The top 10 universities in the UK

United Kingdom

1. University of Cambridge

Founded in 1209, the University of Cambridge has 31 colleges and in 2013-2014 reached 1,510 million pounds of revenue. The institution has been linked to 90 Nobel laureates, 61 of them former students, and their percentage of admissions in 2012-2013 was 21.9% of total applications.

2. University of Oxford

Oxford University is the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the first in the UK. It was founded in about 1096, it consists of 38 faculties, and now collects about 2,000 million pounds and supports 60% of the candidates who are presented.

3. University of St Andrews

The University of St. Andrews was founded in 1400, it is a public research university with 45% of international students. It is the British institution with the highest percentage of American students and its most recent alumni is the First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond, Olympic gold medalist Chris Hoy, and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, William and Catherine.

4. University of Surrey

This young public institution, founded in 1891, is located in the southeast of the British island. In addition, The University of Surrey is British university with the highest degree of employability of the territory, with 96.9% (2014), up to 2% and 3% above Oxford and Cambridge.

5. University of Bath

Founded in 1856, the University of Bath is one that provides the largest share satisfaction among British students, secures the National Student Survey 2014. It is also an excellent research center, where 32% of their research achieved the highest rating.

6. University of Durham

Founded in 1832, The University of Durham was one of the first universities in the world to charge tuition. This is one of the main alternatives to Oxford and Cambridge, and its faculty is composed of 15 members of the Royal Society, the British Academy 18 and 16 members of the Academy of Social Sciences, among others.

7. University of Warwick

This institution was created in 1965, it has 23,400 full-time students and teaching and research staff consists of nearly 1,400. Also in the 2013-2014 course Warwick grossed 481 million pounds, and 6.74 candidates for each study place offered currently presented.

8. Imperial College London

Science, Engineering, Medicine and Business: date of birth as 1851. The Imperial College offers training in 4 areas are considered. Ranked 2nd place in the World Ranking QS 2015 and 9th in the world rankings Times Higher Education.

9. University of Exeter

Founded in 1955, The University of Exeter is located in the Southwest of England and is a leading research center, member of the prestigious Russell Group. It has 70 research centers and institutes and 2010-2011 would receive 46.3 million pounds for its scientific initiatives.

10. University of Lancaster

Established in 1964, Lancaster is the result of the merger between the universities of York and Kent, and up 9 schools. In addition, the library houses the largest collection of books, manuscripts, photographs and drawings of the poet John Ruskin in the world.