UoB hit the top 20 in the Times Higher Education University Rankings
One of the best uni’s in the country
Conor DeeryThe Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2018 were released yesterday, and placed the University of Birmingham as the 19th best in the UK.
UoB beat competition from the the likes of St Andrews, Nottingham and Liverpool, thus cementing UoB as one of the top universities in the UK.
Nice one Brum
The University of Birmingham was also ranked 141st in the world.
The rankings list the top 1,000 unis in the world and is based on teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook.
Unsurprisingly, the University of Oxford and University of Cambridge were named the best two universities in the country, along with Imperial College London and University College London being named in the global top 20.
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