The Design School has increased its position as one of the country's leading Design Schools, being placed 2nd in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2016 in the subject category of Art & Design. 

The guide, published in this Sunday’s (20 September) newspaper, ranks universities on eight key criteria – student satisfaction, research quality, graduate prospects, entrance qualifications, degree results achieved, student/staff ratios, services and facilities spend, and drop-out rates.