We're in the UK's top 10 universities according to the Shanghai Jiao Tong University's ranking of the top 500 universities worldwide.
We recently won our fourth Queen's Anniversary Prize for our Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre with Boeing. This is a prime example of our strong relationships with global organisations. Our reputation for world-class research attracts multinational companies like Boeing, Rolls-Royce, Messier-Dowty and BAe Systems.
Key facts
In the UK’s top 10 for research power, according to the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise.
Three subjects came first for the quality of their research in the UK and 11 other subjects were ranked in the top five.
Five Nobel Prize-winners in Medicine and Chemistry.
Won our fourth Queen's Anniversary Prize for our Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre with Boeing.
Five EPSRC Centres for Doctoral Training, confirming our reputation in the fields of energy research, metallurgy, nuclear energy and advanced engineering for the water sector.
Invested £220 million in our buildings and facilities. This includes £160 million in developing student accommodation and the £23 million learning resource centre, Information Commons.
Award-winning Students' Union
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