Profile of Newcastle University's rankings over recent years

World Ranking/League Tables

  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
QS World Ranking 127 133 129 162 158 140 127 126
Times Higher Education World ranking 152 146 180
Times Higher Education World ranking – International Outlook           37 48 52
Academic ranking of world universities (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)  203 -300 151 -200 203 -304 201 -302 201 -302 201 -300 201 -300 201 -300
Leiden Ranking (mean normalised citation score)           92 167  

Main UK League Tables

  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Sunday Times 26 25 25 23 24 20 12 17
Complete University guide     23 27 24 29 24 23
Times 19 25 23 20 21 25 25 23
Guardian 43 38 41 43 40 37 31 33

Single Topic Rankings

  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Research Assessment Exercise 2008 
Grade Point Average – Measure of Quality. Sector ranking
27
Research Assessment Exercise 2008 
Grade Point Average – Measure of Quality. Ranking in Russell and 1994 Groups
25
Research Assessment Exercise 2008
Measure of Power.  Sector ranking
17
Research Assessment Exercise 2008
Measure of Power.  Ranking in Russell and 1994 Groups
17
National Student Survey
Sector ranking 
  55 36 23 21 10* 14
Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES)
Overall % Satisfaction
    82.9% 89.2%   90.7%
Postgraduate Research Experience Survey (PRES)
Overall % Satisfaction
    87.6%   89.0%  
International Student Barometer
Overall % Satisfaction
  83% 90% 91% 91% 91%
International Student Barometer
UK Sector Ranking
  27 23 32 17

Destination of Leavers
Sector ranking

  13 48 41 5* 16=  
British University and Colleges Sports
Sector ranking
  9 10 10 11 15 10
People and Planet Green League
Sector ranking
  38 30 72 104 63 26

* Comparable institutions sector ranking.

Our position on league tables