Ranked: All 24 Russell Group universities in QS world rankings 2027 – Southampton fell 24 spots

Imperial College London has retained its position as the second best university in the world in the QS 2027 rankings, while Southampton recorded the biggest fall of any Russell Group university, dropping 24 places to 111th globally.

The other top performers were Oxford ranking fourth, Cambridge sixth and UCL eighth.

Queen’s University Belfast had the biggest rise of any Russell Group university, climbing 25 places to 174th globally.

The QS World Rankings are published annually and collect data from 16.4 million academic papers, while gathering insights from over 151,000 academics and 100,000 employers.

The scoring takes into account academic and employer reputation, citations per faculty, faculty to student ratio, international student ratio and international faculty ratio.

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Ranked from highest to lowest, here is where every Russell Group university placed in the QS World Rankings 2027, and how their position changed from last year.

1. Imperial College London – rank two, same as last year
2. University of Oxford – rank four, same as last year
3. University of Cambridge – rank six, same as last year
4. University College London (UCL) – rank eight, risen one
5. University of Edinburgh – rank 35, fallen one
6. King’s College London – rank 37, fallen six
7. University of Manchester – rank 40, fallen five
8. University of Bristol – rank 57, fallen six
9. London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) – rank 63, fallen seven
10. University of Warwick – rank 68, risen six
11. University of Birmingham – rank 68, risen eight
12. University of Leeds – rank 77, risen nine
13. University of Glasgow – rank 80, fallen one
14. University of Sheffield – rank 82, risen ten
15. Durham University – rank 85, risen nine
16. University of Nottingham – rank 97, same as last year
17. Queen Mary University of London – rank 103, risen seven
18. University of Southampton – rank 111, fallen 24
19. University of Exeter – rank 136, risen 19
20. University of Liverpool – rank 139, risen eight
21. Newcastle University – rank 149, fallen 12
22. University of York – rank 158, risen 11
23. Queen’s University Belfast – rank 174, risen 25
24. Cardiff University – rank 179, risen two

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