Fast Facts
Scottish University of the Year 2019 (The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019)
- Scotland's third oldest university and the fifth oldest in the UK, founded 1495
- Five Nobel Laureates are associated with the University of Aberdeen
- Community of 120 nationalities, with 14,500 students: 49% men 51% women, and 12% mature undergraduates
- Aberdeen is the second most ‘affordable student city’ in the UK (Royal Bank of Scotland Student Living Index 2017)
- One of the largest wireless campuses in Europe.
- Engineering and Technology graduates earn the highest salaries in the UK. (DfE LEO dataset, June 2017. Median UK salary 5 years after graduation.)
- Rated top in the UK in REF14 for environmental and soil science research
- Top 45 in the world for Theology, Divinity and Religious Studies, top 100 for Anthropology, Archaeology, and Environmental Sciences (2018 QS World University Rankings by subject)
- 76% of research assessed through the UK's Research Excellence Framework (REF14) is ‘world leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’
- Outstanding sports facilities include Olympic-standard Aberdeen Sports Village and Aquatic Centre
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 |
Complete University Guide (UK) | 44 | 40 | 42 | 40 | 28 |
Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide (UK) | 44 | 45 | 44 | 40 | 26 |
Guardian University League Table (UK) | 41 | 41 | 36 | 46 | 51 |
Times Higher Education (UK) | 26 | 29 | 30 | 28 | 22 |
Times Higher Education (World) | 178 | 172 | 188 | 185 | 158 |
QS World Rankings (UK) | 24 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 27 |
QS World Rankings (World) | 137 | 137 | 141 | 158 | 172 |
Subject Rankings (UK)
- The Complete University Guide
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Linguistics 3rd Drama, Dance and Cinematics 5th Law 5th Civil Engineering 9th Anatomy & Physiology 10th General Engineering 10th Sports Science 11th Theology & Religious Studies 11th Anthropology 12th Economics 12th Medicine 12th Accounting & Finance 13th Dentistry 13th French 13th Education 15th Geology 15th History of Art 15th Music 15th Geography 16th Archaeology 17th Business & Management Studies 17th English 18th Pharmacology 20th Sociology 20th History 21st Psychology 22nd - The Times & Sunday Times Good University Guide
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Linguistics 4th Law 5th Civil Engineering 7th English 7th Theology & Religious Studies 7th Medicine 10th Education 11th Sport Science 12th Anthropology 15th Music 15th Anatomy & Physiology 16th History of Art, Architecture and Design 16th Philosophy 16th Geology 17th Business Studies 18th Chemical Engineering 21st General Engineering 21st Economics 23rd Pharmacology and Pharmacy 25th - Guardian University League Table
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Dentistry 2nd Medicine 4th Anatomy & Physiology 5th Sports Science 6th Anthropology 9th Physics 9th Pharmacy & Pharmacology 13th Law 15th General Engineering 17th Earth & Marine Sciences 24th English & Creative Writing 25th