Rankings and reputationEdit
ARWU[30] (2015, national) |
29–33 | |
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ARWU[31] (2015, world) |
301–400 | |
QS[32] (2015/16, national) |
25 | |
QS[33] (2015/16, world) |
156 | |
THE[34] (2015/16, national) |
27 | |
THE[34] (2015/16, world) |
164 | |
Complete[35] (2016, national) |
29 | |
The Guardian[36] (2016, national) |
25 | |
Times/Sunday Times[37] (2016, national) |
33 |
The 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF), coordinated by the HEFCE, placed the University 27th out of 154 institutions in the UK for Research Power, and 19th for Research Intensity. In total, 98% of the University's research is labelled as 'internationally recognised', 78% as 'internationally excellent and 27% as 'world leading'.[38]
Departments in the University have been awarded the biannualQueen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education four times: in 1998, in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Law category, for work on Shakespeare; in 2005, in the Environment category; in 2008, again in Humanities, Social Sciences and Law; and in 2011, for "teaching and design applications in typography, through print and new technologies" in the Arts.[39]
Reading was the first university to win a Queen's Award for Export Achievement, in 1989.
The School of Agriculture Policy and Development was ranked top in the UK and 11th in the world, according to the QS classification of universities by subject.[40]