The University was also ranked as the best in London for its art course
Date: 14 August 2026
London Metropolitan University was recognised as one of the best institutions in the UK for its student support and creative courses in the Daily Mail University Guide 2027.
Published this week, the ranking showed a number of significant achievements for London Met within the UK.
This included:
- Student support: Eighth (88.2 per cent)
- Teaching excellence: Joint 22nd (88.5 per cent)
- Student experience: Joint 34th (84.6 per cent)
- Graduate salaries: Joint 39th (£30,000 median)
The guide analysed data across 12 areas. When looking at student support, teaching excellence and student experience together, London Met finished joint 11th out of all 128 universities.
Within London, the University had the second highest score for student support of all 20 institutions. It also recorded the seventh best score within the capital for both student experience and teaching excellence.
Meanwhile, the subject rankings showed impressive results across many courses, including:
- Design (fifth overall)
- Film/photography (sixth)
- Art (eighth)
These results demonstrate the University’s excellence in the creative fields. Students at London Met benefit from access to inspiring studio spaces and specialist facilities, as well as top academics.
Design graduates have gone on to become renowned jewellery designers, award-winning furniture designers, and heads of design for well-known lifestyle brands.
London Met’s standing within the capital as one of the premier study destinations for the arts is clear – the University was ranked number one for art, second for design and second for film.
The Daily Mail University Guide 2027 highlighted London Met as being home to "one of the most socially diverse student populations” – one which “reflects the city in which it stands".
It also outlined how new students will be the first to benefit from the Heart of the Campus project on the Holloway campus, "featuring a new main entrance and plaza and technology-enabled social learning spaces".
