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15 Oct 2015
Loughborough rises to 12th place in ‘Table of Tables’
Loughborough University has risen again in the Times Higher Education 2016 ‘Table of Tables’, taking 12th place.
The league table is based on the combined results of the UK’s three main domestic university rankings.
Loughborough is ranked in the top 15 in each of the most recent national league tables, cementing its status as one of the country’s leading higher education institutions.
Speaking about the ‘Table of Tables’, Loughborough University Vice Chancellor Professor Robert Allison said: “We are delighted that the University is continuing to rise up the league tables. It is further recognition of the unique environment we have created at the campus.”
The full ‘Table of Tables’ can be found below:
|
2016 ranking
|
Institution |
|
1 |
University of Cambridge |
|
2 |
University of Oxford |
|
3 |
University of St Andrews |
|
4 |
Imperial College London |
|
5 |
Durham University |
|
6 |
University of Warwick |
|
7 |
University of Surrey |
|
8 |
London School of Economics |
|
9 |
University of Exeter |
|
10 |
University of Bath |
|
11 |
Lancaster University |
|
=12 |
Loughborough University |
|
=12 |
University College London |
|
14 |
University of Southampton |
|
15 |
University of Birmingham |
|
=16 |
University of East Anglia |
|
=16 |
University of York |
|
18 |
University of Leeds |
|
19 |
University of Sussex |
|
20 |
University of Kent |
|
21 |
University of Edinburgh |
|
22 |
University of Bristol |
|
23 |
Coventry University |
|
=24 |
University of Nottingham |
|
=24 |
Newcastle University |
|
26 |
University of Sheffield |
|
=27 |
Heriot-Watt University |
|
=27 |
University of Glasgow |
|
29 |
King’s College London |
|
30 |
University of Leicester |
Notes for editors
Article reference number: PR 15/193
Loughborough is one of the country’s leading universities, with an international reputation for research that matters, excellence in teaching, strong links with industry, and unrivalled achievement in sport and its underpinning academic disciplines.
It has been awarded five stars in the independent QS Stars university rating scheme, putting it among the best universities in the world, and was named University of the Year in the What Uni Student Choice Awards 2015.Loughborough is consistently ranked in the top twenty of UK universities in the Times Higher Education’s ‘table of tables’ and is in the top 10 in England for research intensity. It was 2nd in the 2015 THE Student Experience Survey and was named Sports University of the Year 2013-14 by The Times and Sunday Times. In recognition of its contribution to the sector, Loughborough has been awarded seven Queen's Anniversary Prizes.
In September 2015 the University opened an additional academic campus in London’s new innovation quarter. Loughborough University London, based on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, offers postgraduate and executive-level education, as well as research and enterprise opportunities.
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