Awards and league table success
Exeter is a top UK University, according to all four of the main higher education league tables
Each league tables ranks more than 100 UK higher education institutions.
- The Times Good University Guide ranks Exeter in 10th position. It says: ‘Exeter is one of Britain’s most popular universities in terms of first-choice applications, not only in its traditional strong suit, the arts, but increasingly in the sciences and social sciences.’
- This year’s Guardian league table lists Exeter in 11th position out of 119 higher education institutions. It says: ‘One of the lesser-known recipes for happiness is to live in a place where other people choose to go on holiday…Add to that the fact that the Streatham Campus is widely regarded as one of the most beautiful in the country and that Exeter is rated one of the best universities in the UK for "ents", and it's no wonder that increases in applications far exceed the national average….Exeter has an excellent academic reputation.’
- The Sunday Times* rates Exeter in 9th place. It says: Exeter has been shortlisted for our University of the Year award four times, more than any other university. It is testimony to the consistent high quality of its offer to students which is being ramped up another notch or 10 with perhaps the most audacious ongoing campus makeover of any university in Britain. The University was recently identified as one of the top 25 fastest growing companies in the UK. The University is on the move and the benefits to students are tangible. Whatever their backgrounds, Exeter students embrace the opportunities that come their way at this most dynamic of institutions. *Note The Times and Sunday Times website is a paywall site
- The Complete University Guide published in the Independent lists Exeter in 15th place.
- Exeter is one of the top 200 universities in the world according to the Times Higher Education's World University Rankings.
Exeter scores particularly highly for student satisfaction, completion rates, and for students achieving good honours degrees of 2:1s or firsts. High entry standards and a strong research performance further support Exeter’s top 20 position.
A leader in the UK for student satisfaction
Students at the University of Exeter are among the most satisfied in the land according to this year’s National Student Survey.
Exeter has one of the highest National Student Survey rankings in the country and has maintained its top 10 position since the survey was launched six years ago. In 2010, the University came 6th in the UK amongst its peers once private and specialist universities are excluded.
The Queen's Anniversary Prize
The University has three times been awarded a prestigious Queen's Anniversary Prize. The most recent award was made to a team of scientists who have transformed the lives of hundreds of diabetes sufferers.
This is the second Queen's prize won by a member of staff at the Peninsula Medical School. The Dean, Professor John Tooke, won a Queen's Prize in 1996 also for work on diabetes. It is the third Prize won by the University.
Full details of the Queen's Anniversary Prize award.
Times Higher Education University of the Year 2007/08
The Award was made in recognition of the University’s efforts to create new educational opportunities in the South West in partnership with a range of other organisations. The University of the Year Award highlights three major educational initiatives which came to fruition in 2007:
- The completion of their studies by students at the University’s Cornwall Campus near Falmouth.
- The completion of their studies by the first cohort of students from the Peninsula Medical School.
- The £14 million Great Western Research project.
The success of these ventures has substantially raised the University’s profile, demonstrated its ability to work with different partners, added significant new academic assets and fuelled growth.
