Best Student Cities in the UK
24,785 Reviews by Students
Student reviews reveal the best and the worst cities and towns for students in the United Kingdom.
Not sure what the best student cities in the UK are? Then you’ve come to the right place!
Our list of best student cities and towns in the UK is the only live league table which is chosen 100% by students who are actually studying at each university.
It is constantly updated with new student reviews about the important areas of city life: cost of living, restaurants, nightlife, shopping options and public transport.
Because we only publish reviews from students using their university email account, you can guarantee all our reviews are from real students. You will hear directly from the experts which university cities in the UK top the chart for student experience.
Click on a location below to read all the independent student reviews and find out more about what each location can deliver.
You can help future students by reviewing your student location when you get there.
Locations League Table, United Kingdom

Liverpool

Newcastle upon Tyne

Leeds

Belfast
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Sheffield

Cardiff

Glasgow

Birmingham
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Nottingham
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Southampton

Edinburgh

Norwich

Manchester
Royal Leamington Spa

Portsmouth

Lincoln

Bristol

Aberdeen

York
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Chester

South West London

Leicester
Newcastle

Bournemouth
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Dundee

Guildford

Reading

Preston

Plymouth

Exeter

Swansea

Derby

Bolton
Uxbridge

Central London

Coventry
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Cheltenham

London

Hull

Bath

Brighton

High Wycombe

Loughborough

Worcester

Wolverhampton

Cambridge

Lancaster

South East London

Durham

Sunderland

Newport

Oxford

Salford

Stirling

Bradford

Winchester

Huddersfield

Falmouth

St Andrews

Canterbury

West London

Colchester

East London

Luton

North London

Bangor

Ipswich

Stoke-on-Trent

Northampton

Keele
Locations not ranked
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Leeds
Abingdon
Warrington
Swindon
Solihull
Burnley
Yeovil
Hertfordshire
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Buckingham
Kingston upon Thames

Inverness
Stoke Gifford
Doncaster
Hagley
Watford

Gillingham
Romford
Lampeter
Penryn
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