Research
Swansea is a highly research intensive university with 52 Centres of Research. The 2008 Research Assessment Exercise rankings for Swansea showed a doubling of world-leading research and the largest increase in internationally excellent research in the whole of the UK, resulting in Swansea University climbing 13 places in the UK rankings from 2001 to 2008. Almost 50 per cent of all research at Swansea University was assessed as world-leading or internationally excellent - 4* and 3*- the top two categories of assessment.
Within Wales, out of 31 subject areas submitted in the RAE, Swansea University came first in 17 areas, and first or second in 24 areas.
| Research area for which Swansea University is first in Wales |
|---|
| Allied Health Professions and Studies (Biomedicine) |
| American Studies and Anglophone Area Studies |
| Civil Engineering |
| Classics, Ancient History, Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies |
| Computer Science |
| Development Studies |
| Economics and Econometrics |
| French |
| Health Services Research |
| German, Dutch and Scandinavian Languages |
| General Engineering and Mineral & Mining Engineering |
| History |
| Italian |
| Iberian and Latin American Languages |
| Metallurgy and Materials |
| Physics |
| Pure Mathematics |
| Social Work and Social Policy and Administration |
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