| UK rank 2023 | World University Rank 2023 | University | City/town |
| 1 | 1 | University of Oxford | Oxford |
| 2 | =3 | University of Cambridge | Cambridge |
| 3 | 10 | Imperial College London | London |
| 4 | 22 | UCL | London |
| 5 | 29 | University of Edinburgh | Edinburgh |
| 6 | 35 | King’s College London | London |
| 7 | 37 | London School of Economics and Political Science | London |
| 8 | =54 | University of Manchester | Manchester |
| 9 | 76 | University of Bristol | Bristol |
| 10 | =82 | University of Glasgow | Glasgow |
| 11 | =104 | University of Warwick | Warwick |
| =12 | =108 | University of Birmingham | Birmingham |
| =12 | =108 | University of Southampton | Southampton |
| 14 | =114 | University of Sheffield | Sheffield |
| 15 | 122 | Lancaster University | Lancaster |
| 16 | =124 | Queen Mary University of London | London |
| 17 | =128 | University of Leeds | Leeds |
| 18 | 130 | University of Nottingham | Nottingham |
| 19 | =137 | University of Exeter | Exeter |
| 20 | =139 | Newcastle University | Newcastle |
| 21 | =139 | University of York | York |
| 22 | =163 | University of Leicester | Leicester |
| 23 | =176 | University of Liverpool | Liverpool |
| 24 | =187 | Cardiff University | Cardiff |
| 25 | =192 | University of Aberdeen | Aberdeen |
| =26 | =198 | Durham University | Durham |
| =26 | =198 | Queen’s University Belfast | Belfast |
| =26 | =198 | University of Reading | Reading |
| =29 | 201–250 | University of Dundee | Dundee |
| =29 | 201–250 | University of East Anglia | Norwich |
| =29 | 201–250 | St George’s, University of London | London |
| =29 | 201–250 | University of St Andrews | St Andrews |
| =29 | 201–250 | University of Surrey | Guildford |
| =29 | 201–250 | University of Sussex | Brighton |
| =35 | 251–300 | University of Bath | Bath |
| =35 | 251–300 | Bournemouth University | Bournemouth |
| =35 | 251–300 | Brighton and Sussex Medical School | Brighton |
| =35 | 251–300 | Swansea University | Swansea |
| =39 | 301–350 | Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) | East Anglia |
| =39 | 301–350 | University of Essex | Essex |
| =41 | 351–400 | Birkbeck, University of London | London |
| =41 | 351–400 | City, University of London | London |
| =41 | 351–400 | University of Kent | Kent |
| =41 | 351–400 | Loughborough University | Loughborough |
| =41 | 351–400 | Royal Holloway, University of London | London |
| =41 | 351–400 | Royal Veterinary College | London |
| =41 | 351–400 | University of Stirling | Stirling |
| =48 | 401–500 | Aston University | Birmingham |
| =48 | 401–500 | Bangor University | Bangor |
| =48 | 401–500 | Brunel University London | London |
| =48 | 401–500 | Edinburgh Napier University | Edinburgh |
| =48 | 401–500 | University of Lincoln | Lincoln |
| =48 | 401–500 | Liverpool John Moores University | Liverpool |
| =48 | 401–500 | Middlesex University | Middlesex |
| =48 | 401–500 | University of Plymouth | Plymouth |
| =48 | 401–500 | University of Portsmouth | Portsmouth |
| =48 | 401–500 | SRUC (Scotland’s Rural College) | Edinburgh |
| =48 | 401–500 | University of Strathclyde | Strathclyde |
| =48 | 401–500 | University of the West of England | Bristol |
| =60 | 501–600 | Aberystwyth University | Aberystwyth |
| =60 | 501–600 | Birmingham City University | Birmingham |
| =60 | 501–600 | University of Bradford | Bradford |
| =60 | 501–600 | Goldsmiths, University of London | London |
| =60 | 501–600 | University of Greenwich | Greenwich |
| =60 | 501–600 | Heriot-Watt University | Edinburgh |
| =60 | 501–600 | University of Hull | Hull |
| =60 | 501–600 | Keele University | Keele |
| =60 | 501–600 | Northumbria University | Northumbria |
| =60 | 501–600 | Nottingham Trent University | Nottingham |
| =60 | 501–600 | SOAS University of London | London |
| =71 | 601–800 | De Montfort University | Leicester |
| =71 | 601–800 | University of Derby | Derby |
| =71 | 601–800 | Glasgow Caledonian University | Glasgow |
| =71 | 601–800 | University of Hertfordshire | Hatfield |
| =71 | 601–800 | University of Huddersfield | Huddersfield |
| =71 | 601–800 | London South Bank University | London |
| =71 | 601–800 | Manchester Metropolitan University | Manchester |
| =71 | 601–800 | The Open University | Nationwide |
| =71 | 601–800 | Oxford Brookes University | Oxford |
| =71 | 601–800 | Ulster University | Ulster |
| =71 | 601–800 | University of the West of Scotland | Paisley |
| =71 | 601–800 | University of Wolverhampton | Wolverhampton |
| =83 | 801–1000 | University of Bedfordshire | Luton |
| =83 | 801–1000 | University of Brighton | Brighton |
| =83 | 801–1000 | Coventry University | Coventry |
| =83 | 801–1000 | Edge Hill University | Ormskirk |
| =83 | 801–1000 | Kingston University | London |
| =83 | 801–1000 | Leeds Beckett University | Leeds |
| =83 | 801–1000 | University of Roehampton | London |
| =83 | 801–1000 | University of Salford | Salford |
| =83 | 801–1000 | Sheffield Hallam University | Sheffield |
| =83 | 801–1000 | University of Winchester | Winchester |
| =93 | 1001–1200 | Cardiff Metropolitan University | Cardiff |
| =93 | 1001–1200 | University of Central Lancashire | Preston |
| =93 | 1001–1200 | University of East London | London |
| =93 | 1001–1200 | Robert Gordon University | Aberdeen |
| =93 | 1001–1200 | University of South Wales | Pontypridd |
| =93 | 1001–1200 | University of Sunderland | Sunderland |
| =93 | 1001–1200 | Teesside University | Teesside |
| =93 | 1001–1200 | University of Westminster | London |
| =101 | 1201–1500 | Canterbury Christ Church University | Canterbury |
| =101 | 1201–1500 | University of Chester | Chester |
| =101 | 1201–1500 | Staffordshire University | Stoke-on-Trent |