University of Sheffield Achieves High Ranking in Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024
The University of Sheffield has been ranked 13th in the UK and 105th in the world in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024.
The latest league table, which was released today (Wednesday 27 September 2023), saw the University rise nine places globally from 114th last year.
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 include 1,904 universities across 105 countries and regions, making them the largest and most diverse university rankings to date. They are the only global performance tables that judge research-intensive universities across all their core missions: teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook.
This year’s methodology, for the 20th edition of the World University Rankings, has been significantly updated, so that it continues to reflect the outputs of the diverse range of research-intensive universities across the world, now and in the future. The ranking is seen to provide the most comprehensive and balanced comparisons, trusted by students, academics, university leaders, industry and governments.
The news follows the University being ranked 18th best university in the UK and 3rd in ‘The North and North East’ category within The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024 two weeks ago. The same ranking showed that over 85 per cent of University of Sheffield graduates have gone into graduate-level employment or further study.
Earlier this month, the University was also awarded University of the Year for Student Experience by the Daily Mail University Guide 2024, in recognition of the University’s National Student Survey (NSS) results, swift shift back to in-person teaching following the Covid-19 pandemic and social inclusion work. The University was ranked 11th overall in the UK within the Daily Mail rankings and performed highly for its work to support students who are the first in their family to go to university.
Today’s ranking result comes just weeks after the University of Sheffield’s NSS results placed Sheffield top across the Russell Group of universities for assessment and feedback and its Students’ Union, and in the top three for learning opportunities, student voice and mental health. The University also received the highest positive responses to the survey, which asked students to give feedback on their higher education experience.
Earlier this year, the University of Sheffield’s Students’ Union was also voted the Whatuni Student Choice Award 2023 for Best Students’ Union, for the sixth year in a row, while the University was also nominated for the University of the Year and Student Life categories.