The UK’s most in-demand universities right now, according to Google Trends

Where are the freshers of 2024 most excited about going to uni?


It’s A-Level Results Day, which means Google search for universities is at its annual high right now. Silly college students are on the way to becoming silly freshers and everyone is headed off somewhere different. So, what unis are at the top of everyone’s priority list today? According to Google Trends, these unis are currently the highest-searched at this moment. Here’s a rundown of the top 10 most in-demand unis this Results Day.

10. Leeds University

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Leeds seems to be a pretty popular search right now, and marks the top 10 unis searched for this Results Day.

9. Nottingham Trent University

There’s something about Nottingham people just love. You may or may not find the Uni of Notts further down on this list.

8. University of Birmingham

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The University of Birmingham seems to be pretty high on people’s radars right now!

7. City University

Fancy yourself a Londoner? It seems like a lot of people do! Why not go to uni in the most vibrant city in the world?

6. University of Exeter

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My homeland!! The University of Exeter has been pretty popular online so far, garnering around 1,500 searches in the last four hours.

5. Lancaster University

I wasn’t expecting to see Lancaster on this list, but good for them!! Maybe they’re finally getting the shoutout they deserve.

4. University of Bristol

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Bristol has been getting a lot of traffic this morning! It’s a great Russell Group uni, so it makes sense that people are curious post-results.

3. University of Sheffield

Yay for northern unis (from an Exeter grad)!! Sheffield has had over 2,000 searches since A-Level results came out this morning. I guess there’s something about Sheffield that’s calling undergrads this year.

2. University of Manchester

It looks like everyone’s curious about Manchester right now. It’s a very fun city that homes around 120,000 students, but the University of Manchester is the one that’s hitting the Google searches at around 3,000 clicks this morning.

1. University of Nottingham

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The University of Nottingham is topping the search list right now – it’s had a WHOPPING 20,000 searches in the last four hours. What’s Notts got that the other unis seem to be missing out on?

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