Facts & Figures

Facts & Figures

2nd

2nd in Scotland, Wales and N Ireland for student satisfaction in The National Student Survey 2023

Top 20

Ranked 12th in the UK in the Guardian University Guide 2024 and 19th in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024.

2021

Awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prize for research and teaching in Soil Science

Fast Facts

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 2024
Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide (UK) 44 45 44 40 26 27 27 20 19 19
Guardian University League Table (UK) 41 41 36 46 51 34 20 20 13 12
Complete University Guide (UK) 44 40 42 40 28 29 26 38 37 35
Times Higher Education (UK) 26 29 30 28 22 25 25 22 25 26
Times Higher Education (World) 178 172 188 185 158 168 178 158 192 201-250
QS World Rankings (UK) 24 23 23 24 27 28 28 28 27 29
QS World Rankings (World) 137 137 141 158 172 194 207 205 220 208
Shanghai Rankings (UK) =22 =22 =21 =22 =22 =21 =21 =22 =21  
Shanghai Rankings (World) 201-300 201-300 201-300 201-300 201-300 201-300 201-300 201-300 201-300  

Subject Rankings

Guardian University Guide 2024
Medicine 1st
Anthropology and archaeology 4th
Physics 6th
Accounting & Finance 7th
International Relations 7th
Pharmacy & Pharmacology 8th
Politics 9th
Sports Science 9th
Chemical Engineering 10th
Business and Management 11th
Zoology 11th
Languages & Linguistics 12th
Earth & Marine Sciences 13th
Chemistry 13th
Sociology & Social Policy 14th
English 16th
Law 16th
Psychology 20th
Economics 21st
Music 22nd
History 33rd
Geography 44th
The Times & Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024
Anatomy and Physiology 1st
Anthropology 7th
Medicine 7th
Sports Science 7th
English 8th
Geology 8th
Law 9th
Chemical Engineering 12th
Pharmacology and Pharmacy 12th
Sociology 13th
General Engineering 14th
Geography and Environmental Science 14th
French 15th
Iberian Languages 15th
Philosophy 15th
Education 17th
Music 18th
Business, management and marketing 19th
History 19th
Accounting and Finance 20th
Politics 20th
Mechanical Engineering 21st
Electrical and Electronic Engineering 25th
Psychology 25th
The Complete University Guide 2024
Theology & Religious Studies 3rd
Drama, Dance & Cinematics 6th
Linguistics 6th
Biomedical Sciences 7th
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

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.