School Rankings

Rankings are often used by students to get a better understanding of their chosen universities. Of course, while rankings are important, they should not be the sole reason to choose a university. Course content, location, access to professors, value for money, etc are all significant criteria that you should consider. Your UKEAS counselor will be able to provide more insights into these areas and you should always go “beyond” the rankings when making your choice. Bear in mind too, that most rankings are aimed at UK students and therefore many criteria are not suitable for international students. Lastly, universities may rank very differently in the various ranking schemes. Ask your UKEAS counselor for more information and you will benefit from their free, impartial advice. Below though, please find a list of links to popular university rankings:

Research Assessment Exercise
- The Research Assessment Exercise is a complete university ranking. This is the only government ranking exercise and focuses primarily on research, as the name implies.
  
  http://www.rae.ac.uk/
The Guardian
- Guardian University Guide Ranking Table. This is primarily an undergraduate ranking and is aimed at UK students, provided by a major national newspaper.
  
  http://www.guardian.co.uk
The Times
- The Times Complete University Rankings. Again this is a UK focused ranking, from a major national newspaper.
  
  http://rankings.ft.com
The Sunday Times
- The Sunday Times Complete University rankings. Possibly one of the better known rankings from a sister newspaper to The Times. It caters mainly for UK students.
  
  http://extras.timesonline.co.uk
AMBA
- The association ranks postgraduate management programmes with a primary focus on the MBA degree.
  
  http://www.mbaworld.com
The Economist
- These rankings are provided by a well known business magazine, and also focus primarily on the MBA offerings of leading business schools.
  
  http://www.economist.com/...
The Financial Times
- This famous business newspaper provides two sets of rankings. Their MBA rankings can be found here:
  
  http://rankings.ft.com/...
  
  And rankings of various management programmes can be found here:
  http://rankings.ft.com/...

There are also several world rankings that can provide insight into the UK university you are applying or thinking of going to:

Another is prepared by Shanghai Jiao Tong University and called the Academic Ranking of World Universities. It can be found here

If you still have questions, please contact your local UKEAS office for the latest and most professional advice. Remember our service is free.

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