Biology wins accolade as one of Europe’s best ‘Gold medals’ for Chemistry and Mathematics
Posted on 19 August 2008
The Centre for Higher Education Development (CHE) in Germany ranked science departments in 250 higher education institutions in 20 European countries.
We’re very pleased to get this endorsement and recognition for the quality of our postgraduate education
Alastair Fitter
The CHE Excellence Rankings took into account four indicators — number of publications, citations, number of outstanding researchers and number of projects in the European Union’s Marie Curie research programme.
Biology at York was placed in the Excellence Group, with a gold medal for citations, silver medals for outstanding researchers and Marie Curie Programmes, as well as a bronze medal for publications.
The rankings also gave high placings to the Departments of Chemistry and Mathematics at York, with Chemistry winning one gold and two bronze medals, and Mathematics winning a gold medal.
The University’s Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research Professor Alastair Fitter said: "York is a research-intensive university and more than 25 per cent of our students are postgraduate. We’re very pleased to get this endorsement and recognition for the quality of our postgraduate education."
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Notes to editors:
- The Centre for Higher Education Development (CHE), based in Gütersloh, Germany, is an independent institution that is committed to reform of the higher education system. The CHE Excellence Ranking provides a comparison of the best European university research facilities for prospective Master’s and doctoral programme students. More information at www.excellence-ranking.org.
- The University of York’s Department of Biology is one of the leading centres for biological teaching and research in the UK. The Department both teaches degree courses and undertakes research across the whole spectrum of modern Biology, from molecular genetics and biochemistry to ecology. Its biomedical research includes an Immunology and Infection Unit (jointly with the Hull York Medical School), work on infertility and three research professors funded by Yorkshire Cancer Research and York Against Cancer.