
Queen's Anniversary Prize 2021 - the highest national Honour awarded in UK further and higher education.
University of Aberdeen was awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prize in 2021 for research and teaching in soil science.
Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide (UK) - 20
Guardian University League Table (UK) - 20
Complete University Guide (UK) - 37
Times Higher Education (UK/World) - 22 / 158
QS World Rankings (UK/World) - 27 / 220
Top 20
Ranked 20th in the UK in the Guardian University Guide and Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2022
Top 160
Ranked 158th in the world in the Times Higher Education Ranking 2022
Top 5
Ranked 4th in the UK for overall student satisfaction (National Student Survey 2022)
2021
Awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prize for research and teaching in Soil Science
The national and global league tables are calculated using different criteria and weighting but all include; student satisfaction, student to staff ratio, graduate prospects, and entry grades.
League Table | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide (UK) | 44 | 45 | 44 | 40 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 20 | |
Guardian University League Table (UK) | 41 | 41 | 36 | 46 | 51 | 34 | 20 | 20 | |
Complete University Guide (UK) | 44 | 40 | 42 | 40 | 28 | 29 | 26 | 38 | 37 |
Times Higher Education (UK) | 26 | 29 | 30 | 28 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 22 | |
Times Higher Education (World) | 178 | 172 | 188 | 185 | 158 | 168 | 178 | 158 | |
QS World Rankings (UK) | 24 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 |
QS World Rankings (World) | 137 | 137 | 141 | 158 | 172 | 194 | 207 | 205 | 220 |
Shanghai Rankings (UK) | =22 | =22 | =21 | =22 | =22 | =21 | =21 | - | |
Shanghai Rankings (World) | 201-300 | 201-300 | 201-300 | 201-300 | 201-300 | 201-300 | 201-300 | - |
Drama, Dance & Cinematics | 1st |
Linguistics | 3rd |
Sports Science | 3rd |
Geography & Environmental Science | 6th |
Biomedical Sciences | 7th |
Chemical Engineering | 7th |
Medicine | 7th |
Theology & Religious Studies | 9th |
Anthropology | 10th |
Education | 10th |
History of Art | 11th |
Business & Management Studies | 12th |
General Engineering | 12th |
Mechanical Engineering | 12th |
Civil Engineering | 13th |
Computer Science | 13th |
Music | 13th |
Accounting & Finance | 14th |
Law | 14th |
Philosophy | 14th |
Psychology | 14th |
Sociology | 16th |
Geology | 17th |
Archaeology | 18th |
Iberian Languages | 18th |
Mathematics | 20th |
French | 21st |
Chemistry | 22nd |
Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 24th |
Biological Sciences | 25th |
History | 25th |
Linguistics | 1st |
Anatomy and Physiology | 3rd |
Sports Science | 3rd |
Chemistry | 7th |
Anthropology | 8th |
Geology | 8th |
History of Art | 8th |
Chemical Engineering | 9th |
Geography and Environmental Science | 9th |
Iberian Languages | 9th |
Accounting and Finance | 10th |
Mechanical Engineering | 10th |
Medicine | 10th |
General Engineering | 11th |
Law | 11th |
French | 13th |
Archaeology and Forensic Science | 14th |
Computing Science | 14th |
Civil Engineering | 15th |
Psychology | 15th |
Business Studies | 16th |
English | 16th |
Music | 16th |
Sociology | 16th |
Education | 17th |
History | 17th |
Philosophy | 19th |
Physics and Astronomy | 20th |
Pharmacology and Pharmacy | 21st |
Biological Sciences | 22nd |
Politics | 25th |
Medicine | 2nd |
Dentistry | 4th |
Computer Science & Information Systems | 4th |
Anthropology | 5th |
Physics | 6th |
Sports Science | 6th |
Sociology | 10th |
Anatomy & Physiology | 11th |
Engineering: General | 12th |
Law | 12th |
Music | 12th |
Chemistry | 15th |
Earth & Marine Sciences | 15th |
Engineering: Chemical | 15th |
Modern Languages & Linguistics | 15th |
Politics | 19th |
Accounting & Finance | 21st |
Economics | 23rd |
The Leiden University Rankings use bibliometric indicators to measure the performance of universities across the world.
Ranked 29th in the UK for the scientific impact of its research.
The University is ranked 14th in the UK for collaborative research that takes place with partners across the world.
The University is ranked 50th in the world for the number of Open Access publications. 82.4% of publications by University of Aberdeen researchers are Open Access.
This year, the university is ranked 11th in the UK for gender diversity. The University has consistently been ranked highly in the UK for the gender diversity of its researchers.