Glasgow consolidates place among world's top 70 universities
We're on the up! Glasgow is continuing to climb up the global and UK league tables with rises in three league tables announced in May and June.
Up two places in the QS World University Rankings
We have risen two places to 67th in the QS World University Rankings 2020.
Established since 2004, the QS Rankings cover 1,620 institutions across the world, 88 of which are from the UK.
Principal and Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir Anton Muscatelli said: “I am delighted to see the University of Glasgow being recognised on the international stage as a world-leading university.”
Up 10 places in the Guardian University Guide 2020
We're up 10 points in the Guardian University Guide 2020 and are now 14th in the UK. We are second in Scotland, behind the University of St Andrews, which is ranked second overall.
For the first time since 2016, we are ranked first in a subject area - Sports Science.
The University's strongest subjects, in terms of rank position out of the total number of institutions in that subject area, are:
- Sports Science - 1st of 76
- Nursing and Midwifery - 3rd of 71
- Music - 4th of 80
- Accounting & Finance - 6th of 101
- Law - 6th of 101
- Film production & Photography - 5th of 67.
Within the Russell Group, we are ranked 8th in 2020 - up from 15th in the 2019 rankings last year.
Up six places in the Complete University Guide 2020
We have risen six places to 18th in the Complete University Guide 2020 rankings.
In separate listings covering 70 subjects, only four universities come top in more than two: Cambridge is first in 27 subjects; Oxford is top in nine subjects.
Glasgow is third and comes top in the subject rankings in seven subjects:
- Veterinary Medicine
- Dentistry
- Education
- Nursing
- Accounting & Finance
- Sports Science
- Drama, Dance & Cinematics
The 70 subject tables are based on five measures - entry standards; student satisfaction; research quality; research intensity; and graduate prospects – and include 143 universities, university colleges and specialist higher education institutions.
Award success
Photo: Mark Gibson, Herald and Times Group
We're celebrating winning two categories in The Herald's Higher Education Awards - Widening Access Award for the Glasgow Medical School Access Programme and the Research Project of the Year Award for Runaway Slaves in Britain.
The College of MVLS scooped the Widening Access Award for the Glasgow Medical School Access Programmes, which includes the Glasgow Access Programme (GAP) - a one-year pre-med course intended to bridge the attainment gap and prepare promising non-traditional students for success in undergraduate medical studies.
The Runaway Slaves in Britain project, a Leverhulme Trust funded research project, aimed to enhance understanding of slavery in Britain and tell the stories of the enslaved who escaped. In September 2018 the research team published "Slavery, Abolition and the University of Glasgow", outlining the University’s historical links with racial slavery, the first report of its kind in the UK.