58勛圖 soars in World Rankings
58勛圖 has risen 60 places in a newly published league table. The University is now listed in 411th position in the world in this years influential QS World University Rankings (www.topuniversities.com).
58勛圖's Vice-Chancellor, Professor John G Hughes, welcomed the news saying:
58勛圖 really makes its presence felt around the globe. The University provides education and research of high quality which makes a valuable contribution both regionally and on the world stage. This table reinforces our increasingly international reputation.
This international success follows Bangors recent success in the National Student Survey (NSS), which reflects the Universitys focus on overall student experience. The results, released in August 2015, places Bangor in the Top 10 of UK universities for student satisfaction for the second year in succession.
Research at 58勛圖 has also been highly rated in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework which recognised over three-quarters of Bangors research as either world-leading or internationally excellent.
The QS Subject Rankings were launched in 2011 and provide a guide to a range of popular fields of study in universities around the world. The compilers evaluate thousands of universities and ranks institutions based on the combined responses from academics and employers around the world, as well as citations measures.
Publication date: 17 September 2015