mary University of London | London |
| 15 | 126 | University of Southampton | Southampton |
| 16 | 130 | University of Exeter | Exeter |
| 17 | 137 | University of York | York |
| 18 | 139 | University of Leeds | Leeds |
| 19 | 141 | University of Birmingham | Birmingham |
| 20 | 143 | University of St Andrews | Fife |
| 21 | 147 | University of Nottingham | Nottingham |
| 21 | 147 | University of Sussex | Brighton |
| 23 | 150 | Lancaster University | Lancaster |
| 24 | 159 | University of Leicester | Leicester |
| 25 | 162 | Cardiff University | Cardiff |
| 26 | 175 | Newcastle University | Newcastle |
| 27 | 177 | University of Liverpool | Liverpool |
| 28 | 185 | University of Aberdeen | Aberdeen |
| 29 | 187 | University of Dundee | Dundee |
| 30 | 188 | University of East Anglia | Norwich |
| 31 | 197 | Royal Holloway, University of London | London |
| 32 | 201–250 | Queen’s University Belfast | Belfast |
| 32 | 201–250 | University of Reading | Reading |
| 32 | 201–250 | St George’s, University of London | London |
| 35 | 251–300 | University of Bath | Bath |
| 35 | 251–300 | University of Essex | Colchester |
| 35 | 251–300 | University of Surrey | Guildford |
| 35 | 251–300 | Swansea University | Swansea |
| 39 | 301–350 | Aberystwyth University | Aberystwyth |
| 39 | 301–350 | Anglia Ruskin University | East Anglia |
| 39 | 301–350 | Bangor University | Bangor |
| 39 | 301–350 | Birkbeck, University of London | London |
| 39 | 301–350 | Brighton and Sussex Medical School | Brighton |
| 39 | 301–350 | Goldsmiths, University of London | London |
| 39 | 301–350 | University of Kent | Kent |
| 39 | 301–350 | Loughborough University | Loughborough |
| 39 | 301–350 | University of Stirling | Stirling |
| 48 | 351–400 | Aston University | Birmingham |
| 48 | 351–400 | Brunel University London | London |
| 48 | 351–400 | City, University of London | London |
| 48 | 351–400 | Heriot-Watt University | Edinburgh |
| 48 | 351–400 | Royal Veterinary College | London |
| 53 | 401–500 | University of Hull | Hull |
| 53 | 401–500 | Middlesex University | London |
| 53 | 401–500 | The Open University | Nationwide |
| 53 | 401–500 | Oxford Brookes University | Oxford |
| 53 | 401–500 | Plymouth University | Plymouth |
| 53 | 401–500 | Soas, University of London | London |
| 53 | 401–500 | University of Strathclyde | Glasgow |
| 60 | 501–600 | University of Hertfordshire | Hatfield |
| 60 | 501–600 | Keele University | Keele |
| 60 | 501–600 | Liverpool John Moores University | Liverpool |
| 60 | 501–600 | Northumbria University | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| 60 | 501–600 | University of Portsmouth | Portsmouth |
| 60 | 501–600 | Ulster University | Londonderry |
| 60 | 501–600 | University of the West of Scotland | Paisley |
| 67 | 601–800 | University of Bedfordshire | Luton |
| 67 | 601–800 | Bournemouth University | Bournemouth |
| 67 | 601–800 | University of Bradford | Bradford |
| 67 | 601–800 | University of Brighton | Brighton |
| 67 | 601–800 | University of Central Lancashire | Preston |
| 67 | 601–800 | Coventry University | Coventry |
| 67 | 601–800 | De Montfort University | Leicester |
| 67 | 601–800 | University of East London | London |
| 67 | 601–800 | Edinburgh Napier University | Edinburgh |
| 67 | 601–800 | Glasgow Caledonian University | Glasgow |
| 67 | 601–800 | University of Greenwich | London |
| 67 | 601–800 | University of Huddersfield | Huddersfield |
| 67 | 601–800 | Kingston University | London |
| 67 | 601–800 | Leeds Beckett University | Leeds |
| 67 | 601–800 | University of Lincoln | Lincoln |
| 67 | 601–800 | Manchester Metropolitan University | Manchester |
| 67 | 601–800 | Nottingham Trent University | Nottingham |
| 67 | 601–800 | University of Roehampton | London |
| 67 | 601–800 | University of Salford | Manchester |
| 67 | 601–800 | University of South Wales | Pontypridd |
| 67 | 601–800 | Teesside University | Middlesborough |
| 67 | 601–800 | University of the West of England | Bristol |
| 67 | 601–800 | University of Westminster | London |
| 90 | 801–1000 | University of Derby | Derby |
| 90 | 801–1000 | London South Bank University | London |
| 90 | 801–1000 | Robert Gordon University | Aberdeen |
| 90 | 801–1000 | Sheffield Hallam University | Sheffield |
