Our reputation
Ranked top 15 for Dentistry by all the major UK league tables
Our achievements
- 12th in The Complete University Guide 2021
- 7th in the Guardian university league tables 2021 for dentistry
- 99% of our recent dental surgery graduates went on to work and/or study six months after finishing their course (Unistats, 2019)
- 98% of our recent dental hygiene and dental therapy graduates went on to work and/or study six months after finishing their course (Unistats, 2019)
- 92% of our dental surgery graduates said they were overall satisfied with the quality of their course (Unistats, 2019)
- 96% of our dental hygiene and dental therapy graduates said they were overall satisfied with the quality of their course (Unistats, 2019)
University awards
- The University of Leeds is among the top 100 universities in the new QS World University Rankings 2021
- We achieved a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework, the highest award possible
- We were voted 3rd in the UK in the 2018 Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey
- 9th in UK for graduate recruitment (High Fliers Research, 2018)
- Find out more about all our university awards
Research awards
Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014
Every six years, the UK’s four higher education funding bodies undertake an exercise to measure the quality of research undertaken by UK higher education institutions (HEIs). The funding bodies use the outcomes to inform the allocation of their research funding to HEIs. The Research Excellence Framework was the framework used in 2014. The majority of our our research sits across Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy.
Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy
- 3.27 grade point average
- 100% of our research environment is conducive to producing research of ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ quality
- 100% of our research has either ‘outstanding’ or ‘very considerable’ impact
- 91% of our research is ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’
- 85.9% of our research outputs are ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’
The quality of our research and the funding it attracts means we’re able to invest in world-class facilities and academic staff who are actively engaged in cutting-edge research. As a result, our students will be taught by internationally renowned, inspirational academics working at the forefront of their fields.