Kingston University is ranked among Europe’s top 50 architecture schools, with a recent graduate awarded the top international portfolio prize by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). Situated in an art school environment, our Department of Architecture & Landscape offers a breadth of built environment expertise and a unique educational experience. 

Professional recognition 

Students often feature in the prestigious Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) President’s Medals – considered the world’s most prestigious and established awards in architectural education. Our graduate Simon Dean won Bronze for the best degree-level design project in 2014. More recently, Yousuf Khalil was awarded the Architect’s Journal Student Prize in 2018. 

In the past few years, Domus magazine has consistently featured our school among Europe’s top 50 architecture schools. We were one of the eight UK Architecture Schools in the Domus Guide 2017. We were one of the two UK schools invited to present at the 12th Biennale in Venice.

UK University Rankings for Architecture 2020

* Schools within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

Rank	University Name	Entry Standards	Student Satisfaction	Research Quality	Graduate Prospects	Overall Score
1st	University of Bath	206	4.09	3.38	96	100.0
2nd	University of Cambridge	220	4.02	3.35	90	99.4
3rd	The University of Sheffield	177	4.33	3.32	96	98.5
4th	University College London	199	4.02	3.25	90	98.3
5th	University of Strathclyde	195	4.06	2.53	94	97.5
6th	University of the Arts London (UAL)	182	4.05	3.12	90	97.4
7th	Cardiff University	180	3.66	3.11	94	96.9
8th	Newcastle University	176	3.93	3.13	90	96.8
9th	Loughborough University	159	3.97	3.28	n/a	96.3
10th	The University of Edinburgh	181	3.84	3.05	88	96.1
11th	Manchester School of Architecture	171	3.91	2.82	94	95.8
12th	Queen’s University, Belfast	150	3.98	2.89	92	95.5
13th	University of Liverpool	149	4.12	3.18	86	95.1
14th	The University of Nottingham	170	3.91	2.65	90	94.9
15th	Oxford Brookes University	155	4.22	2.89	86	94.3
16th	University of Kent	153	4.01	2.62	86	94.3
17th	Ulster University	128	3.87	3.24	88	94.2
18th	University of the West of England	149	4.71	2.71	84	94.1
19th	University of Reading	136	3.89	3.22	n/a	93.8
20th	University of Dundee	164	4.07	2.00	88	93.7
21st	De Montfort University	110	4.14	2.93	90	93.3
22nd	Coventry University	129	4.54	2.62	86	93.2
23rd	University of Plymouth	129	4.17	2.45	88	92.9
24th	Northumbria University	157	4.26	2.52	82	92.8
25th	Wrexham Glyndŵr University	n/a	4.38	n/a	94	92.5
26th	University for the Creative Arts	141	4.26	2.72	84	92.5
27th	Robert Gordon University	161	4.13	1.89	82	92.3
28th	University of Westminster	142	4.29	2.80	80	92.3
29th	Nottingham Trent University	131	4.11	2.34	88	91.9
30th	University of Greenwich	149	4.16	2.20	82	91.5
31st	Liverpool John Moores University	151	4.10	2.49	78	91.4
32nd	Arts University Bournemouth	133	4.37	2.30	82	91.2
33rd	University of Lincoln	125	3.99	1.94	90	91.2
34th	University of the Highlands and Islands	n/a	4.56	n/a	86	91.1
35th	London South Bank University	109	3.98	2.59	82	91.1
36th	University of Derby	123	3.97	1.67	86	91.0
37th	University of Portsmouth	114	4.36	n/a	92	90.8
38th	University of Central Lancashire	136	4.34	2.23	78	90.6
39th	Solent University	96	4.58	n/a	92	90.3
40th	Birmingham City University	126	4.08	2.88	74	90.1
41st	University of Salford	120	3.84	2.69	76	90.0
42nd	Kingston University	123	4.32	2.93	70	89.8
43rd	Sheffield Hallam University	114	4.14	3.13	68	89.0
44th	Leeds Beckett University	118	4.15	2.30	74	88.8
45th	University of Brighton	113	3.90	2.95	70	88.6
46th	London Metropolitan University	107	4.04	2.22	76	88.6
47th	University of Huddersfield	138	3.97	n/a	76	88.4
48th	Cardiff Metropolitan University	91	4.60	n/a	82	88.3
49th	Middlesex University	118	4.23	n/a	n/a	88.3
50th	Falmouth University	105	4.51	n/a	n/a	88.0
51st	Edinburgh Napier University	132	3.95	n/a	74	87.8
52nd	Anglia Ruskin University	96	3.84	2.11	n/a	87.4
53rd	University of Northampton	103	4.14	n/a	n/a	87.1
54th	Norwich University of the Arts	99	4.38	n/a	74	86.9
55th	University of East London	110	4.17	2.41	62	86.6
56th	University of Wolverhampton	92	3.88	2.09	60	84.5
57th	University of Wales Trinity Saint David	114	2.66	n/a	n/a	84.2
58th	Ravensbourne University London	94	3.78	n/a	66	84.1

UK universities ranked by subject area: Architecture

2021	Institution	Guardian score/100	Satisfied with course	Satisfied with teaching	Satisfied with feedback	Student to staff ratio	Spend per student/10	Average entry tariff	Value added score/10	Career after 15 months	Contin-uation
1	Cambridge	100	n/a	n/a	n/a	12.6	10	196	9	n/a	100
2	UCL	97.3	80.3	85.3	61.4	10.2	10	182	7	100	96.9
3	Bath	96.5	93	94.2	80.4	22.1	4	194	8	97	97.8
4	Cardiff	90.4	88.4	90.2	77.6	16.2	8	169	7	93	98.6
5	Nottingham	86.1	84.5	86	63	16.9	10	166	9	94	97.8
6	Queen’s, Belfast	85	91.3	90	79.1	13.1	7	155	6	n/a	91.8
7	Strathclyde	84.4	77.2	87.3	69.3	25.4	6	198	9	n/a	96.4
8	Oxford Brookes	83.9	92	92.9	76.4	13.9	4	149	5	89	98
9	Manchester School of Architecture	83	84.5	88	70.5	10.3	7	162	7	85	94.8
10	Sheffield	82.8	93.3	93.3	75.3	18.3	4	173	4	91	96.7
10	Coventry	82.8	84.3	89.3	80.2	12.1	7	117	7	n/a	94.5
12	UWE Bristol	81.5	94.9	94.7	85.6	14.4	4	139	3	88	89.9
13	Northumbria	81.2	82.8	86.9	72	15.4	3	160	7	89	93.6
14	Newcastle	80.3	87.3	90.9	68.5	13.6	7	169	6	88	95.5
15	Edinburgh	79.1	74.5	85	60	17.1	5	178	7	96	97.2
16	Liverpool	78.5	87	89.5	74.1	17	8	151	3	89	97.6
17	Robert Gordon	77.9	86.6	82.1	70.6	21	3	152	9	97	88.9
18	Dundee	77.6	n/a	n/a	n/a	15.6	5	176	4	n/a	92.9
19	Plymouth	77.3	82.3	88.2	69.3	22.8	5	116	9	93	95.9
20	Loughborough	77.1	89.5	89.7	76.3	n/a	8	153	5	n/a	n/a
21	Greenwich	76.8	87.3	88.7	83.5	12.9	4	118	6	n/a	89.8
22	Liverpool John Moores	76.1	89.3	88.4	79.6	19	3	152	8	88	88.3
23	University of the Arts London	75.8	86.9	87	74.8	16.5	9	160	4	n/a	91.4
24	Hertfordshire	74.9	83.9	91.8	87.3	19.1	6	100	n/a	n/a	92
25	Solent	74.4	83.3	92.6	81.9	19.4	5	121	n/a	n/a	85.1
26	Central Lancashire	73.9	69	77.8	78.3	14.6	5	128	6	n/a	88.2
26	East London	73.9	87.8	90.9	79.3	16.3	2	126	6	n/a	93.9
28	University for the Creative Arts	73.8	89.6	87.4	71.2	11.7	7	135	3	n/a	89.9
29	Kent	71.6	78.1	84.9	61.2	17.1	6	166	3	93	95.2
30	Nottingham Trent	71.5	87.3	91.1	73.1	17.3	5	130	4	90	88.9
30	Arts University Bournemouth	71.5	88.9	90.9	81.1	12.7	4	125	3	86	88.5
32	Kingston	71	83.5	88.1	71.6	14.6	7	117	5	87	91.7
33	Ulster	70.2	81.7	85.7	72.2	20.1	4	128	7	94	85.8
34	Brighton	70.1	82.8	88.3	63.6	14.8	4	120	6	n/a	94.9
35	Cardiff Met	70	84.4	93.7	85.9	16.9	6	116	n/a	n/a	81.3
36	Sheffield Hallam	68.9	88.6	88.8	76.2	17.4	4	105	6	86	93.9
37	Huddersfield	68.8	79.1	81.2	64.9	14	4	127	4	n/a	95.4
38	Birmingham City	66	83	86.4	79.4	17.8	8	130	5	79	90.4
39	London Met	65.5	84.4	89.4	77.5	12.9	6	114	7	78	77.7
40	Portsmouth	64.2	87.1	85.8	71.5	19.3	6	108	5	90	90.2
41	Westminster	64.1	90	89.8	82.3	20.1	3	135	4	76	91
42	Leeds Beckett	63.4	75.3	82	71.2	17.9	4	109	8	92	83.5
43	Wolverhampton	63.2	84.6	89.7	69.2	17	6	84	7	n/a	n/a
44	Falmouth	63	71.9	79.2	68	11.4	5	124	n/a	n/a	79.5
45	Middlesex	60.9	77.6	79.7	71.6	16.4	6	100	9	n/a	75
46	London South Bank	60.2	78.1	79.5	69.6	18.2	4	112	3	n/a	87.8
47	Reading	58.8	79.7	79.1	51.9	19	6	128	4	n/a	97.4
48	Derby	58.4	88.3	88.6	70.3	20.2	6	110	3	n/a	83.9
49	Salford	54.3	71	80	64.5	20.1	2	120	2	93	90.4
50	Glasgow School of Art	52.9	n/a	n/a	n/a	18.8	3	173	1	n/a	92.9
51	De Montfort	43	64.3	72.3	52.7	22.8	3	109	3	90	88.6
52	Lincoln	40.6	55.4	76.8	44.6	n/a	3	110	5	n/a	86.5
53	Northampton	36.2	76.9	79.5	59.6	37.5	4	107	n/a	n/a	n/a