Mechanical Engineering — Complete University Guide 2027

Subject-level ranking from the Complete University Guide for Mechanical Engineering in UK universities. Imperial College London leads this subject in 2027.

74 UK universities ranked · See the overall Complete University Guide table →

Rank	University	Score
TEF G · #1	Imperial College London	—
TEF S · #2	University of Cambridge	—
TEF B · #3	University of Oxford	—
#4	University of Sheffield	—
#5	University of Bath	—
#6	University of Bristol	—
#7	UCL (University College London)	—
#8	University of Leeds	—
#9	University of Manchester	—
#10	Loughborough University	—
#11	The University of Edinburgh	—
#12	University of Birmingham	—
#13	Queen's University Belfast	—
#14	University of Southampton	—
#15	University of Nottingham	—
#16	University of Glasgow	—
#17	University of Strathclyde	—
#18	University of Leicester	—
#19	Heriot-Watt University	—
#20	University of Surrey	—
#21	University of Exeter	—
#22	University of Liverpool	—
#23	Lancaster University	—
#24	Cardiff University	—
#25	University of Aberdeen	—
#26	Queen Mary University of London	—
#27	Newcastle University	—
#28	University of Dundee	—
#29	Swansea University	—
#30	Ulster University	—
#31	University of Staffordshire	—
#32	Aston University, Birmingham	—
#33	University of Sussex	—
#34	Bristol, UWE	—
#35	Northumbria University, Newcastle	—
#36	University of Plymouth	—
#37	Nottingham Trent University	—
#38	University of Brighton	—
#39	Robert Gordon University	—
#40	University of Hertfordshire	—
#41	London South Bank University	—
#42	University of Bradford	—
#43	University of Lincoln	—
#44	Sheffield Hallam University	—
#45	Oxford Brookes University	—
#46	Brunel University of London	—
#47	University of Sunderland	—
#48	University of Portsmouth	—
#49	Manchester Metropolitan University	—
#50	Liverpool John Moores University	—
#51	University of Hull	—
#52	Bournemouth University	—
#53	Glasgow Caledonian University	—
#54	University of Huddersfield	—
#55	Coventry University	—
#56	City (City St George's, University of London)	—
#57	University of Chichester	—
#58	University of the West of Scotland	—
#59	Edinburgh Napier University	—
#60	University of East London	—
#61	University of Wolverhampton	—
#62	University of Derby	—
#63	University of Salford	—
#64	University of Kent	—
#65	Teesside University	—
#66	University of Greenwich	—
#67	University of Central Lancashire	—
#68	De Montfort University	—
#69	Anglia Ruskin University	—
#70	Birmingham City University	—
#71	Kingston University	—
#72	Southampton, Solent University	—
#73	Canterbury Christ Church University	—
#74	University of Greater Manchester	—

Other subjects in the Complete University Guide

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How subject rankings work

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Subject rankings apply the same methodology to courses within a single discipline. They tend to reorder the overall table — a top-10 overall university may rank lower in a specific subject, and vice versa.