Russell Group Universities
What is the Russell Group?

The Russell Group consists of 24 world-class and research-intensive UK universities. These member universities play an essential part in the intellectual life of the UK. They have substantial social, economic and cultural impacts locally, across the UK and around the world.
Russell Group’s Achievements
Russell Group member universities have achieved some of the following milestones:
- Generate almost £87bn a year for the economy
- Support more than a quarter of a million jobs across the UK
- Produce 68% of the UK’s world-leading research (worth £34bn a year)
- Teach a quarter of all undergraduate students, a third of all postgraduate students, more than a third of engineers, four out of five doctors and dentists, 50% of linguists, 58% of physical scientists and 63% of mathematicians

List of Russell Group Universities
- University of Birmingham
- University of Bristol
- University of Cambridge
- Cardiff University
- Durham University
- University of Edinburgh
- University of Exeter
- University of Glasgow
- Imperial College London
- King’s College London
- University of Leeds
- University of Liverpool
- London School of Economics and Political Science
- University of Manchester
- Newcastle University
- University of Nottingham
- University of Oxford
- Queen Mary University of London
- Queen’s University Belfast
- University of Sheffield
- University of Southampton
- University College London
- University of Warwick
- University of York
Russell Group University League Tables 2022
Discover how Russell Group universities rank in the UK university ranking league table 2022 based on different factors; including Entry standards, Student satisfaction, Research quality and Graduate prospects.
UK Ranking | University Name | Overall Score |
---|---|---|
1 | University of Oxford | 100% |
2 | University of Cambridge | 99% |
3 | London School of Economics and Political Science | 96% |
5 | Imperial College London | 90% |
6 | Durham University | 89% |
8 | UCL (University College London) | 85% |
9 | University of Warwick | 84% |
12 | University of Edinburgh | 80% |
13= | University of Exeter | 79% |
13= | University of Manchester | 79% |
15 | University of Southampton | 78% |
16 | University of Glasgow | 77% |
17 | University of Bristol | 77% |
18 | University of York | 76% |
19 | University of Birmingham | 75% |
20 | University of Leeds | 75% |
21 | King’s College London | 75% |
24 | University of Nottingham | 73% |
25 | Cardiff University | 73% |
26 | University of Sheffield | 72% |
30 | University of Liverpool | 72% |
34 | Queen’s University Belfast | 71% |
37 | Newcastle University | 70% |
41 | Queen Mary University of London | 67% |
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