Research Excellence

The high quality of our research activities and research environment was confirmed by the results of the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2008 where 73% of our research activity was identified as world-leading or internationally excellent quality (4* and 3*) and 15% was assessed as being of international quality.

In RAE 2008:

• History of Art was ranked first in the UK;

• Celtic and Gaelic; English and Scottish Literature and Language; Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute; Theatre, Film and Television Studies – were ranked in the top ten of the their disciplines; and

• English and Scottish Literature and Language; History; and, Theatre, Film and Television Studies were ranked in their top quartiles.

Further highlights of our RAE 2008 performance can be found at the University's summary page.