Awards and achievements
The University of York is one of the success stories in UK higher education. Since our foundation in 1963, we have powered our way to a consistently high ranking in the UK and are one of just six post-war universities to have appeared in the world top 100.
Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF)
We hold a Gold Teaching Excellence Framework award, showing that we deliver consistently outstanding teaching, learning and outcomes for our students.
Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014)
We were ranked 14th overall and 10th for the impact of our research in the Times Higher Education's ranking of the Research Excellence Framework 2014.
Times Higher Education Awards
In recent years we have won five prestigious Times Higher Education Awards:
- 2015: Best Development and Alumni Relations team
- 2012: Outstanding Support for Early Career Researchers
- 2011: Outstanding Engineering Research Team, member of the Widening Participation Initiative of the Year partnership
- 2010: University of the Year
- 2009: Outstanding Contribution to Leadership Development
Queen's Anniversary Prize
York is a six-times winner of the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for research in the following departments and centres:
- York Structural Biology Laboratory (YSBL)
- Department of Archaeology
- Department of Computer Science
- Centre for Health Economics (CHE)
- Centre for Novel Agricultural Products (CNAP)
- Social Policy Research Unit (SPRU)
Athena SWAN
We hold fifteen awards from Athena SWAN for our commitment to gender equality.
Gold awards
Silver awards
Bronze awards
- the University as a whole
- Department of Computer Science
- Department of Education
- Department of Electronic Engineering
- Department of Environment and Geography
- Department of Health Sciences
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Archaeology
- Department of English
- Department of History
- Department of Politics
- Department of Philosophy
- Department of Social Policy and Social Work
- Department of Economics and Related Studies
- Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
National Student Survey
Top of the Russell Group
- York is placed at the top of the Russell Group universities included in the National Student Survey (NSS) for academic support and learning opportunities
- Our score of 85.39% for overall satisfaction also sets York above the national average of 82.65% in UK universities
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Rankings
Times Higher Education World University Rankings
- 133rd in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings (2021)
- Top 45 in the world for arts and humanities (2021)
- Top 175 in the world for life sciences (2021)
- Top 100 in the world for social sciences (2021)
- 17th for UK Research Council Income (2017)
Times Higher Education Golden Age Rankings
- 12th overall and 3rd in the UK in the Golden Age Rankings (2019)
The Guardian
- 16th in the Guardian University Guide 2021
The Times Good University Guide
Complete University Guide
- 22nd overall in the Complete University Guide 2021
- Six subjects ranked in the top 10
QS World University Rankings
- 148th in the QS World University Rankings 2020
- Eight top 100 subjects in the QS World University Rankings 2020
QAA Institutional Review
The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) works to safeguard standards and improve the quality of UK higher education.
In the most recent Institutional Review of the University of York (2012) we received an excellent outcome, and were commended on the enhancement of student learning opportunities.
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