Academic Index Last updated: June 23, 2026

100 Best Universities in England for Nursing

Focusing specifically on Nursing, our data science engine identified the 100 most influential universities in England. To determine these leaders, we isolated 5.84M specialized research publications which collectively generated 209.2M citations. This targeted approach bypasses general university reputation, directly revealing the strongest programs.

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1

London

University College London

For Nursing

#1 in United Kingdom #1 in Europe

36% Acceptance

42,000 Enrollment

1826 Founded

2

Oxford

University of Oxford

For Nursing

#3 in United Kingdom #3 in Europe

22% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1096 Founded

3

Manchester

University of Manchester

For Nursing

#4 in United Kingdom #4 in Europe

40% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1824 Founded

4

Cambridge

University of Cambridge

For Nursing

#5 in United Kingdom #7 in Europe

21% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1209 Founded

5

London

Imperial College London

For Nursing

#6 in United Kingdom #8 in Europe

41% Acceptance

17,565 Enrollment

1907 Founded

6

Sheffield

University of Sheffield

For Nursing

#7 in United Kingdom #9 in Europe

28% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1905 Founded

7

Birmingham

University of Birmingham

For Nursing

#8 in United Kingdom #10 in Europe

38% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1900 Founded

8

Nottingham

University of Nottingham

For Nursing

#9 in United Kingdom #13 in Europe

32% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1948 Founded

9

Bristol

University of Bristol

For Nursing

#11 in United Kingdom #16 in Europe

63% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1909 Founded

10

Southampton

University of Southampton

For Nursing

#12 in United Kingdom #17 in Europe

32% Acceptance

21,335 Enrollment

1952 Founded

11

Liverpool

University of Liverpool

For Nursing

#13 in United Kingdom #18 in Europe

24% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1881 Founded

12

Leeds

University of Leeds

For Nursing

#14 in United Kingdom #22 in Europe

48% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1904 Founded

13

London

University of London

For Nursing

#15 in United Kingdom #23 in Europe

36% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1836 Founded

14

Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle University

For Nursing

#16 in United Kingdom #26 in Europe

23% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1963 Founded

15

York

University of York

For Nursing

#17 in United Kingdom #28 in Europe

20% Acceptance

27,278 Enrollment

1963 Founded

16

Coventry

University of Warwick

For Nursing

#21 in United Kingdom #39 in Europe

23% Acceptance

27,278 Enrollment

1965 Founded

17

London

Queen Mary University of London

For Nursing

#24 in United Kingdom #52 in Europe

18% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1989 Founded

18

Leicester

University of Leicester

For Nursing

#25 in United Kingdom #56 in Europe

39% Acceptance

24,409 Enrollment

1957 Founded

19

Exeter

University of Exeter

For Nursing

#27 in United Kingdom #59 in Europe

73% Acceptance

11,270 Enrollment

1955 Founded

20

Norwich

University of East Anglia

For Nursing

#28 in United Kingdom #61 in Europe

22% Acceptance

24,409 Enrollment

1963 Founded

21

London

London School of Economics and Political Science

For Nursing

#31 in United Kingdom #71 in Europe

8% Acceptance

9,218 Enrollment

1895 Founded

22

Lancaster, ENG

Lancaster University

For Nursing

#33 in United Kingdom #80 in Europe

22% Acceptance

15,555 Enrollment

1964 Founded

23

Guildford

University of Surrey

For Nursing

#34 in United Kingdom #82 in Europe

32% Acceptance

16,900 Enrollment

1966 Founded

24

London

City, University of London

For Nursing

#35 in United Kingdom #83 in Europe

55% Acceptance

22,980 Enrollment

1966 Founded

25

Bath

University of Bath

For Nursing

#36 in United Kingdom #84 in Europe

67% Acceptance

18,857 Enrollment

1966 Founded

26

Keele

Keele University

For Nursing

#37 in United Kingdom #88 in Europe

52% Acceptance

24,409 Enrollment

1962 Founded

27

Durham

Durham University

For Nursing

#38 in United Kingdom #91 in Europe

46% Acceptance

19,520 Enrollment

1832 Founded

28

Kingston upon Hull

University of Hull

For Nursing

#39 in United Kingdom #92 in Europe

55% Acceptance

27,278 Enrollment

1954 Founded

29

Brighton

University of Sussex

For Nursing

#42 in United Kingdom #106 in Europe

35% Acceptance

17,319 Enrollment

1961 Founded

30

Canterbury

University of Kent

For Nursing

#43 in United Kingdom #107 in Europe

50% Acceptance

17,319 Enrollment

1965 Founded

31

Uxbridge

Brunel University London

For Nursing

#49 in United Kingdom #129 in Europe

54% Acceptance

19,449 Enrollment

1966 Founded

32

Preston

University of Central Lancashire

For Nursing

#51 in United Kingdom #133 in Europe

72% Acceptance

19,290 Enrollment

1992 Founded

33

Loughborough

Loughborough University

For Nursing

#52 in United Kingdom #136 in Europe

44% Acceptance

19,449 Enrollment

1966 Founded

34

Poole

Bournemouth University

For Nursing

#54 in United Kingdom #141 in Europe

55% Acceptance

14,293 Enrollment

1992 Founded

35

Liverpool

Liverpool John Moores University

For Nursing

#55 in United Kingdom #146 in Europe

46% Acceptance

15,555 Enrollment

1992 Founded

36

Bradford

University of Bradford

For Nursing

#57 in United Kingdom #160 in Europe

63% Acceptance

27,278 Enrollment

1966 Founded

37

Reading

University of Reading

For Nursing

#58 in United Kingdom #163 in Europe

37% Acceptance

11,270 Enrollment

1892 Founded

38

Nottingham

Nottingham Trent University

For Nursing

#59 in United Kingdom #164 in Europe

22% Acceptance

19,710 Enrollment

1992 Founded

39

Sheffield

Sheffield Hallam University

For Nursing

#60 in United Kingdom #168 in Europe

69% Acceptance

19,290 Enrollment

1992 Founded

40

Oxford

Oxford Brookes University

For Nursing

#61 in United Kingdom #171 in Europe

62% Acceptance

16,900 Enrollment

1865 Founded

41

Manchester

Manchester Metropolitan University

For Nursing

#67 in United Kingdom #192 in Europe

53% Acceptance

22,980 Enrollment

1992 Founded

42

Leeds

Leeds Beckett University

For Nursing

#70 in United Kingdom #206 in Europe

68% Acceptance

4,270 Enrollment

1992 Founded

43

Egham

Royal Holloway, University of London

For Nursing

#74 in United Kingdom #219 in Europe

55% Acceptance

17,319 Enrollment

1849 Founded

44

London

Birkbeck, University of London

For Nursing

#75 in United Kingdom #225 in Europe

50% Acceptance

17,319 Enrollment

1823 Founded

45

Colchester

University of Essex

For Nursing

#77 in United Kingdom #228 in Europe

52% Acceptance

29,000 Enrollment

1964 Founded

46

Canterbury

Canterbury Christ Church University

For Nursing

#79 in United Kingdom #233 in Europe

82% Acceptance

10,798 Enrollment

2005 Founded

47

London

Goldsmiths, University of London

For Nursing

#87 in United Kingdom #266 in Europe

64% Acceptance

6,863 Enrollment

1904 Founded

48

London

University of Westminster

For Nursing

#96 in United Kingdom #322 in Europe

56% Acceptance

19,000 Enrollment

1838 Founded

49

London

University of Roehampton

For Nursing

#99 in United Kingdom #368 in Europe

72% Acceptance

6,863 Enrollment

2004 Founded

50

Bolton

University of Bolton

For Nursing

#108 in United Kingdom #466 in Europe

83% Acceptance

22,980 Enrollment

2004 Founded

51

Derby

University of Derby

For Nursing

#92 in United Kingdom #280 in Europe

76% Acceptance

25,000 Enrollment

1992 Founded

52

Lincoln

Bishop Grosseteste University

For Nursing

#132 in United Kingdom #964 in Europe

95% Acceptance

6,863 Enrollment

1862 Founded

53

Huddersfield

University of Huddersfield

For Nursing

#62 in United Kingdom #172 in Europe

69% Acceptance

22,980 Enrollment

1992 Founded

54

Winchester

University of Winchester

For Nursing

#112 in United Kingdom #519 in Europe

69% Acceptance

6,863 Enrollment

2005 Founded

55

Newcastle upon Tyne

Northumbria University

For Nursing

#50 in United Kingdom #130 in Europe

50% Acceptance

22,980 Enrollment

1992 Founded

56

Stoke-on-Trent

Staffordshire University

For Nursing

#65 in United Kingdom #187 in Europe

73% Acceptance

25,000 Enrollment

1992 Founded

57

Manchester

For Nursing

#131 in United Kingdom #902 in Europe

65% Acceptance

25,000 Enrollment

1992 Founded

58

London

University of Greenwich

For Nursing

#80 in United Kingdom #234 in Europe

55% Acceptance

22,980 Enrollment

1890 Founded

59

Worcester

University of Worcester

For Nursing

#93 in United Kingdom #286 in Europe

89% Acceptance

10,798 Enrollment

2005 Founded

60

Portsmouth

University of Portsmouth

For Nursing

#72 in United Kingdom #210 in Europe

69% Acceptance

17,319 Enrollment

1992 Founded

61

London

London Metropolitan University

For Nursing

#103 in United Kingdom #423 in Europe

74% Acceptance

19,000 Enrollment

1848 Founded

62

London

Middlesex University

For Nursing

#86 in United Kingdom #260 in Europe

63% Acceptance

30,732 Enrollment

1973 Founded

63

Northampton

University of Northampton

For Nursing

#102 in United Kingdom #412 in Europe

73% Acceptance

10,798 Enrollment

2005 Founded

64

Plymouth

University of Plymouth

For Nursing

#46 in United Kingdom #117 in Europe

77% Acceptance

11,270 Enrollment

1992 Founded

65

Birmingham

Birmingham City University

For Nursing

#81 in United Kingdom #240 in Europe

75% Acceptance

25,000 Enrollment

1992 Founded

66

Brighton

University of Brighton

For Nursing

#64 in United Kingdom #177 in Europe

63% Acceptance

22,980 Enrollment

1992 Founded

67

Cheltenham

University of Gloucestershire

For Nursing

#114 in United Kingdom #534 in Europe

74% Acceptance

16,900 Enrollment

2001 Founded

68

London

King’s College London

For Nursing

#2 in United Kingdom #2 in Europe

43% Acceptance

42,000 Enrollment

1829 Founded

69

London

London South Bank University

For Nursing

#63 in United Kingdom #176 in Europe

83% Acceptance

22,980 Enrollment

1892 Founded

70

London

School of Advanced Study, University of London

For Nursing

#134 in United Kingdom #972 in Europe

76% Acceptance

6,863 Enrollment

1994 Founded

71

London

St George’s, University of London

For Nursing

#23 in United Kingdom #48 in Europe

64% Acceptance

42,000 Enrollment

1733 Founded

72

Ealing

University of West London

For Nursing

#84 in United Kingdom #250 in Europe

88% Acceptance

30,732 Enrollment

1990 Founded

73

High Wycombe

Buckinghamshire New University

For Nursing

#101 in United Kingdom #400 in Europe

96% Acceptance

10,798 Enrollment

2007 Founded

74

London

University of East London

For Nursing

#95 in United Kingdom #302 in Europe

70% Acceptance

19,000 Enrollment

1992 Founded

75

Southampton

Solent University

For Nursing

#124 in United Kingdom #726 in Europe

92% Acceptance

11,340 Enrollment

2004 Founded

76

Leicester

De Montfort University

For Nursing

#69 in United Kingdom #203 in Europe

64% Acceptance

29,000 Enrollment

1992 Founded

77

Chester

University of Chester

For Nursing

#97 in United Kingdom #326 in Europe

95% Acceptance

10,798 Enrollment

2005 Founded

78

London

Regent’s University London

For Nursing

#129 in United Kingdom #844 in Europe

44% Acceptance

4,000 Enrollment

1984 Founded

79

Wolverhampton

University of Wolverhampton

For Nursing

#85 in United Kingdom #255 in Europe

71% Acceptance

30,732 Enrollment

1992 Founded

80

Buckingham

University of Buckingham

For Nursing

#120 in United Kingdom #648 in Europe

78% Acceptance

19,000 Enrollment

1973 Founded

81

Coventry

Coventry University

For Nursing

#56 in United Kingdom #156 in Europe

62% Acceptance

22,980 Enrollment

1992 Founded

82

Ormskirk

Edge Hill University

For Nursing

#89 in United Kingdom #272 in Europe

87% Acceptance

10,798 Enrollment

2006 Founded

83

Birmingham

Newman University, Birmingham

For Nursing

#126 in United Kingdom #761 in Europe

70% Acceptance

4,270 Enrollment

1968 Founded

84

London

Royal Veterinary College University of London

For Nursing

#98 in United Kingdom #327 in Europe

66% Acceptance

42,000 Enrollment

1791 Founded

85

Carlisle

University of Cumbria

For Nursing

#115 in United Kingdom #545 in Europe

67% Acceptance

14,000 Enrollment

2007 Founded

86

Hatfield

University of Hertfordshire

For Nursing

#44 in United Kingdom #115 in Europe

70% Acceptance

27,278 Enrollment

1992 Founded

87

Sunderland

University of Sunderland

For Nursing

#100 in United Kingdom #386 in Europe

83% Acceptance

19,090 Enrollment

1992 Founded

88

Leeds

Leeds Trinity University

For Nursing

#123 in United Kingdom #708 in Europe

53% Acceptance

4,270 Enrollment

2012 Founded

89

Kingston upon Thames

Kingston University

For Nursing

#82 in United Kingdom #243 in Europe

68% Acceptance

22,980 Enrollment

1992 Founded

90

York

York St John University

For Nursing

#113 in United Kingdom #530 in Europe

86% Acceptance

4,270 Enrollment

1841 Founded

91

Bristol

University of the West of England

For Nursing

#45 in United Kingdom #116 in Europe

57% Acceptance

30,732 Enrollment

1992 Founded

92

Luton

University of Bedfordshire

For Nursing

#83 in United Kingdom #245 in Europe

82% Acceptance

30,732 Enrollment

2006 Founded

93

Twickenham

St Mary’s University, Twickenham

For Nursing

#122 in United Kingdom #703 in Europe

71% Acceptance

31,517 Enrollment

1850 Founded

94

Lincoln

University of Lincoln

For Nursing

#94 in United Kingdom #289 in Europe

78% Acceptance

19,710 Enrollment

1992 Founded

95

Liverpool

Liverpool Hope University

For Nursing

#118 in United Kingdom #592 in Europe

96% Acceptance

6,863 Enrollment

2005 Founded

96

Birmingham

Aston University

For Nursing

#73 in United Kingdom #211 in Europe

44% Acceptance

16,900 Enrollment

1895 Founded

97

Middlesbrough

Teesside University

For Nursing

#71 in United Kingdom #207 in Europe

76% Acceptance

19,290 Enrollment

1992 Founded

98

Chichester

University of Chichester

For Nursing

#119 in United Kingdom #605 in Europe

73% Acceptance

11,340 Enrollment

2005 Founded

99

Cambridge

Anglia Ruskin University

For Nursing

#66 in United Kingdom #189 in Europe

57% Acceptance

30,732 Enrollment

1858 Founded

100

Bath

Bath Spa University

For Nursing

#121 in United Kingdom #688 in Europe

83% Acceptance

6,863 Enrollment

1975 Founded