Awards and Rankings
Aberystwyth University is committed to providing an excellent academic and student experience.
This is reflected in the range of awards and accolades awarded to the University.
Awards and Rankings
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- Top in England and Wales for Student Experience (Good University Guide 2025, The Times and Sunday Times)
- 7th in the UK for Teaching Quality (Good University Guide 2025, The Times and Sunday Times)
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- Top in Wales for Student Satisfaction (National Student Survey 2024)
- Top in Wales and Top 10 in the UK for Academic Support, Organisation and Management, and Learning Resources (National Student Survey 2024)
- Top 10 in the UK for Learning Opportunities (National Student Survey 2024)
- Welsh University of the Year (Good University Guide 2024, The Times and Sunday Times)
- Top in Wales and 2nd in the UK for Student Experience (Good University Guide 2024, The Times and Sunday Times)
- Top in Wales and 3rd in the UK for Teaching Quality (Good University Guide 2024, The Times and Sunday Times)
- Top 5 Cheapest Cities in the UK for Student Accommodation (Student Crowd 2024)
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- Top in Wales for Student Satisfaction (National Student Survey 2023)
- Top 5 in the UK for Academic Support (National Student Survey 2023; Based on the universities featured in The Times / Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023)
- Top 10 (6th) in the UK for Student Voice (National Student Survey 2023; Based on the universities featured in The Times / Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023)
- Top in Wales and 2nd in the UK for Student Experience
(Good University Guide 2023, The Times and Sunday Times) - Top in Wales and 3rd in the UK for Teaching Quality
(Good University Guide 2023, The Times and Sunday Times) - Top 5 in the UK for Organisation and Management (Good University Guide 2023, The Times and Sunday Times)
- Top in the UK for Lecturers and Teaching Quality
(WhatUni? Student Choice Awards 2023) - Top in the UK for Student Life
(WhatUni? Student Choice Awards 2023) - Top 3 for University of the Year
(WhatUni? Student Choice Awards 2023) - Top 5 for Facilities
(WhatUni? Student Choice Awards 2023) - Top 5 for Halls and Student Accommodation
(WhatUni? Student Choice Awards 2023) - 92% of graduates in work or further study 15 months after graduating (Aberystwyth University Graduate Outcomes Survey, June 2023, HESA)
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- Top in England and Wales for Student Satisfaction (National Student Survey 2022; Based on the universities featured in The Times / Sunday Times Good University Guide 2022)
- Gold Award for Halls and Student Accommodation
(WhatUni? Student Choice Awards 2022) - Top 10 University for Student Life
(WhatUni? Student Choice Awards 2022) - Top 10 University for Lectures and Teaching Quality
(WhatUni? Student Choice Awards 2022) - A top 40 University in the UK
(Good University Guide 2022, The Times and Sunday Times) - Top 10 Cheapest Student City
(Student Crowd 2022 League Table)
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- Best University in the UK for Teaching Quality and Student Experience
(Good University Guide 2021, The Times and Sunday Times) - 98% of research at Aberystwyth University is of an internationally recognised standard or higher (REF 2021)
- 75% of Aberystwyth University research is world-leading with 4* or internationally excellent with 3* (REF 2021)
- Best University in Wales and top 10 in the UK for student satisfaction for the 6th year running
(National Student Survey 2021)
- Best University in the UK for Teaching Quality and Student Experience
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- Welsh University of the Year
(Good University Guide 2020, The Times and Sunday Times)
- Best University in Wales, 90% overall student satisfaction, and of all the universities featured in The Times / Sunday Times Good University Guide 2020, is one of the top 5 universities in the UK for overall student satisfaction
(National Student Satisfaction Survey [NSS] 2020) - Gold Award for Postgraduate
(WhatUni? Student Choice Awards 2020) - Gold Award for International
(WhatUni? Student Choice Awards 2020) - Second place University of the Year
(WhatUni? Student Choice Awards 2020) - 2nd in the UK for Student Satisfaction
(The Complete University Guide 2020) - 2nd in the UK for satisfaction with Teaching
(The Complete University Guide 2020)
- Welsh University of the Year
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- University of the Year for Teaching Quality
(Good University Guide, The Times and Sunday Times 2018 and 2019) - Gold Award for Postgraduate
(WhatUni? Student Choice Awards 2019) - Second place for International
(WhatUni? Student Choice Awards 2019) - Second place University of the Year
(WhatUni? Student Choice Awards 2019) - Top 10 University of the Year
- Awarded Gold for Teaching Quality in the Teaching Excellence Framework
(Teaching, Excellence Framework [TEF] 2018)
- University of the Year for Teaching Quality
Subject Rankings
Accounting and Finance
Agriculture
Animal & Aquatic Sciences
Art & Photography
Biochemistry & Genetics
Biosciences
Business and Management
Computer Science
Criminology
Drama & Theatre
Ecological Sciences
Economics
Education and Childhood Studies
Engineering
English and Creative Writing
Film & Television
Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences
History
Human Biology & Health
Information & Library Studies
Law
Marketing & Tourism
Mathematics
Modern Languages
Nursing
Physics
Politics & International Relations
Psychology
Sociology
Sport & Exercise Science
Veterinary Studies
Welsh and Celtic Studies
The National Student Survey (NSS) is an annual survey of nearly half a million students in universities, colleges and other providers across the UK. The survey asks final-year undergraduate students to score their university across a wide range of measures of student satisfaction. They include quality of teaching, learning opportunities, assessment and feedback, academic support, organisation and management, learning resources, learning community and the student voice. Our rankings in the National Student Satisfaction Survey is based on the Times and Sunday Times list of Higher Education Institutions.
