Our reputation
Our achievements
- 13th in the UK for medicine Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2020
- 17th for medicine in the Guardian university league tables 2020
- 23rd for medicine in The Complete University Guide 2021
- 6th in the UK for medical technologies The Complete University Guide 2021
- 1st in the UK for radiography Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2020
- Top 100 university for medicine - QS World University Rankings by Subject 2020
- 93% of our recent audiology graduates said they were overall satisfied with the quality of their course (Discover Uni, 2019)
- 100% of our recent cardiac phsiology graduates were in work six months after finishing their course (Discover Uni, 2019)
- 89% of our recent diagnostic radiography graduates said they were overall satisfied with the quality of their course (Discover Uni, 2019)
- 96% of our recent medicine and surgery graduates said they were overall satisfied with the quality of their course (Discover Uni, 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, 2019)
- 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 research undertaken in the School of Medicine spans a number of disciplines. These include Clinical Medicine, Public Health, Health Services and Primary Care as well as Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy.
Clinical Medicine
- 3.1 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
- 85% of our research is ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’
- 77.5% of our research outputs are ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’
Public Health, Health Services and Primary Care
- 3.12 grade point average
- 100% of our research environment is conducive to producing research of ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ quality
- 90% of our research has either ‘outstanding’ or ‘very considerable’ impact
- 75.2% of our research is ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’
- 82% of our research outputs are ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’
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.