General engineering — The Guardian UK University Guide 2026

Subject-level ranking from the The Guardian UK University Guide for General engineering in UK universities. University of Cambridge leads this subject in 2026.

27 UK universities ranked · See the overall The Guardian UK University Guide table →

Rank	University	Score
TEF G · #1	University of Cambridge	100.0
TEF S · #2	University of Oxford	97.1
TEF B · #3	University of Bristol	90.1
#4	University of Sheffield	88.8
#5	Imperial College London	83.3
#6	Durham University	81.1
#7	UCL (University College London)	76.4
#8	University of Birmingham	72.0
#9	University of Leeds	70.4
#10	University of Warwick	70.2
#11	Swansea University	69.6
#12	University of Manchester	68.8
#13	King's College London, University of London	66.7
#14	Ulster University	64.2
#15	Loughborough University	64.1
#16	Queen Mary University of London	63.9
#17	University of Exeter	63.8
#18	Nottingham Trent University	63.5
#19	Aston University, Birmingham	61.6
#20	University of Strathclyde	61.4
#21	Glasgow Caledonian University	56.0
#22	University of Central Lancashire	55.9
#23	University of Leicester	54.4
#24	Cardiff University	53.9
#25	University of East Anglia UEA	45.7
#26	University of Glasgow	38.8
#27	University of Northampton	34.1

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