1.University of Nottingham
The University of Nottingham is a public research university based in the East Midlands in England, UK, founded in 1881. Ranked joint 84th in the world in the QS World University Rankings® 2018, the University of Nottingham is particularly strong in the following subject areas:
Pharmacy and pharmacology (6th in the QS World University Rankings by Subject)
Education and training (22nd)
Veterinary sciences (29th)
Geography (46th)
English language and literature (49th)
The University of Nottingham offers a number of bachelor’s degrees including:
Management
Data science
Social work
Industrial economics
The University of Nottingham offers a number of taught and research postgraduate courses, such as:
Viking and anglo-saxon studies
Oncology
Geography
Nutritional sciences
Immunology and allergies
2.Queen's University Belfast
A member of the Russell Group of the UK's 20 top research-intensive universities Queen's University Belfast is an international centre of innovation and excellence, providing world-class education underpinned by world-class research.
The University has a proud heritage. Founded by Queen Victoria in 1845 as Queen's College Belfast, it is one of the oldest universities in these islands, becoming an independent university in 1908 and celebrating its Centenary in 2008.
As the Times Higher Education Entrepreneurial University of the year in 2009, and winner of the THE Outstanding Engineering Research Team of the Year in 2010, Queen's is uniquely recognised for its leadership role in society and its life-changing research.
The University is a global player in areas from cancer studies to sustainability, wireless technology to creative writing and from pharmaceuticals to sonic arts. It has won the Queen's Anniversary Prize for Further and Higher Education, part of the national honours system, on four separate occasions – for world-class achievement in green chemistry, environmental research, palaeoecology and law.
3.University of Glasgow
Established in 1451, the Scotland-based University of Glasgow is the fourth oldest university in the Anglophone world today and a member of Russell Group, a select number of prestigious, research-intensive UK universities. University of Glasgow was ranked the 65th best university in the world in the QS World University Rankings® 2018. The university is particularly competitive in geography, medicine, veterinary science, performing arts, life sciences and medicine, anatomy and physiology.
| Subject rank | Overall rank | University | Total score |
| 1 | 18 | University of Nottingham | 100 |
| 2 | 38 | Queen's University, Belfast | 99.4 |
| 3 | 20 | University of Glasgow | 99.2 |
| 4 | 54 | University of Lincoln | 98.1 |
| 5 | 32 | University of Reading | 97.1 |
| 6 | 55 | Bangor University | 96.9 |
| 7 | 26 | Newcastle University | 94 |
| 8 | 33 | Harper Adams University | 91.5 |
| 9 | 47= | Aberystwyth University | 91.4 |
| 10 | 47= | Nottingham Trent University | 88.4 |
| 11 | 31 | University of Kent | 86.6 |
| 12 | 109= | University of Greenwich | 84 |
| 13 | 86= | Royal Agricultural University | 82.5 |
| 14 | 86= | Plymouth University | 82 |
| 15 | 84 | Oxford Brookes University | 78.3 |
| 16 | 125 | University of Cumbria | 68.1 |
