The Ultimate REF 2021 Rankings

We've combined the results of the Times Higher Education REF Rankings with the Research Professional REF League Table, to create the Ultimate REF 2021 Rankings.

The Ultimate REF 2021 Rankings

Rank University
1 University of Cambridge
2 Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
2 UCL
2 University of Oxford
5 University of Bristol
5 University of Manchester
7 King’s College London
8 University of Edinburgh
9 University of Birmingham
10 University of Glasgow
11 London School of Economics and Political Science
12 University of Sheffield
13 University of Warwick
14 University of Southampton
14 University of York
16 University of Leeds
17 University of Nottingham
18 Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd
19 Queen Mary University of London
20 University of Exeter
21 Lancaster
21 University of Liverpool
23 Durham
24 University of East Anglia
25 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
25 Newcastle
27 Loughborough University
28 University of Bath
29 University of Sussex
30 Queen’s University of Belfast
31 University of Leicester
32 University of St Andrews
33 University of Strathclyde
34 Royal Holloway and Bedford New College
35 University of Surrey
36 University of Kent
37 University of Reading
38 University of Essex
39 City, University of London
40 Northumbria at Newcastle
41 University of Dundee
42 Manchester Metropolitan University
42 Swansea University / Prifysgol Abertawe
44 Institute of Cancer Research: Royal Cancer Hospital
45 Birkbeck College
46 Heriot-Watt University
47 University of Stirling
48 University of Aberdeen
49 Goldsmiths’ College
50 The Open University
51 Bangor University / Prifysgol Bangor
51 Cranfield University
53 Aston University
53 Nottingham Trent University
53 University of Portsmouth
56 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
57 University of Hull
57 University of Plymouth
59 University of Brighton
60 Keele
61 Brunel University London
62 University of Westminster
63 Sheffield Hallam University
64 University of Lincoln
65 Liverpool John Moores University
66 University of Hertfordshire
67 Coventry University
68 University of the West of England, Bristol
69 St George’s Hospital Medical School
69 University of Huddersfield
71 Aberystwyth University / Prifysgol Aberystwyth
72 University of Salford
73 Kingston University
74 Bournemouth University
75 University of Greenwich
76 Oxford Brookes University
77 Glasgow Caledonian University
77 University of Central Lancashire
79 Middlesex University
80 Edinburgh Napier University
81 De Montfort University
82 Anglia Ruskin University Higher Education Corporation
83 University of Bradford
84 University of the Highlands and Islands
85 Leeds Beckett University
86 Birmingham City University
86 Solent University, Southampton
88 Teesside University
89 London South Bank University
90 Cardiff Metropolitan University / Prifysgol Metropolitan Caerdydd
91 Edge Hill University
92 Canterbury Christ Church University
93 Bath Spa University
94 University of South Wales / Prifysgol De Cymru
95 Staffordshire University
96 University of Wolverhampton
97 University of Bedfordshire
97 University of Derby
99 University of Sunderland
100 University of Chester
101 University of East London
102 University of the West of Scotland
103 Abertay University
103 London Metropolitan University
105 Liverpool Hope University
105 University of Winchester
107 St Mary’s University, Twickenham
108 University of West London
109 York St John University
110 Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh
111 University of Gloucestershire
112 Arts University Bournemouth
112 Robert Gordon University
114 University of Worcester
115 University of Wales Trinity Saint David / Prifysgol Cymru Y Drindod Dewi Sant
116 University of Chichester
117 University of Northampton
118 University of Cumbria
119 Newman University
120 Buckinghamshire New University
121 Leeds Trinity University
121 University of Bolton
123 Bishop Grosseteste University
124 Wrexham Glyndŵr University / Prifysgol Glyndŵr Wrecsam
125 Leeds Arts University
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