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World Rankings

World Rankings

Newcastle University performs consistently well in university rankings, featuring in the top 200 of most world rankings.

Currently, Newcastle University is ranked:

Our position in the global rankings

This table shows our position in the global rankings. They typically measure various metrics relating to students, staff, research and teaching.

Please note, the table refers to the year data was published. 

  2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
QS World Ranking 127 126 129 127 162 168 161 141 146 152 134 122 110 129
Leiden Ranking (PP top 10%) 167 172 133 121 104 114 105 132 91 78 66  78    
Times Higher Education 146 180 198 202 196 190 175 171
201-205
178 146  139 168  
University Ranking by Academic Performance 149 155 161 159 198 203 200 200 185 182  176      
Academic Ranking of World Universities 201-300 201-300 201-300 201-300 201-300 301-400 201-300 201-300 201-300 201-300 201-300      
Webometrics 262 212 253 230 217 184 155 148  - 143 130      

How these league tables are weighted