Alternatives and competitors
Sites like University College London
The 20 closest higher education alternatives to University College London, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 9 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to University College London? The closest matches are King's College London, LSE and Imperial College London. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.
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01 · Entity
About University College London
University College London ucl.ac.uk
Wikidata: public research university in London, England, United Kingdom
Summary by Claude
Official website of University College London, a public research university offering undergraduate, postgraduate and research degree programmes, along with information on admissions, research, faculties and campus life.
- Who it’s for
- Prospective and current students, researchers, staff
- Business model
- Tuition fees, research grants, public funding
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to University College London’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to University College London
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to University College London, thumbs down if it isn’t.
We can’t read ucl.ac.uk’s homepage (bot protection page), so it’s compared on what Wikidata and Wikipedia say about it.
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King's College London
King's is ranked in the top 10 universities in the UK (QS World Rankings 2021) and based in the heart of London. With nine faculties, institutes and schools of study and five Medical Research Council centres, King's offers world-class teaching and research.
Very close cos 0.954 - 02
The London School of Economics and Political Science - LSE
LSE is a world-leading social science specialist university, awarded University of the Year 2025 and ranked 1st in London and the UK in 2025 and 2026.
Very close cos 0.941 - 03
Imperial College London
Imperial College London is a world-leading university for science, technology, engineering, medicine and business (STEMB). Across our London campuses, and throughout our international network, we use science to tackle global challenges.
Very close cos 0.937 - 04
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public research university in Hong Kong established in 1911
Very close cos 0.930 - 05
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is one of the world’s leading universities, with a rich history of radical thinking dating back to 1209.
Very close cos 0.928 - 06
collegiate research university in Oxford, England
Very close cos 0.922 - 07
A World Leader in Education and Research Excellence | UCLA
UCLA advances knowledge, addresses pressing societal needs and creates a university enriched by diverse perspectives where all individuals can flourish.
Very close cos 0.918 - 08
The University of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh, influencing the world since 1583. We are one of the UK's top-rated research universities. Located in Scotland's capital city, one of the liveliest and most beautiful cities in the world.
Very close cos 0.915 - 09
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The University of Toronto - Error 403
Very close cos 0.915 - 10
Home - University of Victoria
Inspired by and honouring place, we are a community-minded, globally engaged university where we transform ideas into meaningful impact.
Very close cos 0.914 - 11
The University of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia is a global centre for research and teaching, consistently ranked among the top 20 public universities in the world.
Very close cos 0.913 - 12
University of Leeds
The University of Leeds is a large UK higher education institution and part of the Russell Group of leading universities.
Very close cos 0.913 - 13
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public research university in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Very close cos 0.910 - 14
Universität zu Köln: University of Cologne
The University of Cologne is a university with the classic range of subjects of a comprehensive university. As one of the largest universities in Europe, it also works at the highest international level in research and teaching.
Very close cos 0.909 - 15
public university in the United States
Very close cos 0.908 - 16
University of California, Berkeley: Home
UC Berkeley pushes the boundaries of knowledge, challenges convention and expands opportunity to create the leaders of tomorrow.
Very close cos 0.910 - 17
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
public research university in Hong Kong established in 1963
Very close cos 0.906 - 18
University of Warwick - Study at a top 10 UK University
Discover study and research excellence at University of Warwick, a leading UK university with top-ranked courses, facilities, and global opportunities.
Very close cos 0.905 - 19
The University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK. A world top 100 university
The University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK. A world top 100 university. The University of Glasgow is a major research-led university operating in an international context with the following fundamental aims: * to provide education through the development of learning in a research environment * to undertake fundamental, strategic and applied research * to make a major contribution to local, regional, national and international communities through widening access and through working in partnership to support economic regeneration * to sustain and add value to Scottish culture, to the natural enviro
Very close cos 0.902 - 20
University of Connecticut
It's simple enough, UConn is a great university. But it's more than that. A top-ranked research institution, campuses across Connecticut built to inspire, the global community that is UConn Nation.
Very close cos 0.902
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to ucl.ac.uk’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones University College London uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What University College London is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- CDN
- Cloudflare header cf-ray: a5630c1e9de2ff54-HAM
- Email hosting
- Microsoft 365 MX ucl-ac-uk.mail.protection.outlook.com
- Email delivery
- Brevo TXT brevo-code:058830f1aee8ad1e3f2ecaca5cb5c846
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=9a3d608e-6cfe-427b-9293-29a367710d04
- Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=C9Qj4mYeA59hnDfz
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=g-InG/mbc6+5Anw47Pk/jq22zDbpsK2iFnuAs5V…
- DocuSign TXT docusign=fbe753b6-c1c4-44e9-b9f7-820dbcfe7290
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=HYq_FNvSnPEYJHDRM31UT7jfV2ry_xukRUor93cYLRk
- Miro TXT miro-verification=6d10fbfcfd7b72d871b65517bcf29a957538dfe9
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what University College London adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Microsoft 365 20/20
- Atlassian 15/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on ucl.ac.uk 11/20
- Adobe 9/20
- PHP · not on ucl.ac.uk 8/20
- Brevo 8/20
- DocuSign 7/20
- jQuery · not on ucl.ac.uk 6/20
- Google Fonts · not on ucl.ac.uk 5/20
- Zoom · not on ucl.ac.uk 5/20
- Font Awesome · not on ucl.ac.uk 5/20
- Apache HTTP Server · not on ucl.ac.uk 5/20
- Apple Business 5/20
- OpenAI · not on ucl.ac.uk 4/20
- Amazon CloudFront · not on ucl.ac.uk 4/20