Brookes makes top 500 in Times World Rankings

The results show Brookes beating the University of Hull


In The Times Higher Education World Rankings released today, Brookes has been ranked in the top 500 best universities globally.

Brookes came ahead of Hull, the University of West of England as well as the University of Central Lancashire.

Three British universities came in the top ten in this years ranking, Oxford University came top of the table Cambridge was in fourth, with Imperial came in at eighth.

The rankings rate universities on five key indicators: the learning environment, the volume, income and reputation of the institution’s research as well as the how influential its research is through the number of citations.

It also looks at how well knowledge is transferred into industry and evaluates its ‘international outlook’ through staff, students and research.