REF 2014
REF 2014
Exceptional results confirm our academic status.
We submitted to eight Units of Assessment in the Research Excellence Framework 2014.
Scores for impact were outstanding including:
- Computing Science (1st)
- Earth Systems and Environmental Science (2nd)
Several submissions performed very well by GPA:
- Civil Engineering (6th)
- Computing Science (9th)
- Mathematics and Statistics (11th)
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering (16th)
Results by Unit of Assessment
Quality level | |||||
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Unit of Assessment | 4* | 3* | 2* | 1* | U |
Agriculture, Food and Veterinary Science UoA 6 | 19 | 47 | 33 | 1 | 0 |
Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences UoA 7 | 25 | 59 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
Chemistry UoA 8 | 8 | 75 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematical Sciences UoA 10 | 29 | 59 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
Computer Science and Informatics UoA 11 | 46 | 41 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Aeronautical, Mechanical, Chemical and Manufacturing Engineering UoA 12 | 21 | 60 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Metallurgy and Materials UoA 13 | 27 | 63 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
Civil and Construction Engineering UoA 14 | 30 | 58 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
Research categories
- 4* Quality that is world-leading in terms of originality, significance and rigour
- 3* Quality that is internationally excellent in terms of originality, significance and rigour but which falls short of the highest standards of excellence
- 2* Quality that is recognised internationally in terms of originality, significance and rigour
- 1* Quality that is recognised nationally in terms of originality, significance and rigour
- U (unclassified) Quality that falls below the standard of nationally recognised work or work which does not meet the published definition of research for the purposes of this assessment