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.
Our latest rankings
Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide (UK) - 19
Guardian University League Table (UK) - 13
Complete University Guide (UK) - 35
Times Higher Education (UK/World) - 25 / 192
QS World Rankings (UK/World) - 27 / 220
Facts & Figures
Top 5
Ranked 4th in the UK for overall student satisfaction (National Student Survey 2022)
Top 20
Ranked 13th in the UK in the Guardian University Guide 2023 and 19th in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023.
Top 200
Ranked 192nd in the world in the Times Higher Education Ranking 2023
2021
Awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prize for research and teaching in Soil Science
Fast Facts
Queen's Anniversary Prize 2017 - the highest national Honour awarded in UK further and higher education.
University of Aberdeen was awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prize in 2017 for sustained excellence in health services research over the last 40 years.
Supporting the Gaelic language and culture
Gaelic has been taught as a subject at the University since the eighteenth century. Many distinguished Gaelic scholars have passed through as students or staff.
On Campus
Historic League Tables
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 | 19 |
| Guardian University League Table (UK) | 41 | 41 | 36 | 46 | 51 | 34 | 20 | 20 | 13 |
| 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 | 25 |
| Times Higher Education (World) | 178 | 172 | 188 | 185 | 158 | 168 | 178 | 158 | 192 |
| 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 | =22 | |
| Shanghai Rankings (World) | 201-300 | 201-300 | 201-300 | 201-300 | 201-300 | 201-300 | 201-300 | 201-300 |
Subject Rankings
- Guardian University Guide 2023
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Accounting & Finance 2nd Medicine 2nd Chemical Engineering 3rd International Relations 4th Anthropology 6th Physics 6th Earth & Marine Sciences 7th Dentistry 8th Politics 8th Music 9th Business, Management & Marketing 11th Law 11th Zoology 11th Pharmacy & Pharmacology 12th History 15th English & Creative Writing 15th Economics 16th Modern Languages & Linguistics 18th Sports Science 18th Geography 20th Chemistry 21st Sociology & Social Policy 24th Psychology 25th - The Times & Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023
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Anatomy and Physiology 1st Anthropology 6th Geology 6th Medicine 6th Chemical Engineering 8th Chemistry 9th Law 10th Sociology 10th French 14th Iberian Languages 14th Music 14th General Engineering 15th Philosophy 17th Accounting and Finance 18th Education 18th Business Studies 19th History 19th Mechanical Engineering 21st Geography and Environmental Science 22nd Pharmacology and Pharmacy 22nd Politics 22nd - The Complete University Guide 2024
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Theology & Religious Studies 3rd Biomedical Sciences 5th Drama, Dance & Cinematics 6th Linguistics 6th Anthropology 10th General Engineering 12th Sports Science 12th Creative Writing 13th Geology 15th Medicine 18th Philosophy 18th Law 19th Archaeology 20th Education 21st Geography & Environmental Science 21st Chemical Engineering 22rd English 22nd Accounting & Finance 24th Sociology 24th - Leiden Rankings 2022
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The Leiden University Rankings use bibliometric indicators to measure the performance of universities across the world.
Scientific Impact
Ranked 43rd in the UK for the scientific impact of its research.
Research Collaboration
The University is ranked 19th in the UK for collaborative research that takes place with partners across the world.
Open Access Publishing
The University is ranked 56th in the world for the number of Open Access publications. 84% of publications by University of Aberdeen researchers are Open Access.
Research Gender Diversity
This year, the university is ranked 13th in the UK for gender diversity. The University has consistently been ranked highly in the UK for the gender diversity of its researchers.