Humanity has finally reached a point where the girls outnumber the boys at UK unis. But the proportion of girlies at different UK universities varies a huge amount.
Loads of specialist arts universities are stuffed with girlies. This makes sense, as girls tend to outnumber boys on design, creative and performing arts courses (more girls than boys also study law, medicine and veterinary science at unis, by the way). The UK university with the most girlies right now is officially Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh. I never would have guessed that. A huge 77.8 per cent of students there are girlies. A few other higher education places such as the Royal Academy of Dance, the Courtauld Institute of Art and The Royal Veterinary College actually have even higher proportions of female students, but they don’t technically count as full universities.
At the other end, quite a few famous UK unis are really low on girls. Imperial College London is officially the Russell Group uni with the fewest girls. The girlies are also thin on the ground at other very high-ranking unis such as the University of Bath and Loughborough University.
These figures all come from analysing data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). The percentages refer to the proportion of new students in 2024 who were female (because that’s the most up-to-date info we have).
So, here are the 15 UK universities with the most girlies right now:
15. University of Winchester – 66.8 per cent girls
14. University of Chichester – 66.9 per cent girls
13. Birmingham Newman University – 67.2 per cent
12. Hartpury University – 68.3 per cent girls
11. Goldsmiths, University of London – 68.6 per cent girls
London girlies
10. The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine – 68.9 per cent girls
9. Bishop Grosseteste University – 69.1 per cent girls
8. Arts University Bournemouth (AUB) – 69.3 per cent girls
7. Edge Hill University – 70.3 per cent girls
6. University of Worcester – 70.9 per cent girls
5. Royal College of Art – 71.6 per cent girls
4. Leeds Arts University – 72.4 per cent girls
3. Arts University Plymouth – 73.4 per cent girls
2. University of the Arts London (UAL) – 76.4 per cent girls
1. Queen Margaret University – 77.8 per cent girls
Apparently this is what Queen Margaret Uni looks like
(Credit: Stuart Caie)
And here are the 15 UK universities with the least girlies:
15. Guildhall School of Music and Drama – 47.9 per cent girls
14. University of Hertfordshire – 47.8 per cent girls
13. Abertay University – 47.7 per cent girls
12. Bath Spa University – 46.7 per cent
11. Brunel University London – 46.4 per cent girls
10. Aston University – 46.3 per cent girls
9. University of Bath – 45.9 per cent girls
8. Southampton Solent University – 45.2 per cent
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7. University of East London – 44.7 per cent
6. Imperial College London – 43.6 per cent girls
5. Ravensbourne University London – 43.3 per cent girl
4. Richmond American University London – 42.1 per cent girls
3. Loughborough University – 41.0 per cent girls
2. Heriot-Watt University – 39.1 per cent girls
1. Cranfield University – 29.1 per cent girls
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