Leeds ranked in the top one per cent of unis in the world

Beckett didn’t make the top 1000


According to a new list by the Centre for World University Rankings, Leeds is the 13th best uni in the UK. Beaten only by Oxbridge and a few predictable others, we’re sitting pretty near the top of a 25,000 strong table of degree awarding institutions.

Aside from being top 20 in the UK, we were also ranked 158th in the world, putting us firmly in the top one per cent of the world’s unis.

The ranking takes into account the usual list of factors including quality of teaching, alumni employment and academic citations as well as a score for “broad impact”.

This puts us ahead of Southampton, Durham, Sheffield and pretty much every other uni in the world. Across town, Beckett failed to break into the top 1000, falling outside the ranking’s boundaries.

 Earlier this year, QS ranked Leeds the 87th best uni in the world and the 15th best place to study Geography on the planet.