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Overall Output Impact 2014 rank order by GPA 2008 GPA Institution Total number of FTE staff submitted % of 4* research activity GPA Research power Institution % of 4* research activity GPA Institution % of 4* research activity GPA 1 Clinical medicine 1 n/a Oxford 239 53 3.45 823 Plymouth 48 3.33 Bristol 100 4. 2 n/a Cambridge 192 58 3.43 659 Cambridge 39 3.21 Dundee 100 4. 3 n/a King’s College London 136 48 3.40 464 Oxford 34 3.20 Imperial 94 3. =4 n/a Imperial 334 48 3.33 1,113 King’s College London 32 3.20 Institute of Cancer Research 90 3. =4 n/a Institute of Cancer Research 69 46 3.33 230 Cardiff 33 3.16 Aberdeen 83 3. 6 n/a Edinburgh 207 44 3.30 683 Queen Mary 27 3.14 Oxford 82 3. 7 n/a Queen Mary 144 40 3.28 473 Institute of Cancer Research 29 3.09 UCL 84 3. 8 n/a Cardiff 59 38 3.25 192 Warwick 24 3.07 Cardiff 80 3. =9 n/a UCL 450 43 3.20 1,439 UEA 35 3.07 Exeter 80 3. =9 n/a Glasgow 177 40 3.20 568 Edinburgh 27 3.06 London School of Hygiene and Trop Med
=9 n/a Newcastle 147 38 3.20 471 Sheffield 21 3.04 Newcastle 75 3. 12 n/a Manchester 136 36 3.19 434 Exeter 36 3.04 Cambridge 86 3. =13 n/a Exeter 25 39 3.16 77 Imperial 27 3.03 Sheffield 74 3. =13 n/a Plymouth 15 37 3.16 46 Manchester 22 2.98 Edinburgh 75 3. 15 n/a Sheffield 64 28 3.14 201 St Andrews 25 2.98 Nottingham 72 3. =16 n/a Nottingham 104 34 3.12 324 Glasgow 21 2.95 Leeds 72 3. =16 n/a London School of Hygiene and Trop Med 57 40 3.12 176 Leeds 18 2.92 King’s College London 71 3. 18 n/a Leeds 94 28 3.10 292 St George’s 23 2.91 Queen’s Belfast 75 3. =19 n/a Liverpool (joint submission with LSTM) 144 30 3.09 443 Newcastle 18 2.90 Leicester 65 3. =19 n/a Bristol 84 31 3.09 261 Leicester 22 2.86 Glasgow 77 3. =19 n/a LSTM (joint submission with Liverpool) 31 30 3.09 96 Birmingham 17 2.85 St George’s 72 3. 22 n/a Warwick 32 24 3.05 99 Liverpool (joint submission with LSTM) 16 2.85 Southampton 61 3. =23 n/a Birmingham 164 27 3.04 499 LSTM (joint submission with Liverpool) 16 2.85 Manchester 61 3. =23 n/a Dundee 50 28 3.04 150 UCL 17 2.84 Queen Mary 77 3. 25 n/a Leicester 72 27 3.03 218 Nottingham 18 2.84 Liverpool (joint submission with LSTM)
26 n/a UEA 14 32 2.96 43 London School of Hygiene and Trop Med 22 2.83 LSTM (joint submission with Liverpool)
27 n/a St George’s 44 29 2.95 130 Bristol 14 2.82 Birmingham 54 3. 28 n/a Southampton 143 25 2.94 422 Dundee 12 2.82 Plymouth 30 3. 29 n/a Aberdeen 54 25 2.89 157 Aberdeen 13 2.73 Warwick 40 3. 30 n/a Queen’s Belfast 74 20 2.88 212 Southampton 17 2.71 UEA 40 2. 31 n/a St Andrews 16 17 2.79 45 Queen’s Belfast 8 2.66 St Andrews 0 2. n/a National profile 3,571 39 3.19 11,391 National profile 23.1 2.97 National profile 76.4 3. 2 Public health, Health services and Primary care 1 n/a Oxford 48 57 3.48 166 Cambridge 46 3.34 Bristol 100 4. 2 n/a Imperial 55 57 3.46 189 Oxford 42 3.27 Sheffield 95 3. 3 n/a Cambridge 57 50 3.41 195 Southampton 42 3.26 Oxford 90 3. 4 n/a Bristol 75 50 3.34 249 Imperial 39 3.23 Liverpool 90 3. 5 n/a Queen Mary 21 44 3.29 68 Keele 22 3.08 Keele 90 3. 6 n/a Keele 9 36 3.27 30 Queen Mary 30 3.07 Imperial 83 3. =7 n/a UCL 160 46 3.24 518 Warwick (joint submission with LSTM) 32 3.05 York 80 3. =7 n/a York 53 42 3.24 171 St George’s 24 3.05 Nottingham 80 3. =9 n/a King’s College London 24 37 3.23 76 LSTM (joint submission with Warwick) 32 3.05 Warwick (joint submission with LSTM)
=9 n/a Southampton 11 37 3.23 34 King’s College London 26 3.04 King’s College London 80 3. 11 n/a London School of Hygiene and Trop Med 257 43 3.22 828 Bristol 24 3.00 LSTM (joint submission with Warwick) 80 3. =12 n/a Nottingham 33 38 3.18 105 Birmingham 25 2.97 Queen Mary 77 3.
Overall Output Impact 2014 rank order by GPA 2008 GPA Institution Total number of FTE staff submitted % of 4* research activity GPA Research power Institution % of 4* research activity GPA Institution % of 4* research activity GPA =12 n/a Warwick (joint submission with LSTM) 31 39 3.18 98 Leeds 23 2.95 UCL 79 3. =12 n/a LSTM (joint submission with Warwick) 4 39 3.18 13 UEA 18 2.95 London School of Hygiene and Trop Med
=15 n/a Aberdeen 48 34 3.15 150 Aberdeen 20 2.94 St George’s 80 3. =15 n/a St George’s 12 32 3.15 36 Cardiff 25 2.93 Leicester 67 3. 17 n/a Leicester 24 36 3.14 76 UCL 23 2.91 Brunel 60 3. =18 n/a Birmingham 45 30 3.12 139 Exeter 17 2.91 Birmingham 58 3. =18 n/a Leeds 26 32 3.12 82 Nottingham 22 2.90 Aberdeen 67 3. 20 n/a Cardiff 24 37 3.11 76 York 17 2.89 Dundee 53 3. 21 n/a Exeter 25 25 3.09 77 Leicester 23 2.89 UEA 50 3. 22 n/a UEA 14 22 3.07 43 London School of Hygiene and Trop Med 19 2.86 Southampton 50 3. 23 n/a Liverpool 31 38 3.04 95 Glasgow 14 2.80 Newcastle 40 3. 24 n/a Glasgow 48 25 3.03 147 Dundee 21 2.74 Leeds 50 3. 25 n/a Sheffield 74 38 3.02 224 Queen’s Belfast 15 2.73 Exeter 40 3. 26 n/a Newcastle 27 25 2.97 81 Newcastle 14 2.72 Cardiff 63 3. 27 n/a Queen’s Belfast 30 23 2.89 86 Liverpool 19 2.67 Glasgow 33 3. 28 n/a Dundee 16 24 2.87 46 Manchester 14 2.66 Cambridge 29 3. 29 n/a Manchester 33 17 2.78 93 Sheffield 12 2.56 Queen’s Belfast 20 2. 30 n/a Brunel 10 20 2.77 29 Brunel 10 2.45 Portsmouth 10 2. 31 n/a Portsmouth 8 2 2.33 19 Portsmouth 0 2.19 Manchester 10 2. 32 n/a Leeds Beckett 23 1 1.76 40 Leeds Beckett 1 1.65 Leeds Beckett 0 2. n/a National profile 1,354 39 3.16 4,280 National profile 22.6 2.89 National profile 68.3 3. 3 Allied health professions, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy 1 n/a Sheffield B: Biomedical science 65 55 3.51 227 UEA A: Pharmacy 48 3.43 Nottingham A: Pharmacy 100 4. 2 n/a Swansea A: Allied health professions 45 54 3.49 157 Swansea A: Allied health professions 40 3.31 Southampton 100 4. 3 n/a Southampton 35 53 3.47 120 Bangor 40 3.29 Cardiff 90 3. =4 n/a Cardiff 75 48 3.42 256 Surrey 36 3.28 Sheffield B: Biomedical science 89 3. =4 n/a Nottingham A: Pharmacy 44 51 3.42 151 Sheffield B: Biomedical science 35 3.28 Manchester 87 3. 6 n/a Bath 54 51 3.41 185 UEA B: Allied health professions and Nursing 37 3.28 Leeds 84 3. 7 n/a Manchester 113 51 3.38 381 Aston 32 3.23 King’s College London C: Nursing and Palliative care
=8 n/a Surrey 65 44 3.37 218 Bath 35 3.22 Nottingham B: Nursing and Allied health professions
=8 n/a Aston 57 45 3.37 191 Southampton 28 3.18 Brighton (joint submission with Sussex)
10 n/a Queen’s Belfast A: Pharmacy 33 44 3.36 111 Lincoln 27 3.18 Bristol 80 3. =11 n/a UCL B: Pharmacy 47 47 3.34 156 Birmingham 20 3.18 Sussex (joint submission with Brighton)
=11 n/a Queen Mary 32 44 3.34 108 Queen’s Belfast A: Pharmacy 29 3.16 Keele 76 3. 13 n/a King’s College London C: Nursing and Palliative care 41 43 3.33 136 Stirling 30 3.16 Strathclyde 75 3. 14 n/a UEA A: Pharmacy 14 45 3.32 47 King’s College London A: Dentistry 29 3.15 Newcastle 73 3. =15 n/a King’s College London B: Pharmacy and Nutritional sciences 94 42 3.31 311 Bradford 28 3.15 Hull 70 3. =15 n/a King’s College London A: Dentistry 53 42 3.31 175 Nottingham A: Pharmacy 28 3.14 Glasgow 70 3. =15 n/a Newcastle 19 41 3.31 63 Coventry 20 3.14 Bath 73 3. =18 n/a Keele 44 42 3.30 145 Cardiff 23 3.13 UCL B: Pharmacy 67 3. =18 n/a Stirling 24 45 3.30 81 Queen Mary 29 3.13 Swansea A: Allied health professions 66 3. =20 n/a Birmingham 16 30 3.29 52 Sheffield A: Dentistry 25 3.12 UCL A: Dentistry 60 3. =20 n/a Bangor 12 35 3.29 39 Reading 27 3.12 Birmingham 60 3. 22 n/a Strathclyde 74 44 3.28 244 Keele 27 3.11 King’s College London B: Pharmacy and Nutritional sciences
=23 n/a Lancaster 64 39 3.27 211 Kent (joint submission with Greenwich: A – Pharmacy) 30 3.11 Ulster B: Biomedical sciences 60 3.
Overall Output Impact 2014 rank order by GPA 2008 GPA Institution Total number of FTE staff submitted % of 4* research activity GPA Research power Institution % of 4* research activity GPA Institution % of 4* research activity GPA =64 n/a Hertfordshire A: Pharmacy and Pharmacology 18 10 2.79 51 City 15 2.80 Hertfordshire A: Pharmacy and Pharmacology
=64 n/a Cardiff Met 12 9 2.79 33 Greenwich B: Allied health professions and Nursing 8 2.80 Middlesex 20 2. 66 n/a Teesside 16 12 2.77 44 Plymouth 18 2.77 UEA A: Pharmacy 40 2. =67 n/a Liverpool John Moores 35 10 2.75 95 Westminster 20 2.76 Canterbury Christ Church 0 2. =67 n/a Westminster 25 15 2.75 68 London Met 15 2.73 London Met 0 2. =67 n/a Middlesex 15 11 2.75 41 Huddersfield 5 2.73 Sheffield Hallam 0 2. 70 n/a South Wales 7 16 2.68 20 London South Bank 8 2.72 Liverpool John Moores 10 2. =71 n/a London South Bank 15 9 2.67 39 Liverpool John Moores 13 2.70 Kingston 0 2. =71 n/a UWS 13 12 2.67 35 Middlesex 11 2.70 Salford 8 2. 73 n/a Edinburgh Napier 22 9 2.65 59 Brunel 17 2.68 Bournemouth 0 2. =74 n/a Brunel 51 13 2.63 133 UWS 16 2.68 Brunel 13 2. =74 n/a Uclan 50 11 2.63 130 Robert Gordon (joint submission with UHI) 12 2.67 Roehampton 0 2. =74 n/a Salford 42 7 2.63 111 UHI (joint submission with Robert Gordon) 12 2.67 York St John 0 2. 77 n/a Greenwich B: Allied health professions and Nursing 10 5 2.62 25 Manchester Met 9 2.65 Chester 13 2. =78 n/a Plymouth 35 14 2.58 90 Teesside 8 2.60 Sunderland 0 2. =78 n/a De Montfort 31 13 2.58 81 Uclan 10 2.57 Reading 0 2. 80 n/a London Met 11 9 2.57 28 Salford 8 2.53 Greenwich B: Allied health professions and Nursing
=81 n/a Bournemouth 21 10 2.56 55 Bournemouth 16 2.53 West London 0 2. =81 n/a Canterbury Christ Church 14 6 2.56 36 Canterbury Christ Church 9 2.53 UWS 0 2. 83 n/a Birmingham City 12 5 2.55 31 Sunderland 10 2.52 South Wales 0 2. =84 n/a Wolverhampton 31 11 2.54 80 De Montfort 8 2.48 Cardiff Met 0 2. =84 n/a Sunderland 25 7 2.54 62 Edge Hill 4 2.45 Queen Margaret 0 2. 86 n/a Edge Hill 11 7 2.53 28 Queen Margaret 7 2.45 Edinburgh Napier 0 2. 87 n/a Cumbria 3 7 2.50 8 Birmingham City 2 2.37 Bucks New 0 2. 88 n/a Queen Margaret 8 4 2.41 20 Northampton 7 2.30 Kent (joint submission with Greenwich A: Pharmacy)
89 n/a Chester 23 3 2.29 53 West London 8 2.24 Greenwich A: Pharmacy (joint submission with Kent)
90 n/a West London 15 5 2.16 32 Chester 1 2.23 Plymouth 0 1. 91 n/a Northampton 13 5 2.14 29 Worcester 3 2.21 Wolverhampton 0 1. 92 n/a York St John 6 3 2.13 12 York St John 5 2.10 Northampton 0 1. 93 n/a Worcester 11 2 2.00 22 Bucks New 3 2.03 Worcester 0 1. 94 n/a Bucks New 7 2 1.96 14 Cumbria – – Cumbria – – n/a National profile 2,748 31 3.09 8,490 National profile 21.4 2.95 National profile 47.2 3. 4 Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience 1 n/a Oxford 98 67 3.62 356 Oxford 54 3.47 Birkbeck 100 4. 2 n/a Cardiff 69 60 3.52 244 York 43 3.36 Swansea 100 4. 3 n/a Cambridge 76 58 3.51 267 Cambridge 44 3.35 UEL 100 4. 4 n/a York 25 51 3.46 86 Aberdeen 41 3.34 Stirling 100 4. 5 n/a Birkbeck 28 60 3.45 98 Cardiff 42 3.33 Newcastle 87 3. 6 n/a Royal Holloway 23 51 3.44 80 Royal Holloway 42 3.31 Oxford 86 3. =7 n/a Imperial 44 50 3.41 151 Warwick 41 3.27 Imperial 84 3. =7 n/a Birmingham 41 52 3.41 139 Essex 40 3.24 Sussex 84 3. 9 n/a Newcastle 52 51 3.37 174 Sussex 35 3.20 Edinburgh 82 3. 10 n/a Sussex 41 45 3.36 139 Imperial 33 3.19 Cardiff 90 3. 11 n/a Edinburgh 117 49 3.35 393 Birmingham 37 3.18 Bristol 80 3. 12 n/a King’s College London 239 47 3.34 798 Birkbeck 39 3.17 Southampton 80 3. =13 n/a UCL 287 51 3.30 946 Bangor 33 3.15 Liverpool 80 3. =13 n/a Essex 21 40 3.30 69 Glasgow 37 3.14 Dundee 80 3. =15 n/a St Andrews 30 46 3.29 99 Exeter 31 3.14 Heriot–Watt 80 3.
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Overall Output Impact 2014 rank order by GPA 2008 GPA Institution Total number of FTE staff submitted % of 4* research activity GPA Research power Institution % of 4* research activity GPA Institution % of 4* research activity GPA 38 n/a Sheffield Hallam 16 5 2.45 40 Salford 7 2.45 Essex 0 2. 39 n/a Salford 24 5 2.43 59 Keele 4 2.44 Salford 0 2. 40 n/a Worcester 13 6 2.24 29 Huddersfield 15 2.29 Sheffield Hallam 0 2. 41 n/a Huddersfield 13 9 2.09 27 Worcester 9 2.24 Anglia Ruskin 0 1. 42 n/a Anglia Ruskin 7 0 1.73 13 Anglia Ruskin 0 1.87 Huddersfield 0 1. 43 n/a Abertay 14 2 1.60 22 Abertay 4 1.82 Derby 0 1. 44 n/a Derby 12 0 1.57 19 Derby 0 1.73 Abertay 0 0. n/a National profile 2,373 37 3.17 7,523 National profile 29.3 3.03 National profile 47.8 3. 6 Agriculture, Veterinary and Food science 1 2.70 Aberdeen 20 56 3.48 71 Warwick 37 3.28 Aberdeen 100 4. 2 2.75 Warwick 13 46 3.38 43 Lincoln 35 3.26 Warwick 100 4. 3 2.50 Glasgow 39 46 3.37 131 Aberdeen 35 3.22 Stirling 90 3. 4 2.45 Stirling 28 40 3.27 92 Glasgow 25 3.10 Greenwich 90 3. 5 2.20 Queen’s Belfast 33 44 3.26 109 Bristol 24 3.04 Reading 85 3. 6 2.60 Reading 73 45 3.24 237 UEA 20 3.02 Glasgow 82 3. 7 2.40 Liverpool 55 42 3.23 176 Queen’s Belfast 26 2.99 Bristol 80 3. =8 2.25 Bristol 34 35 3.21 109 Liverpool 23 2.97 Aberystwyth (joint submission with Bangor)
=8 n/a UEA 11 32 3.21 35 Cambridge 26 2.96 Bangor (joint submission with Aberystwyth)
10 2.40 Cambridge 40 40 3.18 126 Stirling 16 2.96 Queen’s Belfast 70 3. =11 2.45 Edinburgh (joint submission with SRUC) 123 42 3.13 384 Nottingham 20 2.90 Cranfield 60 3. =11 n/a SRUC (joint submission with Edinburgh) 57 42 3.13 180 Reading 20 2.88 Leeds 60 3. 13 2.70 Nottingham 111 37 3.12 348 Royal Veterinary College 17 2.87 Heriot–Watt 60 3. 14 2.50 Royal Veterinary College 103 35 3.11 322 Edinburgh (joint submission with SRUC) 18 2.80 Edinburgh (joint submission with SRUC)
15 1.65 Lincoln 14 31 3.07 43 SRUC (joint submission with Edinburgh) 18 2.80 SRUC (joint submission with Edinburgh)
16 2.60 Leeds 14 30 3.06 44 Heriot–Watt 16 2.75 Liverpool 60 3. =17 2.50 Aberystwyth (joint submission with Bangor) 70 32 3.05 214 Newcastle 18 2.74 Royal Veterinary College 64 3. =17 2.40 Bangor (joint submission with Aberystwyth) 18 32 3.05 56 Aberystwyth (joint submission with Bangor) 14 2.73 Cambridge 58 3. 19 2.25 Cranfield 26 23 2.94 77 Bangor (joint submission with Aberystwyth)
14 2.73 UEA 40 3.
20 2.20 Heriot–Watt 10 23 2.87 27 Leeds 11 2.73 UWE 40 3. 21 2.40 Newcastle 25 19 2.84 72 Hertfordshire 15 2.72 Nottingham 47 3. 22 2.40 UWE 14 14 2.75 38 UWE 9 2.66 Plymouth 40 3. 23 2.15 Greenwich 24 21 2.70 63 Harper Adams 7 2.61 Newcastle 30 3. 24 1.95 Harper Adams 17 10 2.66 45 Cranfield 5 2.60 Lincoln 40 2. 25 1.70 Plymouth 24 13 2.60 64 Canterbury Christ Church 3 2.50 Harper Adams 27 2. 26 n/a Hertfordshire 12 10 2.41 28 Plymouth 8 2.49 Canterbury Christ Church 0 1. 27 n/a Canterbury Christ Church 13 2 2.14 27 Greenwich 5 2.38 Hertfordshire 0 1. 28 n/a Writtle 9 0 1.46 13 Writtle 0 2.00 Royal Agricultural University 0 0. 29 1.50 Royal Agricultural University 12 3 1.40 17 Royal Agricultural University 4 1.55 Writtle 0 0. 2.41 National profile 1,042 35 3.06 3,189 National profile 18.2 2.83 National profile 64.3 3. 7 Earth systems and Environmental sciences 1 3.20 Oxford 36 43 3.36 122 Oxford 40 3.35 UEA 77 3. =2 2.95 Bristol 44 36 3.34 148 Swansea 41 3.34 Newcastle 73 3. =2 3.30 Cambridge 43 40 3.34 142 Bristol 31 3.28 Lancaster 68 3. 4 2.85 Southampton 69 41 3.29 226 Cardiff 34 3.26 Brunel 67 3. 5 2.80 Leeds 79 36 3.26 258 Cambridge 31 3.22 Institute of Zoology 63 3. =6 3.05 UCL (joint submission with Birkbeck) 34 34 3.25 111 Southampton 31 3.21 Cambridge 52 3.
Overall Output Impact 2014 rank order by GPA 2008 GPA Institution Total number of FTE staff submitted % of 4* research activity GPA Research power Institution % of 4* research activity GPA Institution % of 4* research activity GPA =6 3.05 Birkbeck (joint submission with UCL) 9 34 3.25 29 UCL (joint submission with Birkbeck) 23 3.11 UCL (joint submission with Birkbeck) 60 3. 8 n/a Swansea 11 34 3.21 36 Birkbeck (joint submission with UCL) 23 3.11 Birkbeck (joint submission with UCL) 60 3. 9 2.90 Royal Holloway 25 26 3.20 80 Royal Holloway 19 3.10 Reading 51 3. 10 2.90 UEA 63 35 3.19 201 Leeds 24 3.09 Durham 60 3. 11 2.85 Manchester 42 29 3.18 134 Birmingham 17 3.07 Royal Holloway 47 3. 12 2.80 Durham 35 27 3.15 110 Liverpool 23 3.07 Manchester 44 3. 13 n/a Institute of Zoology 21 22 3.12 65 Leicester 19 3.07 Leeds 47 3. =14 3.00 Reading 76 27 3.11 235 Exeter 23 3.04 Aberdeen 50 3. =14 n/a Exeter 35 24 3.11 108 Manchester 20 3.03 Southampton 65 3. =16 2.60 Bangor (joint submission with Aberystwyth) 35 21 3.10 110 Bangor (joint submission with Aberystwyth) 17 3.03 Bristol 32 3. =16 n/a Aberystwyth (joint submission with Bangor) 4 21 3.10 12 Aberystwyth (joint submission with Bangor) 17 3.03 Bangor (joint submission with Aberystwyth)
18 2.75 Newcastle 25 25 3.09 76 Durham 17 3.02 Aberystwyth (joint submission with Bangor)
19 2.80 Lancaster 45 32 3.08 138 Glasgow 16 2.98 Exeter 20 3. 20 2.80 Cardiff 15 24 3.07 46 Aberdeen 12 2.97 Queen’s Belfast 20 3. =21 2.65 Aberdeen 28 18 3.06 87 Institute of Zoology 12 2.97 Swansea 40 3. =21 2.75 Birmingham 28 13 3.06 86 UEA 19 2.95 Edinburgh Napier 20 3. =21 2.70 Leicester 22 16 3.06 67 Sheffield 21 2.93 Edinburgh 32 3. =24 2.50 Glasgow 35 21 3.04 106 Plymouth 15 2.92 York 40 3. =24 2.85 Liverpool 25 17 3.04 75 Newcastle 15 2.91 Sheffield 27 3. =26 2.50 Plymouth 45 14 2.98 134 Queen’s Belfast 10 2.90 Leicester 13 3. =26 2.75 Sheffield 24 19 2.98 71 Reading 13 2.88 Heriot–Watt 13 3. 28 2.80 Edinburgh 105 21 2.94 309 UHI 15 2.86 Glasgow 30 3. 29 n/a Queen’s Belfast 24 10 2.92 71 Open 12 2.83 UHI 10 3. 30 2.30 UHI 32 14 2.91 94 Lancaster 17 2.81 Birmingham 10 3. 31 2.40 Brunel 16 19 2.88 47 Portsmouth 9 2.81 Portsmouth 10 3. 32 2.80 Open 58 11 2.87 166 Edinburgh 15 2.79 Plymouth 16 3. 33 2.05 Heriot–Watt 18 6 2.81 49 York 10 2.66 Oxford 18 3. 34 2.65 York 24 14 2.80 67 Heriot–Watt 5 2.66 Stirling 20 3. 35 2.40 Portsmouth 26 8 2.78 72 Stirling 16 2.66 Brighton 20 3. 36 2.35 Stirling 15 14 2.72 40 Ulster 14 2.63 Liverpool 0 2. 37 1.80 Edinburgh Napier 6 7 2.60 16 Coventry 12 2.61 Open 6 2. =38 2.35 Ulster 18 9 2.59 48 Manchester Met 8 2.58 Keele 0 2. =38 2.30 Brighton 14 4 2.59 37 Brunel 3 2.58 Cardiff 10 2. 40 2.35 Manchester Met 24 5 2.58 62 Keele 3 2.55 Coventry 0 2. 41 n/a Keele 10 2 2.57 26 Abertay 3 2.53 Ulster 0 2. 42 n/a Coventry 10 8 2.55 27 Edinburgh Napier 4 2.52 Manchester Met 0 2. 43 2.40 Abertay 14 2 2.51 36 Brighton 0 2.42 Abertay 0 2. 44 1.90 Bedfordshire 5 0 1.97 9 Derby 0 2.21 Bedfordshire 0 2. 45 n/a Derby 7 0 1.90 14 Bedfordshire 0 1.95 Derby 0 1. 2.73 National profile 1,380 24 3.05 4,209 National profile 18.2 2.95 National profile 36.2 3. 8 Chemistry 1 3.20 Cambridge 63 57 3.54 222 Liverpool 45 3.44 Durham 76 3. 2 2.85 Liverpool 34 51 3.50 119 Cambridge 47 3.42 Cambridge 66 3. 3 3.05 Oxford 84 49 3.43 288 Oxford 38 3.32 Liverpool 60 3. 4 3.00 Bristol 59 39 3.35 196 UEA 32 3.29 Manchester 50 3. 5 2.80 Durham 41 35 3.31 135 Bristol 28 3.26 Leeds 50 3. =6 2.80 UCL 62 37 3.30 205 Warwick 29 3.25 Bath 50 3. =6 2.95 Imperial 55 34 3.30 181 Queen Mary 31 3.24 Cardiff 50 3. =6 2.90 Warwick 35 32 3.30 115 Sheffield 23 3.21 UCL 66 3. 9 2.70 Cardiff 23 32 3.29 76 Southampton 26 3.20 Oxford 56 3.
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=13 n/a Edinburgh (joint submission with =13 n/a Heriot–Watt (joint submission with =13 n/a Royal Holloway 14 23 3.14 44 Edinburgh (joint submission with 16 n/a Bath 44 26 3.12 139 Heriot–Watt (joint submission with
Overall Output Impact 2014 rank order by GPA 2008 GPA Institution Total number of FTE staff submitted % of 4* research activity GPA Research power Institution % of 4* research activity GPA Institution % of 4* research activity GPA =19 n/a Cardiff 24 18 3.08 74 Leeds 21 3.02 Edinburgh (joint submission with 22 n/a Durham 54 24 3.06 165 UEA 15 3.02 Heriot–Watt (joint submission with
Overall Output Impact 2014 rank order by GPA 2008 GPA Institution Total number of FTE staff submitted % of 4* research activity GPA Research power Institution % of 4* research activity GPA Institution % of 4* research activity GPA 72 1.90 Greenwich 14 9 2.19 31 Derby 5 2.35 Sunderland 0 2. 73 2.50 Lincoln 15 10 2.17 31 Liverpool John Moores 0 2.34 Teesside 0 2. =74 2.15 Nottingham Trent 14 6 2.16 31 Glyndwr 7 2.32 Manchester Met 20 2. =74 2.00 UWS 14 4 2.16 30 Coventry 5 2.30 Glasgow Caledonian 0 1. 76 n/a UEL 4 4 2.11 8 Westminster 0 2.19 Northumbria 0 1. 77 1.75 Liverpool Hope 7 0 2.10 15 Robert Gordon 0 2.17 Robert Gordon 0 1. 78 2.35 Robert Gordon 19 0 2.05 38 Greenwich 8 2.14 Middlesex 0 1. =79 n/a Birmingham City 7 8 2.04 15 Salford 2 2.14 UWS 0 1. =79 2.35 Glyndwr 6 5 2.04 13 Birmingham City 0 2.13 Liverpool Hope 0 1. 81 2.05 Westminster 20 0 2.03 40 South Wales 0 2.09 Bangor 0 1. 82 n/a Derby 12 4 1.91 23 London Met 0 2.04 Edge Hill 0 1. 83 2.05 Staffordshire 8 0 1.74 14 Nottingham Trent 0 1.87 Glyndwr 0 1. 84 1.90 Sunderland 13 0 1.70 22 Chester 0 1.79 West London 0 1. 85 1.50 London Met 5 0 1.64 9 West London 0 1.77 UEL 0 1. 86 n/a Leeds Beckett 9 0 1.52 14 Staffordshire 0 1.65 Derby 0 1. 87 1.65 West London 10 0 1.51 15 Sunderland 0 1.64 Lincoln 0 0. 88 n/a Chester 4 0 1.30 5 Leeds Beckett 0 1.39 London Met 0 0. 89 n/a Edge Hill 5 0 1.29 6 Edge Hill 0 1.27 Chester 0 0. 2.75 National profile 2,044 26 2.89 5,908 National profile 22.1 2.86 National profile 36.9 2. 12 Aeronautical, Mechanical, Chemical and Manufacturing engineering 1 n/a Cambridge 32 47 3.38 109 Cambridge 40 3.34 Birmingham B: Chemical engineering 70 3. 2 n/a Imperial 173 46 3.34 577 Imperial 28 3.12 Imperial 76 3. 3 n/a Manchester A: Chemical engineering 34 30 3.20 108 UCL 23 3.06 Manchester B: Mechanical, Aerospace and Manufacturing engineering
=4 n/a Birmingham B: Chemical engineering 33 27 3.14 102 Manchester A: Chemical engineering 18 3.02 Manchester A: Chemical engineering 60 3. =4 n/a Leeds 32 30 3.14 99 Sheffield B: Chemical and Biological engineering 14 3.02 Leeds 60 3. 6 n/a UCL 54 23 3.12 169 Cranfield 19 3.01 Bath 39 3. =7 n/a Sheffield A: Mechanical engineering and Advanced manufacturing 45 22 3.11 139 Sheffield A: Mechanical engineering and Advanced manufacturing 18 3.01 Loughborough 49 3. =7 n/a Manchester B: Mechanical, Aerospace and Manufacturing engineering 34 27 3.11 107 Newcastle 25 2.99 UCL 37 3. 9 n/a Cranfield 157 26 3.10 486 Birmingham A: Mechanical engineering 16 2.98 Cambridge 50 3. =10 n/a Loughborough 127 26 3.08 392 Bath 13 2.97 Greenwich 30 3. =10 n/a Bath 61 19 3.08 188 Queen’s Belfast 11 2.96 Sheffield A: Mechanical engineering and Advanced manufacturing
12 n/a Sheffield B: Chemical and Biological engineering 30 18 3.06 92 Leeds 20 2.96 Strathclyde 30 3. 13 n/a Strathclyde 67 24 3.03 204 Greenwich 17 2.95 Sheffield B: Chemical and Biological engineering
14 n/a Newcastle 43 21 3.02 131 Birmingham B: Chemical engineering 14 2.94 Cranfield 31 3. =15 n/a Queen’s Belfast 50 11 2.99 148 Manchester B: Mechanical, Aerospace and Manufacturing engineering 17 2.92 Newcastle 16 3. =15 n/a Birmingham A: Mechanical engineering 21 14 2.99 63 Loughborough 15 2.90 Queen’s Belfast 13 3. 17 n/a Greenwich 9 17 2.91 26 Strathclyde 16 2.89 Birmingham A: Mechanical engineering
18 n/a Brunel 63 6 2.72 172 Bradford 14 2.81 Brunel 0 2. 19 n/a Bradford 17 9 2.69 45 Brunel 9 2.70 Bradford 0 2. 20 n/a Brighton 9 7 2.67 23 Brighton 11 2.70 Portsmouth 0 2. 21 n/a Portsmouth 18 1 2.46 44 Portsmouth 2 2.64 Brighton 0 2. 22 n/a Liverpool John Moores 13 2 2.45 32 Liverpool John Moores 3 2.61 Liverpool John Moores 0 2. 23 n/a Wolverhampton 12 1 2.20 26 Sunderland 3 2.35 Northampton 0 2. =24 n/a Sunderland 12 2 2.03 25 Wolverhampton 2 2.25 Wolverhampton 0 2.
Overall Output Impact 2014 rank order by GPA 2008 GPA Institution Total number of FTE staff submitted % of 4* research activity GPA Research power Institution % of 4* research activity GPA Institution % of 4* research activity GPA =24 n/a Northampton 7 0 2.03 14 Northampton 0 2.07 Sunderland 0 1. n/a National profile 1,152 25 3.06 3,525 National profile 18 2.95 National profile 38.4 3. 13 Electrical and Electronic engineering, Metallurgy and Materials 1 n/a Cambridge 34 69 3.65 122 Cambridge 58 3.53 Imperial A: Electrical and Electronic engineering
2 n/a Oxford 34 60 3.58 122 Oxford 46 3.43 Oxford 90 3. 3 n/a Imperial A: Electrical and Electronic engineering 44 49 3.46 153 Leeds 41 3.41 Cambridge 80 3. 4 n/a Imperial B: Metallurgy and Materials 37 44 3.43 127 UCL 38 3.33 Plymouth 80 3. 5 n/a Leeds 20 41 3.41 68 Imperial B: Metallurgy and Materials 33 3.31 Imperial B: Metallurgy and Materials 60 3. 6 n/a UCL 38 40 3.37 128 Imperial A: Electrical and Electronic engineering 32 3.27 Manchester B: Electrical and Electronic engineering
7 n/a Southampton 84 35 3.30 278 Bangor 35 3.25 Leeds 53 3. 8 n/a Sheffield A: Electronic and Electrical engineering 35 25 3.22 112 Southampton 25 3.22 Sheffield A: Electronic and Electrical engineering
=9 n/a Manchester A: Metallurgy and Materials 44 35 3.19 140 Sheffield B: Materials science and Engineering 26 3.20 Queen’s Belfast 50 3. =9 n/a Queen’s Belfast 34 27 3.19 108 Newcastle 23 3.17 UCL 42 3. =9 n/a Queen Mary A: Electrical and Electronic engineering 19 20 3.19 61 Queen Mary A: Electrical and Electronic engineering 17 3.15 Southampton 54 3. 12 n/a Sheffield B: Materials science and Engineering 35 23 3.15 110 Queen Mary B: Materials 20 3.14 Birmingham A: Electronic, Electrical and Computer engineering
13 n/a Manchester B: Electrical and Electronic engineering 52 22 3.14 163 Queen’s Belfast 23 3.10 Aston 27 3. 14 n/a Birmingham B: Metallurgy and Materials 29 31 3.11 91 Sheffield A: Electronic and Electrical engineering 14 3.09 Bath 23 3. 15 n/a Strathclyde 59 20 3.10 184 Liverpool 18 3.09 Strathclyde 33 3. 16 n/a Newcastle 31 27 3.09 96 Manchester A: Metallurgy and Materials 20 3.05 Manchester A: Metallurgy and Materials
17 n/a Surrey 83 15 3.08 256 Open 13 3.03 Birmingham B: Metallurgy and Materials
18 n/a Queen Mary B: Materials 24 21 3.07 74 Surrey 11 3.01 Surrey 18 3. 19 n/a Bath 21 13 3.04 62 Strathclyde 12 3.00 Ulster 13 3. 20 n/a Liverpool 24 12 3.02 72 Manchester B: Electrical and Electronic engineering 10 3.00 Queen Mary B: Materials 37 3. 21 n/a Birmingham A: Electronic, Electrical and computer engineering 26 14 2.97 78 Bath 14 3.00 Queen Mary A: Electrical and Electronic engineering
22 n/a Open 18 8 2.93 53 Liverpool John Moores 0 3.00 Liverpool 0 3. 23 n/a York 22 4 2.91 65 Birmingham B: Metallurgy and Materials 19 2.98 York 0 3. =24 n/a Ulster 19 11 2.89 55 York 6 2.97 Open 0 2. =24 n/a Bangor 13 23 2.89 36 Salford 12 2.89 Sheffield B: Materials science and Engineering
26 n/a Aston 24 16 2.86 69 Aston 17 2.88 Glyndwr 0 2. 27 n/a Plymouth 8 16 2.81 22 Birmingham A: Electronic, Electrical and Computer engineering 12 2.87 Edinburgh Napier 0 2. 28 n/a Reading 17 10 2.76 47 Reading 12 2.87 Loughborough 10 2. 29 n/a Liverpool John Moores 7 0 2.69 19 Ulster 13 2.85 Newcastle 40 2. 30 n/a Loughborough 38 4 2.65 100 Greenwich 10 2.77 Sheffield Hallam 0 2. 31 n/a Glyndwr 14 2 2.57 36 UWS 8 2.73 Reading 13 2. 32 n/a Sheffield Hallam 31 2 2.55 80 Glyndwr 3 2.66 Liverpool John Moores 0 2. 33 n/a UWS 8 5 2.51 19 Plymouth 0 2.61 Bangor 0 2. 34 n/a Salford 16 8 2.49 39 Sheffield Hallam 3 2.60 UWS 0 2. 35 n/a Greenwich 12 6 2.39 29 Loughborough 3 2.59 Greenwich 0 2. 36 n/a Uclan 8 2 2.36 19 Uclan 3 2.56 Uclan 0 1. 37 n/a Edinburgh Napier 10 1 2.29 24 Edinburgh Napier 2 2.16 Salford 0 1. n/a National profile 1,071 25 3.10 3,320 National profile 19.7 3.06 National profile 36.5 3.
Overall Output Impact
=14 n/a Heriot–Watt (joint submission with =14 n/a Edinburgh (joint submission with Heriot–Watt) 30 36 3.05 91 Queen’s Belfast 23 2.86 Heriot–Watt (joint submission with =14 n/a Manchester 18 31 3.05 54 De Montfort 31 2.86 Edinburgh (joint submission with 19 n/a Gloucestershire 8 21 2.90 24 Heriot–Watt (joint submission with
Overall Output Impact 2014 rank order by GPA 2008 GPA Institution Total number of FTE staff submitted % of 4* research activity GPA Research power Institution % of 4* research activity GPA Institution % of 4* research activity GPA =20 n/a Oxford Brookes 32 23 2.89 93 Edinburgh (joint submission with =6 n/a Oxford B: Geography and Environmental studies 54 41 3.23 174 Oxford B: Geography and 16 n/a York 19 42 3.09 58 Exeter A: Geography and =22 n/a Exeter A: Geography and
Overall Output Impact
72 n/a Cumbria 6 0 1.78 11 Chester A: Geography and 73 n/a Chester A: Geography and 74 n/a Liverpool Hope 4 0 1.39 6 Liverpool Hope 0 1.80 Chester A: Geography and
Overall Output Impact
- =15 n/a Warwick 21 38 3.29 69 Stirling 32 3.14 Strathclyde 80 3. 2014 rank order by GPA 2008 GPA Institution Total number of FTE staff submitted % of 4* research activity GPA Research power Institution % of 4* research activity GPA Institution % of 4* research activity GPA
- 17 n/a Bangor 22 40 3.28 71 St Andrews 35 3.08 King’s College London 78 3.
- 18 n/a Stirling 14 43 3.27 46 Newcastle 28 3.07 Queen’s Belfast 73 3.
- =19 n/a Manchester 68 42 3.23 219 Leicester 31 3.07 Royal Holloway 73 3.
- =19 n/a Aberdeen 21 29 3.23 67 Edinburgh 28 3.06 Nottingham Trent 73 3.
- 21 n/a Exeter 32 38 3.22 104 King’s College London 25 3.04 Bangor 73 3.
- =22 n/a Glasgow 34 44 3.21 110 Dundee 24 3.03 Northumbria 73 3.
- =22 n/a Southampton 33 42 3.21 107 UCL 33 3.02 UCL 73 3.
- 24 n/a Bristol 69 43 3.20 220 Nottingham 23 3.01 Birmingham 68 3.
- =25 n/a Nottingham 53 38 3.19 170 Plymouth 19 3.00 Reading 68 3.
- =25 n/a Sheffield 34 39 3.19 110 UEA 26 2.97 Cambridge 73 3.
- =27 n/a Dundee 15 31 3.18 47 Southampton 28 2.96 Manchester 60 3.
- =27 n/a Swansea 15 44 3.18 47 Manchester 24 2.94 Sheffield 60 3.
- 29 n/a Liverpool 33 37 3.15 104 Lancaster 28 2.94 Goldsmiths 60 3.
- 30 n/a UEA 14 29 3.10 42 Sheffield 22 2.92 Coventry 60 3.
- 31 n/a Leeds 44 27 3.07 135 Swansea 28 2.91 UEA 60 3.
- 32 n/a Leicester 34 22 3.06 105 Liverpool 23 2.88 Essex 53 3.
- 33 n/a Reading 40 31 3.05 122 Bristol 24 2.87 Portsmouth 53 3.
- =34 n/a Plymouth 31 21 3.04 94 Durham 16 2.86 York 47 3.
- =34 n/a Durham 25 29 3.04 75 Surrey 21 2.86 Brunel 73 3.
- 36 n/a Lancaster 22 29 3.02 66 Leeds 16 2.85 Warwick 47 3.
- 37 n/a Queen’s Belfast 25 26 2.99 74 Goldsmiths 18 2.84 Uclan 47 3.
- 38 n/a Goldsmiths 33 24 2.98 99 Bournemouth 11 2.84 Kent 40 3.
- 39 n/a Kent 33 23 2.96 98 Anglia Ruskin 10 2.80 St Andrews 40 3.
- 40 n/a UEL 15 25 2.93 43 Kent 20 2.79 Roehampton 40 3.
- 41 n/a Nottingham Trent 22 25 2.89 63 Reading 19 2.77 Staffordshire 40 3.
- 42 n/a Surrey 20 19 2.86 57 Queen’s Belfast 17 2.76 Abertay 40 3.
- 43 n/a Hull 22 13 2.81 61 Nottingham Trent 16 2.73 York St John 40 3.
- =44 n/a Portsmouth 20 21 2.80 56 City 14 2.70 Leeds 36 3.
- =44 n/a Strathclyde 12 17 2.80 34 Hull 11 2.68 Nottingham 60 3.
- 46 n/a Roehampton 14 17 2.79 40 UEL 8 2.67 Durham 53 3.
- =47 n/a City 28 13 2.73 76 Edge Hill 23 2.64 Hull 27 3.
- =47 n/a Abertay 8 12 2.73 21 Portsmouth 16 2.61 Lancaster 53 3.
- 49 n/a Brunel 23 20 2.72 61 Westminster 10 2.61 Glasgow 60 3.
- 50 n/a Heriot–Watt 13 20 2.71 34 Roehampton 10 2.60 Exeter 40 3.
- =51 n/a Northumbria 19 22 2.69 52 Ulster 12 2.59 Plymouth 40 3.
- =51 n/a Coventry 14 18 2.69 38 Liverpool John Moores 16 2.58 Derby 40 3.
- 53 n/a Westminster 13 7 2.68 34 Middlesex 7 2.57 Chester 40 3.
- 54 n/a Uclan 18 13 2.64 46 Abertay 6 2.54 Leicester 0 3.
- 55 n/a Liverpool John Moores 10 10 2.61 25 York St John 7 2.50 Aberdeen 0 3.
- 56 n/a Ulster 22 13 2.58 57 Oxford Brookes 12 2.49 Keele 40 3.
- =57 n/a Oxford Brookes 15 8 2.57 38 Kingston 6 2.49 Middlesex 0 3.
- =57 n/a Middlesex 13 4 2.57 34 Strathclyde 2 2.48 Lincoln 40 3.
- 59 n/a Hertfordshire 12 5 2.56 31 Brunel 8 2.43 Westminster 0 3.
- 60 n/a Bournemouth 13 7 2.54 33 Uclan 6 2.42 Leeds Beckett 0 3.
- 61 n/a Edge Hill 12 15 2.49 30 Chichester 0 2.42 City 20 2.
- 62 n/a Keele 15 12 2.47 36 Greenwich 12 2.40 Hertfordshire 20 2.
- 63 n/a York St John 5 13 2.46 12 Keele 6 2.39 Queen Margaret 40 2.
- 64 n/a Anglia Ruskin 14 7 2.41 33 Coventry 10 2.39 Ulster 27 2.
- 65 n/a Kingston 10 4 2.37 24 Hertfordshire 2 2.39 Surrey 27 2.
- 66 n/a Lincoln 13 13 2.36 30 Northumbria 11 2.38 Oxford Brookes 0 2.
- 67 n/a Derby 14 10 2.35 34 Heriot–Watt 6 2.36 London South Bank 0 2.
- 68 n/a Staffordshire 14 10 2.29 32 Lincoln 7 2.29 Liverpool John Moores 0 2.
- 69 n/a Greenwich 12 8 2.28 26 Liverpool Hope 2 2.26 Edge Hill 0 2.
- =70 n/a Chester 13 9 2.26 30 London South Bank 6 2.26 Worcester 0 2. 2014 rank order by GPA 2008 GPA Institution Total number of FTE staff submitted % of 4* research activity GPA Research power Institution % of 4* research activity GPA Institution % of 4* research activity GPA
- =70 n/a Queen Margaret 6 8 2.26 14 Bolton 4 2.25 Kingston 0 2.
- 72 n/a London South Bank 10 4 2.25 22 Derby 4 2.23 Bolton 0 2.
- 73 n/a Leeds Beckett 12 2 2.22 27 Winchester 3 2.17 Greenwich 0 2.
- 74 n/a Chichester 6 0 2.12 13 Queen Margaret 0 2.17 Liverpool Hope 0 2.
- 75 n/a Liverpool Hope 11 2 2.10 23 Chester 2 2.12 Bournemouth 0 1.
- 76 n/a Bolton 5 3 2.09 11 Leeds Beckett 2 2.12 Glyndwr 0 1.
- 77 n/a Worcester 10 2 2.01 21 Staffordshire 2 1.98 Winchester 0 1.
- 78 n/a Winchester 9 2 1.86 16 South Wales 3 1.97 Chichester 0 1.
- 79 n/a Glyndwr 9 1 1.78 17 Worcester 4 1.85 Anglia Ruskin 0 1.
- 80 n/a South Wales 9 2 1.75 16 Glyndwr 2 1.85 South Wales 0 1.
- 81 n/a Newman 3 0 1.51 5 Northampton 0 1.07 Northampton 0 1. - n/a National profile 2,520 38 3.12 7,862 National profile 25.9 2.93 National profile 60.9 3. 82 n/a Northampton 8 0 1.18 9 Newman – – Newman – –
- 1 n/a Institute of Cancer Research 34 58 3.55 121 Institute of Cancer Research 48 3.44 York 92 3. 5 Biological sciences
- 2 n/a Dundee 73 58 3.50 256 Newcastle 47 3.33 St Andrews 90 3.
- 3 n/a Edinburgh 110 56 3.44 377 Dundee 43 3.30 Edinburgh 80 3.
- 4 n/a Imperial 100 51 3.41 339 Oxford 36 3.26 Institute of Cancer Research 80 3.
- =5 n/a Oxford 224 47 3.40 761 Imperial 39 3.26 Dundee 75 3.
- =5 n/a Sheffield 45 48 3.40 153 Sheffield 38 3.25 Leeds 71 3.
- =5 n/a Newcastle 31 50 3.40 104 Birmingham 35 3.24 Cambridge 70 3.
- =8 n/a Cambridge 190 52 3.37 639 Edinburgh 39 3.20 Oxford 62 3.
- =8 n/a York 44 47 3.37 150 Sussex 46 3.20 Cardiff 60 3.
- 10 n/a Sussex 48 48 3.28 156 Cambridge 36 3.16 Durham 68 3. - 173 46 3.25 562 York 32 3.15 Sheffield 52 3. Birkbeck) - 21 46 3.25 69 Bath 31 3.12 Exeter 50 3. UCL)
- 13 n/a Cardiff 55 42 3.23 177 UCL (joint submission with Birkbeck) 37 3.11 Newcastle 50 3.
- 14 n/a Birmingham 43 32 3.20 137 Leicester 26 3.11 Imperial 54 3.
- 15 n/a Leeds 61 38 3.19 194 Birkbeck (joint submission with UCL) 37 3.11 Aberdeen 40 3.
- =16 n/a St Andrews 50 33 3.16 159 Queen Mary 32 3.09 UEA 40 3.
- =16 n/a Leicester 37 30 3.16 118 UEA 28 3.07 Southampton 40 3.
- =18 n/a Bristol 65 33 3.15 203 Kent 21 3.07 Nottingham 44 3.
- =18 n/a Exeter 55 29 3.15 172 Exeter 27 3.05 Glasgow 39 3.
- =18 n/a UEA 44 28 3.15 139 Bristol 26 3.03 Sussex 43 3.
- 21 n/a Manchester 145 37 3.12 451 Warwick 29 3.03 Leicester 48 3.
- 22 n/a Aberdeen 89 30 3.11 278 Cardiff 31 3.02 UCL (joint submission with Birkbeck) 44 3.
- =23 n/a King’s College London 74 30 3.07 227 Liverpool 19 3.02 Birkbeck (joint submission with UCL) 44 3.
- =23 n/a Kent 24 19 3.07 74 King’s College London 30 2.98 Manchester 37 3.
- =23 n/a Queen Mary 23 31 3.07 72 Reading 18 2.97 Bristol 23 3.
- 26 n/a Bath 25 23 3.06 75 St Andrews 23 2.96 Bath 13 3.
- 27 n/a Warwick 45 22 3.01 135 Manchester 26 2.94 Kent 27 3.
- 28 n/a Glasgow 60 22 3.00 181 Royal Holloway 19 2.93 Queen Mary 40 3.
- 29 n/a Southampton 35 18 2.99 104 Leeds 22 2.92 King’s College London 15 3.
- 30 n/a Reading 21 17 2.98 61 Glasgow 22 2.92 Warwick 16 3.
- 31 n/a Liverpool 18 16 2.97 53 Southampton 16 2.91 Reading 27 3.
- 32 n/a Durham 39 25 2.94 115 Aberdeen 19 2.90 Keele 40 3.
- 33 n/a Royal Holloway 24 15 2.89 69 Durham 15 2.70 Oxford Brookes 30 2.
- 34 n/a Nottingham 91 23 2.88 262 Essex 4 2.68 Royal Holloway 13 2.
- =35 n/a Oxford Brookes 26 13 2.67 68 Oxford Brookes 11 2.67 Birmingham 10 2.
- =35 n/a Essex 23 3 2.67 61 Nottingham 14 2.63 Worcester 0 2.
- 37 n/a Keele 12 11 2.48 31 Sheffield Hallam 8 2.57 Liverpool 0 2.
- =13 2.85 Bath 23 25 3.16 73 Queen’s Belfast 25 3.13 Cambridge 48 3. 2014 rank order by GPA 2008 GPA Institution Total number of FTE staff submitted % of 4* research activity GPA Research power Institution % of 4* research activity GPA Institution % of 4* research activity GPA
- 15 2.65 Heriot–Watt 21 25 3.15 66 Birmingham 23 3.13 Heriot–Watt 50 3.
- =16 2.75 UCL 111 23 3.12 345 Queen Mary 23 3.13 Leicester 43 3.
- =16 2.70 Exeter 40 23 3.12 125 Cambridge 24 3.12 Surrey 40 3.
- =16 2.75 Sheffield 30 23 3.12 94 King’s College London 23 3.10 Liverpool John Moores 40 3.
- 19 2.50 Queen’s Belfast 45 23 3.11 139 Sussex 20 3.10 Oxford 42 3.
- 20 2.75 Glasgow 45 22 3.10 139 Keele 23 3.09 UCL 30 3.
- 21 2.55 Surrey 28 25 3.09 85 Exeter 22 3.08 Exeter 24 3.
- 22 2.65 Bristol 44 23 3.08 136 Liverpool John Moores 22 3.07 Warwick 30 3.
- 23 2.50 Queen Mary 24 17 3.07 74 Liverpool 17 3.06 Bristol 26 3.
- =24 2.65 Liverpool 34 17 3.06 105 Bath 16 3.06 Royal Holloway 13 3.
- =24 n/a Portsmouth 16 17 3.06 50 UCL 19 3.05 Queen’s Belfast 8 2.
- 26 2.70 Birmingham 39 23 3.05 119 Lancaster 28 3.05 Lancaster 10 2.
- 27 2.90 Lancaster 35 24 3.04 106 Manchester 18 3.03 Liverpool 10 2.
- 28 2.40 Liverpool John Moores 23 23 3.03 69 Leeds 14 3.03 Queen Mary 0 2.
- 29 2.20 Kent 5 27 3.02 15 Royal Holloway 18 3.02 York 40 2.
- =30 2.55 Leicester 49 21 3.01 148 Bristol 19 3.00 Sheffield 10 2.
- =30 2.55 King’s College London 27 18 3.01 80 York 18 2.99 King’s College London 10 2.
- 32 2.55 Royal Holloway 25 14 3.00 75 Swansea 13 2.98 Portsmouth 13 2.
- 33 2.60 York 34 21 2.93 101 Glasgow 14 2.96 Birmingham 24 2.
- 34 2.70 Sussex 25 17 2.92 72 Surrey 16 2.95 Swansea 0 2.
- 35 2.55 Swansea 21 10 2.89 61 Kent 24 2.94 Hertfordshire 0 2.
- 36 2.60 Hertfordshire 33 7 2.70 89 Leicester 9 2.82 Sussex 13 2.
- 37 2.25 Keele 11 15 2.67 28 Hertfordshire 9 2.76 Uclan 0 2.
- 38 2.30 Uclan 21 6 2.59 54 Uclan 10 2.76 Loughborough 0 2.
- 39 2.45 Loughborough 20 4 2.52 50 Loughborough 7 2.65 Aberystwyth 0 2.
- 40 n/a Huddersfield 12 6 2.43 29 Huddersfield 10 2.64 Huddersfield 0 1.
- 41 1.95 Aberystwyth 12 1 2.42 29 Aberystwyth 2 2.55 Keele 0 1. - 2.65 National profile 1,704 28 3.15 5,366 National profile 21.3 3.08 National profile 37 3.
- 1 n/a Oxford 149 59 3.55 528 Oxford 41 3.35 Oxford 88 3. 10 Mathematical sciences
- 2 n/a Cambridge 144 45 3.36 483 Cambridge 35 3.26 Royal Holloway 80 3.
- 3 n/a Warwick 104 44 3.35 349 Warwick 31 3.17 Lancaster 77 3.
- 4 n/a Imperial 100 44 3.34 335 King’s College London 31 3.17 Bristol 69 3.
- =5 n/a Bristol 84 43 3.29 275 Dundee 24 3.15 Dundee 60 3.
- =5 n/a Lancaster 25 40 3.29 82 Imperial 28 3.14 Durham 57 3.
- 7 n/a Manchester 54 38 3.27 178 Lancaster 30 3.14 Imperial 56 3.
- =8 n/a Leeds 53 36 3.21 170 Newcastle 26 3.09 Manchester 53 3.
- =8 n/a Dundee 13 27 3.21 41 UCL 26 3.08 Warwick 43 3.
- 10 n/a Nottingham 55 32 3.19 175 Bristol 28 3.07 Leeds 57 3.
- =11 n/a St Andrews 31 26 3.16 97 Manchester 24 3.07 Newcastle 53 3.
- =11 n/a Newcastle 20 29 3.16 64 Bath 21 3.07 Sheffield 40 3. - 57 29 3.14 178 Birmingham 21 3.07 Cambridge 45 3. Heriot–Watt) - 36 29 3.14 114 Cardiff 20 3.05 Glasgow 32 3. Edinburgh) - 22 3.04 Southampton 30 3. Heriot–Watt) - 22 3.04 St Andrews 40 3. Edinburgh)
- 17 n/a Southampton 55 23 3.10 170 Queen Mary 18 3.04 Cardiff 27 3.
- 18 n/a Sheffield 34 20 3.09 105 LSE 20 3.04 Nottingham 30 3.
- =19 n/a UCL 63 27 3.08 194 Nottingham 22 3.03 City 40 3.
- =19 n/a Glasgow 43 19 3.08 132 St Andrews 15 3.03 Bath 42 3. - 30 3. Heriot–Watt) - 30 3. Edinburgh)
- =23 n/a Queen Mary 35 14 3.01 105 Sheffield 18 3.01 Liverpool 18 3.
- =23 n/a Exeter 35 18 3.01 104 Surrey 21 3.01 Exeter 30 3.
- 25 n/a Reading 27 15 3.00 80 Glasgow 17 3.00 Reading 10 3.
- 26 n/a York 31 17 2.97 91 Royal Holloway 11 3.00 York 20 3.
- 27 n/a LSE 31 13 2.95 92 Aberdeen 22 2.99 Queen Mary 10 2.
- 28 n/a King’s College London 43 22 2.94 127 Southampton 17 2.98 Kent 20 2.
- =29 n/a Liverpool 40 13 2.93 116 Coventry 10 2.97 Strathclyde 30 2.
- =29 n/a City 16 19 2.93 47 Keele 19 2.97 Queen’s Belfast 0 2.
- 31 n/a UEA 22 9 2.92 64 York 17 2.96 Portsmouth 0 2.
- 32 n/a Aberdeen 23 14 2.90 67 City 17 2.96 Coventry 0 2.
- 33 n/a Surrey 28 14 2.89 82 Exeter 16 2.95 UCL 11 2.
- 34 n/a Coventry 9 7 2.88 26 Loughborough 16 2.95 Aberdeen 0 2.
- 35 n/a Birmingham 40 15 2.87 115 Reading 17 2.95 UEA 0 2.
- =36 n/a Loughborough 34 10 2.86 97 Sussex 17 2.94 LSE 0 2.
- =36 n/a Strathclyde 33 15 2.86 94 Open 14 2.89 Leicester 13 2.
- 38 n/a Kent 33 10 2.82 93 Durham 13 2.87 Brunel 27 2.
- 39 n/a Sussex 20 11 2.80 56 Liverpool 14 2.85 Sussex 0 2.
- 40 n/a Keele 8 12 2.79 22 Kent 7 2.79 Loughborough 0 2.
- 41 n/a Brunel 24 11 2.71 65 Strathclyde 11 2.79 Surrey 0 2.
- 42 n/a Queen’s Belfast 12 5 2.70 32 Plymouth 11 2.77 London Met 0 2.
- 43 n/a Leicester 24 6 2.69 63 Queen’s Belfast 7 2.76 Birmingham 10 2.
- 44 n/a Portsmouth 11 6 2.68 29 Aberystwyth 12 2.73 Keele 0 2.
- 45 n/a Open 19 9 2.61 49 Brunel 8 2.72 South Wales 0 2.
- 46 n/a Aberystwyth 11 8 2.57 28 Portsmouth 10 2.71 Swansea 20 2.
- 47 n/a Northumbria 14 5 2.50 35 Leicester 5 2.70 Northumbria 0 2.
- 48 n/a Swansea 15 12 2.49 37 Swansea 12 2.67 Aberystwyth 0 2.
- 49 n/a London Met 4 4 2.46 10 Northumbria 7 2.67 King’s College London 0 2.
- 50 n/a Plymouth 14 7 2.42 35 London Met 6 2.61 Open 0 1.
- 51 n/a South Wales 9 0 2.30 21 Greenwich 12 2.53 Plymouth 0 1.
- 52 n/a Greenwich 5 8 2.08 10 South Wales 0 2.45 Chester 0 1.
- 53 n/a Chester 7 2 2.04 14 Chester 4 2.29 Greenwich 0 0. - n/a National profile 1,930 29 3.12 6,022 National profile 22.7 3.04 National profile 35.9 3.
- 1 3.15 UCL 71 61 3.57 252 Warwick 52 3.46 Newcastle 90 3. 11 Computer science and Informatics
- 2 2.75 Warwick 24 56 3.53 86 UCL 49 3.43 Cambridge 87 3.
- 3 3.20 Imperial 49 56 3.50 173 Liverpool 39 3.35 Warwick 87 3.
- 4 3.15 Manchester 45 48 3.42 153 Imperial 43 3.34 Southampton 84 3.
- 5 2.75 Sheffield 31 47 3.39 103 Oxford 48 3.31 UCL 80 3.
- 6 3.35 Cambridge 55 48 3.36 183 King’s College London 34 3.26 York 80 3.
- =7 3.15 Oxford 74 53 3.34 245 Cambridge 37 3.19 Hull 80 3.
- =7 2.95 York 35 44 3.34 116 Manchester 29 3.19 Manchester 76 3.
- 9 2.90 Newcastle 28 46 3.33 92 Sheffield 32 3.19 Imperial 73 3.
- 10 3.05 Liverpool 24 35 3.32 80 Queen Mary 33 3.18 Leeds 73 3.
- 11 3.00 Queen Mary 31 39 3.29 100 Royal Holloway 32 3.17 Sheffield 70 3.
- 12 3.05 Lancaster 33 36 3.26 108 Lancaster 30 3.16 Glasgow 68 3.
- 13 3.10 Nottingham 43 37 3.24 139 Edinburgh 33 3.15 Bristol 60 3.
- 14 2.70 King’s College London 46 32 3.20 147 St Andrews 30 3.14 Birmingham 52 3.
- 15 3.20 Edinburgh 95 40 3.19 303 Swansea 33 3.11 Lancaster 50 3.
- =16 3.20 Southampton 44 44 3.18 141 Exeter 32 3.11 Queen Mary 50 3.
- =16 3.10 Glasgow 42 36 3.18 132 York 26 3.09 Cardiff 60 3.
- =18 2.95 Bristol 42 31 3.17 132 UEA 31 3.07 Dundee 50 3. 2014 rank order by GPA 2008 GPA Institution Total number of FTE staff submitted % of 4* research activity GPA Research power Institution % of 4* research activity GPA Institution % of 4* research activity GPA
- =18 3.05 Leeds 25 32 3.17 79 Newcastle 25 3.05 Nottingham 48 3.
- =18 2.90 Swansea 20 40 3.17 62 Birmingham 29 3.04 Heriot–Watt 40 3.
- 21 3.00 Birmingham 41 29 3.13 127 Birkbeck 32 3.03 Liverpool 40 3.
- 22 2.75 Dundee 12 32 3.11 36 Nottingham 22 3.02 Aston 40 3.
- 23 2.75 UEA 18 28 3.08 56 Bristol 23 3.02 Portsmouth 40 3.
- 24 2.80 Royal Holloway 24 30 3.06 75 Cardiff 21 3.02 King’s College London 40 3.
- 25 2.85 Cardiff 14 26 3.04 42 Leicester 23 3.00 City 40 3.
- 26 2.80 Durham 14 19 3.02 43 Durham 20 3.00 Kent 30 3.
- 27 2.70 St Andrews 24 22 2.99 72 Aberystwyth 25 2.98 Goldsmiths 27 3.
- =28 2.75 Kent 29 18 2.97 86 Oxford Brookes 19 2.98 Aberystwyth 23 3.
- =28 2.65 Heriot–Watt 28 23 2.97 82 Plymouth 23 2.98 Oxford 60 3.
- =28 2.65 Exeter 10 23 2.97 30 Glasgow 23 2.96 Swansea 60 3.
- 31 2.90 Aberdeen 19 22 2.96 56 Leeds 20 2.96 Brighton 20 3.
- 32 3.00 Plymouth 12 15 2.95 37 Aberdeen 23 2.93 Queen’s Belfast 13 3.
- 33 2.95 Aberystwyth 25 21 2.93 73 Sussex 23 2.93 Nottingham Trent 30 3.
- =34 2.95 Bath 24 11 2.92 70 Southampton 31 2.91 Durham 30 3.
- =34 2.85 Sussex 15 19 2.92 43 Essex 23 2.90 Coventry 10 3.
- 36 2.75 Essex 35 22 2.89 101 Dundee 22 2.90 Edinburgh 48 3.
- 37 2.95 Open 31 13 2.87 89 Open 14 2.89 UEA 27 3.
- 38 2.65 Queen’s Belfast 21 12 2.82 60 Bath 15 2.86 Bath 0 3.
- 39 1.90 Portsmouth 13 20 2.81 37 Kent 18 2.85 St Andrews 13 3.
- 40 2.70 Goldsmiths 19 15 2.79 54 Brunel 23 2.84 Aberdeen 27 3.
- =41 2.75 Birkbeck 19 21 2.77 52 Queen’s Belfast 13 2.78 Plymouth 0 3.
- =41 n/a Aston 18 16 2.77 50 Lincoln 16 2.76 UWE 20 2.
- =43 2.60 City 32 15 2.75 88 Teesside 5 2.75 Salford 0 2.
- =43 2.80 Leicester 20 15 2.75 55 Portsmouth 19 2.74 Edinburgh Napier 0 2.
- =43 2.40 UWE 15 13 2.75 41 Heriot–Watt 12 2.71 Exeter 10 2.
- 46 n/a Brunel 31 17 2.74 84 UWE 15 2.71 Loughborough 13 2.
- 47 n/a Hull 15 23 2.71 40 Stirling 9 2.69 Greenwich 20 2.
- 48 2.55 Ulster 40 9 2.68 106 Bangor 13 2.68 Kingston 20 2.
- 49 2.35 Surrey 19 11 2.67 52 Ulster 5 2.65 Royal Holloway 40 2.
- 50 2.40 De Montfort 25 9 2.63 65 City 11 2.65 Sussex 10 2.
- 51 2.20 Kingston 10 9 2.61 27 Aston 12 2.65 Stirling 10 2.
- 52 2.40 Stirling 14 8 2.58 37 Northumbria 10 2.65 Liverpool John Moores 0 2.
- 53 2.55 Strathclyde 20 11 2.57 52 Surrey 12 2.64 De Montfort 0 2.
- 54 2.50 Oxford Brookes 13 20 2.55 33 Keele 4 2.63 Surrey 20 2.
- =55 2.60 Brighton 14 6 2.52 35 Strathclyde 13 2.62 Essex 20 2.
- =55 2.00 Edinburgh Napier 11 3 2.52 27 Manchester Met 0 2.62 South Wales 20 2.
- 57 2.60 Loughborough 17 6 2.51 43 De Montfort 14 2.61 Ulster 18 2.
- 58 2.50 Teesside 13 3 2.48 31 Kingston 8 2.60 Open 0 2.
- =59 2.05 Coventry 13 5 2.44 32 Goldsmiths 12 2.59 Bedfordshire 0 2.
- =59 2.15 Manchester Met 12 4 2.44 28 UEL 6 2.56 Hertfordshire 10 2.
- 61 2.60 Hertfordshire 27 8 2.43 67 Hull 10 2.52 Strathclyde 13 2.
- 62 2.50 Liverpool John Moores 10 0 2.40 23 Huddersfield 13 2.52 Huddersfield 0 2.
- 63 n/a Keele 5 3 2.39 12 Glasgow Caledonian 4 2.51 Birkbeck 0 2.
- 64 n/a Northumbria 13 6 2.36 31 Hertfordshire 9 2.49 Brunel 10 2.
- 65 2.05 Huddersfield 14 8 2.34 34 Middlesex 9 2.46 Leicester 0 2.
- =66 2.10 Bedfordshire 35 5 2.33 81 Loughborough 6 2.46 Leeds Beckett 0 2.
- =66 n/a Salford 13 1 2.33 30 Liverpool Hope 0 2.46 Staffordshire 0 2.
- 68 1.80 Glasgow Caledonian 13 3 2.32 30 Bedfordshire 8 2.44 Birmingham City 40 2.
- 69 2.50 Bangor 10 8 2.30 23 Brighton 3 2.41 Keele 0 2.
- 70 2.25 Middlesex 53 6 2.29 122 UWS 7 2.41 Westminster 0 2.
- 71 2.25 South Wales 14 4 2.21 30 Edinburgh Napier 4 2.41 Oxford Brookes 40 2.
- 34 n/a Kent 24 11 2.78 67 Uclan 4 2.88 Manchester Met 0 2. 2014 rank order by GPA 2008 GPA Institution Total number of FTE staff submitted % of 4* research activity GPA Research power Institution % of 4* research activity GPA Institution % of 4* research activity GPA
- 35 n/a Plymouth 17 8 2.72 47 Bolton 10 2.81 Leeds 18 2.
- 36 2.55 Brunel 63 11 2.70 171 Kent 8 2.80 Bournemouth 0 2.
- 37 2.15 Manchester Met 21 7 2.69 57 Hertfordshire 0 2.80 Robert Gordon 0 2.
- =38 2.05 Teesside 13 4 2.63 34 Plymouth 12 2.78 Anglia Ruskin 0 2.
- =38 2.10 Uclan 12 3 2.63 31 Oxford Brookes 5 2.77 Brunel 11 2.
- 40 n/a Coventry 19 4 2.62 49 South Wales 2 2.76 Plymouth 0 2.
- 41 2.10 Bolton 14 6 2.60 36 Manchester Met 11 2.74 UWS 20 2.
- 42 2.60 London South Bank 34 4 2.59 87 Lincoln 14 2.74 Huddersfield 20 2.
- 43 2.10 Robert Gordon 14 6 2.58 36 Liverpool John Moores 0 2.74 Hull 0 2.
- 44 2.20 Oxford Brookes 26 3 2.56 66 Coventry 6 2.66 Oxford Brookes 0 2.
- 45 2.40 Hertfordshire 15 0 2.52 37 Teesside 6 2.64 Bolton 0 2.
- =46 2.30 Huddersfield 35 4 2.48 86 London South Bank 4 2.61 Derby 0 2.
- =46 n/a UWS 13 7 2.48 32 Brunel 9 2.60 Northumbria 0 2.
- 48 2.60 South Wales 15 1 2.47 36 Robert Gordon 9 2.60 Coventry 0 2.
- 49 2.70 Liverpool John Moores 11 0 2.45 27 UWS 5 2.58 UWE 0 2.
- =50 1.80 Glasgow Caledonian 21 3 2.40 50 Kingston 2 2.52 De Montfort 0 2.
- =50 n/a Lincoln 12 9 2.40 29 Glasgow Caledonian 4 2.51 Glasgow Caledonian 0 2.
- 52 1.95 Kingston 14 1 2.32 32 Staffordshire 3 2.47 Kingston 0 2.
- =53 2.10 Bournemouth 25 0 2.31 57 Huddersfield 0 2.45 Staffordshire 0 2.
- =53 1.60 Greenwich 14 8 2.31 32 UEL 4 2.43 Hertfordshire 0 1.
- 55 2.15 De Montfort 25 1 2.29 57 De Montfort 2 2.38 Liverpool John Moores 0 1.
- 56 n/a Anglia Ruskin 8 0 2.28 18 Abertay 4 2.33 Uclan 0 1.
- 57 2.45 Staffordshire 8 2 2.26 19 Bournemouth 0 2.28 South Wales 0 1.
- 58 1.95 Abertay 14 3 2.08 30 Anglia Ruskin 0 2.28 Lincoln 0 1.
- 59 n/a UEL 8 2 2.05 16 Greenwich 0 2.26 Abertay 0 1.
- 60 n/a Wales Trinity Saint David 5 0 1.75 9 Wales Trinity Saint David 0 2.00 Wales Trinity Saint David 0 1.
- 61 n/a Derby 13 0 1.67 22 Southampton Solent 0 1.81 UEL 0 1.
- 62 1.25 Southampton Solent 9 0 1.41 12 Derby 0 1.57 Southampton Solent 0 0. - 2.66 National profile 2,447 26 3.06 7,487 National profile 17.2 2.98 National profile 41.6 3.
- =1 n/a Bath 28 50 3.38 96 Glasgow 46 3.31 Bath 90 3. 16 Architecture, Built environment and Planning
- =1 n/a Glasgow 25 48 3.38 83 Aberdeen 42 3.24 Cardiff B: Architecture 90 3.
- 3 n/a Cambridge 39 50 3.35 131 Liverpool 40 3.19 Reading 70 3.
- 4 n/a Sheffield 34 48 3.32 113 Bath 35 3.17 Sheffield 70 3.
- 5 n/a Loughborough 32 44 3.28 106 Cambridge 38 3.16 Cambridge 68 3.
- 6 n/a UCL 136 46 3.25 442 Gloucestershire 29 3.12 Glasgow 63 3.
- 7 n/a Aberdeen 10 39 3.23 34 Sheffield 35 3.09 Loughborough 60 3.
- 8 n/a Reading 35 41 3.22 112 Kent 40 3.08 Ulster 58 3.
- =9 n/a Cardiff A: Planning and Geography 27 34 3.18 87 Cardiff A: Planning and Geography 31 3.07 Sheffield Hallam 53 3.
- =9 n/a Liverpool 22 35 3.18 71 UCL 34 3.05 UCL 52 3.
- =11 n/a Newcastle 42 28 3.13 131 Loughborough 29 3.05 Newcastle 42 3.
- =11 n/a Sheffield Hallam 19 35 3.13 60 Reading 30 3.03 Oxford Brookes 40 3.
- 13 n/a Cardiff B: Architecture 15 45 3.11 46 Sheffield Hallam 29 3.01 Aberdeen 40 3. - 35 36 3.05 106 Newcastle 19 2.95 Manchester 37 3. Edinburgh) - 56 3. Edinburgh) - 56 3. Heriot–Watt)
- 17 n/a Ulster 38 25 2.94 112 Birmingham City 21 2.86 Westminster 40 3.
- 18 n/a De Montfort 14 30 2.93 41 Manchester 25 2.84 De Montfort 40 3. - 23 2.82 Liverpool 27 3. Edinburgh) - 23 2.82 Cardiff A: Planning and Geography 20 3. Heriot–Watt)
- =20 n/a Queen’s Belfast 31 21 2.89 88 Oxford Brookes 21 2.78 Queen’s Belfast 20 3.
- 22 n/a Westminster 25 20 2.80 71 Cardiff B: Architecture 30 2.78 Salford 13 3.
- 23 n/a UWE 31 10 2.71 83 Westminster 19 2.73 UWE 20 3.
- 24 n/a Salford 49 16 2.69 131 Plymouth 11 2.64 Nottingham 0 3.
- 25 n/a Birmingham City 4 14 2.66 11 Ulster 10 2.62 Glasgow Caledonian 0 2.
- 26 n/a Nottingham 24 10 2.65 64 UEL 30 2.60 Strathclyde 40 2.
- 27 n/a Kent 11 26 2.62 30 UWE 4 2.52 Liverpool John Moores 0 2.
- 28 n/a Strathclyde 15 17 2.53 37 Northumbria 4 2.49 Northumbria 27 2.
- =29 n/a Glasgow Caledonian 22 6 2.52 54 Strathclyde 14 2.46 Edinburgh Napier 40 2.
- =29 n/a Northumbria 18 10 2.52 46 Salford 9 2.45 Gloucestershire 0 2.
- 31 n/a Edinburgh Napier 8 14 2.50 20 Edinburgh Napier 6 2.44 Birmingham City 0 2.
- 32 n/a Liverpool John Moores 17 7 2.49 43 Nottingham 7 2.42 Nottingham Trent 0 2.
- 33 n/a Plymouth 13 7 2.45 32 London Met 4 2.40 Leeds Beckett 27 2.
- 34 n/a UEL 5 20 2.41 13 Anglia Ruskin 13 2.38 UEL 0 2.
- 35 n/a Nottingham Trent 11 9 2.34 26 Nottingham Trent 15 2.37 Plymouth 0 2.
- 36 n/a Leeds Beckett 18 15 2.30 42 Uclan 5 2.37 London Met 0 2.
- 37 n/a Uclan 10 3 2.23 22 Leeds Beckett 15 2.34 Uclan 0 2.
- 38 n/a London Met 12 3 2.22 27 Greenwich 9 2.32 Greenwich 0 2.
- 39 n/a Greenwich 6 6 2.20 13 Glasgow Caledonian 6 2.31 Wolverhampton 0 1.
- 40 n/a Anglia Ruskin 8 8 2.11 17 Liverpool John Moores 5 2.30 Kent 0 1.
- 41 n/a Wolverhampton 14 5 2.09 28 Dundee 10 2.27 Robert Gordon 0 1.
- 42 n/a Dundee 9 7 2.00 18 Wolverhampton 7 2.16 Anglia Ruskin 0 1.
- 43 n/a Lincoln 6 5 1.94 12 Lincoln 7 2.15 Dundee 0 1.
- 44 n/a Robert Gordon 15 7 1.89 28 Bolton 5 1.74 Lincoln 0 1.
- 45 n/a Bolton 4 3 1.38 6 Robert Gordon 2 1.72 Bolton 0 0. - n/a National profile 1,025 29 2.92 2,992 National profile 22.7 2.79 National profile 38.4 3.
- 1 n/a Bristol A: Geography 46 51 3.33 155 LSE 34 3.18 St Andrews 76 3. 17 Geography, Environmental studies and Archaeology
- =2 n/a Cambridge B: Geography 46 44 3.26 149 Glasgow A: Geography 39 3.18 Leicester A: Archaeology 73 3.
- =2 n/a Royal Holloway 24 41 3.26 77 Bristol A: Geography 40 3.14 Hull 70 3.
- 4 n/a LSE 36 43 3.25 118 Newcastle B: Geography 33 3.13 Sussex 80 3.
- 5 n/a St Andrews 37 42 3.24 118 Southampton B: Geography 32 3.09 York 63 3. - 29 3.07 Newcastle B: Geography 70 3. Environmental studies
- =6 n/a Glasgow A: Geography 13 37 3.23 42 Cambridge B: Geography 33 3.07 Royal Holloway 60 3.
- =8 n/a UCL B: Geography 40 41 3.19 129 Queen Mary 28 3.05 Bradford 60 3.
- =8 n/a Oxford A: Archaeology 33 41 3.19 106 Liverpool B: Archaeology 30 3.05 Exeter B: Archaeology 60 3.
- 10 n/a Durham B: Geography 63 43 3.18 200 Royal Holloway 27 3.03 UCL B: Geography 66 3.
- 11 n/a Newcastle B: Geography 27 35 3.17 86 Reading A: Archaeology 32 3.03 Cambridge B: Geography 57 3.
- =12 n/a Southampton B: Geography 32 32 3.13 100 Durham B: Geography 32 3.01 Bristol A: Geography 57 3.
- =12 n/a Queen Mary 31 34 3.13 98 Oxford A: Archaeology 34 3.01 Swansea 50 3.
- 14 n/a Durham A: Archaeology 25 38 3.11 77 UCL B: Geography 31 2.99 Birmingham 50 3.
- 15 n/a UCL A: Archaeology 61 42 3.10 189 Cardiff 31 2.98 Southampton A: Archaeology 50 3. - 27 2.97 Aberystwyth 42 3. Environmental studies
- =17 n/a Leicester A: Archaeology 19 35 3.08 60 Nottingham B: Geography 29 2.97 Oxford A: Archaeology 40 3.
- =17 n/a Reading A: Archaeology 19 30 3.08 59 Durham A: Archaeology 29 2.95 Manchester A: Geography 50 3.
- =19 n/a Leeds 49 32 3.07 150 Sheffield B: Geography 22 2.95 Sheffield A: Archaeology 40 3.
- =19 n/a Cambridge A: Archaeology 43 35 3.07 131 Leeds 24 2.94 Middlesex 40 3.
- =19 n/a Liverpool B: Archaeology 16 31 3.07 49 Open 30 2.94 Glasgow A: Geography 40 3. - 52 31 3.05 158 King’s College London 23 2.93 Sheffield B: Geography 37 3. Environmental studies
- 71 n/a Edge Hill 9 3 1.83 16 Edge Hill 4 1.96 Cumbria 0 1. 2014 rank order by GPA 2008 GPA Institution Total number of FTE staff submitted % of 4* research activity GPA Research power Institution % of 4* research activity GPA Institution % of 4* research activity GPA - 11 1.95 Chester B: Archaeology 0 0. Development studies - 10 7 1.58 15 Cumbria 0 1.91 Liverpool Hope 0 0. Development studies - 0 0. Development studies - n/a National profile 1,686 27 2.91 4,905 National profile 22.1 2.81 National profile 34.3 3.
- 1 3.50 UCL 37 79 3.78 139 UCL 70 3.68 Bristol 100 4. 18 Economics and Econometrics
- 2 3.55 LSE 51 69 3.55 182 Cambridge 55 3.47 UCL 92 3.
- 3 3.35 Oxford 84 56 3.44 289 LSE 56 3.36 LSE 87 3.
- 4 3.05 Cambridge 27 47 3.42 92 Warwick 43 3.36 Warwick 60 3.
- 5 3.35 Warwick 42 45 3.41 142 Oxford 43 3.27 Oxford 64 3.
- 6 3.15 Bristol 19 44 3.32 62 Essex 29 3.19 Cambridge 50 3.
- 7 3.35 Essex 33 32 3.25 108 Edinburgh 31 3.15 Royal Holloway 60 3.
- 8 2.95 Edinburgh 18 30 3.14 55 UEA 20 3.12 Manchester 40 3.
- 9 3.00 Royal Holloway 14 35 3.11 45 Royal Holloway 35 3.10 York 40 3.
- 10 3.15 Nottingham 35 18 3.05 107 Surrey 27 3.06 Sussex 37 3.
- 11 2.75 UEA 14 17 3.04 43 St Andrews 24 3.06 Essex 20 3.
- 12 2.80 Surrey 21 19 3.01 62 Nottingham 20 3.03 Queen Mary 13 3.
- 13 3.15 Queen Mary 24 18 2.98 73 Bristol 22 3.03 Nottingham 18 3.
- 14 2.75 York 28 17 2.93 82 Queen Mary 20 3.02 Birmingham 27 3.
- 15 2.70 St Andrews 21 15 2.92 60 Glasgow 18 2.95 UEA 20 3.
- 16 3.05 Manchester 33 17 2.89 96 York 14 2.87 Surrey 0 2.
- 17 3.00 Glasgow 24 12 2.86 68 Leicester 19 2.83 Edinburgh 13 2.
- 18 2.70 Sussex 17 17 2.84 49 Southampton 22 2.76 Exeter 13 2.
- =19 2.95 Exeter 25 15 2.78 68 Exeter 13 2.75 Southampton 10 2.
- =19 2.75 Birmingham 24 10 2.78 67 Manchester 11 2.72 Glasgow 0 2.
- 21 3.00 Southampton 22 16 2.70 59 Birmingham 8 2.72 Aberdeen 0 2.
- 22 2.85 Birkbeck 25 7 2.60 65 Sheffield 8 2.72 Birkbeck 0 2.
- 23 2.90 Leicester 22 12 2.59 58 Sussex 15 2.70 Kent 13 2.
- 24 2.80 Sheffield 15 13 2.58 38 Birkbeck 10 2.62 St Andrews 0 2.
- 25 2.85 Aberdeen 19 3 2.48 48 City 17 2.54 Brunel 0 2.
- 26 2.65 City 14 15 2.44 33 Aberdeen 5 2.46 Sheffield 40 2.
- 27 2.90 Kent 22 4 2.32 51 Kent 3 2.32 City 20 1.
- 28 2.65 Brunel 26 1 2.20 58 Brunel 2 2.15 Leicester 0 1. - 3.01 National profile 756 30 3.04 2,297 National profile 27.7 3.00 National profile 36.3 3.
- 1 n/a LSE 81 59 3.46 279 Imperial 49 3.35 Cambridge 84 3. 19 Business and Management studies
- 2 n/a Cambridge 39 60 3.44 134 LSE 48 3.29 Aberdeen 80 3.
- 3 n/a Imperial 58 49 3.40 197 London Business School 55 3.28 Strathclyde 80 3.
- 4 n/a Oxford 42 51 3.36 141 Oxford 44 3.24 St Andrews 73 3.
- 5 n/a London Business School 99 56 3.29 325 Warwick 38 3.20 Brighton 73 3.
- 6 n/a Cardiff 73 43 3.28 238 Cambridge 44 3.19 Bristol 70 3.
- 7 n/a City 78 41 3.23 253 City 37 3.15 Ulster 67 3.
- 8 n/a Bath 65 41 3.20 208 UCL 55 3.08 LSE 64 3.
- 9 n/a Leeds 73 38 3.18 233 UEA 31 3.04 Bournemouth 63 3.
- 10 n/a Strathclyde 73 43 3.17 233 Cardiff 27 3.03 Reading 60 3.
- 11 n/a Lancaster 122 41 3.16 387 Bath 28 3.03 Sheffield 60 3.
- 12 n/a Warwick 104 35 3.15 329 King’s College London 25 3.00 Portsmouth 58 3.
- 13 n/a St Andrews 22 38 3.14 70 Durham 26 2.99 Liverpool 57 3.
- =14 n/a King’s College London 36 32 3.12 113 Royal Holloway 24 2.95 Leeds 60 3.
- =14 n/a Sheffield 35 33 3.12 108 Lancaster 25 2.93 Stirling 60 3.
- 16 n/a Reading 40 32 3.11 124 Leeds 22 2.92 Cardiff 50 3. 2014 rank order by GPA 2008 GPA Institution Total number of FTE staff submitted % of 4* research activity GPA Research power Institution % of 4* research activity GPA Institution % of 4* research activity GPA
- 17 n/a UEA 24 30 3.09 74 Sheffield 24 2.91 Swansea 60 3.
- =18 n/a Manchester 122 37 3.07 373 Edinburgh 21 2.89 UEA 50 3.
- =18 n/a Aston 46 30 3.07 142 St Andrews 24 2.88 Open 50 3.
- 20 n/a Durham 45 27 3.05 137 Loughborough 22 2.87 Birmingham City 50 3.
- 21 n/a Edinburgh 52 29 3.04 157 Bristol 15 2.87 City 60 3.
- =22 n/a Cranfield 41 31 3.03 124 Aston 21 2.86 Cranfield 60 3.
- =22 n/a UCL 13 46 3.03 39 Reading 19 2.86 King’s College London 50 3.
- =24 n/a Bristol 28 24 3.02 83 Essex 17 2.84 Southampton 40 3.
- =24 n/a Aberdeen 13 31 3.02 40 Queen’s Belfast 21 2.83 Queen Mary 50 3.
- =26 n/a Loughborough 61 24 2.97 180 Surrey 17 2.82 Soas 40 3.
- =26 n/a Stirling 43 28 2.97 127 Ulster 23 2.82 Coventry 40 3.
- =26 n/a Ulster 22 30 2.97 67 Manchester 21 2.81 Huddersfield 37 3.
- 29 n/a Royal Holloway 42 24 2.96 124 Strathclyde 19 2.81 Nottingham 52 3.
- 30 n/a Swansea 28 22 2.93 82 Kent 18 2.80 Oxford 44 3.
- =31 n/a Nottingham 89 28 2.92 260 Bangor 19 2.80 Edinburgh 47 3.
- =31 n/a Liverpool 45 21 2.92 132 Glasgow 18 2.78 Bradford 47 3.
- 33 n/a Southampton 34 21 2.90 100 Open 14 2.78 Lancaster 48 3.
- =34 n/a Queen’s Belfast 54 21 2.88 156 Stirling 15 2.77 Lincoln 30 3.
- =34 n/a Open 18 19 2.88 52 Queen Mary 20 2.77 Manchester 54 3.
- =36 n/a Sussex 44 20 2.87 126 Aberdeen 17 2.77 Aston 27 3.
- =36 n/a York 23 23 2.87 65 Exeter 18 2.76 Oxford Brookes 27 3.
- 38 n/a Essex 50 17 2.86 144 Cranfield 14 2.76 Salford 40 3.
- =39 n/a Exeter 49 18 2.85 140 Newcastle 19 2.75 Bath 49 3.
- =39 n/a Queen Mary 33 23 2.85 94 York 17 2.75 York 50 3.
- =41 n/a Birmingham 53 21 2.84 151 Sussex 18 2.74 De Montfort 50 3.
- =41 n/a Kent 43 19 2.84 123 Swansea 9 2.71 Heriot–Watt 18 3.
- =41 n/a Brighton 16 28 2.84 45 Bradford 18 2.70 Imperial 23 3.
- 44 n/a Bradford 19 21 2.83 54 Liverpool 9 2.67 Nottingham Trent 13 3.
- =45 n/a Glasgow 40 19 2.81 112 Birmingham 17 2.66 Kent 36 3.
- =45 n/a Bangor 29 16 2.81 81 Nottingham 16 2.65 Birmingham 30 3.
- 47 n/a Kingston 25 19 2.78 69 Southampton 12 2.65 Exeter 23 3.
- 48 n/a Heriot–Watt 37 11 2.75 102 Kingston 17 2.65 Middlesex 18 3.
- =49 n/a Portsmouth 41 17 2.74 113 Nottingham Trent 13 2.60 Kingston 23 3.
- =49 n/a De Montfort 22 16 2.74 59 Oxford Brookes 9 2.59 Uclan 40 3.
- =51 n/a Newcastle 60 18 2.72 164 Lincoln 10 2.59 Robert Gordon 50 3.
- =51 n/a Middlesex 40 17 2.72 109 Leicester 15 2.58 Sussex 24 3.
- 53 n/a Surrey 42 11 2.69 112 Brighton 17 2.57 London Business School 46 3.
- =54 n/a Leicester 60 14 2.66 159 De Montfort 9 2.56 Royal Holloway 32 3.
- =54 n/a Salford 17 12 2.66 45 Heriot–Watt 8 2.55 Loughborough 27 3.
- =56 n/a Oxford Brookes 24 11 2.65 62 UWE 10 2.54 Queen’s Belfast 27 3.
- =56 n/a Nottingham Trent 23 11 2.65 61 Soas 9 2.52 Durham 24 3.
- =56 n/a Bournemouth 21 16 2.65 54 Middlesex 12 2.51 UWE 20 3.
- =56 n/a Lincoln 9 13 2.65 25 UWS 6 2.51 Manchester Met 40 3.
- 60 n/a Soas 23 14 2.64 60 Hull 10 2.49 UCL 40 3.
- 61 n/a Manchester Met 26 13 2.60 67 Birkbeck 13 2.49 Northumbria 37 2.
- 62 n/a UWE 34 10 2.59 88 Bedfordshire 11 2.49 Glasgow 34 2.
- =63 n/a Hull 44 6 2.54 111 Edinburgh Napier 11 2.49 Bangor 10 2.
- =63 n/a Northumbria 23 11 2.54 59 Anglia Ruskin 7 2.48 Anglia Ruskin 10 2.
- =65 n/a Brunel 61 12 2.53 154 Teesside 10 2.48 Warwick 22 2.
- =65 n/a Robert Gordon 7 16 2.53 17 Keele 10 2.46 Aberystwyth 27 2.
- 67 n/a Aberystwyth 17 10 2.52 42 London Met 8 2.46 Essex 20 2.
- =68 n/a Birkbeck 30 10 2.50 75 Portsmouth 8 2.45 Dundee 27 2.