1.Durham University
The UK-based Durham University is a public research university situated in the North East of England, UK, founded in 1832. Durham is the joint 78th best university in the world according to the QS World University Rankings® 2018 and ranks among the top 10 universities in the world for:
Theology, divinity and religious studies
Archaeology
Geography
Undergraduate courses at Durham University include:
International relations
Philosophy, politics and economics
Marketing and management with business placement
Accounting and finance
Master’s degrees taught at Durham University include:
Medieval and early modern studies
Spirituality, theology and health
Archeology
Social work
2.University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is made up of a central university; 38 colleges; and six Permanent Private Halls, which tend to be smaller than colleges and offer fewer subjects. The colleges at Oxford are each equipped with a dining hall, common room and library. Undergraduates are guaranteed college housing for their freshman year and can often continue to live there during the later years of their studies. Graduate students are not guaranteed housing but some colleges may have space for them during their first year, especially for international students. Tuition costs are higher for non-European Union students. The university and its academic departments and colleges, as well as dozens of external organizations, have made more than 900 scholarships available for graduate students.
3.The University of Manchester
The University of Manchester offers over 1,000 degree programmes, including foundation courses, bachelor’s degrees, master’s programs, PhDs and MBAs across the humanities and business, science and engineering subject areas.
Ranked seventh in the QS World University Rankings® 2018, the University of Manchester is a prestigious red brick university and a member of the Russell Group, a select network of leading research-intensive universities. It has an incredible track record in innovation, and has 25 Nobel Prize winners among its current and former staff and students.
The University of Manchester, which is investing £1 billion over ten years in its facilities and campus, helped develop the world’s first modern computer in 1948, and was behind the work of Rutherford which led to the splitting of the atom in 1917.
Today, The University of Manchester is at the foreground of research, particularly into new treatments for life-threatening diseases, as well as science and engineering. In 2015/2016 alone, the University of Manchester attracted over £342 million in external research funding.
Recruiters target University of Manchester graduates because they’re highly employable. Ranked 35th in the QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2017, it boasts a 94% employability rate.
| Subject rank | Overall rank | University | Total score |
| 1 | 5 | Durham University | 100.0.0 |
| 2 | 2 | University of Oxford | 95.2 |
| 3 | 25 | University of Manchester | 95.1 |
| 4 | 15 | University of Birmingham | 93.8 |
| 5 | 24 | University of Edinburgh | 93.4 |
| 6 | 18 | University of Nottingham | 92.9 |
| 7 | 16= | University of Bristol | 92.3 |
| 8 | 35 | Cardiff University | 92.1 |
| 9 | 10 | University of Leeds | 91.5 |
| 10 | 30 | University of Southampton | 91.3 |
| 11 | 19 | University of Surrey | 91.2 |
| 12 | 20 | University of Glasgow | 90.2 |
| 13 | 16= | University of York | 90.1 |
| 14 | 1 | University of Cambridge | 89.5 |
| 15 | 28= | Royal Holloway, University of London | 89.1 |
| 16 | 21 | University of Sheffield | 88.6 |
| 17 | 36= | SOAS University of London | 88.3 |
| 18 | - | Royal Academy of Music | 87.1 |
| 19 | 38 | Queen's University, Belfast | 87.0.0 |
| 20 | 28= | King's College London | 86.7 |
| 21 | 40 | University of Aberdeen | 86.5 |
| 22 | 52 | Liverpool Hope University | 85.7 |
| 23 | 65 | University of Huddersfield | 85.4 |
| 24 | 75= | City, University of London | 85.3 |
| 25 | - | Royal Northern College of Music | 84.4 |
| 26= | 55 | Bangor University | 84.2 |
| 26= | 26 | Newcastle University | 84.2 |
| 28 | 31 | University of Kent | 83.7 |
| 29 | 50 | Keele University | 83.5 |
| 30 | - | Royal College of Music | 83.3 |
| 31= | 105 | Birmingham City University | 83.1 |
| 31= | 61= | University of Chester | 83.1 |
| 33 | 67= | De Montfort University | 83.0.0 |
| 34 | 116 | Edinburgh Napier University | 82.9 |
| 35 | 63= | Goldsmiths, University of London | 82.1 |
| 36 | 27 | University of Sussex | 81.9 |
| 37 | 73 | Ulster University | 81.6 |
| 38 | 84 | Oxford Brookes University | 81.4 |
| 39 | 59 | Brunel University London | 81.1 |
| 40 | - | Royal Conservatoire of Scotland | 80.9 |
| 41 | 94 | Bath Spa University | 80.7 |
| 42 | 56 | University of West London | 80.3 |
| 43 | 69 | Falmouth University | 80.1 |
| 44 | 61= | Edge Hill University | 79.3 |
| 45 | 22 | University of Essex | 77.6 |
| 46 | 88 | University of Salford | 77.0.0 |
| 47 | 42 | University of Liverpool | 76.9 |
| 48= | 80 | Manchester Metropolitan University | 76.5 |
| 48= | 44 | Coventry University | 76.5 |
| 50= | 123 | Leeds Beckett University | 76.4 |
| 50= | 75= | University of Hull | 76.4 |
| 52 | 109= | University of Greenwich | 76.3 |
| 53 | 86= | Plymouth University | 76.2 |
| 54 | 118 | York St John University | 76.1 |
| 55 | 89 | University of Hertfordshire | 75.7 |
| 56 | 96 | University of Sunderland | 75.4 |
| 57 | 93 | University of Central Lancashire | 75.2 |
| 58 | 91 | Middlesex University | 75.0.0 |
| 59 | 106= | University of Westminster | 74.7 |
| 60 | 72 | University of Chichester | 74.6 |
| 61 | 79 | Bournemouth University | 74.5 |
| 62 | 100= | University of the West of Scotland | 74.4 |
| 63= | 119= | University of South Wales | 74.3 |
| 63= | 112 | University of Brighton | 74.3 |
| 65= | 106= | London South Bank University | 73.9 |
| 65= | 83 | University of Gloucestershire | 73.9 |
| 67 | 97 | University of Northampton | 73.4 |
| 68 | 124 | University of Bolton | 72.8 |
| 69= | 81 | University of Derby | 72.7 |
| 69= | 111 | Canterbury Christ Church University | 72.7 |
| 71 | 85 | University of Winchester | 72.3 |
| 72 | 100= | Southampton Solent University | 72.2 |
| 73 | 119= | Plymouth Marjon University | 72.1 |
| 74 | 115 | University of the Arts, London | 70.4 |
| 75 | 117 | Kingston University | 70.0.0 |
| 76 | 126 | Buckinghamshire New University | 69.8 |
| 77 | 114 | University of East London | 69.6 |
| 78 | 125 | University of Cumbria | 69.4 |
| 79 | 113 | Anglia Ruskin University | 67.8 |
