Birmingham and the Midland’s best to worst universities have been published in an annual league table: The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023. This reveals the city and region’s 19 universities and their ranking.
The league table encompasses data including graduate prospects, degree results, research quality, and student satisfaction and experience. According to these indicators, The University of Warwick topped the local list, and even made it to ninth place on the UK list.
Carry on reading to find out how Birmingham and the Midland’s other 18 universities ranked in the academic league table:
5. University of Leicester - National rank 35
Leicester has leapt 11 places to 26= in our research quality index based on results from the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021). Clinical medicine, history, and sports and exercise science produced its best results. | JULIAN - stock.adobe.com
6. Nottingham Trent University - National rank 42
Nottingham Trent (NTU) is our Modern University of the Year, having recovered its popularity with its student body. The university notches up a top-20 ranking for satisfaction with the overall undergraduate experience in our analysis of the latest National Student Survey, published in summer 2022. | NottmCity - stock.adobe.com
7. Aston University - National rank 45
Every degree at Aston in Birmingham has work-based modules or a placement year. Most students choose integrated placements, organised by a university team, in the UK or abroad. Alternatively, students can set up and run their own business. | Nikish Hiraman/peopleimages.com - stock.adobe.com
8. Harper Adams University - National rank 47
Developing sustainable farming methods and helping UK agriculture to achieve net-zero carbon emissions are the primary goals of Harper Adams’s new School of Sustainable Food and Farming. A UK first, it is a collaboration with Morrisons supermarket, McDonald’s UK and Ireland and the National Farmers’ Union. | Vane Nunes - stock.adobe.com