Top Ranked Universities in the United Kingdom

Published date: 17 Apr 2019 Updated on: 25 Feb 2020

“Over 4 lakh students are benefitting from the Transnational Education provided by the Universities in the UK.”

We humans are slaves to our immediate emotions, needs and wants. Our aspirations understand no limit. You may have a strong urge to change the world, the lives of people around you or you want to alter your career trajectory. So, how do you plan to work on that? College degrees can help. They make your dreams come true by helping you achieve the privileged position of influence. And a degree from a UK university boosts your career in Toto.

Imagine Hogwarts in your mind, and now take a careful look at the architecture of Oxford University. You will find a lot of similarities. So, the top ranked Universities in the United Kingdom not only have the beautiful & magnificent infrastructure but makes the UK the second most popular destination in the world in higher education for international students. In recent years, the Indian students’ interest in the UK declined mainly because of shutting down of the post-study work visa in 2012. However, 2017-18 saw an upswing in the numbers from 16,550 in 2016-17 to 19,750.

STEM (Science, Technology, and Engineering & Mathematics) courses offered by UK universities are very popular among students. 
Below are a few reasons that may encourage you to opt for a university in the UK:-

• In many UK Universities, the duration of a master’s course is of one year which makes the curriculum very challenging and intensive. They promote such approaches that enable students to pursue the subject of their own interest. No doubt that the student satisfaction rates for international students are around 90%
• The top universities in the United Kingdom are the epitome of international diversity which makes them a preferred choice for international students. The native population is friendly to foreigners when compared with other European countries
• The public funding share in UK universities is high. Hence, international students have to bear meager tuition fees. Various scholarships and financial aid reduce the student’s financial burden
• Addition of Channel tunnel and the availability of low- cost airlines make it easier to travel to any place in Europe at reasonable costs. The UK acts as a gateway to Europe. However, whether these amenities would still continue depends upon the Brexit aftermath.
• The Universities in the UK put across in 6.4% of global journals, 11.6% citations and 15.9% of the world’s highly-cited articles and the country constitutes only 0.9% of total world population. The research and institutional Infrastructure of the top Universities of the United Kingdom is exceptional
• The National Health Service (NHS) provides Indian students free medical treatment if they are enrolled in a full-time course with nominal immigration health surcharge from £150 to 300 per year. The charges depend upon the duration the visa is granted
• UK Universities have been a terrain of the workplace to at least one in seven world leaders and have collectively produced more than 100 Nobel Laureates
• International students can work up to 20 hours a week during school term and full time when school is out of term
• And now, another ray of hope - anti-globalization steps by the UK are proving a boon to the International students. In post-Brexit Immigration strategy, a new ‘International Education Strategy’ for an improved post-study visa regime will benefit a lot of Indian students. The UK wants to increase its international student population from the current level of 460,000 to 600,000 each year by 2030
• The UK is also planning to extend post-study work visa tenure as well for all courses. However, these provisions depend a lot on the Brexit deliberations. 

The UK expects to generate 35 billion pounds with the proposed annual 30% hike of international students.

What does this say? The United Kingdom wants to you there, badly.

The United Kingdom’ hitherto success story of development is not confined to traditional fields.
According to the Independent, the creative industries such as Fashion, Films, TV, Publishing, etc. alone generated £84 billion for the UK economy, and the industry is growing at twice the rate of the UK economy.
Aren’t these prospects tantalizing enough to generate curiosity?

According to the statistics (2016-17) related to the presence of International students, around 19 % of the total student population is the non-UK students that are currently pursuing higher education courses. Among them, 6% are from the European Union, and 13% are from the rest of the world. China, India, USA, Hong Kong, and Malaysia are the five major countries that send their students to the UK for higher education.
The world-class education offered in the Universities of the UK is not limited to Russell group Institutions (the UK equivalent of Ivy League institutes), universities other than this prestigious group are doing exceptionally well.

Here is the list of the ranks of top universities in the United Kingdom in relation to enrollment of international students in 2016-17:-