The Complete University Guide: Top 10 universities by subject
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Accounting & Finance
1. Warwick
2. London School of Economics
3. Bath
4. Strathclyde
5. Leeds 6. Lancaster
7. Loughborough
8. Exeter
9. Southampton
10. Bristol
Aeronautical & Manufacturing Engineering
1. Cambridge
2. Bristol
3. Imperial College London
4. Surrey
5. Bath
6. Sheffield
7. Southampton
8. Birmingham
9. Loughborough
10. Nottingham
Agriculture & Forestry
1. Glasgow
2. Nottingham
3. Reading
4. Harper Adams
5. Newcastle
6. Queen's, Belfast
7. Bangor
8. Aberdeen
9. Aberystwyth
10. West of England, Bristol
American Studies
1. Warwick
2. Leicester
3. Sussex
4. Manchester
5. Birmingham
6. King's College London
7. Nottingham
8. Edinburgh
9. East Anglia
10. Essex
Anatomy & Physiology
1. Cambridge
2. University College London
3. Oxford
4. Cardiff
5. Bristol
6. Manchester
7. Edinburgh
8. Dundee
9. East London
10. Ulster
Anthropology
1. Cambridge
2. Oxford
3. St Andrews
4. London School of Economics
5. SOAS
6. Liverpool
7. Durham
8. Sussex
9. Edinburgh
10. University College London
Archaeology
1. Cambridge
2. Durham
3. University College London
4. Oxford
5. Robert Gordon
6. York
7. Sheffield
8. Exeter
9. Leicester
10. Liverpool
Architecture
1. Cambridge
2. Bath
3. Sheffield
4. Cardiff
5. University College London
6. Liverpool
7. Newcastle
8. Edinburgh
9. Strathclyde
10. Manchester School of Architecture
Art & Design
1. University College London
2. Oxford
3. Edinburgh
4. Lancaster
5. Brunel
6. Heriot-Watt
7. Kent
8. Newcastle
9. Loughborough
10. Leeds
Biological Sciences
1. Cambridge
2. Oxford
3. Imperial College London
4. Sheffield
5. Bristol
6. Durham
7. York
8. Manchester
9. Surrey
10. Bath
Building
1. Loughborough
2. University College London
3. Nottingham
4. Liverpool
5. Manchester
6. Heriot-Watt
7. Reading
8. De Montfort
9. Northumbria
10. Glasgow Caledonian
Business Studies
1. Cambridge
2. Imperial College London
3. Bath
4. London School of Economics
5. Warwick
6. Loughborough
7. St Andrews
8. Lancaster
9. City
10. Nottingham
Celtic Studies
1. Cardiff
2. Bangor
3. Aberystwyth
4. Ulster
5. Glasgow
6. Cambridge
7. Queen's, Belfast
8. Edinburgh
9. Swansea
10. Aberdeen
Chemical Engineering
1. Cambridge
2. Imperial College London
3. Manchester
4. Sheffield
5. Birmingham
6. Edinburgh
7. University College London
8. Loughborough
9. Newcastle
10. Surrey
Chemistry
1. Cambridge
2. Oxford
3. Durham
4. Imperial College London
5. York
6. St Andrews
7. Southampton
8. Warwick
9. Edinburgh
10. Bristol
Civil Engineering
1. Imperial College London
2. Cambridge
3. Bristol
4. Sheffield
5. Bath
6. Dundee
7. Cardiff
8. Southampton
9. Queen's, Belfast
10. Surrey
Classics & Ancient History
1. Oxford
2. Cambridge
3. University College London
4. Durham
5. St Andrews
6. Bristol
7. King's College London
8. Warwick
9. Exeter
10. Edinburgh
Communication & Media Studies
1. Warwick
2. Sheffield
3. Leicester
4. Loughborough
5. Goldsmiths College
6. Southampton
7. Cardiff
8. Leeds
9. Sussex
10. Bournemouth
Computer Science
1. Cambridge
2. Oxford
3. Imperial College London
4. Bristol
5. Southampton
6. Edinburgh
7. York
8. University College London
9. Warwick
10. Bath
Dentistry
1. Sheffield
2. Birmingham
3. Liverpool
4. Newcastle
5. Dundee
6. Manchester
7. Glasgow
8. Bristol
9. Queen's, Belfast
10. Cardiff
Drama, Dance & Cinematics
1. Warwick
2. King's College London
3. Queen Mary
4. Manchester
5. Lancaster
6. Central School of Speech and Drama
7. Royal Holloway
8. Bristol
9. Birmingham
10. Sussex
East & South Asian Studies
1. Cambridge
2. Oxford
3. SOAS
4. Cardiff
5. Nottingham
6. Sheffield
7. Manchester
8. Edinburgh
9. Leeds
10. Oxford Brookes
Economics
1. Oxford
2. London School of Economics
3. Cambridge
4. Warwick
5. University College London
6. Durham
7. Bath
8. Nottingham
9. St Andrews
10. Bristol
Education
1. Cambridge
2. East Anglia
3. Stirling
4. Edinburgh
5. Nottingham
6. Glasgow
7. Durham
8. Warwick
9. Aberdeen
10. Canterbury Christ Church
Electrical & Electronic Engineering
1. Cambridge
2. Southampton
3. Imperial College London
4. Surrey
5. Bristol
6. Sheffield
7. Bath
8. Edinburgh
9. Strathclyde
10. University College London
English
1. Oxford
2. University College London
3. Durham
4. Cambridge
5. Warwick
6. York
7. Bristol
8. St Andrews
9. Exeter
10. King's College London
Food Science
1. King's College London
2. Newcastle
3. Nottingham
4. Reading
5. Surrey
6. Harper Adams
7. Coventry
8. Plymouth
9. Leeds
10. Ulster
French
1. Oxford
2. Cambridge
3. St Andrews
4. Durham
5. King's College London
6. Lancaster
7. Warwick
8. Leeds
9. Bath
10. Southampton
General Engineering
1. Oxford
2. Cambridge
3. Durham
4. Nottingham
5. Warwick
6. Southampton
7. Cardiff
8. Brighton
9. Exeter
10. Nottingham Trent
Geography & Environmental Science
1. Cambridge
2. Bristol
3. London School of Economics
4. Oxford
5. St Andrews
6. Durham
7. University College London
8. Southampton
9. King's College London
10. Lancaster
Geology
1. Cambridge
2. St Andrews
3. Oxford
4. Imperial College London
5. Bristol
6. University College London
7. Glasgow
8. Durham
9. Edinburgh
10. Southampton
German
1. Oxford
2. Cambridge
3. Durham
4. St Andrews
5. Leeds
6. Liverpool
7. Lancaster
8. Newcastle
9. King's College London
10. University College London
History
1. London School of Economics
2. Oxford
3. Durham
4. Cambridge
5. Warwick
6. University College London
7. King's College London
8. St Andrews
9. York
10. Sheffield
History of Art, Architecture & Design
1. Cambridge
2. Oxford
3. Courtauld Institute
4. St Andrews
5. Sussex
6. York
7. Edinburgh
8. Glasgow
9. University College London
10. Essex
Hospitality, Leisure, Recreation & Tourism
1. Stirling
2. Surrey
3. Loughborough
4. Strathclyde
5. Aberystwyth
6. Kent
7. Robert Gordon
8. Bournemouth
9. Oxford Brookes
10. Queen Margaret
Iberian Languages
1. Cambridge
2. Durham
3. Oxford
4. Bath
5. Lancaster
6. King's College London
7. St Andrews
8. Nottingham
9. Newcastle
10. Bristol
Italian
1. Cambridge
2. Oxford
3. Bristol
4. Sussex
5. Lancaster
6. University College London
7. Durham
8. Leeds
9. Warwick
10. Manchester
Land & Property Management
1. Cambridge
2. Reading
3. Glasgow
4. Aberystwyth
5. Sheffield Hallam
6. West of England, Bristol
7. Northumbria
8. Oxford Brookes
9. Ulster
10. Birmingham City
Law
1. Oxford
2. Cambridge
3. University College London
4. London School of Economics
5. Nottingham
6. Durham
7. Queen Mary
8. Glasgow
9. Bristol
10. Edinburgh
Librarianship & Information Management
1. Sheffield
2. Loughborough
3. Robert Gordon
4. Aberystwyth
5. Brunel
6. Leeds Metropolitan
7. Brighton
8. Staffordshire
9. Northumbria
10. Manchester Metropolitan
Linguistics
1. Oxford
2. Cambridge
3. Edinburgh
4. University College London
5. Queen Mary
6. Sheffield
7. SOAS
8. Cardiff
9. York
10. Lancaster
Materials Technology
1. Cambridge
2. Imperial College London
3. Surrey
4. Nottingham
5. Sheffield
6. Birmingham
7. Liverpool
8. Exeter
9. Swansea
10. Loughborough
Mathematics
1. Oxford
2. Cambridge
3. Warwick
4. Imperial College London
5. Bath
6. Durham
7. St Andrews
8. London School of Economics
9. Bristol
10. University College London
Mechanical Engineering
1. Cambridge
2. Imperial College London
3. Sheffield
4. Bristol
5. Southampton
6. Loughborough
7. Strathclyde
8. Surrey
9. Newcastle
10. Bath
Medicine
1. Oxford
2. Edinburgh
3. Imperial College London
4. Durham
5. Cambridge
6. Newcastle
7. Aberdeen
8. Hull-York
9. Birmingham
10. Glasgow
Middle Eastern & African Studies
1. Cambridge
2. Edinburgh
3. Durham
4. SOAS
5. Exeter
6. St Andrews
7. Manchester
8. Westminster
9. Birmingham
10. Leeds
Music
1. Cambridge
2. Oxford
3. Manchester
4. King's College London
5. Royal Holloway
6. York
7. Royal Academy of Music
8. Bristol
9. Durham
10. Birmingham
Nursing
1. Edinburgh
2. York
3. Southampton
4. Nottingham
5. Leeds
6. Manchester
7. Surrey
8. Ulster
9. King's College London
10. Cardiff
Other Subjects Allied to Medicine
1. Aston
2. Cardiff
3. Manchester
4. Lancaster
5. Leeds
6. Glasgow
7. King's College London
8. Nottingham
9. University College London
10. Bradford
Physics & Astronomy
1. Cambridge
2. Oxford
3. St Andrews
4. Imperial College London
5. Durham
6. Glasgow
7. Birmingham
8. Lancaster
9. Warwick
10. Southampton
Philosophy
1. Oxford
2. London School of Economics
3. Cambridge
4. Durham
5. University College London
6. Bristol
7. King's College London
8. St Andrews
9. York
10. Newcastle
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
1. Nottingham
2. East Anglia
3. Queen's, Belfast
4. Aston
5. Manchester
6. Bath
7. Cardiff
8. Robert Gordon
9. University College London
10. School of Pharmacy
Politics
1. Oxford
2. Sheffield
3. London School of Economics
4. Cambridge
5. SOAS
6. St Andrews
7. Warwick
8. King's College London
9. Durham
10. Bath
Psychology
1. Cambridge
2. Oxford
3. University College London
4. Bath
5. Bristol
6. Sheffield
7. York
8. Royal Holloway
9. Durham
10. Warwick
Russian & East European Languages
1. Oxford
2. Cambridge
3. Bristol
4. University College London
5. Durham
6. Bath
7. Queen Mary
8. St Andrews
9. Exeter
10. Sheffield
Social Policy
1. London School of Economics
2. Bolton
3. Edinburgh
4. Bristol
5. Lancaster
6. Sheffield
7. Bath
8. Glasgow
9. Leeds
10. Loughborough
Social Work
1. Queen's, Belfast
2. Lancaster
3. Bath
4. York
5. Sheffield
6. Sussex
7. Birmingham
8. Edinburgh
9. Keele
10. Swansea
Sociology
1. Cambridge
2. Warwick
3. London School of Economics
4. Bath
5. Durham
6. Edinburgh
7. Surrey
8. Bristol
9. Leeds
10. Sussex
Sports Science
1. Loughborough
2. Bath
3. Durham
4. Exeter
5. Birmingham
6. Edinburgh
7. Leeds
8. Brighton
9. Brunel
10. Bangor
Theology & Religious Studies
1. Oxford
2. Cambridge
3. Durham
4. St Andrews
5. Edinburgh
6. Aberdeen
7. Glasgow
8. Nottingham
9. King's College London
10. Lampeter
Town & Country Planning and Landscape
1. Cambridge
2. Reading
3. Sheffield
4. De Montfort
5. Leeds
6. Newcastle
7. Cardiff
8. University College London
9. Loughborough
10. Dundee
Veterinary Medicine
1. Liverpool
2. Cambridge
3. Glasgow
4. Royal Veterinary College
5. Nottingham
6. Edinburgh
7. Bristol
* This analysis of the results of the Research Assessment Exercise 2008 makes use of contextual data supplied under contract by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). It is a contractual condition that this statement should be published in conjunction with the analysis. HESA holds no data specifying which or how many staff have been regarded by each institution as eligible for inclusion in RAE 2008, and no data on the assignment to Units of Assessment of those eligible staff not included. Further, the data that HESA does hold is not an adequate basis on which to estimate eligible staff numbers, whether for an institution as a whole, or disaggregated by Units of Assessment, or by some broader subject-based grouping.
* For the full University Ranking for each subject see www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk
* Copyright www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk 2010
* For further facts and figures please see www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk
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