7th in the UK: Complete University Guide 2024

This week, we maintained our place among the UK’s most highly regarded departments for the subject of English. The Department of English and Related Literature ranked 7th in the UK in The Complete University Guide 2024.

Published annually, The Complete University Guide league tables rank the best universities in the UK, overall and within 74 subject areas. Overall, universities and subjects are ranked on entry standards, student satisfaction, research quality, graduate prospects, completion rates, student-staff ratio and spend on academic services and facilities.

The rankings are based on public domain data collected by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), the National Student Survey and the Research Excellence Framework 2021.

Head of Department, Professor Helen Smith said, "I'm delighted to see that we're once again ranked among the UK's top English departments. This result is a real credit to our expert staff and fantastic students, and a welcome reflection of the range, flexibility and ambition of our degree programmes, as well as our lively and supportive community."

York’s overall position

Out of 130 UK universities, the University of York ranked joint 17th overall in The Complete University Guide 2024.

In total, thirteen subjects at the University of York were ranked in the UK top 10; Archaeology (8th), Biological Sciences (8th), Chemistry (7th), Drama, Dance and Cinematics (joint 1st) English (7th), French (4th), History (9th), History of Art, Architecture and Design (6th), Iberian Languages - Spanish (4th), Linguistics (8th), Nursing (8th), Social Policy (9th) and Social Work (3rd).