<p>Which universities in the United Kingdom do you know? Feel free to post your views on their reputations.</p>
<p>Oxford
Cambridge
University of London- UCL, LSE, King's, Queen Mary, SOAS, Royal Holloway
Durham
Bristol
Birmingham
Edinburgh
St. Andrews
Glasgow
Aberdeen
York
Exeter
Essex
East Anglia
Warwick
Manchester
Nottingham
Bath
Liverpool
Middlesex
Wales-Swansea
Wales-Bangor
Wales-Aberystwyth
Cardiff</p>
<p>In Ireland, I've heard of TC Dublin, UC Dublin, NU Galway, Queen's Belfast, and UC Cork.</p>
<p>OUff, too many to mention, but I am just going to tell you the ones that I am thinking of applying to (for International Relations and History):</p>
<p>University of Wales, Aberystwyth: the first university in the world to have an IR department, has a worldwide reputation in the field (although the rest of the uni is a bit lacking), and has the highest scores in research assessments. Plus, it's just in a beautiful coastal town. It is amazing at undergrad level. Although it is the least demanding for undergrad admissions out of the three, its the one that inspires me the most.</p>
<p>University of St Andrews: an excellent university in Scotland, worldwide known for the excellence of its International Relations department. It is also a coastal town. A lot of Americans go there, it is very well known in the USA. Bit of trivia, Prince William Wales went there.</p>
<p>LSE: Well, what can we say about one of the world's most renowned institution for the social sciences. It also has an excellent IR department, although it is most known for at the postgraduate level (many world leaders have studied there). And it is in London!</p>
<p>I agree with kemet except Warwick, Manchester and Bath should be much higher up. Above Essex and Birmingham IMO.</p>
<p>I didn't intend it to be a ranking; I listed them in the order that I thought of them. I agree with you, though.</p>
<p>Oxford, Cambridge</p>
<p>(giant gap)</p>
<p>SOAS, LSE, St. Andrews are the only ones I can say I know exist.</p>
<p>I was very impressed with my visit to ST Andrews University - liked it more than Edin. U. and G U in Scott; most beautiful campus and setting that I have seen. Faculty were impressive. Obviously it does not have the reputation of Oxbridge.</p>
<p>For anyone interested, the rankings for UK universities have just been released. The top ten is listed below and a link to the complete rankings is provided.</p>
<p>Institution Guardian score/100 </p>
<ol>
<li>Oxford 95.29 </li>
<li>Cambridge 91.92 </li>
<li>Imperial College 82.27 </li>
<li>St Andrews 79.30 </li>
<li>UCL 79.17 </li>
<li>London School of Economics 78.53 </li>
<li>Edinburgh 75.15 </li>
<li>Warwick 75.01 </li>
<li>Loughborough 73.44 </li>
<li>Bath 73.43 </li>
</ol>
<p>Oxbridge, Imperial, UCL, kings, LSE are top notch & globally recognized.</p>
<p>Oxford
Cambridge
UCL
LSE
ICL
St. Andrews
Manchester</p>
<p>Oxbridge, Exeter... that's it. lol</p>
<p>Who in the US applies to these unis? The only people I personally know are from International Schools. Just wondering.</p>
<p>What's Exeter?</p>
<p>England --
Oxford
Cambridge
London School of Econ.</p>
<p>Ireland --
Trinity College of Dublin</p>
<p>Well it depends on the particular institution. Oxford, Cambridge, St Andrews, and the LSE receive a high volume of applications from the US. Further, applications have been on the increase for the past few years, especially to Oxford, Cambridge, and St Andrews. Students come from public and private schools throughout the country, but the top US prep schools have been sending a large number of students for quite some time. Successful applicants tend to have quite a few APs and great stats.</p>
<p>east anglia is right in norwich, which is gorgeous! LOVE norwich. Any london university's gonna be exciting, but if you dont like super-fast city life, east anglia's awesome. Durham's more prestigious, and it's gorgeous. I almost applied, but alas i couldn't claim residency anymore. :(</p>
<p>Jwagner,</p>
<p>Really? I was under the impression that they were hard to get into, but no harder than any of the US top schools, actually easier. My friend was denied at Dartmouth and Columbia and accepted at Oxford and Cambridge... Strange. Its a matter of preference though I suppose.</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Whatever happened to the University of Sussex? Soon after it opened, it was considered the up and coming university.</p></li>
<li><p>What are the differences between the various colleges in the University of London? Are they all considered generally on a par, with their individual strengths and weaknesses, or do they range widely?</p></li>
</ol>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>SweetLax - I doubt your story is true as you can't apply to both Oxford and Cambridge</p>
<p>Sac - Uinversity of London schools (UoL) are kind of in 2 seperate tiers if you can say. With LSE, UCL, Imperial, KCL,SOAS, Barts (medical school) in the 'top' tier and Queen Marys, Brunel, Goldsmiths, City and others in the 'second' tier.</p>
<p>Inshallah,</p>
<p>Sorry I forgot to add the S. My apologies.</p>