Our awards and rankings
Our story
When we excel at what we do and get recognition for it, we want to tell the world.
Our awards
Explore how we're excelling in all the areas that matter – from student satisfaction and teaching excellence, to our league table rankings.
... And our plans for the future
Our mission is to make a real difference in the world. See our Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF) strategy plans.
Our rankings
When you're choosing where to study, rankings matter – and we're rising in them at a rate of knots. These are the numbers that mean the most to us.
QS World University Rankings 2021 gave us 5 stars for teaching, employability, internationalisation, facilities, arts and culture, and inclusiveness.
Times Higher Education ranks us as one of the Top 150 Young Universities anywhere in the world.
Our teaching is rated Gold – the highest rating – by the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).
We're in the top 25% of universities for postgraduate research student experience, according the most recent Postgraduate Research Experience Survey.
Student Crowd 2021 put us in the top 20 Best Universities for Careers Services.
9 out of 10 of our graduates are in work or further study, according to the HESA Graduate Outcomes Survey 2018/19.
