Best Universities in the UK for Social Work According to TIMES Ranking 2018 |
| Subject rank | Overall rank | University | Total score |
| 1 | 24 | University of Edinburgh | 100.0.0 |
| 2 | 6 | Lancaster University | 96.2 |
| 3 | 13 | University of East Anglia | 96.1 |
| 4 | 18 | University of Nottingham | 95.7 |
| 5 | 20 | University of Glasgow | 93.5 |
| 6 | 45 | University of Stirling | 93.1 |
| 7 | 41 | University of Strathclyde | 92.7 |
| 8 | 36= | Swansea University | 92.4 |
| 9 | 38 | Queen's University, Belfast | 92.3 |
| 10= | 23 | University of Dundee | 92.0.0 |
| 10= | 108 | University of Bedfordshire | 92.0.0 |
| 12 | 12 | University of Bath | 91.7 |
| 13 | 10 | University of Leeds | 91.3 |
| 14 | 16= | University of York | 91.1 |
| 15 | 15 | University of Birmingham | 90.3 |
| 16 | 31 | University of Kent | 90.2 |
| 17= | 50 | Keele University | 90.1 |
| 17= | 57 | University of the West of England | 90.1 |
| 19 | 82 | Robert Gordon University | 89.1 |
| 20= | 88 | University of Salford | 89.0.0 |
| 20= | 79 | Bournemouth University | 89.0.0 |
| 22 | 53 | University of Portsmouth | 88.7 |
| 23 | 100= | University of the West of Scotland | 88.6 |
| 24 | 75= | University of Hull | 88.2 |
| 25 | 114 | University of East London | 87.9 |
| 26 | 109= | Glasgow Caledonian University | 87.5 |
| 27 | 73 | Ulster University | 87.2 |
| 28= | 27 | University of Sussex | 87.1 |
| 28= | 86= | Plymouth University | 87.1 |
| 30 | 93 | University of Central Lancashire | 86.4 |
| 31 | 91 | Middlesex University | 86.1 |
| 32 | 124 | University of Bolton | 85.1 |
| 33 | 59 | Brunel University London | 85.0.0 |
| 34 | 106= | London South Bank University | 84.9 |
| 35 | 84 | Oxford Brookes University | 84.2 |
| 36 | 65 | University of Huddersfield | 84.1 |
| 37 | 70= | Liverpool John Moores University | 84.0.0 |
| 38 | 44 | Coventry University | 83.9 |
| 39= | 47= | Nottingham Trent University | 83.3 |
| 39= | 54 | University of Lincoln | 83.3 |
| 41= | 56 | University of West London | 83.2 |
| 41= | 63= | Staffordshire University | 83.2 |
| 43 | 112 | University of Brighton | 83.1 |
| 44 | 89 | University of Hertfordshire | 82.8 |
| 45= | 70= | Sheffield Hallam University | 82.2 |
| 45= | 66 | Northumbria University | 82.2 |
| 47 | - | Kingston/St George's, London | 82.1 |
| 48 | 129 | University of Suffolk | 81.9 |
| 49= | 80 | Manchester Metropolitan University | 81.7 |
| 49= | 109= | University of Greenwich | 81.7 |
| 51 | 52 | Liverpool Hope University | 80.9 |
| 52= | 67= | De Montfort University | 80.8 |
| 52= | 113 | Anglia Ruskin University | 80.8 |
| 54 | 92 | Teesside University | 80.0.0 |
| 55 | 85 | University of Winchester | 79.8 |
| 56 | 63= | Goldsmiths, University of London | 79.1 |
| 57 | 75= | University of Bradford | 79.0.0 |
| 58 | 61= | Edge Hill University | 78.7 |
| 59 | 119= | University of South Wales | 78.6 |
| 60 | 55 | Bangor University | 78.5 |
| 61 | 90 | Cardiff Metropolitan University | 78.3 |
| 62= | 72 | University of Chichester | 78.2 |
| 62= | 126 | Buckinghamshire New University | 78.2 |
| 64= | 96 | University of Sunderland | 77.7 |
| 64= | 81 | University of Derby | 77.7 |
| 66 | 128 | London Metropolitan University | 77.5 |
| 67 | 83 | University of Gloucestershire | 76.9 |
| 68 | 105 | Birmingham City University | 76.7 |
| 69 | 123 | Leeds Beckett University | 76.6 |
| 70 | 61= | University of Chester | 76.3 |
| 71 | 119= | Plymouth Marjon University | 76.2 |
| 72 | 97 | University of Northampton | 76.0.0 |
| 73 | 121 | Newman University | 75.3 |
| 74 | 111 | Canterbury Christ Church University | 74.9 |
| 75 | 100= | Southampton Solent University | 72.0.0 |
| 76= | 22 | University of Essex | 71.7 |
| 76= | 125 | University of Cumbria | 71.7 |
| 78 | 102= | University of Worcester | 69.9 |