University of Stirling - Ratings and Rankings

Ratings and Rankings

  • The Times 2008 University Ranking tables placed the university fifth in Scotland and thirty-seventh in a list of 113 UK universities.
  • Ranked 1st in UK for widening access to Higher Education, teaching and research standards, and low non-completion rates (Times Higher Education Supplement, 2002)
  • The University was ranked among the Top 10 Universities in the Times Higher Education Supplement Award for the UK's Best Student Experience 2006
  • In 2006, The Times University Ranking tables placed the university thirty-seventh in a list of 109 UK universities
  • Ranked in Top 20 in UK for the following subjects: "Education" (#6), "Philosophy" (#14), "Communications and Media Studies" (#14), and "Hospitality, Leisure, Recreation, Sport and Tourism" (#15)
  • One of only 16 universities in the UK with 5 star sports facilities (Sunday Times, 2003)
  • Ranked 1st in Scotland for the Best Students' Union in Scotland award (Bar Entertainment and Dance Association, 2003)
  • Ranked 23rd in the UK for awarding firsts and upper seconds (Times Higher Education Supplement, 2003)
  • In The Times Good University Guide (June 2006), Accounting and Finance was listed as one of the Top 20 university departments in the UK for Accounting and Finance - one of only four Scottish departments to make the Top 20
  • Ranked 20th in the UK for Politics and 28th in the UK for Economics by The Guardian
  • University named Scottish University of the Year 2009 by Sunday Times

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