Top Architecture Schools in UK

University College London is ranked in the top 3 nationally for its architecture program. In addition the Architects’ Journal has placed the UCL Bartlett School of Architecture as the best school in the UK – for the sixth consecutive year. In the journal's annual AJ100 poll of the UK’s 100 largest architectural practices, the practices voted the UCL Bartlett as the best architecture school in the UK.

The School of Architecture at the University of Sheffield is placed in the top 5 nationally. It is widely recognised as one of the top leading schools of architecture in Europe. The results of the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2008 confirm the School´s position as a world class centre for architectural research, with 35% of its staff rated as 4* (world leading).

The Kent School of Architecture is one of the best in the country. The 2011 Complete University Guide and The Independent have placed Kent School of Architecture in the top 20 schools of the country. It is placed 12th nationally in Guardian (2011). In 2009 the Kent School of Architecture was rated 2nd in the country for graduate employment rates, 4th for spend per student and was listed in the top 20 of the Guardian League table.

Top 10 architecture schools in the UK:
1 Cambridge
2 Bath
3 UCL
4 Cardiff
5 Sheffield
6 Newcastle
7 Oxford Brookes
8 Sheffield Hallam
9 Manchester School of Architecture
10 Liverpool
Source: Guardian University Guide 2011

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