The University of Buckingham named number one in the UK for Artificial Intelligence education

The University of Buckingham has been ranked the number one university in the country for Artificial Intelligence education in the 2027 Unifresher rankings.

Unifresher are the UK’s student-focused university rankings platform. The Unifresher Rankings assess 95 degree subjects across eight student-focused metrics: teaching quality, student satisfaction, graduate earnings, academic support, safety, cost of living, social life, and sustainability. The methodology is built to reflect students’ own experiences during their degree, therefore offering prospective students a clearer, more practical picture of university life.

The University of Buckingham’s first-place ranking reflects strong performance across the following metrics:

• 97% academic support
• 81% student satisfaction
• 99% teaching
• 100 safety index
• 66 cost index
• 68 social life index

Professor Harin Sellahewa, Dean of Faculty of Computing, Law and Psychology at The University of Buckingham commented:

“Artificial intelligence is advancing at an extraordinary pace, and we are delighted to be ranked number on in the UK AI education. This result reflects our commitment to excellence in teaching, academic support, student experience, and our future-focused curriculum designed to meet industry requirements in the age of AI.

While much attention is rightly focused on AI technology, our greatest responsibility is ensuring that people have the knowledge, skills and judgment to develop and use it wisely. Education will be central to that challenge. By developing AI literacy, critical thinking and an understanding of ethics and governance, we can help ensure that future generations are equipped to thrive in an AI-enabled world, and to shape it in ways that deliver lasting benefits for society.”

The full subject rankings, including the complete methodology and metric breakdown, are available on the Unifresher website.

We also rank first for graduate prospects (2027 South East England Complete University Guide), first in Computing for Graduate Prospects (Complete University Guide 2027), first for student support (2027 South East England WhatUni student awards), and first for lecturers and teaching (2025 WhatUni student awards).

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