Facts, figures and statistics

More about UCL's global mean rankings and staff and student numbers.

Global league table position

University	Mean of 5 rankings*	Rank by mean*
Harvard University	2	1
Stanford University	3.2	2
University of Oxford	4.2	3
University of Cambridge	5.8	4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	7.6	5
UCL	10.8	6
Imperial College London	12.4	7
Johns Hopkins University	13	8
University of Pennsylvania	13.8	9
Columbia University	14.4	10

* Based on rankings released in the 2022 calendar year which includes: QS 2023 World University Rankings; Times Higher Education 2023 World University Rankings; Shanghai ARWU 2022; University Ranking by Academic Performance 2022-2023; NTU World University Rankings 2022.

Staff numbers

Staff numbers by Faculty/Office, 2022/23

Chart showing numbers of staff in UCL's Faculties and other areas. The numbers range from 13 in the Vice-Provost (Faculties) office to 1.885 in the Faculty of Engineering Sciences. Total number of staff: 16,080.

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Numbers are correct as of October 2022. Find out more about UCL's workforce at: UCL Workplace Reporting and Analytics

Student numbers

In 2022/3, UCL had a total of 51,058 students, of which 25,121 were undergraduates, 19,745 were postgraduate taught students and 6,192 were postgraduate research students.