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Mathematics — The Guardian UK University Guide 2026

Subject-level ranking from the The Guardian UK University Guide for Mathematics in UK universities. University of St Andrews leads this subject in 2026.

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

RankUniversityScore
TEF G · #1University of St Andrews 100.0
TEF S · #2University of Oxford 95.0
TEF B · #3University of Cambridge 87.2
#4Imperial College London 82.9
#5University of Warwick 76.3
#6University of Essex 75.9
#7Keele University 73.9
#8Durham University 70.8
#9UCL (University College London) 69.8
#10University of Bristol 69.5
#11The University of Edinburgh 68.3
#12Heriot-Watt University 64.3
#13Swansea University 64.2
#14University of Lincoln 64.1
#15London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London 64.0
#16Lancaster University 62.8
#17University of Bath 62.2
#18Aston University, Birmingham 61.2
#19University of Birmingham 60.5
#20Aberystwyth University 60.3
#21University of Dundee 59.8
#21University of Sussex 59.8
#23Liverpool John Moores University 59.6
#23University of Plymouth 59.6
#25Bristol, UWE 58.3
#26University of Kent 58.0
#27University of Leicester 57.3
#28Loughborough University 56.3
#28Queen's University Belfast 56.3
#30Manchester Metropolitan University 55.6
#31University of Exeter 54.1
#31University of Portsmouth 54.1
#33University of Sheffield 53.7
#33University of York 53.7
#35University of Southampton 52.9
#36University of Manchester 52.4
#37University of Surrey 52.1
#38Queen Mary University of London 51.0
#39University of Hull 50.4
#39University of Nottingham 50.4
#41University of Glasgow 49.3
#42University of Leeds 46.7
#42University of Liverpool 46.7
#44Brunel University of London 46.0
#45University of Aberdeen 44.5
#46University of East Anglia UEA 44.2
#47Nottingham Trent University 43.9
#47University of Strathclyde 43.9
#49Cardiff University 40.3
#50King's College London, University of London 38.8
#51Royal Holloway, University of London 36.0
#52Newcastle University 35.8
#53University of Stirling 32.7
#54University of Greenwich 32.0
#55University of Reading 28.8

Other subjects in the The Guardian UK 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.