How we measure ourselves

The two key measures of research performance, namely research quality and research volume are assessed through a wide range of international and national statistics and league tables.

Internationally the Times Higher/QS World University Rankings provide an annual ranking of research-intensive universities world-wide.  Currently a Top 100 university - 83rd in the world - our ambition is to be in the Top 50.

We have set targets in a range of key performance indicators to enable us to assess our research performance in pursuit of that ambition.  Our main KPIs include:

• Research volume
  • Total research income and income per academic FTE
  • Research income from industry
  • International research incom
• Research quality
  • Performance in RAE2008 and future research assessment exercises
• Postgraduate research students
  • Postgraduate population
  • PGRs per academic FTE
  • % international PGRs

Key statistics

Our key statistics -   key Statistics 2010 - 2011

Explanatory notes - Key Statistics Explanatory Notes PDF

If you are interested in accessing earlier statistics please contact - Gordon.Allan@glasgow.ac.uk or Valerie.McCutcheon@glasgow.ac.uk