CARDIFF NAMED WELSH UNIVERSITY OF THE YEAR
ABERYSTWYTH COMES TOP IN WALES FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE AND STUDENT SATISFACTION
Credit: The Times & The Sunday Times Good University Guide
Source: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/good-university-guide-in-full-tp6dzs7wn
Cardiff University, which has been named by The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023 as the Welsh University of the Year, tops the Welsh university rankings, and sits 25th place nationally. The only Welsh Russell Group university, Cardiff remains in the top 20 for graduate prospects, based on a survey of those in highly skilled work or further study within 15 months.
Meanwhile, 90 per cent of the work the university submitted to the latest Research Excellence Framework survey achieved the top two ratings of world leading or internationally excellent. With new programmes introduced in 2021-22, the demand for places at Cardiff is on the up, rising by 15 per cent in the 2021 admissions cycle to a new high.
Aberystwyth University, which ranked second in the Welsh rankings, has continued to flourish against key performance measures in the National Student Survey. The university remains third for satisfaction with teaching in the survey’s overall result.
The new edition of The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023, a free 96-page supplement, will be published this weekend in The Sunday Times (September 18). It provides the definitive rankings for UK universities and the most comprehensive overview of higher education in Britain. It includes profiles on 135 universities and the definitive UK university rankings, making use of the latest data published in the past two months. A fully searchable website with university profiles and 70 subject tables will be published at https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/good-university-guide-in-full-tp6dzs7wn today (September 16) for subscribers to The Times and The Sunday Times.
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Top Universities in Wales
| Regional rank | University | National rank | Last year’s national rank | 2022 National student survey Teaching excellence (%) | 2022 National student survey Student satisfaction (%) | Graduate prospects (% in high-skilled jobs or graduate-level study) | Completion rate (%) |
| 1 | Cardiff University | 25 | 35= | 73 | 70.1 | 84.3 | 92.8 |
| 2 | Aberystwyth University | 41 | 38 | 83.7 | 80.5 | 66 | 85.2 |
| 3 | Swansea University | 42= | 39 | 74 | 70.4 | 78.1 | 89.9 |
| 4 | Bangor University | 45= | 64 | 78.5 | 74.5 | 71 | 82.3 |
| 5 | Cardiff Metropolitan University | 93 | 79= | 72.3 | 69.2 | 71.6 | 80 |
| 6 | University of South Wales | 103 | 99 | 75.8 | 69.6 | 66.5 | 81.7 |
| 7 | University of Wales Trinity St David | 104 | 83= | 77.8 | 71.6 | 62.6 | 77.7 |
| 8 | Wrexham Glyndwr University | 120 | 110= | 81.6 | 74.6 | 69 | 74 |
The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023 provides students and their parents with an invaluable first reference point on the path to finding a university place. It contains full profiles of all universities. The academic league table is made up of eight indicators including student satisfaction with teaching quality and their wider student experience, research quality, graduate prospects, entrance qualifications held by new students, degree results achieved, student/staff ratios, and degree completion rates.
Expanded coverage with 70 subject tables and full interactive tables on all the league table components, and additional features are available to Times and Sunday Times subscribers at https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/good-university-guide-in-full-tp6dzs7wn
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