UK, world and European rankings

Academic Ranking of World Universities

The University is rated 10th in the UK and 97th in the world in an annual academic ranking of the top 500 universities worldwide published by Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Researchers evaluated the universities using several research performance indicators, including the number of highly cited researchers, academic performance, articles in the periodicals Science and Nature, and the number of Nobel prize winners.

Academic Ranking of World Universities 2011

QS World University Rankings

The University is rated 72nd in world in the 2011 QS World University Rankings.

These rankings were derived using a combination of reputational surveys, staff:student ratios, the proportion of international staff and students and research citations.

QS World University Rankings 2010

Times Higher Education World University Rankings

The University is 13th in the UK, 32nd in Europe and 101st in the world according to the 2011-12 Times Higher Education World University Rankings.

Times Higher Education World University Rankings

Research Assessment Exercise

The 2008 Research Assessment Exercise confirmed our ranking among the top ten UK research-intensive universities.

Other rankings

• Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey 2011
  The University came second in the country and was named as "the university most people would recommend to a friend"
• The Virgin 2011 Alternative Guide to British Universities
  "Sheffield is a top university across the board"
• 2011 National Student Survey
  The University is in the top 10 of UK universities for student satisfaction