Consensus world view of TOP 5/6 UK University Rankings (Prestige/Research)

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:For Econ, these are the brand new 2026 undergraduate rankings per UK’s Complete University Guide, which they seem to like more than the Guardian and The Times rankings:

for ECON:

1) University of Cambridge
2) London School of Economics and Poli...
3) University of Oxford
4) University of St Andrews
5) University of Warwick
6) Durham University
7) UCL (University College London)
8) University of Nottingham
9) University of Bath
10) University of Leeds
11) University of Exeter
12) University of Bristol
13) King's College London, University o...
14) The University of Edinburgh

For Management (as posted by a PP):

1) University of Oxford
2) University of St Andrews
3) University of Bath
4) University of Warwick
5) London School of Economics and Poli...
6) King's College
7) UCL (University College London)
8) The University of Edinburgh
9) University of Exeter
10) University of Bristol

Interesting list.

The best combo for mgmt and econ is Oxford, then St Andrews and Warwick

There is no study of "Management" at Ox. Only Economics, PPE, Politics, History, other trad academic subjects. Look at the website before you post complete and utter nonsense on here.

Clearly there is a misinformed person here and that seems to be you. But that is ok. Nobody knows everything. PP was absolutely correct. The combo Econ & Mgmt at Oxford is clearly the top option for those who wants that combo like the PP’s son. Warwick offers a similar programe. St Andrews also has the same Economics and Management Joint Honors program or a Financial Economics Joint Honors. These three are clearly ahead of the rest in that combo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For Econ, these are the brand new 2026 undergraduate rankings per UK’s Complete University Guide, which they seem to like more than the Guardian and The Times rankings:

for ECON:

1) University of Cambridge
2) London School of Economics and Poli...
3) University of Oxford
4) University of St Andrews
5) University of Warwick
6) Durham University
7) UCL (University College London)
8) University of Nottingham
9) University of Bath
10) University of Leeds
11) University of Exeter
12) University of Bristol
13) King's College London, University o...
14) The University of Edinburgh

For Management (as posted by a PP):

1) University of Oxford
2) University of St Andrews
3) University of Bath
4) University of Warwick
5) London School of Economics and Poli...
6) King's College
7) UCL (University College London)
8) The University of Edinburgh
9) University of Exeter
10) University of Bristol

Interesting list.

The best combo for mgmt and econ is Oxford, then St Andrews and Warwick

There is no study of "Management" at Ox. Only Economics, PPE, Politics, History, other trad academic subjects. Look at the website before you post complete and utter nonsense on here.

YOU are clearly the idiot here.

To be fair, I read that too and thought the same. I think its because Management comes first in that sentence. There are no singular "Management courses" but there is indeed "Economics and Managment" which is different.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Waiting for AMericans to discover Durham University. Strong in sciences, beautiful small town in the North of England, great history. SO pretty. I think of the rankings like Oxford, Cambridge, Durham. (So Durham's like Princeton). They are doing interesting things there in physics, psychology, business, entrepreneurship, etc. Surprised it's not more popular with you Yanks.

Nah, too Northern. We still love free speech too much to consider it. Great uni for the right kid, I’m sure.

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Yes. Absolutely disgusting for a uni that pretends to support free speech:

https://www.republic.org.uk/durham_university_in_free_speech_row_over_royal_protest

Complete joke

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just got back from a UK university tour. We covered 8 of the schools mentioned above. They are all so different as it relates to campus/city vibe. My son was targeting Warwick, but after touring he was turned off….campus not that nice and far from civilization. He loved Exeter campus. We weren’t even planning on visiting until we read this thread. Yes it is a beautiful place with a quaint town and close to several beautiful beaches. Most UK beaches are terrible….these were actually pleasant. Bristol seems dirty. But cool city campus. London schools (LSE/Kings - basically next to each other and UCL) are all too sad. That was his comment. He liked the urban environment, but it felt like commuter schools. Oxford was amazing. Tour guide was very impressive. The two best tour guides were Oxford and St Andrews. we felt like they cared and wanted to share and explain their campus, traditions, etc. Durham had a great vibes. Beautiful campus. Unfortunately nobody was available for an official tour. Edinburgh was a super fun town. Probably the best college town of all the places we visited. But campus is spread through the city and there was not a very cohesive university feeling. One of the buildings was probably the nicest building we visited at any UK university. it is their Futures Institute. What an amazing building with some very new and forward thinking programes.

My son left thinking Oxford, Edinburgh, Durham, St Andrews and Exeter.

Thank you for taking the time to to go over the visits. Those are all amazing choices. Is you kid 100% set on going abroad for college?

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No. But he wants to. He is targeting 2 ivies and 2 t20’s. if that fails and he gets in the UK universities he is going.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Waiting for AMericans to discover Durham University. Strong in sciences, beautiful small town in the North of England, great history. SO pretty. I think of the rankings like Oxford, Cambridge, Durham. (So Durham's like Princeton). They are doing interesting things there in physics, psychology, business, entrepreneurship, etc. Surprised it's not more popular with you Yanks.

Nah, too Northern. We still love free speech too much to consider it. Great uni for the right kid, I’m sure.

Durham is in the North of England but not representative of Northerners. Its got 40% private school (aka posh, Southern) students and a bunch of internationals, not much room left for stroppy Northerners.

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Anonymous wrote:No. But he wants to. He is targeting 2 ivies and 2 t20’s. if that fails and he gets in the UK universities he is going.

This is one of the smartest approaches I've read about. We're all over the map with a list of 20+ colleges as of now from UF to Harvard. Casting a wider net may be a good idea because of lottery like results, but it'd be so much better for the mental health to have 8'ish apps on your list that you're really excited about and fit in your budget.
I'm curios which 4 US universities are on his list. And, thanks for the tour insights!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. But he wants to. He is targeting 2 ivies and 2 t20’s. if that fails and he gets in the UK universities he is going.

This is one of the smartest approaches I've read about. We're all over the map with a list of 20+ colleges as of now from UF to Harvard. Casting a wider net may be a good idea because of lottery like results, but it'd be so much better for the mental health to have 8'ish apps on your list that you're really excited about and fit in your budget.
I'm curios which 4 US universities are on his list. And, thanks for the tour insights!

Thanks. HE really wants to go abroad, but given the opportunity at some of the reach US schools he is applying to, he would stay.
He is applying to Wharton, Cornell (Dyson), UC Berkeley, NYU and USC’s WBB program. If got in any of these, he would likely stay. If he got in NYU and one of the UK ones, it would be toss up for him. He is also applying to Bocconi and a couple of other US lower ranked US schools just in case.
For his subjects (Business/Mgmt/Econ) he has put together this ranking for him. He has been studying these schools for a while now and have now visitied every single one.

1. Wharton
2. Cornell
3. USC WBB program
4. UCB
5. Oxford
6. NYU/St Andrews
7. Bocconi
8. Edinburgh/Durham/Exeter
9. All other US t35-t75 schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. But he wants to. He is targeting 2 ivies and 2 t20’s. if that fails and he gets in the UK universities he is going.

This is one of the smartest approaches I've read about. We're all over the map with a list of 20+ colleges as of now from UF to Harvard. Casting a wider net may be a good idea because of lottery like results, but it'd be so much better for the mental health to have 8'ish apps on your list that you're really excited about and fit in your budget.
I'm curios which 4 US universities are on his list. And, thanks for the tour insights!

Thanks. HE really wants to go abroad, but given the opportunity at some of the reach US schools he is applying to, he would stay.
He is applying to Wharton, Cornell (Dyson), UC Berkeley, NYU and USC’s WBB program. If got in any of these, he would likely stay. If he got in NYU and one of the UK ones, it would be toss up for him. He is also applying to Bocconi and a couple of other US lower ranked US schools just in case.
For his subjects (Business/Mgmt/Econ) he has put together this ranking for him. He has been studying these schools for a while now and have now visitied every single one.

1. Wharton
2. Cornell
3. USC WBB program
4. UCB
5. Oxford
6. NYU/St Andrews
7. Bocconi
8. Edinburgh/Durham/Exeter
9. All other US t35-t75 schools.

Thank you. This is a great approach.
Wishing your son the best!

[Anonymous]

Woo hoo! IB results just released and DS accepted into Econ at Edinburgh. He really like Durham and Bristol during visits but his heart was set on Edinburgh (which he has not even visited) as we know bunch of kids who love it there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Waiting for AMericans to discover Durham University. Strong in sciences, beautiful small town in the North of England, great history. SO pretty. I think of the rankings like Oxford, Cambridge, Durham. (So Durham's like Princeton). They are doing interesting things there in physics, psychology, business, entrepreneurship, etc. Surprised it's not more popular with you Yanks.

Nah, too Northern. We still love free speech too much to consider it. Great uni for the right kid, I’m sure.

Durham is in the North of England but not representative of Northerners. Its got 40% private school (aka posh, Southern) students and a bunch of internationals, not much room left for stroppy Northerners.

Classist

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Woo hoo! IB results just released and DS accepted into Econ at Edinburgh. He really like Durham and Bristol during visits but his heart was set on Edinburgh (which he has not even visited) as we know bunch of kids who love it there.

Congrats! Great program. My nephew just graduated with a Econ degree from there. Starting Oxford in the fall for graduate school.
My son loved Edinburgh too.He had a tough time deciding between Edi and StA. But I think he fell in love more with the city than the uni…..complete opposite reaction to StA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Woo hoo! IB results just released and DS accepted into Econ at Edinburgh. He really like Durham and Bristol during visits but his heart was set on Edinburgh (which he has not even visited) as we know bunch of kids who love it there.

Congrats! Great program. My nephew just graduated with a Econ degree from there. Starting Oxford in the fall for graduate school.
My son loved Edinburgh too.He had a tough time deciding between Edi and StA. But I think he fell in love more with the city than the uni…..complete opposite reaction to StA.

Thank you and congrats to your nephew!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Woo hoo! IB results just released and DS accepted into Econ at Edinburgh. He really like Durham and Bristol during visits but his heart was set on Edinburgh (which he has not even visited) as we know bunch of kids who love it there.

Congrats! Great program. My nephew just graduated with a Econ degree from there. Starting Oxford in the fall for graduate school.
My son loved Edinburgh too.He had a tough time deciding between Edi and StA. But I think he fell in love more with the city than the uni…..complete opposite reaction to StA.

Thank you and congrats to your nephew!

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I love Edinburgh too. One of my favorite cities. Having a kid there will give you a great excuse to go visit!